Past Events – 2020/21
Joint event with Graduate Catholic Student Association: Building Houses and Home with Joseph (in place of Large Group 4)
Grad Winter Conference: The Gospel in a Changing World
Winter Large Group I
Community Game Night
Stanford IVGrad Advent Service
“In Search of Shalom: Race, Justice, and Mass Incarceration”
First Year Fellowship hangout
Large Group 4 (“Bridging Beyond Barriers: God’s Love in Christian Unity”)
“In Search of Shalom: Race, Justice, and Education”
Large Group 3: Christianity and Politics: An Uneasy Partnership
The Amazing (G)Race: Scavenger Hunt
Are you tired of Zoom events and missing the real world? Are you getting bored of seeing the same few parts of campus going back and forth to lab every day, and wish you had an excuse to see the rest of campus? Are you in the mood for some socially-distanced socializing, and maybe even a little friendly competition?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, you should sign up for this event! Similar to the show The Amazing Race, you will follow clues and solve puzzles at various outdoor locations around Stanford’s campus (many of them the more “hidden gems” that are off the beaten path), and the winning team will be the one which finishes first (or which reaches the most locations in the designated amount of time). In order to cover more of campus without making travel time between locations too long, we’ve broken up the campus into four “zones” (different from the officially designated campus zones), and will be sending one or multiple people from each team to each zone. In order to avoid participants from multiple teams all crowding around a single location, we will be having each participant/team start at a different location in the sequence. Once people have signed up, we will finalize teams and then email participants with more details. Hope to see many of you there!
Contacts: Kristel Tjandra (ktjandra@stanford.edu), Katie Antilla (kantilla@stanford.edu), Katie Ferrick (kferrick@stanford.edu)
Large Group 2: IVGrad in/and the World
Speakers: Denise-Margaret Thompson and Andre Cooper. In this large group, we are going to learn and reflect on the place of IVGrad within the student movements across the globe. IVGrad is a graduate ministry within InterVarsity/USA & International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES) North America, which constitutes one major regional student movement (https://ifesworld.org/en/). In this session, Denise and Andre will share their experiences with IFES. Come ready to hear about different movements around the world and to share about your own experiences. We will also be praying for some other movements.
IFES World Student Day
World Student Day is an annual day that unites our global movement to celebrate all that God is doing through the International Fellowship of Evangelical students (IFES) and to pray for one another and the needs and opportunities for the coming year. Each year, we take an offering for our sister movements. Would you consider making a gift this year? And on 16 October, join us in praying for students adapting to education in the pandemic, and for students and staff sharing Christ in these rapidly shifting circumstances. Visit https://ifesworld.org/en/wsd/ to find out how you can participate.
First Large Group (Square Inch Story Exchange, Part 2)
NSO Hangouts 2020
The Zoom links for all New Grad Student Orientation (NGSO) Welcome Events can be found in this Google Doc: https://tinyurl.com/ivgradnso2020 (Note that you will need to be signed into your Stanford account to access the Doc. If you’re not able to access it, email the Steering committee at ivgrad-steering@lists.stanford.edu.)
PAST EVENTS – 2016/17
You’re welcome to join these small groups at any time over the summer months in 2017:
- C3:16 worship small group on Mondays at 7 p.m., contact Kat Gonzales (kgonzal[at]stanford.edu)
- Faith and Science discussion group on Wednesdays at 6:15pm starting July 26. Contact Andreas (krischok[at]stanford.edu).
We hope you can join us soon!
Join us for the IVGrad Summer Kick-off BBQ! Continuing and new students, summer visitors, etc. are all welcome!
Wednesday, July 5th 7-9:30pm at the Lake Lagunita BBQ area.
Sign up to bring a side dish, drinks or dessert.
Small Groups 2016-17
For reference, these were the IVGrad small groups that met throughout the academic year 2016-17. During the summer time, new groups form for discussion and fellowship – we’ll announce details about our summer small groups at the kick off BBQ on July 5th!
Walking with Jesus in Grad School – Mondays, 6:30pm
What does it mean to be a grad student and follow Jesus? We especially welcome first year students to join us in a community where together we are learning to navigate grad school with Jesus. Email Joel (joelschn).
Conflict, money, power, and sex – as well as fellowship, grace, and love – are major themes of Paul’s letters to the Corinthians. We’ll be going through 1 and 2 Corinthians chapter by chapter, following a study guide by NT Wright, one of the world’s most prominent Christian thinkers. Join us to see how Paul’s messages to the early church still impact us today. Email Jeremy (jwitmer) or Peter (pattia).
The Psmall Group – Wednesdays, 7:00pm
We believe God speaks to us through His word and through others. Each week we’ll choose a passage (often a psalm), and spend time with it individually during the week. We’ll share with one another about how we encountered God in the passage, and in our lives more generally, and take time to pray for each other in response. Contact Daniel (dheywood).
