It’s going to be a busy time in Kairos over the summer. For those of you who haven’t heard Kairos is going to join A2F Blue, but don’t worry, we’re going to keep the name of Kairos because we have lovely, high quality sweaters for the low, low price of $35 dollars (it wasn’t me who said it, it was Pastor Ed).

So this is going to be a highly uncertain time with major restructuring and adjustments made along the way, but amidst this uncertainty, one thing will be certain. We’re going to have an awesome new website.

www.kairosfellowship.org

It’s a classy website that gives off the collegiate look, something that Kairos has been moving towards more and more each year. Its color scheme is a warm amalgam of brown, light blue, and gold. The website maintains an avant-garde design which meets welcoming at the crux of functionality.

So come and join me in posting on the new website!

I am guessing that most of you should be done with your finals by now or just about to finish.. Congrats on finishing up another school year and for those with finals tomorrow, hang in there.. it’s almost over!!

If you are still around in Berkeley, come join us tomorrow night for our All College Combined Bible Study @ 7pm @Northloop.  We will be giving rides @6:30pm @ Crossroads DC.  Please let MICHELLE (truong23@gmail.com) know if you can make it.  Dinner will be provided  at Northloop.

Also, if you are sticking around for the rest of this week, join us as we celebrate Cheng & Ron’s graduations:

Cheng- Thurs 5/21 9am @Greek Theatre

Ron- Sat 5/23 8:30am@ Greek Theatre

That’s it for this week.  Good luck on the rest of your finals & hope you guys have a great summer!

Thanks to some strings that we pulled, we are able to get a really good price– about $23 per ticket, plus possibly an all you can eat buffet at a special picnic spot with cartoon people leading games!  You dont want to miss out on this!  We are trying to get an estimate of the number of people going, so if you are interested or even just thinking about coming, please sign up ASAP here:

http://www.gracepointonline.org/gp/private/forms/college_dept_magic_mountain_outing

"Hey, I totally understand if you're too scared to go..."

Stay tuned for more info re: meeting time and place.  Hope to see you all at Magic!!

Dinner before Bible study (ALL-KAIROS) @ 6:30pm @ Dana House. The staff will be providing a delicious, “encourage-you-for-finals” meal!!

After 4 long years, our seniors will be graduating next week! I wonder if they want to REDO these past 4 years? Maybe they should watch this video spoof:

Let’s all go out to their graduations to celebrate and yell for them as they walk across the stage!

• Wednesday, May 20 @ 2pm - Curtis Lee – Zellerbach Auditorium
• Thursday, May 21@ 9am – Cheng Chen - Molecular & Cell Biology
• Saturday, May 23 @ 8:30am – Ronald Tong – Industrial Engineering Operations Research (not Industrialized societies as earlier stated. Thanks Jessica of Kairos 1 for the catch!! Glad someone reads this blog carefully )

Also, if you want to say any farewell words, put it in the comments! And if the seniors have any words of wisdom, you can do likewise.

As we reminisce about the seniors, here’s a video they made for the staff to show their appreciation for Gracepoint Live 2009! It’s pretty funny and nostalgic:

Indeed, this is the end of an era for our seniors and all of us here at Kairos 2 and Gracepoint Fellowship Church wish all of our seniors the best!!

If you haven’t checked our blog in a while, there are 2 other fun stress relief posts: Check them out and let us know any awards you would like to give!

Only thing… bet some of the stressed out freshmen are wondering what happened to their time this semester. Well, at least here was time well spent!

Thanks freshmen for your show of gratitude!

Also, if you haven’t submitted your award nominations, please do so soon!

Finally, here are some pictures of our Kairos Year End Celebration and Graduation Sunday at Gracepoint!

Congratulations Gracepoint Seniors!!

Celebrating the completion of 4 fine years!!

You know we had a great time with this much food!!

"iPaper will revolutionize the way you think about computing"

Were the team titles this funny

Winning team celebrating their hard earned victory!

"What? Hawaii is a country!!"

End of the year Kairos slideshow

So to launch things off, we want to commemorate the completion of yet another year here at Kairos 2 by having a pseudo awards ceremony! What does this mean you ask? Well, I’m not really sure… But it’s something like this: 

Nacho Nacho Men

• Nomination for the most faithful blog commentor: Robert Kim (I think he would win this not just for Kairos, but for all of Gracepoint Berkeley!)
• Nomination for the most grammatical errors on the blog: Johnny Yang (this doesn’t have to apply just to our blog, he makes errors in almost  every email he sends me. haha!)
• Nomination for the most incredible nachos: Ryan Theimer and Richard Ma (that tray during our potluck could have fed all-kairos and then some)

Alright, I think you get the point! If you want to make some nominations just put them in the comments section. Be nice though After a week, we’ll compile the best and have an “unofficial” awards ceremony (on our blog that is).

In other news, here’s the slideshow that was shown during the Kairos year end celebration. Thanks Dora (of Kairos 3) and Ernie (of Kairos 1) for working on it!!

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
• 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.

Why: We wanted to have a time to get to know some of you better as well as give you a chance to get to know us. Have any questions you’d like to ask us or things you’d like to discuss? Deep, important, pressing questions? Like… how did Amy and Andy meet? What were some of the big challenges we faced in college? How did Kairos start? What is the trinity? (ok that last one might be too tough, haha)

When: 12:30-2pm, Wednesday (5/6). Stop by any time during this period even if it’s in between classes!

Where: Chinquapin Room,  4th floor of the MLK building (Above Pauley Ballroom)

If you can please let us know if you can make it so we can get a rough estimate of food. But even if you don’t let us know, you can still swing by!

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

Hope you are all hanging in there with school– only about 2 1/2 more weeks left of instruction! We dont have too much going on this weekend, so hopefully you can use this weekend to catch up on your studies.

Here’s a quick summary of what is happening:

Friday, 4/24
5:45pm Dinner @ Crossroads DC

7-9pm GTS classes @1st Pres Church

Post bible study: Soph & up students will be hosting the frosh for fun & games.

Sisters: Contact Lin for more info; Brothers: Contact Robert & Ryan for more info

Sunday, 4/26

10am Prayer meeting @Willard Middle School

11:30am Gracepoint Sunday Service @ Willard Middle School

Hope to see you sometime this weekend!