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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Giving it All Archive
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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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
God at Work
Posted on June 28, 2010 | 2 CommentsSubmitted by Christina…This week at Life Lutheran Church, we had our second service with 8 youth students attending. Most of the youth were returnees from last week, but we were also happy to see three new faces. We started off our time together with an icebreaker.... -
God will roll away the stone
Posted on June 23, 2010 | 7 CommentsSubmitted by May… Being able to go help the MN team settle in, I was able to get a front row seat of how God was actively answering prayers even before the team arrival date on June 8, 2010. It was especially timely and appropriate... -
A Chance to Serve
Posted on June 15, 2010 | 2 CommentsSubmitted by Khanh…On the warm, first Sunday morning of June, Azusa, Tiffany, Victoria and I arrived at Vietnamese Ministries for our first youth service in downtown Oakland. The sisters and I went into the building that was apparently home to churches of varied ethnicities. We... -
The Joy of Servanthood
Posted on May 26, 2010 | 9 CommentsSubmitted by Daniel… I am blessed by my mom’s servant-like attitude, and it gives me a window into the sheer joy of servanthood. For a few years now, she has been wanting to serve the handicapped or autistic children, spending her free time taking classes... -
Church Plant Commissioning Service – Gracepoint Riverside, San Diego, Minneapolis
Posted on May 5, 2010 | 43 CommentsThis past week’s commissioning service held at Gracepoint Berkeley for our 48 church plant team members went by so quickly, I wanted to recap a bit so that we can all be blessed again through all that we experienced together. I wanted to encourage everyone... -
Lightning speed
Posted on October 16, 2009 | 2 CommentsJust wanted to post some short sharings from some of our Austin members about the anniversary service this past week. Submitted by Bryan… This past weekend Gracepoint Austin celebrated its first anniversary. What a year it has been! It’s hard to imagine that just one... -
You feed them
Posted on September 30, 2009 | No CommentsBeing an introvert by nature, I feel much more at ease in one on one or smaller group settings, and my reaction to crowds is, “Get me outta here;” so one of the things that never ceases to amaze me is Jesus’ compassion on the... -
Doing LIFE in Texas
Posted on September 16, 2009 | 4 CommentsSubmitted by Jackie… I can’t believe it’s only been about two months since Daryl and I moved to Austin. It’s been a whirlwind with Welcome Week, NSWN, DC outreach, Tex-Connect, LIFE groups…and just when I think we have some down time, we’re gearing up for... -
Doing the Famine Gracepoint Style
Posted on August 14, 2009 | No CommentsSubmitted by Judy… Gracepoint Fellowship Church of Berkeley, CA had the privilege of participating in World Vision’s 30-Hour Famine for the second time this year. Starting in May, Gracepoint Fellowship Church members – from Pastor Ed and his wife Kelly Kang, to youth and college... -
Roll up your sleeves!
Posted on July 16, 2009 | 4 CommentsSubmitted by Kaitlyn… During the Christmas of 2007, I went on Gracepoint Fellowship Church’s mission trip to Hsinchu, Taiwan with about 80 other members of our church. That was a very special mission trip because we were there to celebrate the inaugural of our church... -
My 15th NSWN
Posted on July 15, 2009 | 1 CommentWanted to share this with NSWN right around the corner…. This past weekend (Sept 2008), I attended Gracepoint Fellowship Church’s New Student Welcome Night for the 15th time since I graduated college! And it never gets old. We do the same skit every year, but... -
Honduras SMT
Posted on July 9, 2009 | 5 CommentsSubmitted by Daniel… Thank you so much for praying for the Honduras mission trip. It was a short but quite an intense trip, and we really felt your prayers. This year, there were 10 people from Gracepoint Berkeley who joined BMDMI for the Honduras medical... -
For the sake of the call
Posted on July 8, 2009 | 3 CommentsSubmitted by Jason… It’s been one year since our Austin team left from Gracepoint Berkeley… When I stop to think about it, so much of the world says that I shouldn’t give it all in anything that I do. The key to happiness is supposed... -
True bonding
Posted on June 27, 2009 | 14 CommentsSubmitted by Helen… I had a really good time at the interns retreat this past weekend. I was so thankful that I was able to go last minute. I was personally really blessed and challenged by the retreat (even though it wasn’t for me). The... -
Raising the walls
Posted on June 9, 2009 | 2 CommentsDoing DT through Nehemiah last week reminded me of this story, submitted by Andy… In the book of Nehemiah, the walls of Jerusalem were broken down and its gates were destroyed by fire. Filled with anguish over the city, Nehemiah rallied the people to overcome... -
True tough guy
Posted on June 7, 2009 | 6 CommentsSubmitted by Kan… I have always known that Eugene has a long commute from Hsinchu to Taipei everyday, but I didn’t really know how bad this was until I had an internship in Taipei this past summer. I commuted with him on most days: we... -
Keys please?
Posted on June 5, 2009 | 1 CommentSubmitted by Ashley… At Gracepoint Fellowship, you often hear stories about hard workers behind the scenes who make things happen especially for big events like G-live, NSWN, or JCC. Among this group are our weekly ImpACT and Joyland drivers who may very likely be...