Please forward!

Dear friends,

InterPraise is an inter-fellowship worship night put on by Unity in Christ every semester. This Wednesday, let us come together for InterPraise once again to praise God and pray together as one body. Thai Lam, one of the founders of Unity in Christ at Berkeley and a current senior leader of the Luke 18 Campus Prayer Movement, will be speaking about prayer from Luke 18:1-8.

InterPraise: Let us Pray!

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

6:45PM – 9:00PM

New Church Berkeley

2509 Hillegass Avenue, Berkeley, CA

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Also, in preparation for InterPraise, let us pray.

Monday night at 9pm, we will be having a worship and prayer kickoff meeting at the flagpole by VLSB. Tuesday at 7pm, 24-hour prayer will begin. Then on Wednesday, prayer at the flagpole will start at 7am, and end up at 7pm when InterPraise starts. For prayer topics and to sign up for an hour slot, go here: http://www.wejoinin.com/sheets/dyult

Remember how our Lord Jesus prayed: “I have given them the glory that You gave Me, that they may be one as We are one: I in them and You in Me. May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that You sent Me and have loved them even as You have loved Me.” (John 17:22-23) Let us strive to maintain unity and harmony amongst our brothers and sisters, and come together to worship God in one Spirit!

Thanks for reading, and I hope to see you there!

Sincerely,

Your UiC Reps and Chairs

Interpraise 2010 Important Announcements

Hey Everyone

Interpraise Spring 2010 is coming up very soon. It will be Wednesday April 21st at New Church located on Hillegas. Just wanted to thank everyone thus far for helping plan. Here is a brief overview of what still needs to be done and a schedule for that night.

Prayer:

Here is the Wejoinin page for Interpraise prayer signups: http://www.wejoinin.com/sheets/dyult
Please forward to your fellowships, small groups, etc. Signing up to pray with friends is encouraged Prayer on Wednesday will be at the flagpole!

(Please also be asking your staff/prayer leaders for fellowship prayer requests! ASAP!!! You can also have them fill it out because it’s a google doc, but please get it done ASAP – thank you! https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AchrwvVDArgnZGc2dnJiNmpfODN4bTdqeDNocQ&hl=en)

Praise:

Those in contact with the two worship teams, please send me a powerpoint with the lyrics of the worship slides.

Those part of the praise organization team please come to New Church by 6:30pm the day of Interpraise.

Publicity:

There will be chalking Sunday 4/18. For those who want to help, we will be meeting 8:30 in from of Dwinelle.

Schedule for the night:

6:45-7:00pm: Arrival

7:05-7:45pm: 1st Worship Set

7:45-7:50pm: MC introduces Interpraise and Speaker

7:50-8:10pm: Tai speaks on prayer

8:10-8:20pm: Reflective prayer and worship in the background

8:20-8:40pm: Group prayer

8:40-8:55pm: Final Worship Set

8:55-9:00pm: Announcements and farewell.

Pre-event Logistics

6:00pm: Prayer for Interpraise – We will meet in front of New Church located on Hillegas

6:30pm: Worship teams arrive for sound check. Those part of the worship team coordination come as well to help.

6:30pm: Ushers arrive to help greet students.

Thanks Again

Eugene Hyun

Please email me if you have any further questions. hyun.eugene@gmail.com

Good Friday Reflections on Mark 14:43-65

Shared by Dan Garcia, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship

We’ve been here before. I’ve heard this story. Watched it play out. Within me, my cynic shakes its head, projecting onto life a world-weary wisdom. The narrative is straightforward: the good person rises up; a good idea comes forth; a movement gains traction. There is hope. There is trust. The palm branches wave, and people sing.

But, my cynic shakes its head.

Time passes. Either from within or outside, things begin to crumble. Perhaps the solidarity is lost. Perhaps good intentions are sullied and motives become twisted. Perhaps the powers that be win the day. Reality, as it were, collides, leaving disillusionment, leaving embarrassment.

And my cynic shakes its head.

And joins in with the crowds yelling out “Prophesy!” Perhaps, spoken in anger, whispering, “To think I could have trusted you. I dare you to speak truth anymore.” Perhaps, spoken in jadedness, “Now, have you learned your lesson?

Friends betray and abandon.

Justice miscarries and fails.

And yes, power wins.”

But , my cynic shakes its head.

Surly Jesus knew this. How could he not? Every day of his earthly life he lived it, surrounded by Roman rule. Countless crosses for countless countrymen. He knew it from history, crying out, “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing.” He knew what would happen, he spoke of what would happen, and he affirmed it even now, “The Scriptures must be fulfilled.” So maybe, just maybe, my cynicism is left unexpectedly exposed, stymied, staring at itself in a mirror. Revealing itself as a faith in faithlessness, a trust in the untrustworthiness of life. “No,” it shakes “It can’t be. He’s insane. He’s confused. He’s . . . ” So, clinging with weakening fingers to a creedless creed, it watches Jesus leave the Sanhedrin, to go before Pilate.

And still, my cynic shakes its head.

Yet . . .

In spite of itself it can’t walk away; I can’t walk away.

I must know how the story ends.