We are going to Magic Mountain this summer! A bunch of us are all headin’ on down to middle-California to experience the roarin’ and rumblin’ thrill and the magic of this mountain called… you guessed right! – MAGIC MOUNTAIN! Okok, that was too much. But anyhoo, for those of you in the SoCal area this summer, come join us!!
By the way, we’re gettin’ a special discounted group rate ($23/each) , so please sign up ASAP if you know you can make it! Sign up by NEXT FRIDAY, 5/22!
Date: Monday, 6/8/2009
Location: Magic Mountain amusement park, Vallejo Valencia, CA [Good catch, Jess! It is VALENCIA, not vallejo!]
I know this sounds strange… but we might even get a great deal on an All-You-Can-Eat Lunch w/ our own private picnic spot w/ Cartoon people leading the games… just for our group. Yeah, you know you dunt wanna miss that one!
As we are now in the midst of finals or studying for them, don’t stress out!!
Here are some announcements about this week and the summer’s happenings (not quite as many as last week!):
FRIDAY, 5/15 All-College Bible Study 8:00-9:00pm
First Presbyterian Church, Berkeley **Dinner at 6:30pm @ Dana House
WED – SAT, 6/17 – 6/20 Gracepoint Worldview Camp 2009 Special Speaker: Sean McDowell (author of Ethix: Being Bold in a Whatever World & co-author of Understanding Intelligent Design along with William A. Dembski and The Credible Resurrection with Josh McDowell)
Come join us, this will be an awesome time!
Sign up byFRIDAY, 5/15 and get the$50EARLY BIRD special! (Great deal! since it includes a binder and basically all the meals Wednesday through Saturday!)
Check out some of these topics! *The Case for Pro-life
*Shattering the Myths of Evolution
*The Case for a Creator
*Playing the Atheist
*What’s the big deal with pornography
*Truth or Tragedy
*Worldview in Movies
*Virtual Life
*Miracles
We’re nearing the end!…. that only means one thing…. finals are approaching! Ahh! Well, before you start stressin’, we wanted to invite ya’ll to a Kairos-wide End-of-the-Year Extravaganza to celebrate all that God’s been doing in our midst this year at Kairos! But wait, there’s more!…
Hold on’ cuz there’s a lotta announcements!
WEDNESDAY, 5/6 Kairos Girls’ Mother’s Day Card-Making Night Kairos girls will be making Mother’s Day cards tomorrow at the Y! Come join us as we remember our mothers by pulling together our creative minds to make thoughtful and dazzling cards for our very own moms! 8pm
YWCA 2nd Floor (corner of Bancroft & Bowditch)
FRIDAY, 5/8 Last GTS Course of Spring 2009! 7pm
First Presbyterian Church (Corner of Dana & Channing)
End-of-the-Year Kairos Celebration!
Come join us after GTS for a night of fun and fellowship, w/ finger foods prepared by our very own Kairos staff. Let’s remember all that God has done this past year and celebrate together. We’ll have food, games, even a slideshow! Check it out!
SUNDAY, 5/10 Mother’s Day & GRADUATION Sunday!
This Sunday is a very special time when we commemorate our mothers’ love and care for us by remembering and honoring them. Also, we will be celebrating with all the graduating seniors – Class of 2009! 11:30am (Prayer Meeting starts at 10am)
Willard Middle School auditorium, Berkeley
WED – SAT, 6/17 – 6/20 Gracepoint Worldview Camp 2009 Special Speaker: Sean McDowell (author of Ethix: Being Bold in a Whatever World & co-author of Understanding Intelligent Design along with William A. Dembski and The Credible Resurrection with Josh McDowell)
Come join us, this will be an awesome time! Sign up byNEXT FRIDAY, 5/15 http://www.gracepointonline.org/gp/signups/2009_worldview_camp
Our annual Worldview Camp will be from 6/17-20 this summer in Alameda. Our guest speaker will be Sean McDowell!
Please sign-up online (www.gracepointonline.org/signups) if you would like to attend. It will be $50 if you sign-up by5/15 and $60 thereafter.
Please note that this summer, starting in June, we will be meeting on Tuesday nights for prayer meeting and Friday nights will be MYT followed by combined Bible study at 1st Presbyterian Church. Here’s a short trailer for the MYT classes and you can sign up online.
FRIDAY, 5/1 GTS Courses 7pm
First Presbyterian
Please go to your respective classes, there will be no praise time. Dinner will be provided at 6pm at First Pres!
Afterwards, we will have a time of SPORTSmania at the RSF forRSF NITEw/ Koinonia! [Remember to bring appropriate sports clothes if you want to play!] See below for T-Shirt Colors: Frosh =BLACK/BLUE Soph = GREY
Juniors = RED
Seniors = YELLOW
See below for some post-GLive thoughts & pictures!
Ok… long overdue. GLive recap. Hopefully, by now, we’ve all gotten over the post-GLive blues…
Man, I still can’t believe it sometimes, that our church coming together as one body, united for one purpose… can deliver this great message of the gospel crystal clearly through this production. Hearing stories one after another of people really being impacted by the messages through the skits have been so amazing!
For me, it was wonderful being able to work w/ the freshman class, from learning the dance moves (yikes) to working on prologue images (that would be projected on the screen for the frosh scene) w/ Jacqui Poon & Sieun Seo from Koinonia. Those nights working together were so precious as once again I experienced the teamwork and authentic desire to see everything be put together through our greatest efforts for all it’s worth – the gospel!
