IVCF Windsor

1. Large Group - Friday, Feb. 5th
This week we are gathering at 6:30 pm in Dillon Hall, Room 361. Brad Watson, who is the head pastor from Lakeshore St. Andrew’s is our guest speaker. Afterwards we’ll be joining forces and creative powers for a fun “Make-a-Movie Night”. We’ll be working in teams and discovering who’s the next Quentin Tarintino as we” come together at the end and enjoy some snacks while we view the imaginative efforts of our friends! If you have a camera that has video capture capability, please bring it and any cables/cards required to view it from a laptop with you on Friday!

Sunday / Men’s Group
Time: 7:00 - 9:00 pm
Leaders: Luke M. (lukemeloche@gmail.com) and James S. (jamessanford@gmail.com)
Tuesday CO-ED Group
Time: 4-6pm
Leaders: Laura G. (lil_laura_lynn@hotmail.com) and Michelle B. (roridean@hotmail.com)
Tuesday Co-ED Group
Time: 1-3pm
Leaders: Sarah C. (sarah_cullen89@hotmail.com) and Sarah R. (reynolds@uwindsor.ca)

3. Are you ready to “FLIP IT”???
Together we are planning an event in which we can share the Good News at the University of Windsor. For some of you, we know it sounds like a scary thing to do, but it is something that we as Christians are called to do and we are promised the power, guidance, peace, protection, and even the creativity and boldness of the Holy Spirit in order to FLIP IT!

If you are ready to do something new, to see your faith grow, to build up our fellowship into a truly witnessing community and more importantly to share the LIFE that is found in Jesus with others on campus…this is for you!!!

1. Next Friday
February 5th we will have our large group meeting at 6:30. Brad Watson will be our speaker for the evening and we have an awesome social planned- Make A Movie Night! We will all be making movies and then watching them after - so be sure to bring a camera that records and any plugs (or cords, or memory cards) that will be needed to put the video onto a laptop.

2. FLIP IT
Together we are planning an event in which we can share the Good News at the University of Windsor. For some of you, we know it sounds like a scary thing to do, but it is something that we as Christians are called to do and we are promised the power, guidance, peace, protection, and even the creativity and boldness of the Holy Spirit in order to FLIP IT!

If you are ready to do something new, to see your faith grow, to build up our fellowship into a truly witnessing community and more importantly to share the LIFE that is found in Jesus with others on campus…this is for you!!!

To get involved, write to ivcf.windsor@gmail.com and we will add you to the Facebook group which has information about upcoming meetings, words of encouragement, and more.

Next meeting: Friday February 5th, 4:30 pm. We will be meeting at the CAW Centre at the info desk and will be reviewing material on how to lead a Group Investigation God (GIG) and studying John 1:35-51 together.

3. GP’s

Director: Andrew Karram
Dates: 5 May-31 May 2010
Deadline: 19 February 2010

1. Friday Night!  (Friday January 22nd)

We will be meeting at 6:30 to hear John Thompson (IVCF Windsor Alumni). John Thompson and his wife Soyon are our guest speakers for the evening. They will be sharing about how God called them into the missions’ field in the Himalayas working with an organization called MountainChild. Their message will challenge you to see God’s mission everywhere around you. Come out for a great time of food, fellowship and fun! Our social for the night will be our “Fire and Ice Party!” We have some really great events for this night planned! You may want to bring some warm clothing and boots (in case it gets cold!), but we will be having events indoors as well. Also, in order for this fun event to happen, we need drivers! So please let us know if you can drive! *Our location for large group is TBA, but I will be sending it out as soon as it’s confirmed!

2. Small groups have started/continue to start this week!  Each of the groups will meet at the info desk in the CAW student center first and then head over to their area. If you haven’t joined a small group before then now’s the time to do so! They are a great way to study God’s word with others in our community, and to apply what we’ve learned to our lives. This semester we will continue our manuscript study of Luke. If you have been in one before, then you know how awesome they are!  Here are the groups we are offering for this semester. If you have a major time conflict with all of them, please let us know and we will do our best to try and change some things around. If you have any questions be sure to email us back!

