Cambodian Culture Night

Here are a couple videos of our latest first friday even with the youth. Ratha, our Cambodian dance culture instructor showed us a couple different social dances, and here are a couple videos (with me conveniently not in them :P)

Sorry Jon for focusing on you so much :)

How to Forgive

Our E-How Instructional videos made with the help of A2B:

Episode 1: "Dirty Dishes"

Episode 2: "Stolen Curry"

Episode 3: "The Secret"

Beat It! Practice - Part Deux!

Less than a week away...check out the new choreo...

Getting ready for the Dance off!

Thanks Mr Ngo and KJ! And yes, that is principal Silver and jchan going dum' and dumm'r. Got one more week to perfect it...

Tell your friends to come on Oct 24!

What Our Spiritual Lives Look Like

by carl



by jared

by pin

by wendy

by wayne

by diana

by kara

by jon

by shyam

by greg

by jill

april curriculum

1.  thu april 2 – The Artist’s Way (Julia Cameron)

2.  thu april 9 – Maundy Thursday Sedar Meal with Spanglish Cell (@josh and marjie’s house) starts at 7pm

3.  thu april 16 – “Solitude” (Henri Nouwen)

4.  thu april 23 – “Praying the Scripture” (Madame Guyon)

5.  thu april 30 – The Practice of the Presence of God (Brother Lawrence)

6.  thu may 7 – Covenant House Gala – volunteer between 2 and 9pm (mandatory orientation on april 29) sign-up with jill!

7.  fri may 8 : sun may 10 – Retreat @ Capitola Beach House!

 

vision / who's this group for?

What's the vision and inspiration of HOLY GROUND?

Many of us in the church drew inspiration from Isaiah 58 to come, live and serve in Oakland:

6 "Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: 

       to loose the chains of injustice 
       and untie the cords of the yoke, 
       to set the oppressed free 
       and break every yoke?

The leaders of Holy Ground believe that our personal holiness is inextricably linked to the welfare of our community, especially those who suffer and are at the margins of society.  Our Holiness = the Wholeness of the Community.  When we pursue this, we discover that on our own, we quickly run out of the strength, vision, patience and grace needed to meet the needs of our Oakland neighbors.  Later in Isaiah 58, the prophet describes the fruit of true Sabbath rest:

13 "If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath 
       and from doing as you please on my holy day, 
       if you call the Sabbath a delight 
       and the LORD's holy day honorable, 
       and if you honor it by not going your own way 
       and not doing as you please or speaking idle words,

14 then you will find your joy in the LORD, 
       and I will cause you to ride on the heights of the land 
       and to feast on the inheritance of your father Jacob."

This is good news to us. We believe that there is abundant grace and spiritual restoration when we commit ourselves to keep the Lord's Day fully dedicated to Him. On the Lord's Day, we will turn away from the usual distractions of news, entertainment and work in order to be alone and commune with God. 

Who is invited to HOLY GROUND?

Join us if you want to make this same commitment to seeking restoration on the Lord's Day as we pursue holiness and wholeness for ourselves and the community.

The name of our cell "Holy Ground" comes from the place where God revealed himself to Moses in Exodus 3: 

"…The place where you are standing is holy ground." 6 Then He said [to Moses], "I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob."

Moses is a figure of inspiration for our own discipleship. His life story is a metaphor for our purpose as a cell.  Moses was called to lead the people out of bondage, through the wilderness to the Promised Land.  Like him, we as teachers, social workers, community organizers and good neighbors are called to lead children, young people, and families out of spiritual bondage and through the wilderness of life in the city.  It was Moses' intimacy with the Lord that sustained him throughout the journey, not how the people responded on any given day.  Moses also never reached the Promised Land himself.  Like him, we – especially those of us working with children and youth – commit to serve, love and build up people with the faith that they WILL arrive at a place of abundance and healing, although we may never see it ourselves.

Thus, we invite people to a commitment of prayer for both the daily needs of young people and for the abundance and healing in their futures.