And doing makeup the day of, getting a chance to see face-to-face all the freshmen as I was powdering them face to face. Haha… Cheering them on in the hallway, loudly and silently when the performers were on stage! It was quite a nostalgic experience as I remember the time I was in that same hallway of Willard Middle School w/ my peers our junior year and having the staff powder our noses, organize our costumes time and time again, reading through script after script, rooting and cheering us on as we neared stage time!
With countless more stories and different impacting moments GLive has rendered in so many people’s lives, I anticipate this year and the years to come at Gracepoint w/ joy and excitement! Hey, check out the cool intro video masterminded by our very own Kairos 2’s Abe Yang!
See below for some more fantasmic pix from GLive and CLICK HERE to see more:
Freshman skit - Mr. Right.com
Powerful Sophomore skit
Moving Junior Skit - here's our very own Kevin Tan!
Junior Skit - What if?...
Then w/ the Senior finale...
Wow, as we’re all probably looking forward to the DVD, let’s remember all the memory-making moments together, the team huddles, the encouragement, the people who came, the fellowship (not to mention all the yummy food!), the inspiring moments, and more importantly the message of the gospel tried and true, that hits every person at the very core.
FRIDAY, 4/24 GTS Courses 7pm
First Presbyterian Gym
Following GTS, Kairos upperclassmen will be hosting our Kairos lowerclassmen for a time of fun, bonding, snacks, and fellowship!! GUYS: Dana House (2440 Dana St., Berkeley) GIRLS: TBA
Hey, last weekend All Kairos (minus K-dub) went to Cordonices Park (right across from the Rose Garden) to embark on a stone slide adventure in the pitch dark. A bunch of us brought some heavy-duty flashlights and thanks to Kairos 2, we had some yummilicious red bean and tapioca dessert! Also, homemade chili! Yuuu-uumy! Dongses (Kairos 4) managed to record us sliding! See below!
And yes, the long awaited GLive post is yet to come!! Stay tuned!!
Experiencing post-GLive blues?? Well, never fear, Kairos 1 is here! Okay, that was cheesy, but anyway, wanted to fill you in what’s going on this week!
Don’t worry, we’ll have updates on GLive on the blog soon!
FRIDAY, 4/17 GTS Courses back up and running! 7pm
First Presbyterian Gym
Following GTS, there will be a special activity!
SATURDAY, 4/18 Kairos 1 Dinner!at Rick/Sue’s Since we haven’t seen each other since GLive, this would be a great time to fellowship once again together as Kairos 1 and catch up!
Just a heads up, this week is “Passion Week.” It is a time to reflect on the real meaning behind Good Friday and Easter. Please see below for information on this weekend.
FRIDAY, 4/10 Good Friday Service 7:30pm
Kofman Auditorium, Alameda High School 2200 Central Ave, Alameda
For rides, please let Ernie know ernestine.yeung@gmail.com
510.227.9352
SUNDAY, 4/12
GTS Courses(Course 101 & Course 101x only) 10am
Kofman Auditorium, Alameda High School
2200 Central Ave, Alameda
Easter Service
11:30am Kofman Auditorium, Alameda High School
2200 Central Ave, Alameda
For rides, please let Ernie know ernestine.yeung@gmail.com
510.227.9352
If you’re unfamiliar with what G-Live (or Gracepoint Live) is all about, it’s a big production our church (Gracepoint Fellowship) puts on every 2 years. This year, the entire college department is participating in this event, pulling off everything from skits, dancing, acting to prop-building and prop-moving, audio, video, lighting, special effects. Of course it’s not JUST about all the pizazz… but there’s also the PROCESS of all of us coming together for the greater purpose! Amazing?! Yeah, well, we’re running on some crazy fuel and we’re in something called G-Live mode as we near this amazing event that will leave you speechless! We’re looking forward to all that will happen on Saturday and for those of ya’ll invited to join us, we hope you’ll really enjoy GRACEPOINT LIVE 2009!!
Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at all that is happening in the Frosh department…
... and yes, we want YOU to come and join us!
I think Brian likes his outfit too much...
On stage!
Oops, don’t wanna ruin the surprise!
Back stage...
Their poses seems so... natural... are they acting here?
Man! I just watched the DVD of Gracepoint Live 2007 yesterday! BOOYEAH! I am READY for Gracepoint 2009!! Lemme hear ya say, YEEEUH!!!
Last one – G-Live Teaser #3
Watch out, Berkeley, you won’t know what hit ya after you experience GRACEPOINT LIVE!
The students and staff have been at our North Loop building in Alameda every day and night this week working hard on gettin’ the lines down, workin’ on the dance moves, pullin’ the skits together, re-writin’ the skits, finishin’ up the props, puttin’ together the stage set designs, plannin’ the backstage technicalities, huntin’ for costumes, and more! Yesterday, we took a practice break and went to Tilman Park for some smashin’ sports and really really delish burgers! Mmmm… the bbq sauce was “da bomb!”
Here’s what’s still goin’ on this week:
Thu 3/26
10a-10p
G-Live Practice at NL
Fri 3/27
10a-6p
G-Live Practice at NL, Alameda
630-8p
All College Bible Study at NL, Alameda
(Let Ernie know if you need a ride!)
