Life @ Gracepoint Berkeley
Words and mission statements—as important as they are—aren’t enough to communicate the full story of life here at Gracepoint Berkeley. Here are some personal moments of how we live out our core values and God’s commands day by day throughout our ministries.Blogroll
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Core Values Archive
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Miracle of Salvation
Posted on November 1, 2011 | No CommentsSubmitted by Gordon…This past Sunday at one of the nursing homes we visit, one grandmother made a decision to accept Christ after the message. She suffered from a stroke so can’t really speak, but when Vicky asked her if she wanted to make any commitments... -
Salvation is Here
Posted on October 20, 2011 | No CommentsSubmitted by Angela…This past Sunday was my first time at this nursing home, and the dining room where we hold Sunday services was packed to capacity. There were thirty grandpas and grandmas who came, and some even had to line up their wheelchairs along the... -
God’s Salvation
Posted on August 23, 2011 | 1 CommentSubmitted by Gordon…A few weekends ago, we had two residents make salvation decisions! During the Sunday service, we had been going through a message series that covers the intellectual foundations of Christianity, in hopes of addressing residents who lacked a clear understanding of what being... -
Interhigh Monthly!
Posted on June 24, 2011 | No CommentsSubmitted by Sandra…Last Saturday we had our first Interhigh Monthly of the year! It was a great time of sports and BBQ, with students from our own Element group as well as many students from the respective Interhigh churches we have been visiting. The fun... -
Joy Multiplied
Posted on May 24, 2011 | No CommentsSubmitted by Ulia…On Easter Sunday, our nursing home ministry group held special Easter services, after which one resident made a decision to become a Christian! We also brought potted plants – a variety of tulips, lilies, hydrangeas, etc. – as gifts for the residents at... -
Hope for Salvation
Posted on April 2, 2011 | No CommentsSubmitted by Adam…I spoke with Grandma J today after our worship service at a local nursing home. She said she was able to enjoy the singing time but she didn’t understand the message because she doesn’t understand English. So I offered to summarize the message... -
Back to Life
Posted on March 12, 2011 | 3 CommentsSubmitted by Jenny…I hurt by back a couple weeks ago and wasn’t able to do much. Initially, it was a little embarrassing to answer the question at the doctor’s appointment about whether i experienced any trauma to my back…because the only real “trauma” I could... -
Building Each Other Up
Posted on March 12, 2011 | 7 CommentsSubmitted by Jacob…It was a great experience helping out with the Gracepoint Hsinchu retreat with my peers and hearing Andy preach in Chinese. My peers and I have known each other since our freshman year of college (1996), and I think I can safely say... -
True Love on Valentine’s Day
Posted on March 1, 2011 | No CommentsSubmitted by Sarah…Ministering to the children at the Salvation Army on Valentine’s Day was like a breath of fresh air to me – I was in the midst of struggling with pitying myself for some issues I’ve been facing at home and work, but I... -
Hope Found in God
Posted on February 11, 2011 | 5 CommentsSubmitted by Audrey…I’ve visited Grandma B at the local nursing home a few times before. I am personally inspired by her great faith in God and am always blessed by our conversations. During this visit, I was expecting her typical encouraging remarks like “May the... -
Hope in Heaven
Posted on January 11, 2011 | 2 CommentsSubmitted by George…We recently heard the very sad news that two of the residents we had gotten to know at a local nursing home had passed away during the Christmas holidays. Though we are grieved by their deaths, we are thankful to God that both... -
Christmas Gifts
Posted on January 10, 2011 | 1 CommentSubmitted by Ulia… As a Christmas gift, we gave each of our nursing home residents a poinsettia plant and with it a verse that proclaims the good news of Christmas: “But the angel said to them, ‘Do not be afraid. I bring you good news... -
Celebration of Joy
Posted on December 29, 2010 | 3 CommentsSubmitted by Sue…On December 12, our children’s department held its annual Joyland Christmas Celebration. Students from Joyland and Impact presented the Christmas story and its place in God’s plan for redeeming his people through skits, verse recitation, dazzling displays, and exciting music. One thing we... -
Sharing God’s Heart
Posted on December 28, 2010 | 1 CommentSubmitted by Michelle…On December 17, our Riverside team had the opportunity to do a community service project with some of our students. Unbeknownst to us, Riverside has a community of special needs homes for children who were born to parents who suffered from substance abuse. These children... -
Finals and Fellowship
Posted on December 9, 2010 | 3 CommentsSubmitted by Linda…After our bible study last Friday we invited the students over to Hackamore (the place Steve and Eunice live) and Black Oak (where the brothers live) for a night of intense studying. When everyone arrived, the placed was filled with students studying for... -
Giving Thanks for Thanksgiving Retreat
Posted on December 5, 2010 | 1 CommentSubmitted by Judy…This year’s Thanksgiving Retreat was really special because we had every Gracepoint church represented, including Austin, Hsinchu, and the new church plants! From the perspective of someone coming from one of the new church plants, it felt like a big homecoming reunion and... -
A Change of Heart
Posted on December 2, 2010 | No CommentsSubmitted by Kevin….Mr. J wasn’t a regular attendee of our Sunday services we hold at a local nursing home. I first heard about him from my wife, Ulia, who met him in the lobby of the nursing home one Sunday – he yelled at her... -
Comfort and Strength from God
Posted on November 30, 2010 | 7 CommentsSubmitted by Hank…Ms. B, a resident at one of the senior homes we hold Sunday services for, recently lost her mother. We got to know Ms. B over the past few months, and she asked us to help organize a memorial service. I had never... -
Alive in Christ
Posted on November 16, 2010 | 1 CommentSubmitted by Jason… For most of my life I’ve gone to church and professed to be Christian. As a child my Sunday school teachers taught about how Jesus died on the Cross for our sins and rose from the grave, and I accepted it without... -
A Living Transformation
Posted on November 16, 2010 | 1 CommentSubmitted by Yiyi… I grew up in a typical Asian family where I was told that I needed to work hard in school to get a well-paying job and live a comfortable life. My dad was a self made man who got his BS in... -
Found by God
Posted on November 1, 2010 | No CommentsSubmitted by Mike…Entering college I was a very firm naturalist. My father, being very well educated in natural sciences encouraged me towards learning more about the world around me and caused me to always take great interest in my science classes. As schools confidently taught... -
Being who God called you to Be
Posted on October 28, 2010 | 1 CommentSubmitted by Ulia…A few weeks after we celebrated Grandma Bessie’s 101st birthday [link: http://www.gracepointstories.org/2010/09/a-picture-of-perseverence/], I ran into her son at the nursing home, and he handed me a letter. The letter was addressed to Grandma Bessie from a woman named Eileen (see a copy of... -
Eternally Loved
Posted on October 26, 2010 | No CommentsSubmitted by Joan…I was raised as the only child in my family with great care and with all my parents’ hopes put on me. From a very young age, I had a very big ego and knew that my destiny was to work hard to... -
What God has in store
Posted on September 21, 2010 | 6 CommentsSubmitted by Alison…I can’t believe it’s only been a week since we welcomed the first group of freshmen arriving on campus last wednesday. Those who were free helped them move in during the day, and then we had frisbee at night. We had only a... -
Interhigh Church Services
Posted on September 21, 2010 | 2 CommentsSubmitted by Kevin… InterHigh Teachers and East Bay Korean Presbyterian Church Student, August 22, 2010 As Gracepoint’s Summer of Servanthood comes to a close, InterHigh is thankful for how God has been guiding our ministry and providing us with so many opportunities to serve youth...