Our campus ministry organizations offer many opportunities to minister to the community and worship the Lord alongside hundreds of other students. These groups provide places for you to grow in your faith, discover your calling, build meaningful relationships, and participate in a community marked by service and abiding respect for one another.
Contact Don Opitz, Chaplain and Senior Director of Christian Formation, with any questions or to connect with the student leader of one of these organizations.
Advisor: Mrs. Carrie Leisher
This group is for Christian women to find a community with other Christian women. We meet for weekly Bible studies, group activities, worship, and much more with a focus on vulnerability, accountability, and community.
Advisor: Dr. Erik Bardy
Engineers with a Mission is a student-led club comprised of engineering majors and more. Our mission is to be the hands and feet of Christ by helping communities around the world develop the ability to maintain their basic human needs sustainably.
Advisor: Vacant
This group is open to men and women athletes and to those interested in athletics who have a Christian perspective of play and competition. The national purpose of FCA is to confront athletes and coaches with the challenges and adventure of following Christ. Meetings are held on Sunday evenings and include singing, discussion, Bible study, and/or athletics.
Advisor: Dr. Jarrett Chapman
The purpose of this organization is to encourage Grove City College students to seek a Christian perspective in education and to provide an opportunity for those students to develop an understanding of Christian principles and ideas within this context. The FCE provides a service for those interested in expanding their awareness of the place, function, and result of Christianity in the classroom.
Advisor: Dr. Paul Munson
Hymn Sing seeks to provide students with a community in which they may participate in the weekly singing of hymns. Outside of regular meetings, the group may be found hosting English Country Line Dances and engaging in weekly meals.
Advisor: Dr. Donald Shepson
The International Justice Mission [IJM] is dedicated to the Christian purpose of advancing the Scriptural mandate to help people suffering injustice and oppression who cannot rely on local authorities for relief. IJM informs and educates others regarding these injustices. IJM brings to light human rights violations and supports [monetarily] lawyers who support victims and enforcement of those corrected injustices.
Advisors: Dr. James Bibza & Dr. Eric Bancroft
Koinonia, a Greek word meaning intimate fellowship, is the idea on which this group is based. Celebrating the good news, the group meets twice a week to sing, study the Bible and prepare worship services for the community. The Gospel Team travels to local and distant churches to lead congregations in worship through song, prayer and the spoken word. Gospel team meets Monday evenings for practice and a time of fellowship. Meetings on Wednesdays are for Bible studies, praise, and prayer. Membership is open to anyone willing to commit to the ministry.
Advisor: Dr. Dale McIntyre
The Life Advocates is a non-denominational group bound by their convictions concerning the Biblical truths concerning the issues of abortion, infanticide, and euthanasia. They believe that the value of human life is an issue of universal public concern and not merely a matter of personal morality. Their purpose is to inform the college community about local and national issues concerned with the value of human life. Meetings are bi-monthly.
Advisor: Dr. Kelsey Madsen
Lutheran Student Fellowship gathers Lutheran students on campus around Bible studies, doctrinal discussions, and other spiritually enriching activities. Opportunities are available for all students to explore the Lutheran tradition of the Christian faith, as taught by the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS).
Advisor: Ms. Victoria Wright
MetbyLove is a campus community that meets for weekly worship and prayer and lives on mission through weekly evangelism. The purpose of MBL is to see the students at Grove City College met and sent by the love of Jesus as we pursue Him together. All are welcome!
Advisor: Dr. Martin Bright
Members of this outreach offer hope and a chance for new life to the young men at a local juvenile delinquent placement center, George Junior Republic. New Life members can participate in Thursday evening youth meetings, individual cottage Bible studies, various chapel services, and on-campus prayer teams. Special events also occur throughout the year.
Advisor: Dr. James Clem
The Newman Club is a fellowship organization that seeks to meet the needs of Catholic students on campus and seeks to educate all interested students about the Catholic faith. The goals of the group are Christian fellowship. intellectual and spiritual edification, and community service. All students may participate in any of the activities, which are announced in the weekly newsletter.
Advisor: Dr. Andrew Harvey
The Orthodox Christian Fellowship (OCF) is comprised of students who are associated with the Eastern Orthodox Church and its traditions. All students are welcome to participate in this group's activities and support their mission on campus.
Prison Ministry is the campus branch of the National Prison Ministry Fellowship. The ministry's focus is to pray with and for those in the local Mercer jail. As well as to support the children of those who find themselves in jail.
Advisor: Prof. Shannon Barrios
Project Okello seeks to educate and inform the campus community regarding the very difficult situation(s) facing the nation of Uganda and the surrounding countries; specifically, the plight of the children who have lost their youth to this conflict region in Central Africa. Project Okello assists by praying, serving, and helping to meet some of the many needs of Christians in the region and the Ugandan Christian church specifically.
Advisor: Dr. Christopher Ansberry
From Augustine to Reinhold Niebuhr, Soren Kierkegaard to Karl Barth; the ideas of scholars, the Word of God - Investigate how the two have intersected throughout history, and how they have defended the Christian faith.
Advisor: Prof. Yvonne English
The mission of Simple Charity is to help students grow in loving and serving those in need through studying Jesus' love together and then applying it to our lives through local service projects and fundraisers.
Advisor: Mr. Thomas Biro
This campus group focuses on prayer (praying) for the nations of the world - generally and specifically.
Advisor: Mr. Daniel Snoke
Warriors for Christ, as a group of committed Christians, strive to be used in ushering in God’s Spirit of revival on campus. Their goal is pursued through a meeting time of praise, corporate prayer, and teaching. Outside of the meeting, small prayer groups are organized for a time of sharing personal concerns, along with praying for the needs of the campus.
Advisor: Ms. Jessie Gayer
Women of Faith are Grove City College women who seek to meet and worship together as they grow in their commitment to Christ Jesus.
Advisor: Dr. Susan Dreves
Young Life is an international evangelical organization with the primary goal of presenting Christianity to high school students: This is accomplished by building personal relationships, weekly meetings (called “Club”), and taking the high school students to Young Life Summer camps. Responsibilities of a Young Life leader is Club, Campaigners (Bible study for students), and contact work at the high school. Leaders also meet weekly for a time of fellowship, worship, and prayer.