Guys Groups

Led by Luke (lukeameloche@hotmail.com) and James (jamessandford@gmail.com)

Meets Sundays at 7pm

General Group

Led by Michelle (roridean@hotmail.com) and Laura (lil_laura_lynn@hotmail.com)

Meets Tuesdays at 4pm

General Group

Led by Sarah (cullens@uwindsor.ca) and Sarah (reynolds@uwindsor.ca)

Meets Tuesdays at 1pm

General Group

Led by Andrea (andie237@hotmail.com) and Kendra (petiteyellowchairs@hotmail.com)

Meets Thursdays at 7pm

3. IT’S TIME TO “FLIP IT”

If you were out on Friday night, you heard Susan (our staff worker) challenge us to group to take advantage an opportunity for members of IVCF Windsor to individually and collectively “FLIP IT”, i.e. flip our thinking and actions about reaching our campus for Jesus. She reminded us that we need to be excited for people who will say YES to our invitation to meeting Jesus and not be fearful and/or silent when facing the NOs.

Together we are planning an event in which we can share the Good News at the University of Windsor. For some of you, we know it sounds like a scary thing to do, but it is something that we as Christians are called to do and we are promised the power, guidance, peace, protection, and even the creativity and boldness of the Holy Spirit in order to FLIP IT!

If you are ready to do something new, to see your faith grow, to build up our fellowship into a truly witnessing community and more importantly to share the LIFE that is found in Jesus with others on campus…this is for you!!!

To get involved, write to ivcf.windsor@gmail.com and we will add you to the Facebook group which has information about upcoming meetings, words of encouragement, and more.

Next meeting: Sunday, January 24th @ 5:00 pm, CAW Centre/Info Desk.

4. IVCF WINDSOR PRAYER & SUPPORT MEETING:

Date: Thursday, January 21

Time: 7:00 - 9:00 pm

Location: Iona College (208 Sunset Ave.) in Hoffman Auditorium (at the back of the building)

What: A chance to join us with local supporters to hear about the last news of and pray for the needs of our fellowship. Light refreshments will be served. (Note: prayer meeting is usually done by approx. 8:15 pm, so if you can just stay for that time, you are more than welcome!)

5. Registration for SHIFT, our Winter Conference (Jan. 29-31) is now open!

 SHIFT / 2010

ENTERING THE REST OF GOD’S STORY

Our speaker, Shelley Campagnola, will be teaching us about how these spiritual disciplines help us draw close to God and learn to rely on Him in a new way. You will also get an opportunity to try them out for yourselves! Of course, that evening will also end with an amazing night of music and dancing with Christian Artist ”The Runway” (Jon Corbin). All this, plus you get a chance to meet and worship with fellow students from 4 other IVCF chapters from SW Ontario, too.

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Registration 

SHIFT 2010 - Registration Form

Name:

Campus:

Year:

Gender:

Food Allergies:

Other Allergies:

Emergency Contact:

Do you have a vehicle to help drive?: 

If yes, # of people in your vehicle (including driver):

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COPY AND SEND BACK TO: barron.crawford@me.com and ivcf.windsor@gmail.com

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: SATURDAY, JANUARY 23rd, 2010

Registration (sign in, payment, room assigments, etc.) will begin at 6:30 in the Dining Hall on Friday, January 29th. Please plan to arrive at that time.

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What you will need…

Below is a list of things you will need, as well as a list of things we ask you not to bring.  We will spend time considering what it means to Sabbath and we invite you to engage in this experience fully.

Things to bring:

-Clothing

-Toiletries (toothbrush, comb, etc.)

-Shower Supplies (shampoo, towel)

-Pillow

-Sleeping Bag

-Outdoor shoes & Attire

-Flashlight

-Slippers or indoor shoes

-Health card

Things we invite you to bring:

-Journal

-Bible

-A personal music player for quiet reflection time

-A book that you are reading for enjoyment

-Outdoor activities (football, sleds, etc.)

-Indoor activities (board games, cards)

-A cool outfit for Saturday night Dance Party

Please do not bring:

Since this is a weekend of Sabbath, we ask you to leave the following at home:

-a computer

-homework

-other projects

-required reading from classes

Payment

The cost is $100 for the conference (This is the University of Windsor student price due to fund-raisers, original price = $120. Your transportation cost will also be covered in the $100 fee) .  

Please be sure to bring cash or cheque to the retreat for registration on the first night.  

Cheques can be made out to: Inter Varsity Christian Fellowship of Canada

Write “SHIFT” in the memo.

* NOTE: If you are in need of financial assistance, please write to ivcf.windsor@gmail.com and we will see what we can do to help!

Here’s what’s going on this week within our IVCF community!

**Limited space available! Save your place by writing to ivcf.windsor@gmail.com today! ALSO…please let us know if you can drive and the # of people you can take in your vehicle.

