Friday, February 6, 2009

Gracepoint Training School and G-Live!

Next Friday, 2/13, we will be starting our GTS and G-Live practices! Remember to sign up for the course you plan on taking. If you have any questions as to which class you should take, you can read the descriptions on the signup page, or you can ask your staff.

Where: First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley (Gym)
Time: 7:00PM
Dates: 2/13 - 5/1
Fee: $5 for Course 101, Course 101x
$10 for Sk1, SK2, Church 101
Deadline is 2/8/09 so don't forget to sign up soon!

Sunday, February 1, 2009

Guest Speaker: Dr. Craig Hazen


Hey everyone,
We'll be having a special talk this Friday with Dr. Craig Hazen who's a professor at Biola University. He'll be talking about Christianity in a World of Religions. Join us this Friday in 155/145 Dwinelle at 7PM! Also, if you want to come to the all-day training event with Dr. Hazen, make sure you sign up online on the signups page here. Also, note the new times for the Sunday service, which will start at 11:15AM right after the prayer meeting starting at 10:00AM.

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Welcome back!

Welcome back everybody. I know it's been a very very long time since the blog has been last updated and I apologize for that. I think most people are back by now and I hope everybody had a restful break. Well, this posting will be the very first posting of year 2009. Coincidentally, today is actually a very special day. Not only is it Inauguration day of the very first African-American President of USA, and not only is it the very first day of the Spring semester, but also it is the Tuesday before the annual Winter Retreat which will be happening this weekend. Hope to see many of you guys there.

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Good luck on Finals!

Study hard and good luck on your finals.

Events to come in January...

Please sign up for the following events ASAP:

Winter Retreat 2009
Fri-Sun, 1/23-1/25 (first weekend after school starts). This is the spiritual highlight of our whole year so please do sign up now and get the early bird discount if you sign up and pay before 12/31/08.

Koinonia Snow Trip 2009
Sat, 1/17 (right before school starts). This is a one day snow trip. It's a really fun time to sled, tube, build a snowman, tackle (mainly for brothers), just bury your leader in the snow (everybody). There's no sign up link for this, but if you are interested let us know.

GLive Tech and Arts Camp
Mon-Fri, 1/12-1/16. This is an incredible opportunity to get trained in video work, Photoshop, scriptwriting, and much more by the best at our church, in preparation for this spring's GracepointLive, our huge multimedia and theatrical production! Don't worry, you will still get to act on stage.

January 2009 is going to be an exciting month.

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Gift Exchange!

Hey everyone!
This Friday we'll be having our Christmas Gift Exchange!!! Remember to bring a gift somewhere in the range of $5-10. We'll be combining with HG 3 (Ben and Helen) to have a fun time of giving and receiving gifts, with challenges and other fun twists. We'll be at the YWCA after Bible Study! Study hard for your finals and see you this Friday!

Thursday, December 4, 2008

Update

Hey everyone,
It's been a while since our last post and a lot has happened since then. We've had our Thanksgiving Celebration which was a blast where we got to see all the different groups perform and eat great food afterwards. This Friday is our RSF night before finals begin which are just around the corner. Hopefully you guys are studying hard and will be able to make it. Also, make sure to mark your calendars for the Snow Trip on January 17 and the Winter Retreat on January 23-25 of 2009. There's a lot going on in January so make sure you keep that blue calendar handy! If you want to look at the videos of the various performances, they're posted on other home group's blogs as well as Dis-gracepoint. HG RED and 8 will be in charge of setup/takedown tomorrow for our Friday Night Bible Study so the guys should head over to Dana house by 5:45PM. We'll be grabbing dinner together between setup and Bible Study.

If you head over to HG 4's blog, they have links to a few of the highlights from TC.

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Turkey recipes

Tom Kim, who is currently serving as a staff intern for A2F, is the maintainer for this awesome blog called dishgracepoint. He posts some of his secret recipes to some amazingly tasty dishes. As Thanksgiving is fast approaching, I think this post would come in handy.

Monday, November 10, 2008

More Than a Face + Thanksgiving Retreat

Hey everyone!

More Than A Face

In case you didn't know, our very own Vivian and Kathy will be giving the "More Than a Face" talk this Wednesday 11/12/08 at 8pm at the Norton Hall Main Lounge in Unit 3. It's a talk that was developed a while ago which exposes how media affects women, in aspects such as self-image, etc. If you're free and want to hear this talk, be there to support them!

Thanksgiving Retreat

This Saturday is Thanksgiving Retreat so if you haven't signed up already, do so now!! There's a link on the sidebar. We'll be spending the day hearing encouraging sharing from various members of our church about all the things God has been doing and just all that we have to be thankful for.

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Koinonia Berkeley Zip-up Hoodies

We will be taking pre-orders. Do it NOW before it's too late. Deadline is this Friday (11.7.08)Front

Sleeve (the koinonia might not be there)