Here’s an update from the CCF Representative, Anna Chau.

MinT Retreat and Training:
This past year before school started, the ministry advisor team (MAT) organized and held the annual mint retreat, a time for the leadership to receive equipping, to fellowship, and to plan for the coming year. The event was several days long in San Luis Obispo and provided housing and meals to the ministry and bible study leader teams. The MAT wanted to make the time as affordable to students as possible. The money, generously given by alumni through the CCFAF, went mainly towards meals for the students.

Precept Ministries:
This past summer, Precept Ministries, an organization founded by Kay Arthur champion of the Inductive Bible Study Method, held a inductive bible study workshops in Fresno, Ca. In order to equip some of our student leaders, some of the ministry advisors formed a group of students to attend the workshop together. The group did a walk through of the inductive bible study method with an class and instructor and received resources over the course of 2 days. The training has been useful for the student leaders in their own personal understanding of the bible as well as in preparing and leading bible study. The money from the CCFAF went towards subsidizing the workshop costs for the students who needed financial assistance.

CCF Alumni Foundation
3940-7 Broad Street # 147
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

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The CCF Alumni Foundation BBQ and Reunion was a smashing success!  The weekend was packed with fun filled activities and plenty of food. We had somewhere around 25 alumni show up in SLO. (The photo above shows 23 of us.) Not bad for a first event.

In the future, we hope to invite and get in contact with many more alumni. We’d also like to host more regional events to be more accessible to all alumni, and especially those with children.

As planned, we had a BBQ at French Park with 20 pounds of tri-tip and about 12 pounds of chicken, and a plethora of hot dogs. We had more veggie kabobs than we could shake a stick skewer at. Unfortunately, we ran out of food before everyone was full (but not before everyone ate), due to an influx of 20 unexpected guests. We’ll be sure to plan for extras next time.

The CCF Freshmen were a bit saucy and challenged us “mature” folks to an impromptu basketball match. The match garnered cheers from both sides with spectacles of athleticism from both sides. It was a hard fought battle and tied for the duration of the game until the last two points when they pulled ahead for the win. It may have been a bit unfair as they expanded the definition of “freshmen” to include all current CCFers. We just might have a lasting rivalry on our hands.

A number of folks headed to the beach for a few hours of relaxation. Others returned to their hotels or housing accommodations for a nice, restful afternoon nap.

6:15 PM brought about dinner time, which was catered by China Palace. Learning from the food shortage at lunch, we increased our order so there was  plenty of food for the 70 people who showed up.

Our time of worship music was lead by Verent Chan and a team of CCFers. They did an excellent job of bringing us into God’s presence.

After we worshiped through music, we watched a CCF slide show, and then we heard testimonies from a range of people. Willy (freshman) shared with us how he feels at liberty to “take advantage” of the upperclassmen, and how they take such good care of everyone. Steven Ng (class of ’86) shared what CCF was like when he was at Cal Poly, and encouraged us to follow our heart. Tom Kato (senior) told his testimony of how God, through CCF, has transformed his life. He went from a wretched, lost sinner to a leader on MinT (Ministry Team). Jenny Chan (senior) shared about her missions trip to China and Mongolia, and how God is using CCFers not only in SLO, but around the world.

We closed the evening with Brian Wong, CCFAF Chairman and Co-Founder, reiterating that CCF is alive and well. He invited us to join in the Mission of the CCF Alumni Foundation which is “To adequately resource CCF so that future generations can bless and be blessed.” He also invited us to stay in contact with one another through the Foundation.

Sunday, everyone was encouraged to go to church, and then a handful of people headed out to Montaña de Oro for a personal time of reflection and worship.

That evening, the brothers in CCF hosted an amazing, magical Sister’s Appreciation Dinner which saw about 15 alumni in attendance.

All in all it was a wonderful weekend. An inaugural and immensely important event to be sure. This was the first of its kind. But certainly not the last.

Given that one of our purposes is to maintain the network of alumni who graduated from CCF, we’ll be having many more events like this in the future.

Once again, a special thank you to all of the board members who made this possible:

• Anna Chau
• Brian Wong
• Connie Chang
• Daniel Bo
• Jackson Ho
• Justine Wong
• Simon Lee

They were responsible for all planning, and most of the execution of this event. Be sure to thank them when you see or talk to them. Also, a special thanks to CCF for assisting the CCFAF in hosting. We could not have done it without you!

See you soon!

