InterVarsity Graduate Christian Fellowship at Illinois

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

 

The current semester's large groups are listed below.  They are also listed in our Google Calendar, which is available online, or may be subscribed/linked to in your preferred format using the links below.

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Spring 2007 Large Groups

 

Date Time Location Speaker Topic
Jan 19 7:30pm Illini Union 407

Ken Cuffey,

UTS

The fear of the Lord
Jan 26 7:30pm Illini Union 407

Grad IV

Report on Urbana 06
Feb 2/3 Dept. Discussions
Feb 9 7:30pm Illini Union 407 Vincent Ling "What Happens Next?" (life after graduation)
Feb 16 7:30pm Hessel Park Church Variety Show
Feb 23 7:30pm Foellinger Hall All-Campus Worship
Mar 2/3 Dept. Discussions
Mar 9 7:30pm Illini Union 407 Sharon Robbert Another Inverse Problem: A Christian Perspective of Mathematics
Mar 16 Spring Break
Mar 23 Spring Break
Mar 30 7:30pm Illini Union 407

Stephen Moshier,

Wheaton College Geology Dept.

"The Christian Mind of a Geologist" (part of Faculty-Grad Symposium)
Apr 6 Good Friday
Apr 13/14 Dept. Discussions
Apr 20 7:30pm Illini Union 407 Sharon Gartland Women in the Academy
Apr 27 7:30pm Illini Union 407 New Exec

 

 

View past large group schedules:

Fall 2004

Spring 2005

Fall 2005

Spring 2006

Fall 2006