You are invited to participate in the next homeless outreach in San Francisco. We will meet at the commuter lot at the intersection of Page Mill Road and 280 at 4:30 pm and together travel up to Haight Street in San Francisco.
For this outreach we’ll participate in an outdoor worship event and give out pizza and socks. If you’d like to donate new socks or a sleeping bag that would be great!
We will drive as a group to Haight Street in San Francisco.
Questions: Call Grant Kim 650-520-0879 or email grant@freedominchrist.name
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Friday at the Beach! - This Friday, July 16th
You and your friends are invited to join us at the beach this Friday! We'll try for Seabright Beach around one of the fire pits! Just bring yourself, we'll have hotdogs and chips! We'll be at the beach around 7:00 PM.
We'll have a scout to get a pit, but check this blog for location updates by Friday at 5:00PM if there are no firepits available.
Carpool: 6:00 PM at Kohls Parking Lot off Hamilton
Questions? Call Christian at (408) 416-1802
Directions to Seabright:
Take 17 South to Ocean Street until it ends at E Cliff Dr.
Left on E Cliff Dr.
Stay on E Cliff Dr. or follow the road as it turns into Eaton
Right on Seabright and park near the beach entrance.
We'll be just to the right of the Life-Guard hut.
We'll have a scout to get a pit, but check this blog for location updates by Friday at 5:00PM if there are no firepits available.
Carpool: 6:00 PM at Kohls Parking Lot off Hamilton
Questions? Call Christian at (408) 416-1802
Directions to Seabright:
Take 17 South to Ocean Street until it ends at E Cliff Dr.
Left on E Cliff Dr.
Stay on E Cliff Dr. or follow the road as it turns into Eaton
Right on Seabright and park near the beach entrance.
We'll be just to the right of the Life-Guard hut.
Monday, July 12, 2010
Fundraiser for Signs of Hope Camp - July 17th
You and your friends are invited to a fundraiser dinner for this year's Signs of Hope Camp. Many of our brothers and sisters are volunteering to help local foster kids by helping run Signs of Hope camp this year. This camp allows these at-risk children to learn more about how the Lord loves them and shows them that a community of brothers and sisters exists who loves them. We would like to invite you to help with camp prayerfully and/or financially by coming to our dinner this Saturday.
What? Support for Signs of Hope Camp - Prayer/Financial
When? Saturday July 17th, 7:00 PM
Where? Christian's House: 1134 Glenn Ave. San Jose CA 95125
Questions? Call Lisa Carlson at 650-995-6202
What? Support for Signs of Hope Camp - Prayer/Financial
When? Saturday July 17th, 7:00 PM
Where? Christian's House: 1134 Glenn Ave. San Jose CA 95125
Questions? Call Lisa Carlson at 650-995-6202
Monday Night Hikes!
You are invited to join us for Monday night hiking (Every Other Monday) throughout the summer at Rancho San Antonio. Hikes will be a few miles long, nothing treacherous, and we’ll be back by dusk. Be at least a few minutes early – parking can sometimes be a bit tight in there. Carpooling is recommended. Meet Alisa by the restrooms/drinking fountain.
When? Meet at 6:15 PM at Rancho
Dates: July 12th, July 26th, August 9th
Where? Rancho San Antonio
http://www.openspace.org/preserves/pr_rancho_san_antonio.asp
Questions? Contact Alisa: 408-841-1992
When? Meet at 6:15 PM at Rancho
Dates: July 12th, July 26th, August 9th
Where? Rancho San Antonio
http://www.openspace.org/preserves/pr_rancho_san_antonio.asp
Questions? Contact Alisa: 408-841-1992
Saturday, July 3, 2010
Cooking Class Sponsored by Tine
This Cooking Classes is for Raising Fund to pay Tine's "Rep" training cost and the next opportunity venture with "Rep" to Indonesia.
