Large Group
What's
a large group meeting?
Well, just what it sounds like: a meeting of our chapter as a large group. These meetings are possibly the part of our ministry most visible to the rest of our campus. It is at these meetings that the chapter gathers for community worship, prayer, teaching, witness, and fellowship.
Worship in song is an integral part of almost every meeting, and we also take time to pray together. Teaching is often done by a guest speaker, through exposition of a Bible passage or through a topical study of an issue relevant to Christians in graduate school. Sharing from group members during the meeting allows us to witness to one another how God is working in our lives. Finally, no meeting is complete without the time spent both before and after in fellowship: talking, laughing, sharing concerns, and building relationships one-on-one.
We have Large Group meetings on several Fridays during the semester, usually at 5pm. Large Groups are typically followed by dinner together and some social, After Large Group Event (a.k.a. ALGE).
Spring 2012 Large Groups (and other events)
| Date | Time | Location | Event/Speaker |
| Jan 13 | 6:00pm | Northwestern | GCF Regional Winter Retreat |
| Jan 20 | 5:30pm | 404 Illini Union | Allen Wakabayashi - Witnessing Communities |
| Jan 27 | 5:30pm | 210 Illini Union | Discussion - Be a friend, Share your faith |
| Feb 3 | 5:30pm | 210 Illini Union | Rev. Tim Bossenbroek - Practices that Shape our Love for God |
| Feb 10 | 5:30pm | Dinner Groups | |
| Feb 17 | 5:30pm | 210 Illini Union | John & Sylvia Ronsvalle - "Charity Ghetto or Central Kingdom Territory: Unified Budgets, 300,000 Churches, and the Lack of Loving God with Our Intelligence - - through Our Stubborn Refusal 1) To Comprehend At-Scale Global Word and Deed Mission Need, and 2) Then To Mobilize Our Church Giving Potential Commensurately." |
| Feb 24 | TBA | Men: David's house Women: Nina's house |
Men's/Women's Fellowship |
| Mar 2 | 5:30pm | 210 Illini Union | Michael DiPasquale - Global Servanthood |
| Mar 30 | 5:30pm | 210 Illini Union | Cliff Christians - The Academy, Redeemed |
| Apr 6 | 8am-5pm | TBA | Day of Prayer - Stations of the Cross |
| Apr 13 | 5:30pm | TBA | God's Grace for His Servants |
| Apr 20 | 5:30pm | 210 Illini Union | Equipped by God |
| Apr 27 | 5:30pm | 404 Illini Union | Loving God with Our Strength |
Previous Semester Schedules