Events

Exact location and time TBD

The annual get together to meet new students and reconnect with current GCF members over a delicious, homemade, frozen treat.

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!)

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.

Before worship, bring your own dinner to enjoy in the fellowship of other GCF members then join with Christians across campus in worshiping God.

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. :)

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 Read More

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!

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.

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!

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 Read More

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!

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 Read More

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, Read More

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 Read More

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 Read More

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.

GCF will be at the University of Illinois Quad Day on August 25th from 12-4pm. If you are interested in being connected Christian community of graduate students, come by and talk to us!

We are having an ice cream party in the basement of Twin City Bible Church this Wednesday! Come by and get to know the GCF members and learn how to get involved.

We are having a potluck dinner at Twin City Bible Church this Saturday. Please see the email sent out to the GCF email list or the GCF Slack for the spreadsheet to sign up to bring food. If you want to be added to the email list or Slack Channel, fill out the Contact Form Read More

We will be singing Christmas carols and light refreshments to celebrate Christmas. Please bring Christmas cookies or another dessert to share if you are able!