**Limited space available! Save your place by writing to ivcf.windsor@gmail.com today! ALSO…please let us know if you can drive and the # of people you can take in your vehicle.

      1.  Friday November 20th ”Calming the Storms” - a night of scripture study, praise & worship, followed by a fun social event that will take you all over campus! It’s a night you don’t want to miss. Our special guests for the evening are local high school students who we are encouraging in their faith. Be sure to bring the materials that you would normally use for manuscript study!
***NOTE: Start time is 7:00 pm for this evening, and we are meeting in Chrysler Hall North, G133***  (*Please note the time change!)

            2. Before you know it, December will be here! This means that our Christmas Banquet is coming up.

           Where: Katzman Lounge* Please note the change in location. Katzman Lounge is in the basement of Vanier Hall.   

     When: 6:30 December 4^th

           Cost: $25.00 per person. This is to cover the meal cost which includes chicken, salad, buns, pasta, desert etc. Please plan on handing your money in by November 29th.

     Dress: This is a formal event- so be sure to get dressed up!  

     Additional Information: We will also have a gift exchange that night. If you would like to participate in the exchange, be sure to bring in a gift valued at no   more than $5.00. We are also asking that you start thinking of things to auction off in our Servant Auction. It should be something practical that you can actually do for the person. If you have a service to auction off, please email us back letting us know what it is!

    RSVP: The deadline to sign up is November 29^th. We will have sign- up sheets at the large group meeting, or you can email us back letting us know of your attendance!

     3. Our Coffee Fundraiser will be held November 23^rd to the 26^th, and we are looking for people to sign up to help. On these days we will sell coffee in the CAW Centre, with the proceeds going towards our winter retreat (SHIFT). This is a great way to lower the cost for everyone. There will be a sign up sheet at the next large group if you are interested in helping out or you can email us back letting us know your availability.

     4. Friday November 27th is our next IVCF out night!  This is a great chance for you to get together and do something fun with people from your small group, school community or otherwise.  Want to host an event? Email us back and we’ll pass the word on to other people. Don’t know how to get connected with IVCF people? We’re starting up a community information list. If you’d like to partake, then email us your name, phone number (s), address, program, year etc. and we’ll add it to the list. We have access to your email address, but other people in the group do not. In a few weeks we will send the list out and you’ll have the information you need to get in contact with people.

     5.Want more information on Urbana 09? Be sure to check out www.urbana09.org.

         1. Friday the 13th (da da dum!) is an IVCF out night! This is a great chance for you to get together and do something fun with people from your small group, school community or otherwise. Need some ideas on what to do? Check back at our website  as we will be posting events that are happening in the community that we know of. Want to host an event? Email us back and we’ll pass the word on to other people. Don’t know how to get connected with IVCF people? We’re starting up a community information list. If you’d like to partake, then email us your name, phone number (s), address, program, year etc. and we’ll add it to the list. We have access to your email address, but other people in the group do not. In a few weeks we will send the list out and you’ll have the information you need to get in contact with people.

         2. Friday November 20th is our  Annual High School Invitational!  It will take place at 6:30 in Chrysler Hall North G133. How can you help? By inviting your church youth group members and others to this event. Either print off a copy of the flyer and map to bring to your local church to announce/post or forward it to on to anyone you know would be interested in attending. This is a great opportunity to show high schoolers the Christian community we have at Windsor. It will be a great night of study, worship and fellowship with an awesome social planned for afterwards!

          3. Before you know it, December will be here! This means that our Christmas Banquet is coming up.

                 Where: McPhearson Lounge (Alumni Hall)  

                 When: 6:30pm, December 4^th

                Cost: $25.00 per person. This is to cover the meal cost which includes chicken, salad, buns, pasta, desert etc.

        Dress: This is a formal event- so be sure to get dressed up!

                Additional Information: We will also have a gift exchange that night. If you would like to participate in the exchange, be sure to bring in a gift valued at no   more than $5.00. We are also asking that you start thinking of things to auction off in our Servant Auction. It should be something practical that you can actually do for the person. If you have a service to auction off, please email us back letting us know what it is!

                RSVP: The deadline to sign up is November 29^th. We will have sign- up sheets at the large group meeting, or you can email us back letting us know of your attendance!

         4. Our Coffee Fundraiser will be held November 23^rd to the 26^th, and we are looking for people to sign up to help. On these days we will sell coffee in the CAW Centre, with the proceeds going towards our winter retreat (SHIFT). This is a great way to lower the cost for everyone. There will be a sign up sheet at the next large group if you are interested in helping out or you can email us back letting us know your availability.

