Tonight, I'm hosting a fundraising dessert for the Graduate Christian Fellowship at Vanderbilt University. I'll be sharing with them GCF's program budget for the upcoming academic year. I wanted to post it here and ask you to consider partnering with GCF to see grad students and faculty transformed, campuses renewed, and world-changers developed in and through the good news of Jesus Christ. The budget itself is broken down by each of our Four Commitments: Spiritual Formation, Community, Evangelism & Service, and the Integration of Faith, Learning, & Practice.
SPIRITUAL FORMATION
Our Commitment: Our desire to help graduate students integrate their lives under the Lordship of Christ begins with our commitment to Spiritual Formation. We believe that with the faithful practice of individual and corporate disciplines like prayer and Scripture study, students’ lives are transformed to continually express a growing faith, love and dependence upon God.
Our Projects:
Regular Prayer Meetings
Total Project Goal: $3,000
Fall Retreat
Total Project Goal: $3,500
Sponsor a day: $1,750
One-on-One Ministry
Total Project Goal: $9,300
- Sponsor Student Coffees*: $300
Sponsor Student Lunches: $600
Sponsor a semester: $4,650
Small Groups
Total Project Goal: $16,200
- Buy Books for a Small Group*:$500
- Sponsor a Small Group*:$1,500
Sponsor a semester of small groups:$8,100COMMUNITYOur Commitment: We want grad students to know what it is like to participate in a transformative community that has experience with their specific struggles and also spurs them along to faithful stewardship and academic excellence.
Our Projects:
Annual Kickoff Picnic
Total Project Goal: $700
Community Events
Total Project Goal: $4,000
Sponsor a community event: $500
Sponsor a semester: $2,000
Large Group
Total Project Goal: $5,000
Buy food for a large group: $150
Sponsor a large group: $650
Sponsor a semester: $2,500
EVANGELISM & SERVICE Our Commitment: Spiritual Formation happens in Communities directed towards Evangelism & Service. GCF is committed to publicly displaying the person and work of Jesus Christ both in word and deed through public forums, practical service, and intentional evangelism. We want to see our campus renewed.
Our Projects:
Neighborhood Work Projects
Total Project Goal: $2,000
Sponsor a project: $250
Sponsor a semester: $1,000
Faculty Dinner
Total Project Goal: $4,200
- Sponsor a Dinner*: $2,100
- Underwrite the project*: $4,200
Veritas Forum
Total Project Goal: $16,200
- Sponsorship*: $2,000
- Leadership Gift*: $7,500
INTEGRATION OF FAITH, LEARNING, AND PRACTICEOur Commitment: The Integration of Faith, Learning, and Practice points to the truth that Jesus is Lord of every part of human life. We seek the truth about God and His world through critical reflection, open conversation, and challenging dialogue, and in so doing pray a world-changing prayer, “Thy Kingdom come….”
Our Projects:
Food for Thought
Total Project Goal: $3,200
Sponsor a meeting: $275
Sponsor a semester: $1,600
Sponsor the year: $3,200
Social Sciences and Humanities Discussion Group
Total Project Goal: $3,000
Sponsor a meeting: $375
Sponsor a semester: $1,500
Sponsor the year: $3,000
PARTNERING IN MINISTRYProjected Budget $70,300
To-Date Committed Support $25,000
Dollars Needed$45,250To reach this goal, Graduate Christian Fellowship is seeking:
Leadership Gifts ($5,000-$25,000 yearly)
Examples:
- $24,000 yearly *($2,000/mo)
- $12,000 yearly *($1,000/mo)
- $9,000 yearly *($750/mo)
$6,000 yearly ($500/mo)
Major Gifts ($1,000-$4,999 yearly)
Examples:
***$3,000 yearly *($250/mo)
- $2,400 yearly *($200/mo)
- $1,800 yearly *($150/mo)
$1,200 yearly ($100/mo)
Sustaining Gifts (under $1,000 yearly)
Examples:
- $900 yearly* ($75/mo)
- $600 yearly* ($50/mo)
- $300 yearly* ($25/mo)Please consider partnering with us to see students and faculty transformed, campuses renewed, and world-changers developed to the glory of God.