Koinonia Christian Campus Fellowship – UC Berkeley Club

This past Valentines day, a day often devoted to romantic love, we wanted to spend it to show God’s true love.  We as a homegroup got the privilege of preparing and running a program for the residents at Mcclure Rehabilitation Center in Oakland.  We prepared our program Friday night after Bible Study for our Sunday visit.  It included singing, dancing, crafts, and even a very special duet!

10 pts for who can guess what we’re doing in this picture!

As we worked on decorating picture frames, there was a clear discrepancy between the sisters’ frames and the brothers’ frames.  Personally, I thought that the brothers’ frames reflected a kind of elegant…simplicity.

As soon as we got there, we were received warmly by all the residents.  We were initially told that only about 10 residents would be there, but when we arrived the room was packed with residents!  We started off with the classic Joyland songs

Brian then gave a touching message about the bleeding woman, how Jesus loves each person as his daughter or son, irrespective  of how well we’re able to perform or produce and how the world evaluates us.

Then a special song “King of Love”

We also got a chance to spend some time talking to the residents and hearing their stories.  There were some really amazing stories that we heard.  One gentleman whom I had met fought in World War II AND the Vietnam war.  In World War II, he fought in  the Battle of Okinawa!

What a worthwhile way to spend our Valentines day!  We were all beaming after the visit as many of us expressed how good a time it was just talking to the residents and spending time with them.  Not only was it great to get out of our comfort zones to show love to the elderly residents, but it was such a great reminder that although the world has its categories of value and worth, in God’s eyes each person is a precious son or daughter.  Can’t wait until next time!