    5. Want more information on Urbana 09? Be sure to check out www.urbana09.org.

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1.  This Friday is our next large group meeting!  We will be meeting at 6:30 in Dillon 361. This will be our Sharing Night. We are looking for people who want to share with others what God is doing in their lives. You would only need to speak for 3-5 minutes. If you would like to sign up to share, please let us know by November 4^th.  We will have a short open mic time at the end, if you feel inspired to say something that night. We will also have worship and an exciting social that night! We can’t wait to hear how God is working in students’ lives. Please email us back asap if you would like to speak this Friday!

2. Help us spread the word about our Annual High School Invitational on Friday, Nov. 20th at 6:30 in Chrysler Hall North G133 by inviting your church members and others to this event. Either print off a copy of the flyer and map to bring to your local church to announce/post or forward it to on to anyone you know would be interested in attending.

3. Before you know it, December will be here! This means that our Christmas Banquet is coming up.

Where: McPhearson Lounge (Alumni Hall)  

When: December 4^th

Cost: $25.00 per person. This is to cover the meal cost which includes chicken, salad, buns, pasta, desert etc.

Dress: This is a formal event- so be sure to get dressed up!

Additional Information: We will also have a gift exchange that night. If you would like to participate in the exchange, be sure to bring in a gift valued at no more than $5.00. We are also asking that you start thinking of things to auction off in our Servant Auction. It should be something practical that you know you will be able to actually do for the person.

RSVP: The deadline to sign up is November 29^th. We will have sign- up sheets at the next two large group meetings, or you can email us back letting us know of your attendance!

4. Our Coffee Fundraiser will be held November 23^rd to the 26^th, and we are looking for people to sign up to help. On these days we will sell coffee in the CAW Centre, with the proceeds going towards our winter retreat (SHIFT). This is a great way to lower the cost for everyone. There will be a sign up sheet at the next large group if you are interested in helping out.

5. Want more information on Urbana 09? Be sure to check out www.urbana09.org. (this was incorrectly written as www.urbana09.com in the last weekly update- sorry for any inconvenience!)

1.This Friday is an IVCF Out night! This means there will be no large group meeting. Instead, we encourage you to get together with a group of your friends (IVCF friends and non IVCF friends) and do something fun! Need an idea? How about Colasanti’s Horror Hayride? Directions can be found at colasanti.com. Need a ride? Email us letting us know and we’ll do our best to make sure you have one. If you are able to provide rides please email us to let us know as well!
 
2. Our next large group meeting will be November 6th, at 6:30, in Dillon 361. This will be our Sharing Night. We are looking for people who want to share with others what God is doing in their lives. You would only need to speak for 3-5 minutes max. If you would like to sign up to share, please let us know by November 4th.  We will also have a short open mic time at the end, if you feel inspired to say something on the night of. We will also have worship and an exciting social that night! We can’t wait to hear how God is working in students’ lives.
 
3. Help us spread the word about our Annual High School Invitational on Friday, Nov. 20th at 6:30 by inviting your church members and others to this event.
Reminder: This night is not just for high school students, but it is a evening in which we invite them to worship with us and explore the Word of God together. Plus it’s a chance for them to get a glimpse at “the next stage in life” and ask questions of us!
 
4. Before you know it, December will be here! This means that our Christmas Banquet is coming up.
Where: On Campus (exact location TBA)
When: December 4th
Cost: $25.00 per person. This is to cover the meal cost which includes chicken, salad, buns, pasta, desert etc.
Dress: This is a formal event- so be sure to get dressed up!
Additional Information: We will also have a gift exchange that night. If you would like to participate in the exchange, be sure to bring in a gift valued at no more than $5.00. We are also asking that you start thinking of things to auction off in our Servant Auction. It should be something practical that you know you will be able to actually do for the person.
RSVP: The deadline to sign up is November 29th. We will have sign- up sheets at the next two large group meetings, or you can email us back letting us know of your attendance!
 
4. Our Coffee Fundraiser will be held November 23rd to the 26th, and we are looking for people to sign up to help. On these days we will sell coffee in the CAW Centre, with the proceeds going towards our winter retreat (SHIFT). This is a great way to lower the cost for everyone. There will be a sign up sheet at the next large group if you are interested in helping out.
 
5. I know you have all heard a lot about Urbana lately. Has what you heard motivated you to sign up? It’s still not too late! For more information email us back or check out www.urbana09.com.