IVCF Events
This page lists IVCF Events that reach beyond just our own Windsor Chapter. Keep these dates in your calendar!
(For further information about any of these, contact Susan Tarcia, IVCF Windsor Staff at starcia@ivcf.ca)
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FALL RETREAT for IVCF Windsor
Date: Oct. 2-4, 2009
Location: Camp Bryerswood
Cost: $40
Theme: “Facing Our Fears” - Discovering how God’s love removes fears in our lives
Come join us for our annual Fall Retreat! This is a great time to have fun and meet new people, be challenged by the vision set for our community and dig deep in Scripture, and spend time in worship and prayer together!
SIGN UP TODAY BY EMAILING: ivcfwindsor@gmail.com
***Invite a friend to come!***
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JOHN “DIG IN”
Dates: October 16-18
Further details about cost (very minimal), times & location (at or near U of Windsor) to be released by end of September.
A 3-ay intensive study of John 1-4 through the lens of “witness”. Use part of your Reading Week to read God’s Word! This is highly recommended for anyone attending or contemplating going to Urbana ‘09 as you will get a sneek peak into the text you will be studying there. Our hope is that this time will help you grow in your understanding of witness, encounter Jesus in His Word in a new way, vision for bringing the Good News to others, be equipped in leading Bible Study, and go out in 2nd semester to lead your own GIG (Group Investigating God)!
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URBANA ‘09
Date: Dec 27 ‘09 - Jan 1 ‘10
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Visit: www.urbana09.org
Urbana ‘09 Theme: See. Live. Commit.
What is “Urbana”? Happening only once every 3 years, Urbana is IVCF’s largest missions convention. Urbana ‘06 saw over 22,000 youths from around Canada, the United States and all over the world come together to be challenged to “Learn. Be. Go. Serve. Ask.”
What Needs Does Urbana Address?
Human beings are created in the image of God and have a fundamental need to be in a relationship with their Creator. Urbana motivates young men and women to announce and demonstrate God’s reconciling love in the whole world.
University students are at a critical decision-making point in their lives. Their decisions today will influence the future of the world. Urbana shapes the nature of their influence by bringing students together with experts in global ministries and representatives from churches, mission agencies, and Christian educational institutions.
What Are Urbana’s Objectives?
For generations Urbana has sought to accomplish four objectives:
1) Declare God’s character and mission as revealed in Scripture (missio Dei)
2) Inform participants about the current realities in global missions
3) Call all participants to join God’s mission
4) Motivate participants to serve in global and crosscultural missions
We use the word “mission” to describe the process by which God is redeeming his creation. One day this process will be finished. The word “missions” describes human efforts aimed at bringing the message of reconciliation between God and people.
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“SHIFT” Winter Conference
Date: Jan. 29-31, 2010
Details: TBA
A time to come together to worship, fellowship and received deeply from God and allow a SHIFT in our walk with Him with other IVCF chapters from University of Western Ontario, Wilfrid Laurier Univeristy, University of Waterloo and University of Guelph!