Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Frosh/Senior BBQ/Sports Day at Tilden Park!




Hey guys!
We're going to be having a Koinonia-wide all freshmen/senior sports and barbeque day this Saturday, 10AM until 2PM. Don't miss out - it'll be a chance for you to meet fellow freshmen as well as the seniors in Koinonia while enjoying some delicious BBQ. Also, come dressed for sports! (And if you'd rather just hang out, you certainly don't have to play any sports.)

We'll meet at 10AM at Anna Head West Parking Lot (across the street from Crossroads and next to Papamingo's) and head over to the park together. This is open to all freshmen and seniors and you can sign up here.

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Sierra Barn

This past weekend I had the opportunity to go up on Thursday night and work on the "barn," for lack of a better name, next to Sierra Lodge. For those of you who don't know what Sierra Lodge is, about a year ago, Gracepoint finished building a lodge/cabin/house up near Truckee/Lake Tahoe. We've been using it for various retreats such as our class retreats as well as Koinonia home group outings. Hopefully, we'll be able to go there sometime during this semester to hang out and depending on time of year, it'll either be an awesome time in warm weather (which is quickly passing) or in the snow. Recently, we began building another building next to it to help accommodate larger groups, hence the barn. After arriving on Thursday, the guys (around 15 or so including Davis Waypoint) began working on the walls. Needless to say, Andy Tung (Kairos 2) was driving the forklift which lifted the heavy 10-20 foot walls and set them into place. A few times several people were, shall we say concerned?, as the huge walls swung back and forth due to Andy adjusting to driving a forklift. By the end of the day however, we finished the outer walls and the flooring for the upper floor area. Working up there was quite an experience since I wasn't able to work on the Sierra Lodge due to random things coming up at the last minute. The roofing is supposed to come in this week! I can't wait to see what it'll look like! Here are some pictures for your viewing pleasure.


Top: Brothers working on flooring; Bottom: Guiding the final wallpiece into place

Top: Joe Hwang working on top plating (straightening walls) Bottom: Finished outer walls

Top: Andy Tung Driving forklift; Bottom: Picking up wall piece (notice angle of wall in mid-swing)

Tool area where everything from tape measures to power tools were kept

Friday, September 5, 2008

Koinonia Bible Study

Hey everyone!
Tomorrow will be our first Friday Night Bible Study with all of Koinonia at 2050 VLSB starting at 7:30 pm! Afterwards, we'll be breaking up into groups by class and having a time of fun activities. We'll be meeting at the Durant Food Court at 6:00 pm and heading over to Memorial Glade to hang out, eat, and play frisbee from 6:30 - 7:20 pm.

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Small Groups! A way to get plugged in at Gracepoint, Berkeley

Hey everyone! We'll be starting small groups this week on Thursday at 7 pm! Guys will be meeting at Dwinelle Room 251 and the girls at Dwinelle Room 258!

For those of you wondering what a small group is, its just a safe place for a small group of us to come together weekly to share, get to know each other & have meaningful conversations, whether or not you are a Christian. Watch this video to find out more:




If you want to join & you haven't signed up yet, contact Yumi Kim and she'll get you plugged into home group 8's small groups!

Hope to see you there!