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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Reaching Out 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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
A Youthful Presence
Posted on May 26, 2010 | 12 CommentsSubmitted by Jane…This past Sunday, Interhigh Fellowship sent out the first team to conduct a youth worship service at a small Korean church in Hayward. Esther Kang, Kevin Jeung, Sam Hudnet, and I were excited to be a part of this historic move. Without a... -
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... -
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... -
Angel Tree moments
Posted on January 20, 2010 | 1 CommentSubmitted by Lin… Our small group sponsored a five year old boy, named X. When I went to the Angel Tree Christmas party, it turned out that his stepdad came. His stepdad was the one who was in prison and who wanted to make sure... -
True living water
Posted on January 4, 2010 | 7 CommentsSubmitted by Suzanne… This past Tuesday we had our first historical prayer walk on the UCSD campus! As we were all gathered around and praying for this campus I thought it was pretty amazing that so many of us from different ministries in our churches... -
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... -
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... -
Thank you for giving to the Lord
Posted on October 1, 2009 | 4 CommentsSubmitted by Lauren… Two weeks ago we celebrated Grandma Bessie’s 100th birthday at Crown Bay nursing home. We first met Grandma Bessie Porteous about 1 year ago when we started elderly care ministry. Grandma Bessie was born in 1909 in Olympia WA. At the age...