Hey Everyone,

This is an update on the Coffeehouse/auction that was meant to be happening tomorrow evening. The Coffeehouse will be post-poned until next Thursday.

The Prayer Night for the retreat is also now being held tomorrow evening from 5:30-7 at the Interns house at 126 Haddon Ave. S.

That's all for now!

Hey everyone!

Hello Everyone!

We've got a number of announcements this week:

First of all we want to announce our upcoming joint VCF-KCF/Brantford retreat February 5th-7th. The theme for the weekend will be Kingdom Communiy: What are we a part of? We'll be leaving around 6ish but there will be later cars for those who have later classes/exams. Register by emailing Christine at christine.wuey@gmail.com - include any food allergies please! Cost is $65 but there may be some options available for those who would like to come but can't afford the moolah. Should be good times! There will be GIANT dutch blitz!! It's hard to get better than that.

Secondly, this Thursday, Jan 28 at 5:30 in Clubspace we'll be having COFFEEHOUSE & AUCTION to help raising money towards sending people towards the retreat! Come out for a fun night of entertainment and auctioneering!  Bring money to purchase a service or good up on the auction block!
You can also participate by donating any good you are not using or volunteer a service to be auctioned that night.  Also, performers are needed for the coffeehouse portion.
If you have a performance or an item to be auctioned, contact Wasim (wasim.hossain@gmail.com) or Jared (jimrod2000@hotmail.com)

Thirdly, we'll be having a Prayer Night on February 4th at 5:30 to gather and pray for the upcoming retreat! Location is TBA, but keep the date in mind!

Fourthly, we want to start gathering more as a community to pray for and support each other, our campus, and our world! In the next few weeks we're going to start having prayer times on Tuesday and Thursdays from 11-12. We'll be starting up this Thursday with a location TBA. Come join us in prayer!

Small groups are up and running this week on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. If you'd like more information on these, please let us know!

Hey Everyone!

Just a quick heads up for those of you coming to the small group tonight, we're planning to have dinner before the study, so feel free to drop by for 6 if you want to join us!

Hi Everyone!

I hope you all had a somewhat relaxing break (even though so short for some of you!), and everyone's kicking back into gear with school!

Official small groups will be starting up next week again, so keep a look out for more details about that! But all small groups will be having a hang out night just to catch up and see where everyone's at this week. Your small group leaders should be sending info out about those shortly. If you weren't part of a small group last term and would like to be, please contact me and I can get you connected.

Also wanted to pass along some info about Christ at Mac Week, which is running from January 17th- 23rd. All the info about the events and how to get involved is below!:


Volunteers are needed for set up and take down for the first worship service on Sunday January 17th at 7pm in HSC 1A1. For set up, people are meeting at 1280 at 1:30pm and if you come a bit later, meet people at HSC 1A1. For the "take down", people will just need to stay until the end of the service which will be around 10pm. Please contact Robin for more info (robin@liftchurch.ca). Also contact if you would like to help out with Closing Worship.

We also need acts for our Coffee House on Tuesday January 19th from 6pm to 9pm. Singers, dancers, comedians, actors... anyone who has a talent to share! It will also be open mic, so let them know that they can come out and speak. Contact Shani for more info (shani.serrao@gmail.com).

The 24/7 prayer blog is located here: http://www.247prayermcmaster.blogspot.com/

In order to sign up for different prayer times you need to go here: http://www.gmail.com

And sign in... The e-mail address is: 24.7prayermcmaster@gmail.com
And the password is: 247prayer

Click on the Calendar link (at the top of the page) and you'll see three calendars. The Blue calendar is the prayer sign up calendar.

The schedule for Christ@MAC is below:

Sunday January 17^th at 7pm – Worship Service in HSC 1A1

Tuesday January 19^th at 6pm – Coffee House at the Phoenix (Wentworth House)

Saturday January 23^rd at 2pm – Closing Worship in the Atrium (Student Centre)

Sunday January 17^th at 10pm to Saturday January 23^rd at 2pm – 24/7 prayer (in Clubs Space - Student Centre)

Welcome returning and first year students!

So here's our line up for welcome week so far:

Monday, September 7
Prayer Night - 7:00 pm - 56 Glenmount Ave. - Join us to pray for our McMaster students and staff, other Christian groups at McMaster and our group and our ministry on campus! If you're on campus, meet at the flagpole in front of Burke Science Building at 6:30 and we'll walk to 56 Glenmount.

Tuesday, September 8
Pick-Up Ultimate Frisbee - 5:00pm
Come out to the oval field (between Forsyth and Mayfair) for some ultimate frisbee action. We'll be meeting at the flagpoles in front of Burke Science Building at 4:45 and walking over to the field. Snacks and drinks will be served afterward.

