Weekly Update, Gracepoint Fellowship Worldview Camp, MYT, and more!

Wednesday

Sisters Mother’s Day Card-Making Party
8pm @ the YWCA
The sisters will be making some slick cards for their mothers together. Don’t miss out on the party! Bros, even though you’re not invited, don’t forget to send a card to your mothers. (Psst, flowers are also nice.)

Friday

UPDATE: We will be meeting for dinner tonight in 1st Pres courtyard @6pm, it’s bring your own food and eat together to share in fellowship!

Dinner. 5:45pm @ TBA 6pm @1st Pres, bring your own food
Final GTS Session. 7pm @ First Pres
Kairos End-of-the-Year Banquet. after GTS @ TBA

The semester is coming to a close, and so are the GTS courses! For those taking Course 101/x, we’re covering Week 8. After GTS, we’ll be having an all-Kairos banquet with nice snacks and drinks. It’ll be a great way to end the year (right before you all head into finals)!

Sunday

Sunday Worship Service. 11:30am @ Willard Middle School

Segueing out of school and into the work force

Special Sunday : (1) we’ll be having our Gracepoint Monthly and (2) it’s Senior Sunday, which means the seniors will be doing something special for us. Come join us as we listen to various testimonies of how God has worked in their lives, and as they perform their “senior song” on stage.

Upcoming

Gracepoint Worldview Camp
6/17-620 @ Northloop (but SIGNUP by 5/15)

The Worldview Camp has become an annual tradition here at Gracepoint Fellowship Church. It has been designed to train and equip the minds of college students in important topics, such as:

* Abortion

* Euthanasia

* Intelligent Design, Evolution, Science and Faith

* Sexual Ethics, and more…

• Abortion
• Euthanasia
• Science and faith
• Sexual Ethics
• and much, much more

This year, Sean McDowell will come as the guest speaker. If you came to GTS a few weeks back, then you’ll remember what an amazing speaker he is. I’m excited about this, and hopefully so are you! So please sign up online by May 15 (only ten days away).

SummerFest
6/13-6/17 (SIGNUP)

As many of you know, we are involved with Impact, a non-profit org geared towards reaching out to inner-city Oakland kids. We’re at it again this summer, and we’ll need every help we can get. If you have a passion for kids (ahem, Johnny), you can learn more about it at the signup page.

MYT (Multiply Your Talents)
6/5-7/24 @ TBA (SIGNUP)

8 weeks, 11 classes (such as audio systems, filming, photography, photoshop, etc) to choose from. Sign up, so you can, one day, make a promo video like this one:

Deadline for signing up is Wednesday, May 27.

Potluck, RSF Night, and Sunday Service

Friday

POTLUCK – 5:45pm @ Dana House
We’ll begin the night with dinner at Dana House. If you’re able to help make something for potluck, please contact Michelle (truong23 [at] gmail [dot] com). Otherwise, the rest of you might be enlisted asked to make certain dishes, so stay tuned for that. After the potluck, we’ll be having…

GTS – 7pm @ First Pres
Just FYI, there’s no praise time this week, so please come at 7pm sharp. For those taking Course, we’re now on Week 7! The end is near! (But, of course, you all know this already.)
Afterwards, all of Kairos will be joining Koinonia for…

RSF NIGHT
Yes, we’ll have fun with our church-made games specifically designed to be played en masse. Many of you have been to Kleeburger Night (and only a few to RSF Night), so it’s very similar to that. So come on out. For Northend! For Glory!

Sunday
SWS – 11:30am @ Willard Middle School
Time and place should be drilled into your heads by now, but here’s something  you might not know: Andy Tung will be preaching on the pulpit this Sunday! Not that this should be the sole reason for coming out, but thought y’all would like to know.

Best of April

This sure has been a packed month, hasn’t it? Can you believe that we had G-Live at the beginning of April? It felt like eons ago for me, personally. Anyways, in case you’ve missed some posts on our site:

• Fun at Cordonices Park (aka the Stone Slide)
• G-Live Post-Mortem, including the Intro Video
• Pictures from G-Live practice
• G-Live Teaser Trailers: 1 | 2 | 3

Photos Online

Finally, there are two albums I’d like to highlight. First is the pictures from our Kairos trip to Cordonices Park; the other includes pictures from Easter Sunday at Gracepoint Fellowship Church. Here are a few photos from each set:

 

The goofy underclassmen

The goofy upperclassmen

The wise & mature staff

Cordonices Park

We trekked to Cordonices Park after Gracepoint Training School on April 17, 2009. The brave and courageous — including our Fearless Leader — dared to go down the legendary Stone Slide (some kicking and screaming).

This week: fun at Tilden Park

I hope you all had a good weekend, especially as we just finished our Good Friday and Easter services. With those out of the way (as well as G-Live), I hope you guys are returning back to a normal schedule. Anyone suffering from Post-G-Live Syndrome yet?

THURSDAY

Update: Bros, we’ll be grabbing dinner beforehand at Sun Hong Kong @ 5:45pm. Even if you can’t tee it up with us, you’re welcome to still join us for some grub!

 

The bros will be going to a nearby driving range this Thursday at 7pm. How far can you hit? Better yet, how accurate is your swing? Are you a Mike or a Howard (watch video above)? Well, it doesn’t matter what you say; show up, and put your skills to the test!

FRIDAY
First Pres @ 7pm

We’re back to our usual Gracepoint Training School schedule. GTS courses start at 7pm! For those taking Course (both 101 and 101x), remember we’re now on Week 5. Afterwards, we’re gonna have some fun at Tilden Park. With that said, please bring jackets and tennis shoes with you.