Time: Sunday, July11 at 2:00PM to 5:00PM
Saturday, July 24 at 2:00PM to 5:00PM
Place: San Jose
Each Cost: Food $15 + Learning $35 = Total $50
In each cooking class we'll learn 4 item of Indonesian and South East Asian Cuisine as:
Main Dish:
Chicken or Pork Satay
Tofu and Veggie Curry
Beef Curry (Rendang Padang)
Chicken Curry
Sweet and Sour Shrimp
Egg Foo Young
Javanese Honey Grilled Chicken
Yellow Fried Chicken
Pork or Chicken with Green Beans Sauteed Red Curry
Javanese Stir-fried Noodles
Singapore Stir-fried Rice Noodles
Chicken or Seafood Fried Rice
Chicken in Bowl Steam Rice
Etc.
Appetizer:
Gado-gado Salad
Bride and Groom Salad
Mango Salad with Sashimi
Green Papaya Salad
Corn Cakes
Potato Cakes
Spicy Steamed Fish Parcels
Fish Cake Wrapped in Banana Leaf
Etc.
Soup:
Betawi Soto (Jakarta) Beef Soup
Vietnamese Hot and Sour Pineapple Shrimp or Fish Soup
Indonesian Veggie Sweet and Sour Soup (Sayur Asam)
Etc.
Dessert:
Chicken or Pork in Sweet Sticky Rice Roll
Mangoes Sticky Rice in Coconut Sauce
Sweet Potato Fried Cake
Javanese Bananas and Pumpkin in Sweet Coconut Milk
Etc.
Please call Tine Lo
Phone # (408) 826-1040
Email tinelo@hotmail.com
Time: Sunday, July11 at 2:00PM to 5:00PM
Saturday, July 24 at 2:00PM to 5:00PM
Place: San Jose
Each Cost: Food $15 + Learning $35 = Total $50
In each cooking class we'll learn 4 item of Indonesian and South East Asian Cuisine as:
Main Dish:
Chicken or Pork Satay
Tofu and Veggie Curry
Beef Curry (Rendang Padang)
Chicken Curry
Sweet and Sour Shrimp
Egg Foo Young
Javanese Honey Grilled Chicken
Yellow Fried Chicken
Pork or Chicken with Green Beans Sauteed Red Curry
Javanese Stir-fried Noodles
Singapore Stir-fried Rice Noodles
Chicken or Seafood Fried Rice
Chicken in Bowl Steam Rice
Etc.
Appetizer:
Gado-gado Salad
Bride and Groom Salad
Mango Salad with Sashimi
Green Papaya Salad
Corn Cakes
Potato Cakes
Spicy Steamed Fish Parcels
Fish Cake Wrapped in Banana Leaf
Etc.
Soup:
Betawi Soto (Jakarta) Beef Soup
Vietnamese Hot and Sour Pineapple Shrimp or Fish Soup
Indonesian Veggie Sweet and Sour Soup (Sayur Asam)
Etc.
Dessert:
Chicken or Pork in Sweet Sticky Rice Roll
Mangoes Sticky Rice in Coconut Sauce
Sweet Potato Fried Cake
Javanese Bananas and Pumpkin in Sweet Coconut Milk
Etc.
Please call Tine Lo
Phone # (408) 826-1040
Email tinelo@hotmail.com
Manresa Camping Trip
Manresa Camping Trip- August 27th-29th.
Come enjoy a relaxing time away from the city as we camp near the beach just south of Santa Cruz. Enjoy hiking in the Redwood trees or hanging out playing Frisbee at the ocean. $45 includes four meals and accomodations. Please visit the website to register and for more information. You may also contact Lisa Cochrum.
http://www.mppc.org/calendar/impact-retreat
Come enjoy a relaxing time away from the city as we camp near the beach just south of Santa Cruz. Enjoy hiking in the Redwood trees or hanging out playing Frisbee at the ocean. $45 includes four meals and accomodations. Please visit the website to register and for more information. You may also contact Lisa Cochrum.
http://www.mppc.org/calendar/impact-retreat
Summer Impact Groups
Impact's Summer Study starts on Tuesday, July 6!
