GCF Potluck
2024-09-29 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Twin City Bible Church, 806 W Michigan Ave, Urbana, IL, 61801, United States
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 at the top of the website.

All Campus Worship
2024-11-08 19:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Foellinger Auditorium, 709 S Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL, 61801, United States

GCF November Large Group
2024-11-15 19:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Noyes Lab, 505 S Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL, 61801

Christmas Party
2024-12-14 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Hessel Park Church, 700 W. Kirby Ave, Champaign, IL, 61820, United States
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!

Midwest Winter Retreat
2025-01-17 - 2025-01-19

Quad Day
2025-08-24 12:00 - 16:00 (America/Chicago)
Come visit our stand at the annual UIUC quad day! We will be at booth 90 at the English building.
We’d love to meet you, even if you don’t end up joining our crew this year. 🙂

Welcome Party
2025-08-30 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Life Together House, IL
We’re kicking off the new semester with a Welcome Party for both new and returning grad students! Come hang out, meet the community, and enjoy burgers + hot dogs on us.
We’ll also share about our small groups—a space to grow in faith, find support, and build friendships during grad school. Whether you’re new to campus or coming back, this is the perfect time to plug in!
Bring a friend, an appetite, and come ready for good conversation + community. We can’t wait to meet you!

September Large Group
2025-09-12 18:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Life Together House, IL
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”.

Curtis Orchard
2025-09-20 10:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Curtis Orchard, 3902 S Duncan Rd, Champaign, IL, 61822, United States
Come join us for a morning of apple picking, donut eating, and cider drinking at Curtis Orchard! Sign-up here

September Worship Night
2025-09-26 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Life Together House, IL
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!

October Large Group
2025-10-10 18:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Life Together House, IL
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).

Turkey Run Hike
2025-10-18 10:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Turkey Run State Park, 8121 Park Rd, Marshall, IN, 47859, United States
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!

October Worship Night
2025-10-24 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Life Together House, IL
Come join us for our October praise night! We will worship God through music and song as well as a time of prayer!

Midwest GCF Fall Retreat
2025-11-01 - 2025-11-02
Details and Signup TBD

All Campus Worship
2025-11-07 19:30 - 21:30 (America/New_York) | Foellinger Auditorium, 709 S Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL, 61801, United States
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.

Faculty Integration Dinner
2025-11-14 18:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York)
Join us for an evening of dinner and discussion with UIUC faculty across various disciplines including STEM, Humanities, and Music! Details and Signup TBD

Friendsgiving Dinner
2025-11-21 18:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Life Together House, IL
Join us for a day of fasting. Just kidding! Join us for a fun pre-Thanksgiving potluck feast and festivities!

Christmas Party
2025-12-13 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York)
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

Urbana 2025 Conference
2025-12-28 - 2025-12-31
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.

Bowling ٩꒰ʘʚʘ๑꒱۶
2026-01-23 17:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago)
To kick off the semester, we will be bowling at Old Orchard Lanes starting at 7:00 PM! The address is 901 N Dunlap Ave, Savoy, IL 61874.

Ice Skating ( •_•)
2026-01-31 14:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago)
Come join us for an afternoon of ice skating at the University of Illinois Ice Arena, starting at 2 PM!
Admission is free for students and shoe rentals are $2.
The address is 406 E Armory Ave, Champaign, IL 61820.

February Large Group ๑(◕‿◕)๑
2026-02-06 18:30 - 21:00 (America/Chicago)
Join us for our first large group of the semester at the Life Together House! Our invited speaker, Don Stout, who has been a missionary in France for seven years, will be speaking on “Evangelism in a Secular Context.”
Pizza will be provided!

February Worship Night (٭°̧̧̧ω°̧̧̧٭)
2026-02-20 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago)
Join us for a wonderful time in musical worship at the Life Together House! lalala~

Fighting Illini Hockey vs. University of Cincinnati (✌ﾟ∀ﾟ)☞
2026-02-28 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago)
Le hockey. Details TBD

All Campus Worship (づ ՞ਊ ՞ )づ
2026-03-06 19:30 - 21:30 (America/Chicago)
Join us for a night of worship with other fellowships across campus at Foellinger auditorium at 7:30 PM!
We will have bring-your-own dinner at 6:30PM at the Illini Union basement before walking over to Foellinger together.
Foellinger’s address: 709 S Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

UIUC Spring Break (∪.∪ )...zzz
2026-03-14 - 2026-03-22
!!!HAVE FUN!!!

March Large Group ヽ(✿ﾟ▽ﾟ)ノ
2026-03-27 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago)
Join us for our March large group with our special guest Dr. Ken Cuffey at the Life Together House.
Speaker topic: Church Leadership – Teaching

Good Friday ⛪✝
2026-04-03

Easter ⛪✝
2026-04-05

Bloomington Trip (o・┏ω┓・o)
2026-04-11 09:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago)
Trip to Bloomington, IL.
https://forms.gle/vMKcFTcuhDa35npi6