SATURDAY

In the morning, the girls will be hiking at the Oakland Redwoods, whereas the bros will be doing something… special. Stay tuned, bros. =D

Afterwards, we’re all going to a nearby library (outside of Berkeley) to get some real studyin’ done.  After nerding out, we’ll be going to Andy and Amy’s for dinner!

GRACEPOINT BAPTISM SUNDAY
 11:30am @ Willard Middle School 
Note: Reminder that we will also go back to our regular prayer meeting schedule this week, 10am @ Willard Middle School.

Join us for our regular Sunday Worship Service — except it’s not that regular, since we’ll be having our Baptism service as well.

Alright gang, it’s gonna be yet another packed week. Hope you’re all doing ok in school!

Passion Week

We’ll be meeting in front of Crossroads @ 6:45.

Good Friday is the day when Christians all over the world pause to remember what Christ has done for us on the cross. If you’re a Christian, please join us as we commemorate this day. If you’re not, we invite you to come as well, to see what Christians mean when we say that Christ has come to take away our sins.

If you’d like to come, please let one of the staff know!

For those taking c101/c101x, we will start at 10am @ Kofman! For those not enrolled in Course, let’s meet at Crossroads @ 10:45am.

Join us for this Easter service in Alameda! Afterwards, we’ll be having lunch at a park nearby.

Again, please make sure one of the staff knows that you’d like to come!

G-Live: Post-Mortem

It’s hard to believe that Gracepoint Live came and went, just like that! Personally, it’s rather surreal, especially as of yesterday when I went back to work. Whereas most of my fellow coworkers had a “typical weekend,” mine was anything but typical. As a church, we hosted an event that drew in 1900+ (not including our own regulars) over a span of three showings on one day! By the end of the day Sunday, one couldn’t even tell that we were there at Willard, let alone having hosted an amazing large-scale production!

Several people have shared encouraging stories of friends who were impacted by G-Live. Many more have been personally touched through this entire process. For me, I am once again reminded of how beautiful the church in action is when there’s a worthy cause out there. Specifically, it was a blessing for me to work with the seniors on the Intro Video. I knew most of these guys when they first started coming out. I’ve known Ron when Kairos first started, Chris Ko (of a2f) when he was a freshman, Josh Linville (president of a2f) when he came out as a frosh — and I was there when he made his decision, Wesker (of Koinonia) when he first came out to Kairos. They’ve come a long way since then — I have stories to prove it! Many of these seniors (and many more!) worked behind the scenes, whether it be testing out different ways to drop ink onto paper, setting/dressing up the locations, catching the ball thrown up into the air, dropping buckets of water, testing different umbrellas (and in the process, getting very, very wet… and ruining umbrellas), modifying a potato launcher to shoot flour out at an amazing speed, etc. In addition, Praxis members were also pulled to get the job done: there was the cameraman (who was smooth as butter), the people who composed the music, others who layered in the sound effects, and another who created the end piece from scratch to make the finished product much more snazzy. All these people gave it their all, even though their faces (or names) were never shown on the video. That, to me, is the church in action: people going all out not for their own personal glory, but for the sake of glorifying God alone!

How was your experience of GLive? Remember, as we’ve learned from Deuteronomy 8, much of Christian life is about remembering these kinds of things. What that entails, specifically, is to share our thoughts and feelings with one another!

Gracepoint Live: UNDO

TODAY. 11am. 2pm. 7pm. INVITE YOUR FRIENDS. SEE YOU THERE.

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TOMORROW (Sunday)

Post G-Live Sundays are always a blast. We’ll have our usual service at 11:30am @ Willard, followed by a massive BBQ by Dishgracepoint himself (I like to call him Tomatouille). Right after lunch, we’ll be watching behind-the-scene clips of G-Live, as well as the most hilarious/embarrassing G-Live moments. Hopefully, I won’t have to see myself up there… but I do hope to see Johnny on screen. =D

Gracepoint Live Teaser #2

Hope Spring Break is going great! See some of you guys back tomorrow!

(Remember to invite your friends to Gracepoint Live! Tell them to reserve their tickets on the official website.)

Gracepoint Live Teaser #1

Gracepoint Live: Undo is now officially two weeks away!

Calm Before the Storm (3/17 – 3/22)

Hey guys, I hope you’re having a good week so far. I heard some of you are now pretty relaxed, since this is the week before Spring Break. Then there’s some of you who are riddled with midterms and projects this week… since this is the week before Spring Break. To the former, enjoy this week! To the latter… good luck!

Dinner, GTS, and G-Live
Thursday, 5:45pm @ Ida Sproul (Unit 3) UPDATE: We will be meeting @ 6:30pm @ Dana House for Dinner, GTS starts promptly at 7:30pm (no praise time).

Kairos 2 will be eating together at 5:45pm 6:30pm, and we’ll all walk over to First Pres for Gracepoint Training School. This will also be our last G-Live practice before Spring Break, so let’s go all out on this one (just like every one, right? Right??). Please note that it will be this Thursday, not Friday.

G-Live Workdays
Fri 7-11pm | Sat All Day @ Northloop

For the lucky few who will be here over break, we’re having G-Live workdays on Friday and Saturday! Please join us as we build props and make costumes for the various skits that are coming up. Much fellowship and fun (yes, FUN) are garnered during such times!

Sunday Worship Service
Sunday, 11:30am @ Willard Middle School

For those of you sticking around over break, we’ll be having our regular SWS this Sunday — same church time, same church place.

Gracepoint Live website is up!

I just want to point your attention to our Gracepoint Live website! You can check out our promo videos there. If you’re part of G-Live, you don’t have to sign up. However, if you’re inviting friends/family to come, please tell them to RSVP. This guarantees them a seat… you don’t want them to be stuck in overflow for this one!