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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Growing Up Archive
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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... -
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... -
A Picture of Perseverence
Posted on September 7, 2010 | 19 CommentsSubmitted by Ulia…This past Sunday, we celebrated Grandma Bessie’s 101st birthday! Despite her age and her weak body, she is amazingly cheerful and thankful, and she thanks God for sustaining her these many years. When I first began visiting Crown Bay at the beginning of summer,... -
Small Steps leading to Big Blessings
Posted on May 14, 2010 | 3 CommentsSubmitted by Sijii… When I look back on the past four years of my life, three major life-transforming decisions come to mind. The first was committing myself to my small group, second committing myself to God and third, committing myself to God’s work. The first... -
God’s Bigger Picture
Posted on May 13, 2010 | No CommentsSubmitted by Janet… Now that I’m ending an important chapter of my life and reflecting on the past 4 years, I can see how God has changed my life and has directed me to a better path. I first came into Berkeley excited for my... -
Why So Much Love?
Posted on May 12, 2010 | 4 CommentsSubmitted by Mike… Coming into Berkeley, I expected to learn and experience a lot of new things. Attending one of the top educational institutions in the world, I learned a lot (or at least, I think I learned a lot). And having spent my time... -
A New Sense of Community
Posted on May 12, 2010 | 1 CommentSubmitted by Francisca… These past few days I meditated on what’s the most drastic way my life has changed because of God and it would be becoming part of His community. Coming into college I was very withdrawn from the world, I was so used... -
A God who redeems
Posted on February 24, 2010 | 7 CommentsSubmitted by Diana… Looking back on my high school days, I shudder when I think of some of the decisions I made. While for me it was a time of adjustment and trial, having just emigrated from Mexico, I also remember those days with a... -
Full and satisfied
Posted on October 13, 2009 | 8 CommentsSubmitted by Olivia (from Gracpoint Hsinchu)… The long awaited NTU (National Taiwan University) discussion small group “Pause” finally started on October 7, 2009 (clap + cheer)! Two years after Koinonia came to Hsinchu, Taiwan, we’re finally in a new city and new campus, making connections... -
Hsinchu / Austin Discipleship Retreats
Posted on September 9, 2009 | 3 CommentsAustin and Taiwan both had their very first discipleship retreats this past weekend. (Austin retreat picture above.) I am just amazed and so thankful as it’s just been one year since we started Austin and two years since we started Taiwan, but the sense of... -
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... -
What a journey
Posted on August 12, 2009 | 26 CommentsIt’ll be our 20th year anniversary this fall! No, not for us and our husbands (it’s all of our 14th year anniversaries this year), but for my peers and I. It was the Fall Retreat 1989 on Labor Day weekend of our freshman year when... -
Stepping stones
Posted on July 24, 2009 | 2 CommentsSubmitted by Gina… We had a time of memorializing some stones this past weekend at the Praxis Discipleship Retreat. (Joshua 4: “Each of you is to take up a stone on his shoulder…to serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children... -
Senior retreat in Yosemite
Posted on July 23, 2009 | 1 CommentSubmitted by Sheri (after my own senior discipleship retreat back in 2007)… Arriving after a few weeks of winter break, this past senior retreat was an uplifting and refreshing time for me and many of my peers. Yosemite –a long time favorite of our church... -
Growing through difficulties (especially a difficult child)
Posted on July 22, 2009 | 5 CommentsSubmitted by Eunice (September 2007) Our firstborn, Elijah, was a relatively “easy” child – healthy, and never gave us a lot of reason to worry. Our second son, Micah, on the other hand, in his first 15 months of life, provided for me many vivid... -
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... -
To feed a child
Posted on July 1, 2009 | 1 CommentSubmitted by Kevin, Senior, SFSU 30hour famine really forced me to not eat. I never fasted before and my intentions going into it were very relaxed. I told myself that it wouldn’t be so bad because it was just for a day and that there... -
Seed that’s been planted
Posted on June 26, 2009 | 1 CommentSubmitted by Joyce… This was from a few years ago, but since our 5th graders just “graduated” from Joyland… Graduation Sunday was our last Sunday with the 6th graders before we sent them off to Element. Teacher Michelle gave a message about the importance of... -
Fear of the dark
Posted on June 24, 2009 | 3 CommentsSubmitted by Mark… After coming home from work one night, my back then 2-year-old son and I went out from our garage to ride our bikes along the adjacent backroad. When we got to the end of the road, he realized all of a sudden... -
Living out a vision
Posted on June 22, 2009 | 1 CommentSubmitted by Eunice… Last summer, we held the first annual Sophomore Discipleship Retreat at Sierra Lodge, led by Pastor Ed and Kelly Kang. It had only been a year since we first met these sophomores as wide-eyed frosh, and many of them didn’t really know... -
How can you?
Posted on June 16, 2009 | 3 CommentsSubmitted by Jin… Several years ago, an overarching sentiment I felt can be captured in the words of “How can you?” It is an episode of my life I am very ashamed about and not anything I ever want to relive again. In the summer... -
Impacting kids as a helper
Posted on June 15, 2009 | 3 CommentsSubmitted by Hugo… Excited about the idea about being a part of Impact, I applied to be a Team Lead right away. I was so set on being one that under the application I even marked that position for both my first and second choice,... -
Sophomore discipleship retreat
Posted on June 4, 2009 | 2 CommentsSubmitted by Tim… Don’t miss out on this year’s retreat sophomores! I think one of the best parts of the retreat was the atmosphere. It was eye opening and thought provoking while still being fun and relaxed. Some people expected another winter retreat with all... -
Blessing through pain
Posted on June 3, 2009 | 8 CommentsSubmitted by Sarah… The past four years or so with my chronic hand condition (repetitive stress injury) has taught me a lot and I feel that it has been a real growing experience. My hand problems started back in the late 90s but weren’t so... -
Fasting is not my thing
Posted on June 3, 2009 | 1 CommentSubmitted by James…. Fasting has never been my thing. In fact, I have never fasted before, and the last thing I would plan to do is to give up food for any purpose. Food is simply too important to me. I understood the tragedy of...