University of Illinois Graduate InterVarsity

University of Illinois Graduate InterVarsity Christian Fellowship

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 most Fridays during the semester at 7:30, usually in the Illini Union. Large Groups are followed by a social, After Large Group Event (a.k.a. ALGE).

Spring 2005 Large Groups
Date	Time	Location	Speaker	Topic
January 21	7:30	Union 314B	Chelsea Guest Perez Filmmaker/IV Staff The Art Institute of Chicago	Incarnation and the Art of Telling Secrets
January 28	8:00	Windsor Road Christian Church	-	Concert @ 8
February 4	7:30	Union 314B	Bob Whattoff and David Suryk IV Staff UIUC	Grad IV's International Connection
February 11	7:30	Union 407	Mattox Beckman Computer Science Lecturer Illinois Institute of Technology	Bringing Glory to God
February 18	7:30	Union 314B	Clinton S. Shaffer Professor of German Wheaton College	Seeing With a Clearer "I": Themes of Existence and Providence in Recent German Film
February 25	-	-	-	All Campus Worship
March 4	7:30	Lincoln Hall 106	Robert A. Boomsma Professor of Biology Trinity Christian College	Embryonic Stem Cells: Hope or Harm
March 10 (Thursday)	7:30	Union 210	Albert Alschuler Professor of Law University of Chicago	A Century of Skepticism Note: This is a special Thursday night Large Group
March 18	-	-	-	Spring Break
March 25	-	-	-	Spring Break
April 1	7:30	Union 314B	Martin K. Erhardt Professor of Chemistry Valparaiso University	Science, Faith, and Vocation
April 8	7:30	Union 314B	Terry Mattingly Syndicated Journalist Scripps Howard	Values Voters: Myth and Reality
April 14 (Thursday)	7:00	Union 407	George Marsden Professor of History University of Notre Dame	Jonathan Edwards for the 21st Century Note: This is only a lecture, not a large group
April 15	7:30	Union 314B	Scott Hale Cell Groups Pastor Urbana Assembly of God	Christians and Mass Media: Should I Be Watching This?
April 19	7:00	Union 407	Henry F. Schaefer III Professor of Chemistry University of Georgia	The Big Bang, Stepehen Hawking, and God Note: This is a only a lecture, not a large group
April 22	7:30	Union 314B	TBD	TBD
April 29	7:30	Union 314B	The New Grad IV Exec	Year-End Large Group

Spring 2005 Large Group Schedule (.pdf)