Please come and join members of Impact as we meet at the Open Door Campus in Mountain View on Tuesday evenings throughout the summer months. If you are wanting to grow deeper with Christ and have a chance to connect with others as well as serve the community, this summer program is for you! Newcomers are welcome!
Location: Open Door Church Mountain View (1667 Miramonte Avenue, Mountain View, 94040) in the Fellowship Hall. (Note that Open Door Church Mountain View is located on the campus of First Presbyterian Church of Mountain View at the corner of Miramonte and Cuesta.) See http://www.odcmv.org/ for more information.
Time: Tuesdays, July 6 - August 24, from 7-9 p.m.
Sign Up: See below for details on what each of our four groups will be studying. If you are sure that you are coming and know which group you’d like to be a part of, please contact the facilitator before the first meeting to let them know so they can plan accordingly. (The facilitators’ emails are listed below with their group's description.) If you’re not sure, please feel welcome to just show up on the first night and select a group at that time. For the sake of continuity, people are encouraged to stay in the same group throughout the summer.
Group 1 – Bible Study: Applying God’s word to our daily lives for the purpose of His glory and our transformation.
Facilitator: Dave Gutierrez
Email: dbgutierrez@yahoo.com
Details: During the eight weeks of our study we will review and discuss designated Bible passages from both the Old and the New Testaments. Each week an assigned chapter or a set of verses will be reviewed and discussed in effort to learn how we, as individuals, can apply God’s word to our daily lives. The goals and discussion topics of each week’s designated passage will include asking how this Word from God enables us to:
-Receive God’s love?
-Show our love for God?
-Serve God and others today?
-Apply it to our daily lives for the purpose of sanctification and transformation?
-Dedicate our lives and our actions to God and his glory?
-Mature and enable us to grow in Christ in our walk as Christians and children of God?
Study Resources: Bible, commentaries, personal insights
Prepare Ahead: Reading, pondering and praying over the selected passages ahead of time will enhance our discussion time. Week 1, July 6: Philippians 4:4-9 and James 4; Week 2, July 13: Psalm 37.
Group 2 – "I told me so" - Self deception and the Christian Life
Facilitator: Andrea Kwan
Email: andrea.kwan@gmail.com
Details: This group will read and discuss the book, "I told me so" - Self-deception and the Christian Life, by Gregg Ten Elshof, philosophy professor at Biola University. Topics for discussion will include:
-How self-deception manifests itself in our lives.
-Why we engage in it, how it prevents us from experiencing the fullness of the Gospel
-What we can do to better manage it
Study Resources:
"'I told me so' - Self-deception and the Christian Life", by Gregg Ten Elshof, available for $10.20 (new) at Amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/Told-Me-So-Self-Deception-Christian/dp/0802864112/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1277088173&sr=8-1.
Prepare Ahead:
You are encouraged to purchase the book and read chapter 1 prior to our first meeting.
Group 3– Deepening Your Relationship with Christ
Facilitator: Gennaro Kukonu
Email: gennaro.j.kukonu@alumni.upenn.edu
Details: The great endeavor of the Christian life is to pursue God simply with the intent of knowing Him. When we simply seek to know Jesus, not for His benefits, but to grow deeper in our relationship with Him, we begin to know the infallible character of the mighty God we serve, and to value what is most important to Him. Then, when we share the Lord Jesus with others, we do not come to them with empty religion, but have the authority to testify about the Jesus we already know.
This study will challenge and inspire us to deepen our relationships with Jesus, through a series of brief studies focusing on the insights of spiritual leaders from different eras of history, representative of the great spiritual traditions, which collectively form a balanced Christian life.
July 6: Preparing for the Spiritual Life
July 13: The Prayer Filled Life (Contemplative Tradition)
July 20: The Virtuous Life (The Holiness Tradition)
July 27: The Spirit Empowered Life (The Charismatic Tradition)
August 3: The Compassionate Life (The Social Justice Tradition)
August 10: The Word-Centered Life (The Evangelical Tradition)
August 17: The Sacramental Life (The Incarnational Tradition)
Study Resources: Adapted from "Devotional Classics", edited by Richard J. Foster and James Bryant Smith. (Study materials will be provided at each session, and do not require the purchase of a text.)
