Kairos Christian Fellowship (Gracepoint – Berkeley)

Can you believe it? First week is over already! Just 14 more to go! Here’s a quick update of what’s going on this week:

This Weekend 1/22 – 1/24

No on-campus bible study & no Sunday Service at Willard.

Everyone will be gone for a church-wide retreat, but don’t worry, we’ll be back next week. Read on to find out more!

Wednesday 1/27

Freshman Small Group Kickoff
6:30PM @ YWCA (Corner of Bancroft & Bowditch)

Small groups are starting up again this week. We’re going start with dinner and spend some time catching up after the long break. This is the first Small Group of the semester so bring your friends, floormates, classmates, etc. If you’re new, please come check it out, and meet some new friends!

Friday 1/29

KAIROS SPRING WELCOME NIGHT
6:30pm @ 112 Wurster (starting with dinner)

Woot woot! Make some noise! Kairos Spring Welcome Night is here! This is our big welcome event of the spring semester. It’s our chance to welcome back all of the old student and newly welcome the new students! We’ll be having some good food, rockin’ praise and be hearing a thought provoking message. Afterwards we’re going to have some fun and games all together. So get the word out!

Welcome back to school! Hope you all enjoyed your break. We’ve got an exciting week ahead of us, so keep reading to find out more.

Tuesday

Pre-Retreat Prayer Meeting
7:00PM – 9:00PM @ First Presbyterian

For all those who signed up for Winter Retreat, please come to the special prayer meeting that we’re having this week. It’ll be a time for us to prepare our hearts for how God will speak to us through the retreat. It’s a chance for us to share with one another and pray for each other for God to personally address us during this retreat.

Wednesday

Freshmen Kairos Connect Dinner
6:30PM @ Dana House

After being gone for nearly a month, we wanted to get together to have dinner and just catch up at the start of this new semester. Also if you have some new floor mates, feel free to bring them so they can have a chance to meet some new people and have a nice non-DC meal! ^_^

Friday – Sunday

Winter Retreat

Leaving 3:00PM on Friday from Berkeley
Cost: Freshman – $75, Everyone Else – $130

It’s finally here! Winter Retreat is the biggest retreat of the year. This year’s theme is “Personal Relationship With God”. We’ll have a chance to hear a lot of messages and personal testimonies from different people in our church about how God touched and worked in their lives. If you still haven’t signed up, it’s still not too late. Please sign up on the form, but also let your staff know since the actual date is coming up so that we can make sure we have rides and lodging for you.

Sign up for Winter Retreat!

College Wide Snow Trip

Monday, January 18 @ Sierra Lodge
Cost: Free!

It’s winter. It’s freezing cold. When’s a better time to go on a snow trip at Sierra Lodge? All of the college groups are going to head up to the Sierras early Monday morning and spend the day sledding, building snow men, and gently tossing the snow back and forth at one another…ok maybe not “gently”, but you get the picture. Hope you all can make it!

EDIT: Brothers, you’re also invited to leave earlier on Sunday to help do some work on the land as well as help set up the sled run for the rest of us. Thanks!

EDIT: Actually, the weather is predicted to be pretty bad so we’re going to cancel the snow trip. But don’t worry, we’re going to do something else instead. Stay posted!

Sign up for the snow trip!

J-Term

January 11 – January 15, 9AM – 4PM @ Northloop
Cost: $30 (Includes breakfast & lunch everyday)

If you’re back in town this week, join us for our annual January Term, where we offer various courses. Make the most of your winter vacation to equip yourself with some skills and also have some good times of fellowship!

Check out our classes or sign up for J-Term 2010!

Winter Retreat

Friday, January 22, 4:00PM – Sunday, January 24 @ Mount Hermon
Cost: Freshman – $75, Everyone Else – $130

It’s still not too late! This year’s theme is “Personal Relationship With God”. We’re looking forward to how God will use this time to address all of us and help each of us grow in our personal relationship with Him. If you have more questions about what retreat is or what we do during the whole time, feel free to ask your staff for more information.

Sign up for Winter Retreat!

Hope you all are enjoying your last couple weeks of break! Some of us had the chance to go to Knotts this last week. It was awesome! (Though some of us also realized that we’re getting old )

FRIDAY BIBLE STUDY
Friday 1/8 6:30PM
Location: Northloop

If you’re in the area, we’ll be having bible study this week at Northloop starting with dinner!

WINTER RETREAT SIGNUPS
Friday 1/22 4:00PM – Sunday 1/24 @ Mount Hermon

If you haven’t done so already, it’s not too late to sign up for Winter Retreat. It’s the highlight retreat of the year so you really don’t want to miss out!

Sign up for the 2010 Winter Retreat

If you’ve already signed up, please submit your retreat fees as soon as you can:

Freshman: $75 (SPECIAL DISCOUNT)
Everyone Else: $130

If you’re outside of the bay area, please send your retreat fees to:

Gracepoint – Berkeley
c/o Annie Song
2000 North Loop Road
Alameda, CA 94502

Merry Christmas Kairos! We just wanted to wish all of you (wherever you are) a very merry and safe Christmas. We are all so thankful that we got to meet you and grow closer to you this past year.

Here are some quick reminders of what’s coming up:

WINTER RETREAT SIGNUPS
Friday 1/22 4:00PM – Sunday 1/24 @ Mount Hermon

If you haven’t done so already, please sign up for Winter Retreat. It’s the highlight retreat of the year so you really don’t want to miss out!

Sign up for the 2010 Winter Retreat

If you’ve already signed up, please submit your retreat fees as soon as you can:

Early bird special (if we RECEIVE your payment by 12/31/09): $100
After 12/31/09: $150

If you’re outside of the bay area, please send your retreat fees to:

Gracepoint – Berkeley
c/o Annie Song
2000 North Loop Road
Alameda, CA 94502

KNOTT’S BERRY FARM
Monday 12/28, Meet at front entrance at 10:00AM
$23/person

For those of you that have signed up for Knott’s, we’ll be meeting at the front entrance.

SMALL GROUP BIBLE STUDY IN ALAMEDA
6:00pm* Pickups @ Anna Head West Parking Lot

If you have a final Friday night, please let your staff know so they can arrange a later ride for you.

Congrats to everyone who finished finals (especially to the freshmen who just finished their first semester)! While most of you are heading home, for those of us who will be around for a few more days, we’ll be having bible study (starting with dinner) by small groups in Alameda this week.

FROSH & SRS – Andy & Amy’s House
SOPHS & JRS – Steve & Eunice’s House

Also if you haven’t done so already, please remember to sign up for the 2010 Winter Retreat! It’s the biggest retreat of the year where we’ll be hearing lots of messages, sharings and testimonies, playing games and sports and getting to know people from different ministries! Please sign up, you don’t want to miss out!

Dates: Fri 1/22 – Sun 1/24
Location: Mt. Hermon Conference Center
Cost: TBA

Sign up for the 2010 Winter Retreat