http://www.gracepointannouncements.org Gracepoint Berkeley Church News (+ Davis, Austin, Minneapolis, San Diego, Riverside) Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:09:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 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 If 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 [...]]]> If 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 http://www.gracepointannouncements.org/angel-tree-christmas-party-2 http://www.gracepointannouncements.org/angel-tree-christmas-party-2#comments Thu, 01 Jan 2009 18:26:52 +0000 jeanniebuilee http://www.gracepointannouncements.org/?p=722 PTL, despite the rain, we had over 120 children and family members attend (of the 170 who RSVPed)!  We were able to serve a scrumptious turkey dinner with all the fixings (thank you to all who cooked!)  And brother Josh gave a short message on the greatest free gift of Jesus.  It was very festive, [...]]]> PTL, despite the rain, we had over 120 children and family members attend (of the 170 who RSVPed)!  We were able to serve a scrumptious turkey dinner with all the fixings (thank you to all who cooked!)  And brother Josh gave a short message on the greatest free gift of Jesus.  It was very festive, thanks to our Element youth group who came at 2pm to set up the tables, decorate the gym and be Santa’s little helpers.  Santa (aka John Chung), was a popular guest in many of the family pictures.  We experienced hearts melting as the children received and opened the gifts from their parents.  Many children teared up reading the cards their parents wrote them.  Thank you to all who participated.  And a special thanks to Jenn and Helen for planning everything!

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