Training Up Archive

  • A God who redeems

    A God who redeems

    Submitted 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...

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  • My 15th NSWN

    My 15th NSWN

    Wanted 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...

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  • True bonding

    True bonding

    Submitted 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...

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  • Multiplication through service

    Multiplication through service

    Submitted by Andrew… One weekend as I was “blocking” the Sierra House, I couldn’t help but think about all I’ve been able to learn while serving at this church. I never thought I’d know what “blocking” is, let alone what it is used for (to...

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  • Who would have thought?!

    Who would have thought?!

    Submitted by Carmen…  Although I had used my minimal Photoshop skills to put my architecture portfolio together, I didn’t know what the Adobe Photoshop vocabulary of “layers,” “masks,” or “sets” even meant. In Spring 2003, I got formally trained in Photoshop in a 3-day workshop...

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  • Roy’s story

    Roy’s story

    I celebrated my first American Christmas in Houston, Texas in the winter of 1992, mere weeks after first setting foot in this strange and seemingly unreceptive land. As a ten-year-old FOB, I would spend the next four years in what I, at the time, would...

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  • I’m not crazy

    I’m not crazy

    Submitted by Angela…   Gracepoint Fellowship’s Worldview Camp 2008 last year was eye-opening to say the least.  My take-away point is that I’m not crazy.  I see how obvious it is now: it takes more faith to be a skeptic than it does to believe in...

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  • Multiply Your Talents

    Multiply Your Talents

    Every year, as a church, we hold a bunch of classes, ranging from Photoshop to Video to Stage/Lighting to Bass to Guitar. I had the opportunity to teach

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