Kairos Christian Fellowship (Gracepoint – Berkeley)

9-11-01.  A date that forever will be seared in my memory.  It was 8 years ago that 19 hijackers boarded 4 planes and proceeded to carry out one of the deadliest terrorist attacks on U.S. soil.  I was only a freshman in high school back then but I still vividly remember what I was doing on that day.  My dad called me in the morning and told me to turn on the TV and I immediately saw one of the World Trade Center buildings on fire.

The second plane hits the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.

View on the ground near the site of the attack.

The collapsed World Trade Center tower as seen on Oct 4, 2001

Each of the victims names were read aloud, 2,752 in all, at the ceremony at held at the World Trade Center site today.  Moments of silence were observed at 8:46, 9:03, 9:59 and 10:29 a.m. — the exact times that planes crashed into the north and south towers and the times the towers fell.

Ceremony held at the World Trade Center site.

President Obama declared this day as a day of national service.  He said, “We honor all those who gave their lives so that others might live, and all the survivors who battled burns and wounds and helped each other rebuild their lives.”

President Obama lays a wreath at the Pentagon Memorial.

Construction is still ongoing amidst years of delays.  1 World Trade Center is expected to be completed by 2013.   But the memorial which will eventually have two square pools depicting where the previous towers once stood should be partially complete by 2011, or the 10th anniversary.

The construction site as of September 11, 2009.

Flowers float in the reflecting pool in remembrance of the victims.

Promoted to be the event to top all events, Kairos Karnival was everything anticipated plus more.  Held at Maxwell Family Field, it was a night of fun, games, and some serious fellowship. There was the Three Point Shootout, the Chicken Flip, Football Toss, Nothing But Net, Ultimate Frisbee, and more. One of the favorite activities of the night was the 50 foot Inflatable Obstacle Course, which two people would race through to see if they could record the fastest time. As the night went on, condensation accumulated and people were doing more slipping and sliding rather than actually racing through the obstacle course–but boy was it fun!

If you missed it, we split up into teams of about 10 to go from one carnival booth to the next, so we got to know some new faces as well as compete for the top prizes. Who knew, but at the end of the night we found out that the grand prizes would be an autographed Cal football signed by Jahvid Best and an autographed mini Cal helmet signed by Kevin Riley, some more Cal gear, and of course our very own Kairos Sweatshirt! Needless to say, Kairos Karnival was super AWESOME. So be on the lookout for the next Kairos event, cuz it’ll be packed with just as much fun and excitement, plus a whole lot of Kairos-styled good fellowship!

Oh Yeah, Kairos Karnival @ Maxwell!

Wow, Look at that Chicken Fly!

Why the frown Jessica?

Nice Toss!

Looks like Danny figured out the secret is using 2 hands

A 50 foot Obstacle Course? That's AWESOME!

Concentration is needed for the Football Toss

Angel was one of our Grand Prize winners of the night! (That's a real Cal football signed by Jahvid Best!!!)

Awesome shot of the music portion of our NSWN last night. There is another showing tonight at 7pm, Pauley Ballroom, so don’t miss out! Last night it was packed, and we had to kick out and turn away people. So make sure to come early!

It’s only Thursday and already it’s been an action-packed week! We started off the week with Sundaes on Monday.

Our very own David Park stepped up to the challenge and won a t-shirt! Four scoop ice cream banana split in under 8 minutes!

Next up that evening was Boba and Boardgames.

Apparently Stephen is pretty confused about Joyce’s Charoodle game-playing skills. She doesn’t look too confident, either.

Then we ended the evening with the ever-awesome game of King Kong Shower. What’s your move?

Tuesday evening at the Kairos Karnival, Lucky Angel wont a Cal football used by the Cal Football team, and signed by the one and only Jahvid Best! Too awesome! Your balloon hat is almost as awesome, too!

Once again, be sure to check out the last showing of New Student Welcome Night, tonight! We’re going to have an SF trip this Friday evening as well, so you don’t want to miss that either. Hope everyone is have a good first week of class so far!

Wow.  That was a pretty AWESOME camping/hiking trip!  Steve Kim, Mike Fu, and I got to go out to Yosemite to let Mike Fu enjoy another glimpse of Yosemite before he heads off to Taiwan for a year starting next week.  Our trip included some night hiking on Sentinel Dome the first day, and then heading over to Tuolumne Meadows the following day for another high adventure hike to the Waterwheel Falls.

That second hike was pretty ridiculous.  We must have hiked 20 miles total, 4 or 5 of which was because we went the wrong way, but nonetheless, it was some real deal hiking… we were all dead tired at the end!  The best part was seeing the waterfalls at the end of the trail.  But on the way back, the weather made a turn for the worst, and with the temperature dropping down the to the 60s and with high winds and rain, we almost felt like we weren’t going to make it back.  But we made it, alive and well!  That was the most memorable hiking trip ever!

Thanks Steve for taking us out to Yosemite!  It can be described by nothing other than: AWESOME!

(Check out the pictures here.)

Hey guys, we had an action-packed few days this past weekend. To end the Friday evening, our group began our 30 Hour Famine at the strike of 12am. The Following day we headed off to the San Francisco Food Bank where we helped package over 2,200 pounds of rice for the needy! We all felt so blessed to help out in such a concrete way, and we look forward to more service opportunities in the future. We also even got to see our fellow SF campus groups help out as well! We ended the afternoon by going to the UCSF campus to reflect on God’s word. Check out the rest of the photos here!

Sunday morning, we broke our fast together at Ellen’s place over jook and yogurt. We also help our home worship here. How do you guys like the new location? More pictures can be found here!

Please post your thoughts about the 30 Hour Famine AND, per John Lee’s prompt at the end of The Truth Project, please post any questions you may have regarding the topic of science and God.

Thank you all for your patience. I’ve finally gotten the chance to post up some Magic Mountain photos. These photo are courtesy of our talented photographer David Park! Gotta love this first shot of our fearless director, Rick Yi!

More can be found on David’s Flickr site, as well as GFC’s Flickr site.