Conferences and Retreats
InterVarsity holds various conferences and retreats throughout the year, providing students with opportunities to get away from the campus and experience Scripture, worship, training, and community building. Conferences are a great way to connect with other students on our campus and other campuses on a deeper level. We often partner up with other chapters in the Silicon Valley and other community colleges in NorCal, for our retreats.
We're a multiethnic community, and we believe that our race and culture are an important part of how God made us. We have some different conferences for people to explore that within their own ethnic context. At these regional conferences, you will have an opportunity to meet other students from schools all over northern California. Check below and see which one you identify with!
Encuentro 2016 (LaFe Conference)Join us for a gathering of Chicana/Latina students from all over Northern California, Hawaii, and Reno as we build up our community and discover the unique gifting of the Latin@ culture and the healing and restoration it can provide to our hurting world.
Date: February 5th - 6th, 2016 Location: Lincoln Presbyterian Church, Stockton, CA |
Our Place at the Table & Returning to the TableMost white people don't even realize they have a culture, or they feel guilty about what they do know. As with all the ethnicities God creatively made, there are aspects of white culture that long for redemption and other aspects that ache for celebration. Thankfully, we can bring all that we are to the multiethnic table.
Date: February 5th - 6th, 2016 Location: First Baptist Church, Stockton, CA |
InFocus 2016 (BCM Conference)His Story is This Story - is the black ethnic identity conference this year that will take a serious look at Black America today and the uprising of black leaders in the #BlackLivesMatter and other justice movements. We will encourage students to look at justice through a lens of faith.
Date: February 12th - 14th, 2016 Location: Alliance Redwoods Conference Center, Occidental, CA |
Even More (2016 APA Conference)Join us as we LOOK at God’s Kingdom within the Asian and Pacific Islander community and also beyond (especially in the very current and relevant multiethnic racial reconciliation conversation), EXPLORE the deeper work and understanding of ourselves, our identities, and DISCOVER a role in God’s Kingdom even more than we can imagine.
Date: February 12th - 14th, 2016 Location: Alliance Redwoods Conference Center, Occidental, CA |
Connections: International Student Conference
Join us as hear from Jia Jiang, writer and TED speaker, as we meet new friends and discover what connects us to God and to the communities we come from.
Date: February 19th - 21st, 2016
Location: Point Montara Lighthouse Hostel, Montara, CA
Date: February 19th - 21st, 2016
Location: Point Montara Lighthouse Hostel, Montara, CA
Mark Camp (Spring Break)
Spring Conference is a chance to come and experience God in the Scriptures during Spring Break at a camp. All students have the opportunity to study the Gospel of Mark manuscript style. It's an incredible time to connect with friends, as well as a great way to explore faith or deepen your relationship with God.
Where: TBD
When: Spring Break, March 28th - April 1st, 2016
Where: TBD
When: Spring Break, March 28th - April 1st, 2016