Erina at Cal

Summer Highlights + Fall Preview

While my summer has been more relaxed, the Lord has been doing some exciting work- growing me, my staff team, and the ministry in very tangible ways. Here are a few highlights from my summer as well as some prayer requests before new students move in (August 22-23) and school starts (on August 26th).

Growing as a Preacher: NISET 2009

My classmates from NISET 2009: Biblical Preaching

One of the highlights of my summer was taking my Biblical Preaching class, which provided me with both the theological foundations and practical tools for Biblical preaching. I left the class inspired by the power of Scripture and encouraged by my classmates to keep developing my gifts as a preacher.

Please pray for me in the coming year, as I try to grow as a preacher by taking on more speaking invitations. Pray specifically for 2 upcoming talks- a Chapter-wide vision talk from Haggai (at our Leadership Conference on August 21st ) and the New Student Reception talk I will be giving from John 1:35-51 (on August 28th)

Growing our Staff Team(clockwise from R: Matt Kim, Erina Kim, Sara Fong, Rebecca Chiang, Sarah Chi, Derek Wu, Christina Agoff, Andrew Tai)

In the coming year, I am super excited to continue as team leader and work with a staff team that includes 6 ministry interns and 1 new full-time staff! Last year, one of my ongoing prayers was that God would raise up more partners and co-laborers for me, and I am so thrilled that He has not only answered that prayer, but answered in abundance.

This past weekend, our whole team participate in an area-wide retreat and many of my staff partners were  convicted about letting God shepherd and lead us while we shepherd and lead students. On Monday and Tuesday, I led the CCF team retreat, in which we studied the book of Haggai and were inspired to stop living in our own “paneled houses” and choose to build our fellowship as a temple on the Berkeley campus- a place where people from all nations can come to worship and encounter Yahweh.

Please pray for our staff team, especially the 4 interns who are still looking for jobs. Pray for their fund-raising process, as they try to raise their budgets for the year. Pray too that we would continue to surrender CCF to God and allow Him to lead us as we serve and minister in the coming year.

Growing our Chapter: New Student Outreach 2009 Our schedule for Welcome Week 2009

In just 10 days, over 6,000 new students will begin their tenure at Berkeley, and we as a fellowship are excited and privileged to welcome them and invite them to “come and see” more of Jesus during their time in college. Our first week of ministry is full of many fun activities, and I hope that these events will provide opportunities to not only “recruit” students, but to develop authentic relationships with students from a diversity of backgrounds.

-Please pray for Vision- our Fall leadership retreat which is happening August 20-22nd. Pray for the new staff interns as they grow in training and leading the students. Pray that our leadership team of 70+ leaders would be inspired and catch a bigger vision for being a part of God’s mission on campus.

-Pray also for all of our Welcome Week events (see above). Pray for divine encounters, for leaders to take bold risks, and for Holy Spirit to lead us to “uncoventional people.” Pray that students would not only be invited to “join Intervarsity” but to truly encounter Jesus.

“This is what the LORD Almighty says: ‘In a little while I will once more shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land. I will shake all nations, and the desired of all nations will come, and I will fill this house with glory,’ says the LORD Almighty. The silver is mine and the gold is mine,’ declares the LORD Almighty. ‘The glory of this present house will be greater than the glory of the former house,’ says the LORD Almighty. ‘And in this place I will grant peace,’ declares the LORD Almighty.” (Haggai 2:6-9)