Wednesday, September 9
Clubsfest - 9:00am-1:30pm Come check out the Mac VCF booth at clubsfest for information on the group, events, small groups and more!!!
Pick-Up Soccer and Free BBQ - 4:00pmCome on out to the oval field and play some soccer which will be followed by a free BBQ! Burgers, veggie burgers, salad and drinks will be served.

Friday, September 11
Dinner -Details to be announced.

Keep an eye out for more events and details! First large group starts the week following welcome week. If you have any questions, contact us at macivcf@gmail.com.

Check out our Facebook group: McMaster InterVarsity Christian Fellowship '09/'10

The new school year is coming!

Check back here soon for details about Welcome week, Large Group, Small groups, AND MORE!!!

Hey Gang,

Just wanted to remind you guys about tomorrow.
END OF YEAR PARTY FRIDAY April 3rd, 8 pm Cole's House, 515 Catharine St. North

Directions to Cole's house by bus:
Take 51, 5A or 5E Downtown to McNAB.
Wait at the McNAB Terminal (left on McNAB from where you get dropped off) for 4 BAYFRONT.
Get off at JOHN/BURLINGTON (ask the driver if you aren't sure where this is)
Continue walking along BURLINGTON (same direction the bus is headed).
Turn RIGHT onto CATHARINE ST. (first street after JOHN)
My house is number 515 Catharine St. North. It will be on the right hand side.
Call 905 523 7780 if you have trouble finding it.


~ MacVCF Team

Community prayer
Tuesdays (Tomorrow) 2-3 pm
Meet outside of Divinity College chapel

Thursday Feb 11 @ 5:15 - 6:30 we are meeting for a Large Group event in MUSC 220.
We will be talking about the manuscript study of our campus that each small group has done individually.

We have an exciting month coming up.

Christ at Mac Week starts this Sunday! This week is planned by the Unity Group, which is a meeting of representatives from many of the Christian groups on campus.

Hello Everyone,

Welcome back to another awesome semester.
We have a few great events lined up for you guys.

Small groups will continue as usual, except the Monday group, which will move to another day. We will keep you posted about that.

We are having a WELCOME BACK PARTY on Monday January 12th @ 7pm @ Alan's House 27 Hollywood St. S.

Weekend long WINTER RETREAT is coming up shortly. More details coming up soon. So keep checking the website and your e-mails.


Have an awesome week, and hope to see you guys soon.

~MacVCF Team

Saturday Dec 6th we are going to Limeridge Mall to do some Christmas shopping to sponsor a family through Good Sheppard.
We are raising funds as well so if you cannot come but still would like to donate please contact Bethany at bethany[dot]lamb[at]gmail[dot]com
or
Dorothea at dragutd[at]mcmaster[dot]ca

Meet Dec 6th @ 12 noon sharp.
Meeting in front of Mills Library and then taking the bus at 12:10 to Limeridge Mall.

We won't be staying too much because we know that it is exam time. So if you need to leave early you can do so.

See you all there.

Stressed out with all the exams coming up?

The staff has opened their house for anyone who wants to drop by for a break from all the studying:
Here are the dates and the locations:

Dec. 4th - 2-5pm at Melody's house (18 Dalewood Ave.)
Dec. 10th - 9pm - 12am at Dave and Dan's Place (11 Paradise Rd. Apt 1)

people are welcome to come for as much or as little as they are able to hang out, eat food, maybe play games, do anything but study as a break!

happy studying

So it's not quite December yet, but Mac VCF is holding a Christmas Party and we'd like to see you and your friends there!

We have created a prayer forum where anyone can share any prayer requests and we as a community will pray for you.
Here is the link to it:

http://macvcf.proboards.com/

There will be a weekly prayer meeting on Wednesdays starting at 12pm till 1pm.
Feel free to drop by.
Here is the room location schedule:

Nov 12 - MUSC 207
Nov 19 - MUSC 303
Nov 26 - MUSC 220
Dec 3 - MUSC 224

We will be meeting at the fireplace in the student centre and then we will go to the rooms.


Also KCF, our sister Christian Fellowship Group is also hosting an early morning prayer every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 7 AM - 8 AM
Student Center Main Floor by the Fireplace
The Mac Korean Christian Fellowship has extended an open invitation for us to join them in prayer. We strive to be a community that gathers around prayer to praise God and lift our requests up to Him. Why not join in?

Hey all you hockey fans, watch the game together at 27 Hollywood Street South on the following dates (deemed "more critical than usual hockey games"):

8th November
Toronto vs Montreal
29th November
Philadelphia vs Toronto

Drinks, games, loud yelling provided...open-door policy, walk right in! Games start at 7 pm.