Welcome to the MIT Graduate Christian Fellowship!
How should we live as Christians in academia? Professor Ian Hutchinson will be sharing his thoughts and experiences as a Christian professor at MIT. Professor Hutchinson is a Co-Principal on the Alcator C-Mod Tokamak Plasma Confinement Project in the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering. He is also an author of Monopolizing Knowledge, a refutation of Scientism, the belief that all real knowledge is science, and a frequent speaker at the Veritas Forum. To guide his talk, add your own questions ahead of time to this Google document. There will also be time for Q&A after the talk.
Topic: Living for Christ in Today's Intellectual Culture
How should we live as Christians in academia? Professor Ian Hutchinson will be sharing his thoughts and experiences as a Christian professor at MIT. Professor Hutchinson is a Co-Principal on the Alcator C-Mod Tokamak Plasma Confinement Project in the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering. He is also an author of Monopolizing Knowledge, a refutation of Scientism, the belief that all real knowledge is science, and a frequent speaker at the Veritas Forum. To guide his talk, add your own questions ahead of time to this Google document. There will also be time for Q&A after the talk.
Speaker: Professor Ian Hutchinson
Where: Kresge Rehearsal Room B (W16-030)
When: Fri 9/12 @ 7:30 pm
Contact: Sam ElderWhere: Kresge Rehearsal Room B (W16-030)
When: Fri 9/12 @ 7:30 pm
Announcements
- Next week's Large group (Friday 9/19) will be "Dinner for Eight", where first years and 2+ years can get to know each other in a smaller setting. Sign up via this form by Saturday 9/13. Contact: Annie Chen
- 2+ years: We really need your help to make "Dinner for Eight" happen (cooking skills is not required)! This is a unique opportunity to meet and serve 1st years. If you already have a team of 2-3 co-hosts, please sign up at the link above. If you are looking for co-hosts, please check out this spreadsheet.
- Small groups begin this week!* See a list of our current groups. *If you are interested in attending a S-P small group, please indicate your day of week availabilities here so we can arrange/balance the groups.The deadline is this Friday 9/12 at midnight. S-P small groups will begin next week 9/15.
- IV Boston Grad Fall Retreat is Oct 10-12! Save $10 if you register by Fri 9/19. First-year students also receive half off. Register here.
- Are you an incoming student? Sign up for Thrive - a bi-weekly dinner and discussion group with fellow first years tackling faith, academia, and everything in between with older students! Contact: David Kwabi
- If you would like to learn about the Christian faith, come join along with others on Sundays at 7:30 pm, Tang Residence Hall 10B. Dinner is provided and invite your friends! Contact Sam Perli
- Like to write? We are looking for volunteers to help with Newsflash! Newsflash is the weekly announcements email. Please contact Alice Kao if interested.
- We try to limit emails on this mailing list to one Newsflash per week. Sign up for the GCF-Fun mailing list to learn about informal or ongoing activities that the community is involved in!
Prayer Square
- Pray for the MIT community as a whole, that the hope, love, and light of Christ would break through in the midst of recent tragedy.
- Pray for the incoming students that they will feel at home at MIT and adjust to life in graduate school.
- Pray for GCF that we can better serve and love the graduate student community at MIT.
Verse of the Week
"Teach me to do your will, for you are my God! Let your good Spirit lead me on level ground!"
Psalm 143:10
"Teach me to do your will, for you are my God! Let your good Spirit lead me on level ground!"
Psalm 143:10
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