Pursuing a graduate-level degree brings on its own special challenges.  Therefore, we recognize that it's helpful to have a space where graduate students can gather in community as they discuss what it means to follow Jesus in that unique sphere.  InterVarsity's graduate fellowship is known on campus as Rice Graduate Christian Fellowship (RGCF). 

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COMPASS

​This is our main gathering.  Every week we come together to grow deeper in our friendships, study the Bible, worship God, and pray.
 

Day/Time: Thursdays @ 7pm

Location: The GSA Captain's Lounge (Basement of RMC)

*Snack's Provided

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Inductive Bible Study: As a community, we are highly committed to the study of and response to the Scriptures.  We study the Bible in a unique way to help us understand what it meant to the original authors in its original context so that we can learn to apply it appropriately.

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In addition to community, Bible study, prayer, and worship, we will spend some weeks hearing from students and professors how they see their faith integrating with the work they are doing.

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OTHER WAYS TO GET INVOLVED

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• Small Groups: These spaces provide opportunities for building deeper relationships as you meet, eat, study the Bible or a book, and share life with one another.  We have small groups when students have a desire to form them.  Look for announcements at the beginning of each semester to see if we have some starting.  If you'd like to start your own, then let us know! 

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• Socials: Grad school can be overwhelming and isolating, so we want to be sure to support and encourage one another. We aim to have one organized social per month to get the group together and get away from work a bit, but individual members of the chapter are more than welcome to promote and gather people together outside of those planned times.

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• Service: Jesus has called us all as his children to care for those in the world around us. We seek to identify a few key organizations that we can partner with 1-2x's per semester in order to love and serve the local community around us.

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• Church Tours: There is a lot of variety in the way the Church expresses itself in its worship of God. We all attend different types of churches, and it may be interesting to share that experience with each other. We aim to have a church tour in the first few weeks of each semester.

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