We will be having an IGSM Friday Forum this Friday (4/16) at 110 Barrows starting at 6:30pm with dinner. Come join us as we learn about God through the Bible Study.
In this Friday Forum message, Chul Kim used the backdrop of “The Calling of the Disciples (Luke 5:1-11) and Zacchaeus the Tax Collector (Luke 19:1-10) to teach us about two notions of time. While we may find many example of “chronos” (“time”, in terms of sequence and amount) in our lives, the “kairos” (“time”, in terms of significant and often, life changing) moments in our lives doesn’t come every day. These two Bible stories teach us how to bridge the chasm between the seemingly disparate realms of the Bible and real life through the bridge of obedience and trust in Jesus.
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Also check out our pictures of the after Friday Forum outings- going to get snacks in Oakland Chinatown at the Yummy Guide and Shooting Star Cafe.
Friday Forum will be back at 110 Barrows this week (1/29) starting at 6:30pm with dinner.
This week, we continue on the topic of prayer through the passage of Luke 18:1-14 on the parable of the persistent widow. Through this bible study we learned that the problem for many of us is that we give up too quickly, which comes from our lack of conviction that our prayers should be heard by God. There needs to be a conviction that what we pray is pleasing to God. Furthermore, the root of prayer should be our intense desire for something good from God that only God can provide. It is this kind of prayer that God answers and helps us to increase in our faith in God. Hear this week’s message on prayer below.
We will not have a Friday Forum on Friday Jan, 22. We will resume again on Friday, Jan 29.
We will continue to meet at the YWCA this Friday at 6:30pm for our Friday Forum. This week, we will continue the talking about prayer as we look at the story of the persistent woman in Luke 11:1-10. Afterwards, we will be going into San Francisco to go ice skating and enjoy some hot drinks. Hope you can join us.
We will have our first bible study of 2010 at the YWCA on Friday January 8th, starting at 6:30pm with dinner. Come join us.
As we look forward to the new year, how can we experience God more and know that He is real? How can we experience the power of God in our life? It is through long and frequent prayer. That is the message that Chul shared at the first Friday Forum of 2010. There is a difference in our spiritual life and it depends on our personal relationship with God. Our faith increases when we pray more. Prayer is not just about quality, but about quantity also. So listen to this message calling us to more prayer for the upcoming year.
In Part V of the IncomPARABLE Wisdom Series, Chul discussed the Parable of the Vineyard from Matthew 20:1-16. From this message, we come to understand God’s compassion and affection for us, and learn how God desires to bestow meaning and purpose upon our lives. When we compare the reactions of the varying characters in the parable, we can come to identify ourselves with characters int the story and learn more about what is going on inside our hearts in light of the Gospel.
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In the fourth installment of the IncomPARABLE Wisdom series, Chul gave a Bible study on “The Parable Of the Great Banquet” from Luke 14:15-24. From this passage, we learn that the excuses by those who were first invited to the banquet reveal both a noncommittal attitude and a shift of interest that exposes that they never took seriously the banquet invitation, God’s invitation to life with Him. We learn that we need to safeguard ourselves from allowing good things, such as possessions, (our) potential, and people (in the form of relationships), from precluding ourselves from the joy that God wants to bring to our lives.
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Come join us for our Friday Message Series – IncomParable Wisdom… We will study the stories that Jesus told and learn wisdom from the Lord of Wisdom. Come join us as we start with dinner at 6:30pm. This weeks message is titled: The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard: Good News or NOT So Good News? and we will be studying Matthew 20:1-16. Hope you can join us.
Location: 110 Barrows
When: Friday, Dec 4
Time: 6:30pm
Hi all. Due to the Thanksgiving weekend, we will be having a combined Bible Study on Tuesday with the college groups. The Bible Study will be at First Presbyterian Church sanctuary (at the corner of Channing and Dana) from 8-9pm. For those who come to prayer meeting, there will be prayer meeting prior to Bible Study at 6:30-8pm.
We will resume our Friday Forum Series: IncomParable Wisdom next week on Fri, Dec. 4.
International Graduate Student Ministry (IGSM) is an official graduate student group at UC Berkeley. IGSM started in the fall of 2003 with the vision to help all UC Berkeley graduate students from various countries (including students from the United States) find out the true meaning and purpose of their lives through the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Many of us also attend Gracepoint Berkeley, where Pastor Ed and Kelly Kang lead the ministry.
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