Note that there is a CCF or CCFAF contact listed. They’re eagerly waiting for your phone call if you need directions, info, etc. And they’re all very friendly people, so we know they’ll help you out. And if they don’t, please let us know and we’ll take care of them for you

Central Coast Chinese Christian Church (CCCCC)

Address:
The Church of the Nazarene (down the street from FBC)
3396 Johnson Ave,
SLO, CA, 93401
Times:
Sunday School starts at 9:30am
Worship starts at 11am
Notes:
Lunch is provided
CCFAF Contact:
Connie Chang or Justine Wong (650-861-7492 or 408-480-5808)

First Baptist Church (FBC)

Address:
2075 Johnson Ave (Up the street from CCCCC)
SLO, CA, 93401
Times:
Morning services start at 9am and 10:30am
Evening services start at 6pm and 8pm
CCFAF Contact:
Simon Lee (805-801-9223)

Grace Church

Address:
1350 Osos St (downtown)
SLO, CA, 93401
Times:
Services at 8am, 9:30am, and 11am
CCFAF Contact:
Mike Trieu (408-813-7336)

Journey Christian Fellowship (JCF)

Address:
317 E. Foothill Blvd (past the Albertson’s plaza, before Bishop’s)
SLO, CA, 93405
Times:
Worship starts at 9:45am
Notes:
Formerly CMC
CCFAF Contact:
Anna Chau (805-215-2087)

Shoreline Calvary Chapel

Address:
1130 Napa Ave Bldg A
Morro Bay, CA, 93442
Times:
Saturday at 6:30pm
Sunday at 8am, 9:30am, and 11:15am
Notes:
About 20 – 30 min drive from SLO
CCFAF contact:
Simeon Trieu (408-813-7334)

Saturday 5/23

12:00pm: BBQ Lunch
3:00pm: Arrive at Pismo.
6:00pm: Dinner at SLO Naz.
7:30pm: Begin Evening Program.
10:30pm: Need to be out of the church.

Sunday 5:24

~8:00am-1:00pm: Church in the morning
2:00-5:00pm: Hiking Bishop’s Peak, or trip to Montaña de Oro.
6:00pm: Sister’s Appreciation Dinner

For the longer, more detailed version, see the Schedule page.

Hi Everyone,

The CCFAF Board wanted to make a clarification in order to prevent any confusion that could arise as a result of the packed schedule we have on Memorial Day weekend.  Hopefully, by sharing a bit of our philosophy, you’ll have a better understanding of what’s happening.

First of all, as your fellow alumni, we all work 40+ hours per week, and then have to go home to take care of our loved ones (spouses, kids, etc.), so we know that weekends are precious.  Three day weekends are even more precious.  With that in mind, we wanted to make sure that the events of our Reunion respected that sanctity, and allowed you to have downtime should you choose to do so.  At the same time, we felt it would be a shame to have people travel for hours only to come to a BBQ lunch, eat, play games, and turn around to head home.

Consequently, we planned two main events: the BBQ, and the Evening Program.  If nothing else, we’d encourage you to attend these two events. Then we added a number of peripherally related, fun events to fill in the time.  Please feel free to attend any or all of the events.  If you just want to come to the BBQ, and spend the rest of your weekend in SLO relaxing and enjoying the beauty that is SLO, you are more than welcome to do that.  On the other hand, if you’re totally gung-ho about attending every single event that we’ve planned and will be racing around taking photos of everything, you’re welcome to do that as well.  We’re giving you the liberty and flexibility of doing nothing, anything, or everything. Again, this was driven by our knowledge that weekends are precious commodities, especially in the working world, and our friendships and relationships with others are also important.

We hope that clarifies things.  Please let us know if you have any questions.  We’re counting down the days until we can see all of you again.

In Christ,
The CCFAF Board of Directors

In any case, you are still free and welcome to attend. Please click the link below to respond to the Evite.
http://www.evite.com/app/publicUrl/GNSJQDRVKDQLOLASULYM/reunion

This is just our Save the Date notice, not the final invitation.  We’re trying to get a preliminary headcount, so even if you might attend, please respond “Yes”.

Please bring you families (even if they didn’t attend CCF), otherwise we would prefer this to remain for CCF alumni specifically, and not Cal Poly Alumni in general. With that in mind, please feel free to invite others who were not on this list.

Looking forward to seeing all of you there.

The CCF Alumni Foundation is feverishly working on planning the Reunion BBQ for Memorial Day Weekend in SLO.

We’ll be doing a few things over the next week in preparation for it, so please keep your eyes peeled for announcments, both in your inbox as well as here on the website.

Check it out here.