Prepare Ahead: You are encouraged to pray for our study time together, that God’s Spirit will be present; guiding us as we seek His wisdom for living the abundant life Jesus came to give us.
Group 4 – Who Wants to be a Servant, Anyway!?
Facilitator: Mark Hanson-Kahn
Email: markhk1@yahoo.com
Details: Most of the time, if we’re honest, we prefer the idea of serving ourselves rather than being a “servant” to someone else. But both our spiritual reality and the reality of much of our daily activity is that we are servants. In the Bible, the word servant or slave is used almost 1,000 times! The concept of “doulos,” or “bond-servant,” is prominent in the Scripture. Jesus spoke of himself as a servant. Paul called himself a servant. The Bible refers often to being God’s servant. In this group we will discuss “Being a Servant as a Way of Life” and will practice this by planning the Carnival for Signs of Hope camp.
The eight week syllabus is as follows:
July 6: Introduction - Should we really think of ourselves as slaves?
July 13: Domestic Doormats or Equal Partners? - Servant-hood and your family for single adults
July 20: Self Assertion vs. Humble Servitude - Servant-hood and work
July 27: Giving and Taking: How much and to whom? - Servant-hood and Christian community and friends
Aug 3: To Sacrifice or not to Sacrifice, that is the question! - Servant-hood and mission
Aug 10: How to work with foster kids
Aug 17: Finalization of Signs of Hope Camp Carnival Wednesday
August 18: Carnival at Signs of Hope Camp
Aug 24: Summer Impact Celebration
Study Resources: Bible. (Study materials will be provided at each session, and do not require the purchase of a text.)
Prepare Ahead: You are encouraged to pray for our time together, that God’s Spirit will be present, guiding us as we seek His empowering presence in our lives, enabling us to follow His example in serving others as He serves us.
We hope to see you there!
posted by Christl Kirchner
Please come and join members of Impact as we meet at the Open Door Campus in Mountain View on Tuesday evenings throughout the summer months. If you are wanting to grow deeper with Christ and have a chance to connect with others as well as serve the community, this summer program is for you! Newcomers are welcome!
Location: Open Door Church Mountain View (1667 Miramonte Avenue, Mountain View, 94040) in the Fellowship Hall. (Note that Open Door Church Mountain View is located on the campus of First Presbyterian Church of Mountain View at the corner of Miramonte and Cuesta.) See http://www.odcmv.org/ for more information.
Time: Tuesdays, July 6 - August 24, from 7-9 p.m.
Sign Up: See below for details on what each of our four groups will be studying. If you are sure that you are coming and know which group you’d like to be a part of, please contact the facilitator before the first meeting to let them know so they can plan accordingly. (The facilitators’ emails are listed below with their group's description.) If you’re not sure, please feel welcome to just show up on the first night and select a group at that time. For the sake of continuity, people are encouraged to stay in the same group throughout the summer.
Group 1 – Bible Study: Applying God’s word to our daily lives for the purpose of His glory and our transformation.
Facilitator: Dave Gutierrez
Email: dbgutierrez@yahoo.com
Details: During the eight weeks of our study we will review and discuss designated Bible passages from both the Old and the New Testaments. Each week an assigned chapter or a set of verses will be reviewed and discussed in effort to learn how we, as individuals, can apply God’s word to our daily lives. The goals and discussion topics of each week’s designated passage will include asking how this Word from God enables us to:
-Receive God’s love?
-Show our love for God?
-Serve God and others today?
-Apply it to our daily lives for the purpose of sanctification and transformation?
-Dedicate our lives and our actions to God and his glory?
-Mature and enable us to grow in Christ in our walk as Christians and children of God?
Study Resources: Bible, commentaries, personal insights
Prepare Ahead: Reading, pondering and praying over the selected passages ahead of time will enhance our discussion time. Week 1, July 6: Philippians 4:4-9 and James 4; Week 2, July 13: Psalm 37.
