kairos 1 @ berkeley - gracepoint fellowship church

One night as we were preparing dinner for Bible Study... we were waiting for the students to arrive at 6:30pm.

6:27pm... no one shows up
6:30pm... still... no one...

6:35pm... hm... where is everybody?

6:40pm... "We've prepared a feast... how come no one's here yet?" - Yang

"Ok, let's go out and gather the hungry and..." - Grace

"and... vandalize." - Yang

"E-HEM! You mean... evangelize?" - Ernie

"Oh my..." - Tony

BreakPoint

School's out. Well... some of us are waiting for Session C to start.



I must say we had a wonderful semester and ended it with a fabulous trip to Monterey. With all the things learned, we want to look forward to a great summer w/ another fun-filled Kairos trip coming up.

Yesterday night was a wonderful night in which the students who are still here in Berkeley hosted the staff to a wonderful potluck dinner. From Liz and Bethany's vegetarian lasagne to Kevin Tan's 'cinnamon delight,' we experienced cuisine at all levels (James' Chinese Chicken to Hung and Eugene' good ol' American porkchops). Not to also overlook Casper's green bean desert, the student's exceeded all expectations especially over one staff's earlier comment, "Will the food be edible??"

Then we had a nice time of praise and worship, acknowledging all the blessings we've received from God this past year. It was a very, very moving and nice time. Full Kairos One band will be formed soon enough!

We ended the night with each of us sharing a 1 month commitment (just 1 month) of a particular 'fast' that would instill greater discipline and help us steward our time this summer. From sweet tooth 'addiction' to videogaming, we acknowledged things that can be removed from our lives, that would be of great benefit to us, in an effort to replace such activity with more edifying things.

• GSI = Gracepoint Summer Institute
  Dates: Friday 6/6, 7pm @ First Pres., Berkeley
  Saturday 6/7, 10am @ North Loop, Alameda
  Description: A look into OT Survey and Narrative Reading Strategy
  
  
  
  
• SET = Summer Evangelism Training
  Dates: Tuesdays 6/10 - 6/29, 8:30pm
  Description: An 8-week evangelism training course equipping you w/ apologetics knowledge, conversational & relational skills!
  
  
  

• College Worldview Camp
  Speaker: Dr. John Bloom
  Dates: Wed - Sat 6/18 - 6/21
  Place: Monterey
  
  

Worldview Camp

Gracepoint Worldview Camp is a time set aside in the summer to devote yourself to intensive study and discourse over topics designed at helping Christians think and live in accord with a biblical worldview. The topics range from hot button issues in culture from relativism, intelligent design, marriage, sexual ethics and abortion to the lies that go unchallenged in the media, literature, academic institutions and within the public sphere. This year we are thrilled to have Dr. John Bloom as our principal speaker. He is the director of the M.A. Program in Science and Religion and Professor of Physics at Biola University and who holds expertise in the area of not only topics involving science and faith but in biblical archaeology and history.

We encourage you to participate in at least one camp before your college career is over in order to better prepare yourself for the challenges to your faith within the different arenas you will find yourself in in the future!

When: June 18-21 (Wed-Sat)
Where: Cal State Monterey Bay (...there will be some time included for enjoying sports and bonfire on the beach!)
How much: approx $150 (finalized cost is TBA)
Speaker: Dr. John Bloom
Signup: www.gracepointonline.org/worldviewcamp

It is not too late to sign up!

Praise Training Course

Want to further develop your musical talent? Want an opportunity to serve in the praise band? We will be offering a course to train your skill set, lead by our praise lead James Kim.

If you are interested, visit

http://gracepointworship.wordpress.com/application/

for more information.

I put some pictures from our monterey trip into a slideshow, check it out!

Stressed from studying? Check out some funny stories, quotes, and videos of what happens in Gracepoint at disgracepointonline.org, created by Daniel Kim.

Here is a little preview of what you can expect at Dis-Gracepoint:

Since last night was the last Kairos 1 Bible Study, feedback sheets were passed out to everyone. As people are filling them out...

The semester is coming to an end, and the stress is ever so great. He-who-must-not-be-named (also known as Finals) has arrived! Hang in there, it will all be over in two weeks. On a sadder note, along with finals, we will have the final Kairos One Bible Study of the semester this coming Friday. We will start with dinner at 6:30, a home-cooked meal by our very own Ernestine (menu: TBA), followed by a refreshing time of studying the scripture.