Koinonia Christian Fellowship

For all Christians: our Praise Night is coming up!! In addition to rockin’ praise and worship at our new student center at Buffet Town, the Praise Night will also be an introduction to discipleship in Koinonia.

Dinner won’t be provided, but we’ll have snacks afterwards.

I hope everyone’s first day of classes went well! Hopefully no one got lost and found themselves in the wrong room (that has definitely happened to me before!).

Well if you enjoyed any of our Welcome Week events, NSWN, or are just sitting there wondering what “Koinonia” means, then come to our Koinonia Kickoff! It’s this coming Friday, August 27, at 7:30 pm.

Just like NSWN, there will be live music, a new skit, a thought-provoking talk, fun games, and free boba! It’s all happening at 2050 VLSB (Valley Life Sciences Building).

Afterwards, we’ll also play exciting team games and sports at the Maxwell Family Field!

Come and bring your friends and floormates!
Hope to see you there!

New Student Welcome Night is almost here!

This year we’re going to have THREE showings on Tuesday, August 24, 2010!  Come to any of the three equally AWESOME showings at 4PM, 6PM and 8PM!

Come and join us, whether you’re a new student or old, for a night of live music, an awesome skit, fun games, a thought-provoking talk, and FREE KOREAN BBQ!!! WOOHOOOOO!!!!

Join our NSWN Facebook Group! Help us spread the word by letting your friends know about this event!

Here’s a trailer to whet your appetite…

Check the New Student Welcome Night site to see more trailers!

This past weekend, the upperclassmen from A2F, Kairos, and Koinonia had a combined discipleship retreat with Pastor Ed and Kelly at Sierra Lodge where we had a time of fellowship, studying God’s Word, and casting visions together.

Those of us who were able to get a day off of work, don’t have class on Fridays, or just wanted to chill, headed up to Sierra Lodge early and spent the day at Lake Tahoe. We had an awesome time swimming and kayaking in the lake, trying to catch little fish with our bare hands (which proved to be impossible), and getting our friends as wet as possible without capsizing our own kayaks. I’m sure we all returned to Sierra Lodge several shades darker than we were when we first left it.

When the rest of the upperclassmen arrived Friday night (for a total of 120 students/staff!), we got started right away as Pastor Ed and Kelly started off the retreat with our first session—a review of the gospel through Genesis, and the theme of entrustment as shown in 2 Timothy. We were all reminded of the life changing treasure that each of us has been entrusted with, how we have received the gospel message through reliable men, and how we are also called to become those reliable men who preserve and guard this treasure.

Other sessions throughout the weekend included reflecting on the picture of wisdom illustrated in the book of Proverbs, looking at Apostle Paul’s relationships and reevaluating our own criteria for feeling close to people, and listening to an inspiring message, “the local church is the hope of the world,” by Bill Hybels.

Hearty meals (bomb pulled-pork-sandwiches), fun at the lake, singing hymns around the campfire, late-night basketball fellowship, and simply spending the weekend with all of our peers really put the icing on the cake.

We ended our time at the retreat with a time of casting visions of where our church will be in 10 years. Expansion of our Interhigh ministry, homegrown leaders in our sister church in Taiwan, church plants at every UC—let’s remain faithful in sharing the gospel and maturing spiritually so that these visions may become a reality!

Today we held the first-ever Koinonia 10K Run for Hunger! All our registration fees went towards supporting World Vision’s 30-Hour Famine, a program to raise awareness and money to fight world hunger.

Waking up bright and early, two groups started at 6:20am and 7am to run along Alameda’s beautiful beach. Everyone ran their hearts out! It was a wonderful time of fellowshipping through small physical suffering for a good cause. Hopefully the 10K will encourage all of us to pursue greater physical and spiritual discipline!

Here are some great pics and videos documenting the pre- and post-race scene! Wow, it was such an EPIC race! See you at next year’s Run for Hunger!

Last week, our three sisters (Esther, Joy, and Virginia) left for Taiwan to help with the church plant there. We’ll miss them :*(.

We also began preparations for the epic New Student Welcome Night that’s looming over the horizon!

Sorry guys, here is the Keep-in-Touch (KIT) that was supposed to be posted like a week ago. Just totally ignore the last part of the announcements about the sophomore discipleship retreat because that was in the past…so it is not relevant now… Anyways, here is the KIT of the senior discipleship peer trip with Steve and Suzanne and Johnny and Kristen about 2 weeks ago!

Sorry, for some reason the video quality got messed up during the upload…but don’t complain! I’m not complaining! Be content as Paul was, as mentioned in Philippians 4:11 =D.

Hey guys, here is this week’s KIT. We briefly interviewed some people on their thoughts and experiences with MYT, Impact Summerfest, and Worldview Camp.

Don’t forget, this Saturday we have 30-Hour Famine, so steel yourselves for an epic weekend.

Koinonia will be sponsoring our very own 10K – Run For Hunger to raise funds for the 30 Hr Famine!

Here's a shot from a 10K from 2009

**SIGN UP HERE! **

Some info about the race:

• You can choose between a 10K run, a 5K run or a 5K walk!
• All the staff will be running or walking, including our very own directors, Steve and Suzanne!
• The sign-up donation will be $15 (pay your small group leader by day of Famine, June 26)
• All proceeds will go to WORLD VISION: 30 Hour Famine
• You can use “Run for Hunger” to raise funds for 30 Hour Famine (you can ask for donation upfront even though the 10k is August 5)

Why 30 Hour Famine?

• Each day, over 25,000 children under the age of 5 die from preventable diseases. Malnutrition is associated with most of those diseases.
• More than 1 billion people in the world don’t get enough to eat.  That’s one of every seven people on the planet.
• Of the 6.6 billion people in today’s world, 2.1 billion live on less than $2 per day.

So what are you waiting for? **SIGN UP HERE! **

Race Day Info:

• Date: Thursday, August 5, 2010
• Registration: 6:15 am (this is required; BE ON TIME!)
• Time: 7 am race starts
• Start Location: Crown Beach Park in Alameda
• Cost: $15 Donation  (pay your small group leader by day of the Famine, Saturday, June 26, 2010)
• Map of route: Click here

Our weekly Keep In Touch (KIT) announcements that will help people away for the summer keep up with all that’s going on!