International Graduate Student Ministry – Gracepoint Berkeley

This past Friday we had our first Graduate Student Welcome Night, and oh what a night it was! There were over 140 people in attendance and we had students from many countries including far east Japan, gregarious Germany, “Be the Reds” South Korea, the Pacific Ocean Philippines, valiant Vietnam, terrific Taiwan, and of course, the ever-so-populated country of China. It was nice to see so many grad students (and undergrads too!), many of whom had been in the U.S. for less than 1 month. Read more »

When: Friday, 9/3 at 6:30pm
Location: 112 Wurster Hall

If you missed out on Graduate Student Welcome Night #1 and #2, don’t worry we are having a third one.  Join us for a night of free dinner, thought-provoking message, special music and join us afterwards as we hang out in San Francisco Ghirardelli Square.

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When: Friday, 8/27 at 6:30pm
Location: YWCA Building (Bowditch and Bancroft)

Join us for a night of free Korean BBQ, skit (aka “drama”), thought-provoking message and game night.  Check out the trailer below.

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When: Friday, 8/20 at 6pm
Location: YWCA Building (Bowditch and Bancroft)

Join us for a night of FREE Hawaiian BBQ, thought-provoking message and sports at the Underhill Field.

The guys went to Santa Cruz on the Fourth of July Weekend.  We had a great time though some of us got sea sick.  Just so the girls know, we did catch some fish and we had a great bonfire, where we ate the fish.  Check out some of the pictures from the outing.

Dates & Location:
GSWN 1 (About Belief): 8/20 at 6pm at YWCA (Bancroft and Bowditch)
(Free Hawaiian BBQ, Message, Sports @ Underhill)
GSWN 2 (About Life): 8/27 at 6:30pm at YWCA (Bancroft and Bowditch)
(Free Korean BBQ, Message, Game Night)
GSWN 3 (About Truth): 9/3 at 6:30pm at 112 Wurster Hall
(Dinner, Message, SF outing-Ghirardelli)

Join us for three nights of free food, thought-provoking messages and entertainment.  Check out the trailers below:

April 25, 2010- Our own Daniel and Hui got baptized with 20 others at Gracepoint Berkeley after becoming Christian in 2008 at the IGSM Winter Retreat. We rejoiced together as we recounted how God personally answered and addressed their questions and doubts, how God led Hui’s parents to salvation, and how God has continued to mold and shape them as they help other people to know Him. It was amazing to see their long journey and how God used the Bible, other people, and different examples from their lives to show them about His character especially through Daniel’s job search and PhD admission. I was personally awed to recount their journey from when they first joined the IGSM English Class many years ago. If you missed Hui’s testimony, you can read it here at Gracepoint Stories. You can also take a look at the pictures.

Hey guys, ISGM has it’s own viral videos!!  Our videographer Josiah created these videos to promote the International Graduate Student Ministry Sunday Large Group Open House that we had this past Sunday.  They were posted on the IGSM Facebook Fan Page.  They are based upon the theme of Graduate Student Life.  Check out the videos below and leave your comments.

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Here is the first video that we made for IGSM for the 2004 Graduate Student Welcome Night.  Hope none of you ever get an email from your adviser asking you to work on something that is due the next morning.  The laboratory scenes are pretty cool.  You didn’t think labs can be so awesome right?  And wow, what is the Van Dyke method?  Well hope you enjoy it. Read more »

Here is the video that we saw this past Friday at the Graduate Student Welcome Night.  We made this video for 2006 and 2007 Graduate Student Welcome Nights.  Don’t you think Jesse looks so young in this video?  And Shufei and Karen are just so cool looking especially as they execute their secret operation to take the paper from Jungmo – poor Jungmo didn’t have a chance.  Click Read More to view the video. Read more »