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Graduating Seniors Sendoff!
2024-05-01 18:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | Orchard Downs Community Center, 510 W George Huff Dr, Urbana, IL, 61801, United States
Please mark your calendars for Wednesday, May 1st, at 6:30pm. We want to celebrate graduating members of GCF with desserts and prayer! This event will be held in the Orchard Downs Community Center: 510 W. George Huff Dr., Urbana, IL 61801 (free parking). Bus station close as well.

April Large Group
2024-04-18 18:30 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | TCBC, 806 W Michigan Ave, Urbana, IL, 61801, United States
April 18! It is a big night, y’all. We will gather to worship God, fellowship over food (potluck/carry-in style), and hear from Janine Giordano Drake about “What is the Kingdom of God and to what extent is this the Church?” We will start with food at 6:30PM, at Twin City Bible Church, and go from there! All are welcome!
You can learn a bit more about Janine Giordano Drake here.
And because books are cool and you might be interested, here is a book that our speaker wrote:

Hope you can make it!

March Large Group
2024-03-28 18:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | TCBC, 806 W Michigan Ave, Urbana, IL, 61801, United States
Come one, come all and enjoy a taco bar themed potluck/carry-in/pitch-in together (options for people with gluten/dairy/sugar sensitivities), a time of musical worship, and hearing from Chris Williams with One Mission Society speak on “reviving the passion for a life of purpose.” We will start at 6:30PM at Twin City Bible Church. Looking forward to seeing you there!

Building-up Believers’ Connections “Mini-retreat”!
2024-03-02 12:30 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | Orchard Downs Community Center, 510 W George Huff Dr, Urbana, IL, 61801, United States
Do you find it difficult to share your faith with others?
Do you feel that you lack the tools to effectively disciple others in their faith journeys?
We invite you to join us (and bring your friends) for a free mini-retreat on Saturday, March 2nd, from 12:30pm-4:30pm here in Urbana at the Orchard Downs Community Center, 510 W George Huff Dr, Urbana, IL 61801. Building-up Believers’ Connections (BB Connections) is designed to help you gain more confidence by giving you the opportunity to develop these skills in a supportive environment of fellow believers. Through a small-group format in an upbeat interactive experience, you will have the opportunity to share and refine the telling of your faith story while listening to others’ stories at the same time. The format will also be applied to Scripture engagement, giving you the opportunity to practice clearly and concisely communicating God’s Word with Grace and Truth. We anticipate that you will be encouraged to see various ways God is at work among His people!

All Campus Worship
2024-03-01 19:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Foellinger Auditorium, 709 S Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL, 61801, United States
Just like it sounds, this is a night for all of campus to come together and focus all our hearts on God in worship (does not matter what organizations one may or may not be a part of – all are invited!). Bring your friends!
We will meet in the Foellinger Hall.
Speaker: Dr. Ken Cuffey from Urbana Theological Seminary
Here’s a link for parking and location information, if needed: https://foellinger.illinois.edu/lincoln-hall-theater/

February Large Group
2024-02-15 18:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | TCBC, 806 W Michigan Ave, Urbana, IL, 61801, United States
We invite you to join us for a large group meeting, complete with a potluck and time with Ned O’Gorman! We are excited to spend this time together over food, worship, and learning. Come prepared to build relationships with one another and with Jesus!

Winter Retreat
2024-01-12 18:30 - 2024-01-14 12:00 (America/New_York) | Camp Manitoqua, 8122 W. Sauk Trail, Frankfort, IL, 60423, United States
2024 GCF Winter Retreat! January 12-14.

The retreat will be held at Camp Manitoqua.

You can go here to register!

Some notes from David:

(1) The first ten students of any fellowship to register get a $50 discount, and the next 10 to register get a $25 discount. You’ll know if you’re in one of these groups by whether you see the discount on the page or not. The fee covers housing, food, conference costs, but not travel (see note 4 below).

(2) This is for 2 nights (Friday and Saturday nights, January 12-14, 2024) and we finish mid-day Sunday. Monday is a university holiday for us.

(3) The sleeping will be dormitory style and there will be shared bathrooms (by gender). The sleeping will require bringing a sleeping bag and pillow, or bedding for a twin-sized bed—which also means bring a pillow and blanket. Maybe plan ahead while you’re home over Winter Break to bring a sleeping bag or bedding for a twin bed!

(4) Someone in our GCF will coordinate rides. Riders are strongly encouraged to pitch in for gas for the driver.

Contact Anna Jackson with any questions at anna.jackson@intervarsity.org.

Christmas Party
2023-12-09 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | TCBC, 806 W Michigan Ave, Urbana, IL, 61801, United States
Celebrate the first coming of Christ with festive activities together! 🙂 Bring some desserts to share and come and go as you need! Games, snacks, and hot water for tea or cocoa is the plan!

November Large Group
2023-11-16 18:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Hessel Park Church, 700 W. Kirby Ave, Champaign, IL, 61820, United States
Hello! We invite you to mark your calendars for our third large group gathering of the year! We will have a potluck for dinner, so come hungry (rumor has it there will be pizza)! We are excited to welcome Dr. McNamara as our speaker, looking at what it means to follow Christ as an academic.

October Large Group
2023-10-20 18:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Hessel Park Church, 700 W. Kirby Ave, Champaign, IL, 61820, United States
We welcome you and your friends and colleagues to join us for a potluck and more! Details to come as to the “more,” but it’ll be good!

Ice cream social!
2023-08-24 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | TCBC, 806 W Michigan Ave, Urbana, IL, 61801, United States
Mmm, ice cream! Come one, come all, to eat free ice cream and other tasty treats (dairy, gluten, and sugar free options available), and hang out with other cool people! 🙂
When: Thursday, August 24th, at 7:00PM
Where: Lower level of the Twin City Bible Church (TCBC), 806 W Michigan Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
Hope to see you there!

Quad Day
2023-08-20 12:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Main Quad
Come learn more about us at Quad Day!
Where: https://maps.app.goo.gl/ermju1t1ha28JmQn8
North of the library on the west side of the main quad.
When: 12:00Pm-4:00PM on Sunday, August 20.
We’d love to meet you, even if you don’t end up joining our crew this year. 🙂

All Campus Worship
2022-11-11 19:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Foellinger Auditorium, 709 S Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL, 61801, United States
Before worship, bring your own dinner to enjoy in the fellowship of other GCF members then join with Christians across campus in worshiping God.

Hardy's Reindeer Ranch Corn Maze
2022-11-05 14:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Reindeer Ranch, 1356 County Road 2900 N, Rantoul, IL, 61866, United States
Get lost in Hardy’s Reindeer Ranch corn maze with us! Carpooling information will be sent out via email and Slack. If it is raining, we will go ice-skating around 2pm the next day instead.

Be a Hero 5K
2022-10-01 08:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York)
Volunteer for a local mission called Cunningham Children’s Home by signing up to help with set-up, clean-up, and course crew.
Volunteer sign-up (Times vary depending on what you sign up for),
Run sign-up (join the GCF Hero’s Alliance!)

Ice-cream Social
2022-08-27 15:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | Twin City Bible Church, 806 W Michigan Ave, Urbana, IL, 61801, United States
The annual get together to meet new students and reconnect with current GCF members over a delicious, homemade, frozen treat.

Quad Day
2022-08-21
Exact location and time TBD
