Welcome to InterVarsity Christian Fellowship
Graduate and Faculty Ministry (GFM)
at Indiana University Bloomington or IUGFM
This web page will be moved and discontinued by the Summer 2009 and has already taken up its NEW LOCATION HERE.
 
IUGFM ( http://iugfm.org ) focuses on American and International graduate students, faculty, researchers, and all who are interested in higher education. Our group discussions center on being a Christian academic.  We meet on  Fridays, 9:00 am - 10:00 a.m. for PRAYER together.  We meet in the Tree Suites area on the Mezzanine level of the Indiana Memorial Union almost always in the Charter Room.  Send Scott Lamanna an email (see below) to get on our 'gentle reminder' weekly email for specifics. From 1:30 -2:30 pm every other Friday, we have a reading and discussion group in the book "The Two Tasks of the Christian Scolar", in the Indiana Memorial Union in the Grad Pad.  There was an English departmental focused book discussion in the book "Who's Afraid of Postmodernism" meets each week as well, they have gone through a couple books since the beginning of this academic year.  Email any of the leaders below for more information.
 
Community/Fellowship/Witness & Hospitality Monthly Dinners:  We have graduate students and faculty willing to host winsome fellowship dinners in homes off campus each month and we get our largest turnout at these events.  Email any of the leaders below and ask to be put on the hospitality dinner Evite list.  These are a great opportunity to see what people read when not cramming, their home contexts and significant others/families, enjoy good food, and less formal fellowship, and fun.  All grad students, professional students, faculty, administrators, and visiting scholars are welcome!
 
COME AND MEET SOME NEW FRIENDS.   And yes, there is an open space for your unique influence.

We also get together with students from other departmental Christian fellowships (Law, Music, MBA, etc) for combined events periodically.  One semester Dr. Walter Bradley spoke on  "Scientific Evidence for the Existence of an Intelligent Creator."  Click for a copy of the attractive promotional pdf flier we used and here for pictures from the event itself.  This was unusually large but we've done events with MBA, Music, and Law fellowships utilizing excellent local resource people on prayer walks, service projects, etc. 

InterVarsity Christian Fellowship at I.U. has a Greek-System Fellowship and the Multi-ethnic Undergraduate IVCF Chapter. Our GFM staff Paula Puckett lives in Bloomington, IN and also heads up IUGFM's 'Women in the Academe' initiatives.  Please contact the 2008 - 2009 academic-year student leadership; Scott Lamanna, Blake Puckett, Matthew Kaul, or Paula Puckett if you would like more information on IUGFM (sometimes still called Graduate IVCF).

Photos, top to bottom.  Vincent leading an IUGFM whole group meeting.  Joe leading worship at a whole group meeting.  Other leaders at an inter-University GFM conference at the University of Illinois. 

IU Graduate and Faculty Ministry staff, Joe Whitchurch is also involved in a joint ministry endeavor with Faculty Commons staff colleague Matt Bazemore in establishing a faculty ministry called "LeV" which reminds of of the I.U. motto "Lux et Veritas" Light and Truth.  Late in the Spring semester 2008 the academic society 'LeT' had its inauguration with a faculty dinner in the Tudor Room, invitation for partnered leadership of which several faculty responded, sharing of resources about faculty conferences wonderful fellowship and food and each person received a complimentary copy of the book "The Two Tasks of the Christian Scholar'.  It appears that Lux et Veritas is off to a great start.  For more information email jbw7@comcast.net to find out about the LET ning group etc.