Beach Trip!

Hey guys, hope midterm week went well for y’all.  It’s over! (for now…)

Just to give you guys a chance to get away from it all, all the Kairos groups are getting together for a trip to the beach.  And guess what?  Forecast is warm and sunny!  Get ready for ultimate frisbee, ultimate volleyball, and ultimate BBQ! We’ll also light up a bonfire when it starts to get a little chilly in the afternoon, so I hope you’re looking for some relaxing time in the sand!  

Where: Parking lot across from Crossroads DC

When: Leaving at 10AM, back by 3PM

Hope to see you there!

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V-Day of Compassion Recap

Kairos 4 had an awesome and blessed time joining with Kairos 2 to go to the Henry Robinson Multi Service Center last Saturday for Valentine’s Day. We had the opportunity to meet a lot of adults and children of various ages there. We “got down” by singing and dancing led by Johnny (K2) and his dance troupe (Cristina, Ryan, and Lin), heard a poignant message by Abe (K2), made bead jewelry, played the cup stacking game and the ever-popular King Kong Shower.

Afterwards, all the Kairos got together at Tim’s place for dinner, then off to ALameda High gym for some sports fellowship. The sisters got together likewise for a time of fun at Northloop.

Here are some photos of our VDay prep and evening wind-down:

Welcome to our brothers’ wind-down time…

Can’t forget about the sisters’ time-o-fun, too!

Hope to see y’all help out again next year!

Post-Craig Hazen Talk… Boba!

Some pics from after the Craig Hazen talk last Friday.

Hmm… Tim doesn’t look happy with his boba. You shoulda had what Ron or Rich Yen was having!

This Friday: Valentine’s Bible Study

Hope you guys are all looking forward to the weekend….3-day weekend!  Whoohoo!  I’m excited about Saturday’s Valentine’s Day of Compassion event, but before that, we’ll have a special Valentine’s Bible Study on Friday.

Meet us for dinner beforehand at the YWCA (2nd floor, ring the white doorbell of front door is locked) @ 6pm sharp, we’ll then all head off together to First Presbyterian Church on Channing and Dana street for a combined fellowship Bible Study at 7:00PM (the rest of Kairos, A2F, and Koinonia will be there!).  UPDATE: GTS courses will begin next week.

Hope to see you there!

GTS (Fri) & V-Day of Compassion (Sat)

GTS

Be sure to sign up for a GTS (Gracepoint Training School) class that everybody will be taking on Friday nights. No, you don’t get units. They are just like our regular Bible studies, but they each are geared towards specific crowds so that we all can get the most out of God’s words. We will meet together as Kairos 4 for dinner, then head over to First Presbyterian Church together (near Unit 3), for a time of praise, then break off to our specific courses. Afterwards we’ll come back together for a time of fun. Last day to sign up is this Wednesday night, so please CLICK HERE to sign up!

Valentine’s Day of Compassion

Wanted to let you know about a tradition our church and campus fellowships had started a few years back.  Valentine’s Day has become a day that’s overhyped with romantic love notions, which sadly leaves a LOT of people feeling left behind.  What our church as a whole has decided to do was to bring love and compassion to the most forgotten people in our communities, to bring a day of joy into their lives of difficult circumstances.  This includes folks at nursing homes, at homeless and transition shelters, battered women shelters, Salvation Army centers, etc.

Kairos 2 and 4 are joining forces this Saturday to bring an afternoon of joy to the children (ages K-12) of families at a transition center in Oakland… These are homeless families that are given a place to stay for a month while they try to find themselves somewhere more stable.

Our program is going to be from 2-4pm, but we’ll need to do some prep work beforehand.  So we’re going to meet at Dana House (2440 Dana/Dwight) at 11:30… it’s BYOL (bring your own lunch), or just come having eaten.

Then, AFTERwards, we’ll be having a lot of fun and the Kairos staff will be providing a great dinner for y’all… more info on that to come!  But it’ll be a very full day of both meaningful work as well as lots of fun fellowship!

Please let me know, however, if you can make it to our visit to the homeless transition center, and also if you’d need a ride to Dana house.  Share your love by clicking here.