Faith, Learning, and Fellowship

Small Groups are returning the week of January 25th – come join one of our three weekly communities where you can dive into scripture, eat great food, connect with fellow small group members, and so much more! It’s a great way to find the support and fellowship that will bring joy and life to your graduate school experience.

Mondays
2:00-4:00pm
Kimmel 207
Contact Anna Lee-Winans annalee77 [at] gmail [dot] com for more information

Tuesdays
7:00-9:00pm
Erica Louie’s apartment
Contact Erica Louie ericabecky [at] gmail [dot] com for more information

Wednesdays
7:00-9:00pm
Anna Lee-Winans apartment
Contact Anna Lee-Winans annalee77 [at] gmail [dot] com for more information

Sign up before February 1st to still pay a great price for an amazing weekend!

Telos is our annual Winter conference, where all the various InterVaristy Graduate chapters from New York and New Jersey (including Columbia, Rutgers, Princeton, RPI, and more!) come spend a weekend of learning, reflection, and renewal.This year’s theme is “Redeeming Babylon.”  We will explore what it looks like to enter as a faithful community into the world of academia, which can feel like a broken and hostile land.  It’s going to be a tremendous experience, and you all can still sign up!!

February 19-21
Arrive: 7:00pm Friday night (rides and transportation will be organized)
Depart: Sunday afternoon

Cost:
Register by February 1st – $140.00
Register after February 1st – $160.00
REGISTER EARLY! (A $65.00 non-refundable deposit is due upon registration)

Hope to see you all there!! SIGN UP SOON – the price increases after February 1st.
Price reductions for spouses/attendees of Urbana 2009

Friends, Register Before the December 31, 2009 Deadline to attend Telos ‘10 at the lowest rate possible!

You are invited to attend GCF’s Winter Conference in Milan, NY where we will be exploring the theme of “Redeeming Babylon”. Through our guest speaker Dr. James Herrick, we will study the life of Daniel (a Biblical graduate student if you will) and explore what it looks like for God to be amidst our professions and careers. It will be tremendous!

February 19-21
$130.00 if you register by December 31st!!

Come and celebrate with us at our last General Meeting of Fall 2009! We will be eating good food, worshiping together as we enter in finals and prepare for the Christmas season, and sending off our December graduates.

Friday, December 4th
7:00pm
Kimmel 909

We’ll also be playing White Elephant, a fun (and often hilarious) gift-exchange game! BRING: One gift from home (DO NOT BUY IT, SOMETHING LAYING AROUND AT HOME), valued at $15.00 or less, wrapped as a gift. The funnier, the better!

Telos (greek): The end of a goal-oriented process

Telos is our annual Winter conference, where all the various InterVaristy Graduate chapters from New York and New Jersey (including Columbia, Rutgers, Princeton, RPI, and more!) come spend a weekend of learning, reflection, and renewal.  We invite you all this year to come join us for this amazing opportunity.

This year’s theme is “Redeeming Babylon.” We are journeying through the life and example of Daniel, led by our speaker Dr. James Herrick, a professor at Hope College .  We will explore what it looks like to enter as a faithful community into the world of academia, which can feel like a broken and hostile land.  Through studying Daniel (who was a graduate student in  his own right), we can better grasp what it looks like to live full lives in the vocational contexts God has called us.

February 19-21
Arrive: 7:00pm Friday night (rides and transportation will be organized)
Depart: Sunday afternoon

Cost:
Register by December 31st – $130.00
Register by February 1st – $140.00
Register after February 1st – $160.00
REGISTER EARLY! (A $65.00 non-refundable deposit is due upon registration)

Check out the link below for our brochure and registration form.

Hope to see you all there!!

Telos Brochure

Hello Friends pursuing PhDs and Jesus!

I continue to be convinced that our vocational calling and our faith are intricately linked. Jesus reveals himself and his Kingdom through our work to ourselves and to the work that we are called into. As the months fly by, please take a moment of pause for the month of November in prayer, yummy dinner, gracious fellowship and divine intervention as you pursue the calling God has invited you into. As a gift: Professor Jim Canary, a chemistry prof at NYU, and his wife Cathy, a developmental psychologist, will be joining us for dinner to share their story and listen to ours as they pray courage over us.

When: Thursday, November 5, 5pm-7pm
Where: Anna Lee-Winans’ home: 55 East 9th Street, apt. 6K (on 9th between Broadway and University)
What: Dinner, Prayer and Remembrances of God’s faithfulness to provide all of what we need for all of what he’s called us to do
Who: PhD candidates, PhD candidate’s Significant Other (if applicable), Jesus, Drs. Jim and Cathy Canary, and Anna =)

RSVP with Anna Lee-Winans (annalee77 [at] gmail [dot] com)

Hey GCF friends,

Come celebrate this spooky day with all of us!

October 31st
5:00-7:00pm
Anna Lee-Winans Apartment

It’s a potluck, so bring something yum to nosh on. Afterwards we’ll be heading over to watch the Village Halloween parade.
Group costume: “Princess Christmas and his royal court” – dress as your best fairytale/medieval character!! PRIZES for most creative costume!

Is school wiping you out? Do you need a space to breathe? Do you want to learn how to Sabbath in community with fellow grad students?

THEN COME TO FALL RETREAT!!

October 16, 8:00pm -October 18, 3:00pm
Sinking Spring, PA
Cost: $10.00 – That’s it!!

We will be taking a beautiful weekend in Pennsylvania to rest, play, pray, fellowship, eat, sleep, and be rejuvinated. We’ll be meeting at Anna Lee-Winans apartment Friday night and driving up to Pennsylvania for the weekend, returning to NYC Sunday afternoon. Come discover God’s desire for you to REST in His presence, with others – it’s a marvelous thing, come and see!

Bring:
- Journal
- Bible
- Pen(s)
- sleeping bag/pillow (contact Anna Lee-Winans if you are in need of one)
- Layers
- A business casual outfit for attending Sunday service

Hope to see you there – RSVP at annalee77 [at] gmail [dot] com by OCTOBER 9th.

See ya there!

Join the Christian Legal Fellowship (CLF) on a fun day hiking in Westchester County! We are taking a hike of the Old Croton Aqueduct area in Ossining, a very scenic and beautiful part of upstate New York – come join fellow grad students in our weekend adventure!

October 10th
Meet: 9:30am at Grand Central, the big clock near the 4/5/6

Things to Bring:
- Comfortable shoes (it’s an easy/moderate hike)
- Brown Bag lunch/water bottle
- $16.50 for round-trip Metro North fare to Ossining

http://www.nynjtc.org/hike/old-croton-aqueduct-ossining-quaker-bridge – info on the hike

RSVP under the “Events” tab on our Facebook group (NYU InterVarsity – Graduate Christian Fellowship) – hope to see you there!