Fall 2013 Large Groups (and other events)

Date Time Location Event/Speaker
Aug 30 6:00pm Illini Grove (map) GCF Welcome BBQ
Sept 6 5:30pm 314B Illini Union What are God's purposes for His creation and for us?
Sept 13 5:30pm 314B Illini Union Joe Thomas - Our Triune God
Sept 20 5:30pm 314B Illini Union GCF Members - Wise lessons for following Christ while in grad school
Sept 27-28 5:30pm Forest Glen Preserve (map) Fall Retreat
Oct 4 5:30pm 2007 BIF Michael Culbertson - 'I Once was Lost': Waypoints in the Journey to Jesus
Oct 11 5:30pm Dinner group activity night
Oct 18 5:30pm 2007 BIF David Suryk - The God Who Calls, the God Who Sends
Oct 25 8am-5pm Day of Prayer
Oct 25 7:00pm Vineyard Church All-Campus Worship
Nov 1 5:30pm 2007 BIF David Anderson - Naturalism
Nov 8 5:30pm Men's and Women's Fellowships
Nov 15 7pm 314B Illini Union John Walton - Rethinking Genesis 1
Nov 22 5:30pm Pre-Thanksgiving Activity
Nov 23 Thanksgiving Dinner with International Students
Dec 6 5:30pm 2007 BIF Prof. Riley Edwards - Following Christ in the University

Spring 2013 Large Groups (and other events)

Date Time Location Event/Speaker
Jan 18-19 Northwestern University GCF Winter Regional Conference
Jan 25 5:30pm 314B Illini Union Prof. Yoo-Seong Song - A Heart for God's Global Mission
Feb 1 Men's and Women's Fellowships
Feb 8 5:30pm 314B Illini Union Michael Brinks - The Canon of Scripture
Feb 15 5:30pm 2007 BIF International Student Sharing
Feb 22 7:00pm Foellinger Auditorium All-Campus Worship
Mar 1 Dinner Groups
Mar 8 5:30pm 2007 BIF Robert Easter - Loving the University
Mar 29 8am-5pm 406 Illini Union Day of Prayer
Apr 5 5:30pm 210 Illini Union Matt Parkolap - 7 deadly sins of grad school
Apr 12 5:30pm 2007 BIF Janine Giordano-Drake
Apr 19 5:30pm 2007 BIF Michael Culbertson
Apr 26 5:30pm 2007 BIF
May 3 6:00pm Hessel Park End of the Year BBQ
May 4 11:00am Hessel Park Church End of the Year Brunch


Fall 2012 Large Groups (and other events)

Date Time Location Event/Speaker
Aug 31 6:00pm Illini Grove GCF Welcome BBQ
Sept 7 5:30pm 210 Illini Union Irene Koshik - What is our First Love?
Sept 14 5:30pm 210 Illini Union Being Rooted and Grounded in Love
Sept 21 5:30pm 210 Illini Union Tito Carillo - How does Christ's Love Motivate our Work?
Sept 28-29 5:30pm Forest Glen Preserve Fall Retreat
Oct 5 5:30pm 210 Illini Union Greg Elliot and Ned O'Gormon - Facing Challenges within our Disciplines
Oct 13 5:30pm TCBC International Student Dinner
Oct 19 6:00pm Men: 1907 Rugby Rd, C
Women: 1012 N Busey, U
Men's/Women's Fellowship
Oct 26 5:30pm 210 Illini Union Dale Petre - Facing Struggles in Graduate School
Nov 2 7:00pm Foellinger Auditorium All-Campus Worship
Nov 9 5:30pm Dinner Groups
Nov 30 8am-5pm Day of Prayer
Dec 7 5:30pm 210 Illini Union Jeff Roesler - Sharing Christ's Love
Dec 14 Champaign County Nursing Home Lessons and Carols


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 Discussion - Developing an Evangelistic Community
Apr 6 8am-5pm Wesley Foundation Room 210 Day of Prayer - Stations of the Cross
Apr 13 5:30pm 2007 BIF Cliff Christians - The Academy, Redeemed
Apr 20 5:30pm 210 Illini Union Dave Thomas - God's Grace for His Servants
Apr 27 5:30pm 404 Illini Union Mark Safstrum - Loving God with our Strength
May 4 10:30am Hessel Park Church End-of-Year Brunch


Fall 2011 Large Groups (and other events)

Date Time Location Event/Speaker
Aug 26 6:00pm Illini Grove (map) Barbecue Picnic
Sept 2 5:30pm 210 Illini Union GCF Members - Serving God's Kingdom in Graduate School
Sept 9 6:00pm Illini Union Rec Room Bowling
Sept 16 5:30pm 210 Illini Union Todd Daly - Heart of a Servant I:  Serving One Master
Sept 23 5:30pm 210 Illini Union David Suryk - Heart of a Servant II:  Regarding Others Better than Yourself
9/30-10/1 5:00pm Forest Glen Preserve Fall Retreat (sign up here)
Oct 7 7:00pm Foellinger Auditorium All-Campus Worship
Oct 14 5:30pm 210 Illini Union Kevin Hamilton - Heart of a Servant III:  Humility
Oct 21 8am-5pm 404 Illini Union Day of Prayer
Oct 28 5:30pm 2005 BIF (map) William Romanowski - Off to See the Wizard:  Cinema and Salvation, American Style
Nov 11 Women: 6:30pm
Men: 7pm
Women: 1706 S Race St, U.
Men: 503 W Springfield Ave, C.
Men's/Women's Fellowship
Nov 18 5pm Stratford Park Bible Chapel Thanksgiving Dinner for IFL
Dec 2 5:30pm 210 Illini Union Steve Lee - Community:  Unity
Dec 9 7pm 1907 Rugby Road in Champaign (map) Christmas Party


