Events

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!

Come visit our stand at the annual UIUC quad day! The location is TBD and will be updated. We’d love to meet you, even if you don’t end up joining our crew this year. :)

We will be having a welcome cookout at the Life Together House! Come by for some hamburgers and hot dogs while getting to know the GCF community and learning how to get involved!

Come join us for a night of worship and fellowship at our first small group of the school year! Dinner will be potluck style, served at 6:30. We will then have an introduction followed by a discussion on our theme for the year: "Loving God and Our Neighbors in a Self-sacrificial Manner".

Come join us for a morning of apple picking, donut eating, and cider drinking at Curtis Orchard! Sign-up sheet coming soon.

Come join us for our first praise night of the semester! We will worship God through music and song as well as a time of prayer!

Come join us for our October large group! Potluck dinner starts at 6:30PM followed by "Bible Questions and Answers" from our invited speaker Dr. Kenneth Cuffy. Feel free to submit some longer questions beforehand in the following form (coming soon).

Come join us for a wonderful morning of hiking at Turkey Run State Park followed by lunch and ice cream on our way back! Details and sign-up sheet coming soon!

Come join us for our October praise night! We will worship God through music and song as well as a time of prayer!

Details and Signup TBD

Come with us as we join together with many other Christian communities on the University of Illinois campus for an evening of praise and worship! All Campus Worship starts at 7:30 PM at Foellinger Auditorium, but we will be having dinner together (bring your own) in the basement of the Union at 6:30 PM.

Join us for an evening of dinner and discussion with UIUC faculty across various disciplines including STEM, Humanities, and Music! Details and Signup TBD

Join us for a day of fasting. Just kidding! Join us for a fun pre-Thanksgiving potluck feast and festivities!

Join us for a night of singing Christmas carols and cookies to celebrate Christmas! Please bring desserts to share if you are able! Details TBD

Come with us as we join thousands of Christians across the United States at Urbana 2025. Urbana is a student missions conference sponsored by InterVarsity. Details and signup coming soon.