Ministry Leads
SF Campus | Daemin & Ahmi Kim
Daemin and Ahmi met 23 years ago as freshmen at Cal, and have been married 18 years. After some excursion through Business schools, Daemin is now a seminarian and one of the church staff. Ahmi works in the Financial District as a Contract Specialist. Currently, they lead the SFSU college and grad ministry and oversee the Gracepoint San Francisco Campus. The next great adventure is for their 16-year old daughter Lydia to get a driver's license.
Praxis / Joyland | Tony & Michelle Sun
Tony immigrated to Walnut Creek, CA at the age of 13. He attended Diablo Valley College until he transferred to Cal to earn a degree in Mechanical Engineering. Michelle immigrated to southern California when she was 14 and majored in Civil Engineering at Cal. Tony now works as an IT manager for Williams-Sonoma. They have two boys, Stephen (13) and Philip (10). Tony and Michelle are the directors of Praxis and lead the couples group within Praxis. Michelle also is our Joyland Director and spends much of her time creating great services for our children.
College Koinonia & Kairos | Pastor Manny & Sunny Kim
Emanuel (Manny) & Sunny Kim’s names perfectly exemplify who they are – people who bring smiles and God’s presence wherever they go. Manny studied MCB (Molecular Cell Biology) and Psychology at Cal and went through the gamut of possible careers – pre-dental, pre-law, pre-med, computers – before finally settling into his true vocation as a full-time pastoral intern. Sunny, a former loan administrator with friendly phone manners and a bright smile that landed her on a World Savings ad, now works as our church administrator. Together, they impact and train college students as directors of both Koinonia and Kairos, two of our three college groups. They live in Alameda with their daughters, Corrie (9) and Naomi (4).
College acts2fellowship | Pastor William & Esther Kang
William and Esther are the directors of one of our Berkeley campus college group, a2f (a.k.a. acts2fellowship) and they also lead a2f1, one of a2f's large groups. A forever Cal fan, William is a seminary graduate of Gordon Conwell and one of our pastoral interns. He teaches weekly bible studies at a2f. Esther helps with all the planning and direction of a2f while she works full-time for Kaiser Permanente's market research department. They are also parents of two beautiful children, Caleb (9) and Danielle (4).
College CSUEB | Chris & Judy Lee
Chris & Judy bear the distinction of being the couple who has been at Gracepoint the longest, faithfully serving since their undergrad days at Cal. Chris now works as an engineer and Judy as a physician’s assistant, when she is not tending to all the babysitting needs at Gracepoint as the babysitting “master planner." Chris’ unassuming, friendly and comfortable demeanor made him the perfect fit for our Sunday worship service presider. They live with their daughter, Tabitha (12), who is a great help with her little sister Joanne (2).
ISM | Chul & Sharon Kim
Chul grew up in South Korea before he came to UC Berkeley for his graduate studies. Currently, he is teaching Chemistry at Cal State East Bay as an assistant professor. Sharon was also born in South Korea and immigrated to the US at the age of 12. She studied Economics at UC Berkeley and is now a member of the UC Berkeley staff. She also teaches English as well as the Bible to international students. Chul and Sharon have two children - Michael (9) and Pauline (4). At this point, Michael's most prominent contribution to society is his role in the regional soccer team though he likes writing short stories and doing math, too. Pauline is still preparing herself to make her grand entry into society.
Element (Youth) | Ben & Elise Koo
Ben and Elise are both UC Berkeley Class of 1992 graduates. Ben is a busy release engineer who loves to take his 11 year old daughter Joanna and 5 year old son Jeremiah fishing in his spare time. Elise and her video production team work together to produce many of our videos that we see throughout the year. Ben and Elise might be the thinnest couple at our church, but Elise does have a soft spot for caramel apples and popcorn. Together, they lead our youth group of over 60 kids.