International Bible Study – Thursdays, 6:30pm
We aim to be a “home away from home” for international students—a place to find community, encouragement, and nourishment from God’s Word. You don’t need to be international to join us! Email Yang (zhiyangw) or Vivian (vkchen).
Our last official event of the 2016-17 academic year will be our End of Year Banquet celebration on Friday, May 26 at 6:30 in the Old Union Clubhouse Ballroom. This is a chance to celebrate the year we’ve had together, honor those who are graduating, and look forward to next year. There will be delicious dinner, friends, worship, and festivities. Wear semi-formal attire for the occasion!
Integral Large Group
Friday, March 3rd at 7PM – 3rd Floor Old Union Common Room
Reducing Systemic Injustice by Humans and AI
Bio
NorCal Winter Conference: Feb 3-5, 2017
with Charles Yu – The Meaning of the Death of Jesus
Camp Redwood Glen – Scotts Valley
When: Fri Feb 3 – Sun Feb 5.
The conference starts with dinner on Friday night and finishes at noon on Sunday (2 nights).
Where: Redwood Glen Conference Center, Scotts Valley CA
(same place as Fall retreat)
What: Meaning of the Death of Jesus with Dr Charles Yu
Dr. Yu is a theologian and currently the Pastor of Multicultural Ministry and Theology at Blackhawk Church in Madison, WI. He will be speaking to us about the meaning of the cross, specifically the New Testament understanding of the cross, and how it gives a more complete understanding of Jesus’ death. Full speaker details below.
Who:
You! And IVGrad students from UC Berkeley, UC Davis, and UC Santa Cruz.
What else:
Worship, good food, old friends, new friends, rest, Jesus!
Registration is $115, and scholarships are available so contact Wendy (wendy.quay@gmail.com) if you need assistance to attend. And feel free to contact our lovely registrars with any other questions: Florence (fadewale@stanford.edu) & Marcus (mpanj@stanford.edu).
Series Overview:
About Dr. Charles Yu
Express your gratitude.
The Corinthians small group will lead us in a encouragement/gratitude night for this week’s large group. We will spend the evening together writing letters & cards to send to people we are grateful for in our lives. God calls us to encourage one other, and this is an easy but meaningful way to do that. We’ll provide all the supplies, but do come with some addresses in mind! Also, please bring a few $$ to contribute towards stamps.
Join us Friday, January 27th from 7-8:30pm at the usual place: CIRCLE Common Room, 3rd floor of Old Union.
Christian writer and political activist Jim Wallis on Engaging Our World
7pm Sunday, January 29
CIRCLE Common Room, 3rd Floor, Old Union
[To get to the CIRCLE room: take the elevator from the Old Union to the third floor, turn left, and follow the hallway to the end, where the room is on the left]
Hosted by: Progressive Christians at Stanford, Episcopal Lutheran Campus Ministry, and InterVarsity Graduate Christian Fellowship
How should Christians engage on issues of justice that permeate our society today? Navigating the apparent paradox of the command to be in the world but not of it can be hard, especially as students with busy schedules and many demands on our time who also want to live out our faith.
Join InterVarsity Graduate Christian Fellowship, Progressive Christians at Stanford, and the Episcopal Lutheran Campus Ministry as we host Christian writer and political activist Jim Wallis for an evening of discussion on this topic with Pastor Kaloma Smith of University AME Zion Church, and Annanda Barclay, Pastoral Intern of First Presbyterian Church.
Jim Wallis is the President and Founder of Sojourners, a magazine at the intersection of faith, politics, and culture with the goal of exposing injustice and transforming the world.
Invite your friends!
Fall Retreat 2016:
Meeting with God in Grad School
Join us Saturday Oct 29 – Sunday Oct 30 at Redwood Glen in the nearby Santa Cruz Mountains. The theme will be Meeting With God in Grad School, and we have some great speakers (Diane Lee, Sacramento State and IVGrad alumna; Steve Lee, UC Davis) who will share their personal stories and offer both encouragement and challenges for us. Fall retreat is a wonderful time to really connect with IVGrad and to have a night away from Stanford and work. Plus, it’s just one night (returning Sunday afternoon) so there is plenty of time to do homework afterwards.
Registration is closed
Josh Hill and David Mackanic are our registrars this year (thanks!) so contact them directly if you have any questions or concerns about registration or arrival to the retreat. An email will be sent to attendees on Thursday 10/27 with ride-sharing info and other details for the weekend.
Though final numbers have been submitted to Camp Redwood Glen, contact Wendy Quay to see if there are any openings to attend.
See you at Camp Redwood Glen!