For the first time ever InterVarsity leaders at the University of California—San Diego reserved Mandeville Auditorium, the biggest auditorium on campus, to host their first large group meeting at the beginning of the fall semester.
The state of Oklahoma had not had an InterVarsity presence in 20 years when Chris Goree and his wife Laurie began a chapter plant at Oklahoma University in 2008. Chris brought several years of experience in campus ministry to the plant, as well as ten years in the practice of law, but he was new to InterVarsity.
InterVarsity has a new look online. Our website has been redesigned. We invite you to take a look and let us know what you think.
Campus staff member Tina Aceti had big dreams for the Greek InterVarsity chapter at Central Michigan University. She arrived on campus this fall energized to meet new students and prepared to support InterVarsity students in their relationships with non-Christian Greek brothers and sisters. But as the first weeks of school came and went, Tina felt disappointed with the chapter's growth.
Advent is a time for reflection and joy. During this season, we give thanks that the Word became flesh and dwelt among us. In this spirit, I want to express my gratefulness for God's goodness to the InterVarsity community over so many years.
International Student Ministry helps welcome students to America, and sometimes into God's family
Building witnessing communities on campus by inviting students into relationship with Jesus
We envision God using this conference to call students not only to God's mission but to lives with missional intention.
College students from across the country and around the globe will be traveling to St. Louis in December for Urbana 09, InterVarsity's twenty-second Student Missions Conference. Many participants will be inspired to dedicate their lives to God's service. Some will answer the call to the mission field. And some will earn college credits.
In her new book Julie Clawson takes us on a tour of everyday life and shows how our ordinary lifestyle choices have big implications for justice around the world.