Thanksgiving Celebration Blast!

This past Sunday, many of us got to experience the joy that is Thanksgiving Celebration! My entry probably does not do it full justice, but here’s a recap of the major events!

Thanksgiving Celebration started out with some awesome praise. Many members of our praise band were on the huge stage singing awe-inspiring worship to our one and only wonderful God. Afterwards, Pastor Ed gave a very short message to end our series about Psalm 73 (he says it was only 15 minutes!). Service primarily comprised of the ministry videos that summarized the past year’s events. Our very own Robert Kim was part of the Kairos bit on the College ministry video! All the videos were very well made, especially the Joyland and Impact video that featured Josiah as a professional newscaster. Next, Praxis sang Handel’s “Hallelujah”, which was a very nice way to end service. However, we were completely unaware that they were going to take “Hallelujah” to a whole other level when TC started.

In the words of Ben Koo: “So it begins”. Utter shamelessness, drama, comedy, Korean drama, shadow puppet drama, weird dancing, and a jubilee of 80’s classic music all with the theme of giving thanks to our God, all packed into 2 hours. Praxis kicked off the event with… I don’t know what quite to call it, “Hallelujah Remix”? with glow sticks and strobe lights included. I think I speak for everyone to call the performance…jaw-dropping speechless. Nevertheless, it was the perfect way to kick off TC! Kairos was third in the line of performances. We experienced many technical difficulties, but Gracepoint was very patient with us, and loved our performance! After ours, a definite theme of the following performances was definitely the 80’s. “Vamos a la playa”, “No tengo dinero”, “Under Pressure”, “The Power of Love”, and “Back to the Future” were some of the many 80’s remakes. (Dis)Honorable mentions include Daniel and Kenny as the “Vamos a la Gracepoint” duo, and Calvin and Danny singing “Under Pressure” as an ode to Pastor Ed and everything he does for our church. And the fact that these two parts were of the same performance made it even more mind-blowing. Good job a2f Gold! Other notable performances were Koinoinia’s shadow puppet theatre featuring the Pilgrims, Steven Choi’s yodeling narrative of the Lost Sheep, Element’s High School Musical: Planet Earth Teens, and Pastor Will (Moses) ending TC with a breakdancing showdown with the Pharaoh. All in all it was truly a blessed time of laughter and howling at – I mean, with – our beloved members of Gracepoint Fellowship Church… although some parts were also slightly traumatizing.

 

Kairos 2 Thanksgiving Feast!

After all that good cheer, Kairos 2 headed over to Amy and Andy’s house for a Thanksgiving feast. The menu included: corn, mashed potatoes with scallops, stuffing, turkey, meatloaf, salad, cornbread with homemade honey butter, and pumpkin pie! Our bellies full of great food, we all sat in a big circle to share what we were thankful for that year. The first prompt was in the form of “If it weren’t for _____, then I wouldn’t be _____”. And the second prompt was what was the most memorable memory we had here at Kairos/Gracepoint. After some awkward silences some people spoke up about what they were personally very thankful for. It was a great time of sharing, getting to know one another, and appreciating each other. Even though TC was only a few days ago, I can’t wait until next year when it happens all over again!

Editor: More photos of Kairos 2’s Post-TC Dinner are up!

The Battle of Couch

After our last Bible Study, all of Kairos 2 went to Amy and Andy’s house to fight an epic battle against good and evil. Haha just kidding, it was just a fun game called “The Couch Game”, sisters versus brothers. After a tirade of trash talk and a long explanation of the rules of Couch game, we were off.

The Couch Game is a game of strategy and intellect. Everyone sits in a circle alternating boy, girl, with an empty spot. There are four special spots that you want to fill with your gender to win the game. The twist is that people are not who they really are and instead are the person they get on a piece of paper. This is very confusing when a girl has a boy’s name yet you call it if the seat next to you is one of the four special seats. The person to the left of the empty spot calls a person’s name. The person with the paper of that name called will sit in the empty spot and switches papers with the person who called. The person left to the new empty spot repeats this cycle until the first gender to fill the four special spots wins the game!

 

Guess which team won?

I think it is quite obvious who won the couch game. There were three rounds. The sisters won the first round within 10 minutes! This gave the brothers a chance to make a rebound. They did win the second round with great strategy and team work. However, the sisters took the gold when they won the last round, winning 2 to 1.

I was very proud to be a sister that night. Even though we may not win those barbaric games that guys like to call sports, the sisters proved who had the bigger brains!

 

But we're still a happy family!