Gracepoint Announcements » compassion 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 Compassion Sunday http://www.gracepointannouncements.org/compassion-sunday http://www.gracepointannouncements.org/compassion-sunday#comments Thu, 22 Jan 2009 07:28:36 +0000 jeanniebuilee http://www.gracepointannouncements.org/?p=1035 compsunday.001Our Sunday prayer worship service at Willard Auditorium this Sunday 2/14, 1oam, will include our annual Compassion Sunday.  We will have Compassion International packets available for new sponsorships for Compassion children.]]> compsunday.001Our Sunday prayer worship service at Willard Auditorium this Sunday 2/14, 1oam, will include our annual Compassion Sunday.  We will have Compassion International packets available for new sponsorships for Compassion children.

]]> http://www.gracepointannouncements.org/compassion-sunday/feed 0 Valentine’s Day of Compassion http://www.gracepointannouncements.org/valentines-day-of-compassion http://www.gracepointannouncements.org/valentines-day-of-compassion#comments Wed, 21 Jan 2009 07:26:45 +0000 jeanniebuilee http://www.gracepointannouncements.org/?p=1033 vdaycompassion.001Join us for our annual Valentine’s Day of Compassion as we spread God’s love, warmth and joy to various homes and shelters throughout the SF and East Bay area.  Please contact your life group lead for more information.]]> vdaycompassion.001Join us for our annual Valentine’s Day of Compassion as we spread God’s love, warmth and joy to various homes and shelters throughout the SF and East Bay area.  Please contact your life group lead for more information.

]]> http://www.gracepointannouncements.org/valentines-day-of-compassion/feed 0 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.

]]> http://www.gracepointannouncements.org/compassion-international-children-sponsorships/feed 4 Thank you for praying for Angel Tree! 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 091117 SL Angel Tree Christmas party 2009 featurePTL, 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, [...]]]> 091117 SL Angel Tree Christmas party 2009 featurePTL, 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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