Spring 2011 Large Groups (and other events)

Date Time Location Event/Speaker
Jan 21 5:00pm Illini Union 210 Cheryl Brandsen - One Anothering I
Jan 28 5:00pm Illini Union 210 Peter Spychalla - One Anothering II
Feb 4 5:00pm Illini Union 210 Brett Smith - One Anothering III
Feb 11 5:00pm Illini Union 210 Tito Carillo - Outreach I
Feb 18 5:00pm Illini Union 210 Bob Whattoff - Outreach II
Feb 25 7:00pm Foellinger Auditorium All-Campus Worship
Mar 4 5:00pm Illini Union 210 Geoff Poore - Disciplines I
Mar 11 6:30pm Location TBA Communion Dinner
Apr 1 5:00pm Illini Union 405 Kay Miller - Disciplines II
Apr 8 Alternate Activities
Apr 15 5:00pm Illini Union 211 Jon Corbett - At the Intersection of Faith and Reason
Apr 22 8am-5pm Illini Union 217 Day of Prayer (Good Friday)
Apr 29 6:00pm John Roeckeman's House (map) Group Discussion - Year in Review
May 14 10:00am End of the Year/Graduation Brunch


Fall 2010 Large Groups (and other events)

Date Time Location Event/Speaker
Aug 27 5:00pm Illini Union 210 Mark Washington - Community
Sep 3 6:30pm Illini Grove (map) Barbecue Picnic
Sep 10 7:30pm Illini Union 407 Group Discussion on Academia
Sep 17 5:00pm 2007 Business Instructional Facility (BIF) (map) Scott Althaus - Seven Sins/Virtues I
Sep 24 GCF Fall Retreat
Oct 1 5:00pm 2007 BIF Sharon Gartland - Prayer
Oct 8 8am-5pm Illini Union 215 Day of Prayer
Oct 15 5:00pm 2007 BIF Gary Eden - Sevin Sins/Virtues II
Oct 22 7:30pm Alternate Activities - Game Night
Oct 29 5:00pm 2007 BIF Kevin Hamilton and Ned O'Gorman - Seven Sins/Virtues III
Nov 5 7:00pm Foellinger Auditorium All-Campus Worship
Nov 12 5:00pm 2007 BIF Hospitality
Dec 3 6:30pm Champaign County Nursing Home Lessons and Carols


Spring 2010 Large Groups (and other events)

Date Time Location Event/Speaker
Jan 22 7:30pm Illini Union 210 Janine Giordano Drake on Jesus' position toward ruling powers
Jan 29 7:30pm Illini Union 209 Val McWilliams on "Structural Racism: Who is my Neighbor?"
Feb 12 7:30pm Illini Union 406 Large Group Discussion on Community
Feb 26 7:00pm Foellinger Auditorium All-Campus Worship
Mar 12 7:30pm Illini Union 210 Jong Lee from Covenant Fellowship Church
Apr 2 8am-5pm Illini Union 403 Day of Prayer
Apr 9 7:30pm Illini Union 209 Large Group Discussion on "Love, physics, recycling and the Gospel"
Apr 23 7:30pm Illini Union 210 Stephane Clark on "Early Medieval Prayer Theory: The Lord's Prayer"
Apr 30 7:30pm Illini Union 406 Large Group


Fall 2009 Large Groups (and other events)

Date Time Location Event/Speaker
Aug 28 7:30pm Illini Union 210 First Large Group
Sep 4 6:30pm Illini Grove Barbecue Picnic
Sep 11 7:30pm Illini Union 210 Large Group Discussion on Discipleship
Sep 18 7:30pm Illini Union Colonial Room Paul McNamara on Loving the Poor
Sep 25 7:30pm Illini Union Colonial Room Kevin Hamilton on Creativity
Oct 2 GCF Fall Retreat
Oct 9 7:30pm Illini Union Colonial Room John Roeckeman on sharing the good news
Oct 16 8am-5pm Illini Union 403 GCF Day of Prayer
Oct 23 7:00pm Foellinger Auditorium All Campus Worship
Oct 30 Alternate Activities
Nov 6 Alternate Activities
Nov 13 7:30pm Illini Union 407 "Following Jesus in Grad School," Johnson Samuel, postdoc in engineering
Nov 20 6:30pm TCBC Large Group: Thanksgiving Dinner and Program
Nov 27 Thanksgiving Break
Dec 4 6:30pm Champaign County Nursing Home Large Group: Lessons and Carols


Spring 2009 Large Groups (and other events)

Date Time Location Event/Speaker
Jan 23 7:30pm Illini Union Report from the Following Christ conference
Jan 30 No meeting
Feb 6 7:30pm Illini Union Discussion:  "What unique challenges does Christianity face in our disciplines?"
Feb 13 7:30pm Illini Union Discussion:  "Living the First Commandment"
Feb 20 7:30pm Illini Union Discussion:  "Challenges to Christianity in our disciplines, Part 2"
Feb 27 Men's and Women's Fellowships
Mar 6 Day of Prayer.  Service project Mar 7.
Mar 13 7:30pm Illini Union Alan Wakabayashi
Mar 20 7:30pm Illini Union TBA
Mar 27 Spring Break
Apr 3 Inter-School Conference
Apr 10 Good Friday
Apr 17 6:00pm Hessel Park Church Tito Carrilo, assistant professor of Jazz Trumpet, on "Following Christ in the Arts."
Apr 24 7:30pm Illini Union Dr. Kurt Schaefer, professor of Economics at Calvin College, on "The Economic Provisions for God's People in the Book of Ruth."
May 2 7:00pm Hessel Park Church End-of-the-Year Party
May 8 No meeting