Dates: May 22-24, 2009
Location: Iowa
Cost: $89 (before May 11)/$99 (after May 11)
Registration Form: See brochure
Join us for a night away from the hustle and bustle of the cities. The purpose of this retreat is simply to relax, spend some time with God, and play with friends. This year's focus is "God's Story, Our Story, and the Academic Story." Dr. Jim Blankenship of John Brown University is the speaker. We'll carpool down and Friday and return around midafternoon on Sunday. A great opportunity to recharge!
Dates: December 28-31, 2008, with "Day Ahead" events on December 27
Location: Marriott Magnificent Mile, Chicago, IL
Cost: $285/$335 student registration fees (before/after Nov. 1) See the website for a full listing of fees
Website: www.followingchrist.org
At the Following Christ conference, we gather people active in the powerful institutions of the world -- academia, business, government, the media, medicine, the courts --
in order to challenge and encourage one another in living as Christ's followers in the world. It's all too easy to lapse into either over-confidence or cynicism about the role
our institutions (and we ourselves) play in shaping culture. It's wise instead to consider how we will be shaped and how we will seek God's redeeming influence in the world.
What discourses set the terms of our questions? Whose word and way will we follow? It matters how we know and praise God and how we serve him with our days -- for us individually,
for the quality and direction of our culture, and for the peace and well-being of the world.
From the Intervarsity GFM website
For more information, visit the conference website.
