Gracepoint Announcements » children http://www.gracepointannouncements.org Gracepoint Berkeley Church News (+ Davis, Austin, Minneapolis, San Diego, Riverside) Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:47:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Thank you for participating! http://www.gracepointannouncements.org/joyland-christmas-celebration http://www.gracepointannouncements.org/joyland-christmas-celebration#comments Thu, 29 Jan 2009 11:42:04 +0000 jeanniebuilee http://www.gracepointannouncements.org/?p=718 jccflyer_finalIf you missed out, be sure to order the DVD!  As one who witnessed the dress rehearsal the night before and then saw the Saturday night performance, I can testify it was a miracle that everything came together the way it did!  The children were right on cue (for the most part), and the performances [...]]]> jccflyer_finalIf you missed out, be sure to order the DVD!  As one who witnessed the dress rehearsal the night before and then saw the Saturday night performance, I can testify it was a miracle that everything came together the way it did!  The children were right on cue (for the most part), and the performances were heart-warming, fun and inspiring!  Our Joytown kids were a precious sight, the K-1st children memorized so many verses(!!), the 2nd-3rd graders solved the case of the missing manger and the 4th-5th graders learned an important lesson about thinking about others first.  Praise God for the many ImpACT children’s parents and Angel Tree families who were able to attend to enjoy the night with us.  I’m so thankful our children can experience THIS kind of event filled with so many memories and fun!  Thank you to all the teachers, and all the helpers, from the teachers who labored nights and nights to write and perfect each skit line, to the sister who sewed the fairy godmother outfit, to the unnamed guy in black who did the soccer ball during the ninja scene, to the last guy out after everything was taken down (our Willard men).  THANK YOU!

]]> http://www.gracepointannouncements.org/joyland-christmas-celebration/feed 6 Compassion Int’l Children Sponsorship Survey http://www.gracepointannouncements.org/compassion-international-children-sponsorships http://www.gracepointannouncements.org/compassion-international-children-sponsorships#comments Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:26:24 +0000 jeanniebuilee http://www.gracepointannouncements.org/?p=10 picture-3I wanted to share with all of you the wonderful news that we, as a church, were able to sponsor 174 Compassion children in Lima, Peru through our Compassion Sunday!  I am excited to see how God will use our church and each of us as we faithfully minister to and support the children in [...]]]> picture-3I wanted to share with all of you the wonderful news that we, as a church, were able to sponsor 174 Compassion children in Lima, Peru through our Compassion Sunday!  I am excited to see how God will use our church and each of us as we faithfully minister to and support the children in Peru!  Thank you for the overwhelming response!

Compassion International has kindly offered to provide us a World map indicating the number of children sponsored in every country by members of our congregation.  It would be exciting to see the kind of impact we, as a church, are making in the world through your faithful contribution.

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