Group 2 – "I told me so" - Self deception and the Christian Life
Facilitator: Andrea Kwan
Email: andrea.kwan@gmail.com
Details: This group will read and discuss the book, "I told me so" - Self-deception and the Christian Life, by Gregg Ten Elshof, philosophy professor at Biola University. Topics for discussion will include:
-How self-deception manifests itself in our lives.
-Why we engage in it, how it prevents us from experiencing the fullness of the Gospel
-What we can do to better manage it
Study Resources:
"'I told me so' - Self-deception and the Christian Life", by Gregg Ten Elshof, available for $10.20 (new) at Amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/Told-Me-So-Self-Deception-Christian/dp/0802864112/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1277088173&sr=8-1.
Prepare Ahead:
You are encouraged to purchase the book and read chapter 1 prior to our first meeting.
Group 3– Deepening Your Relationship with Christ
Facilitator: Gennaro Kukonu
Email: gennaro.j.kukonu@alumni.upenn.edu
Details: The great endeavor of the Christian life is to pursue God simply with the intent of knowing Him. When we simply seek to know Jesus, not for His benefits, but to grow deeper in our relationship with Him, we begin to know the infallible character of the mighty God we serve, and to value what is most important to Him. Then, when we share the Lord Jesus with others, we do not come to them with empty religion, but have the authority to testify about the Jesus we already know.
This study will challenge and inspire us to deepen our relationships with Jesus, through a series of brief studies focusing on the insights of spiritual leaders from different eras of history, representative of the great spiritual traditions, which collectively form a balanced Christian life.
July 6: Preparing for the Spiritual Life
July 13: The Prayer Filled Life (Contemplative Tradition)
July 20: The Virtuous Life (The Holiness Tradition)
July 27: The Spirit Empowered Life (The Charismatic Tradition)
August 3: The Compassionate Life (The Social Justice Tradition)
August 10: The Word-Centered Life (The Evangelical Tradition)
August 17: The Sacramental Life (The Incarnational Tradition)
Study Resources: Adapted from "Devotional Classics", edited by Richard J. Foster and James Bryant Smith. (Study materials will be provided at each session, and do not require the purchase of a text.)
Prepare Ahead: You are encouraged to pray for our study time together, that God’s Spirit will be present; guiding us as we seek His wisdom for living the abundant life Jesus came to give us.
Group 4 – Who Wants to be a Servant, Anyway!?
Facilitator: Mark Hanson-Kahn
Email: markhk1@yahoo.com
Details: Most of the time, if we’re honest, we prefer the idea of serving ourselves rather than being a “servant” to someone else. But both our spiritual reality and the reality of much of our daily activity is that we are servants. In the Bible, the word servant or slave is used almost 1,000 times! The concept of “doulos,” or “bond-servant,” is prominent in the Scripture. Jesus spoke of himself as a servant. Paul called himself a servant. The Bible refers often to being God’s servant. In this group we will discuss “Being a Servant as a Way of Life” and will practice this by planning the Carnival for Signs of Hope camp.
The eight week syllabus is as follows:
July 6: Introduction - Should we really think of ourselves as slaves?
July 13: Domestic Doormats or Equal Partners? - Servant-hood and your family for single adults
July 20: Self Assertion vs. Humble Servitude - Servant-hood and work
July 27: Giving and Taking: How much and to whom? - Servant-hood and Christian community and friends
Aug 3: To Sacrifice or not to Sacrifice, that is the question! - Servant-hood and mission
Aug 10: How to work with foster kids
Aug 17: Finalization of Signs of Hope Camp Carnival Wednesday
August 18: Carnival at Signs of Hope Camp
Aug 24: Summer Impact Celebration
Study Resources: Bible. (Study materials will be provided at each session, and do not require the purchase of a text.)
Prepare Ahead: You are encouraged to pray for our time together, that God’s Spirit will be present, guiding us as we seek His empowering presence in our lives, enabling us to follow His example in serving others as He serves us.
We hope to see you there!
posted by Christl Kirchner
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