Upcoming Events
ATL Winter Conference
Join other Cru movements from campuses throughout Georgia, South Carolina, Mississippi and Florida for a great 36 hours of powerful worship, teaching from God’s Word, and seminars where you get to choose relevant topics you want to learn more about.
Sessions take place at Fellowship Bible Church in Roswell and conference housing will be at a nearby Hampton Inn. The price is $80 to cover housing, two meals and the conference t-shirt.
Greek Retreat 2025
Greeks! We would love to have you join us for a great overnight trip off campus to grow in friendships across different chapters and spend some time seeing how God’s Word applies to our lives going into a new semester!
Registration link coming soon!
Spring Break Trip
The most fun week of the year! Come with us to the sunny Florida coast for a week of relaxing, community, volleyball, time in God’s Word, and making amazing memories!
9th Annual Golf Tournament
Our Annual Golf Tournament helps to raise our operating budget every year. Teams of four compete and various businesses and individuals generously sponsor our Golf Tournament each year to help us continue to reach college students across the greater Chattanooga area.
If you are interested in playing or sponsoring, email paul.hilliard@cru.org
Asheville Mission Trip for Hurricane Relief
We are taking a small team of staff and students to Asheville, NC to assist in hurricane relief and restoration efforts. More information to sign-up coming soon!
Halloween Party! - No Cru Meeting
There will be no Cru on Thursday, 10/31. We will be having a Halloween-themed social event! More details to come.
Volunteering at Red Bank Fall Festival
Put on a kid-friendly costume and serve with us at the Fall Festival event hosted by Red Bank Baptist Church! We will be helping at various activity stations to provide a fun event for local children and their families. Talk to a staff or Bible study leader about helping at this event.
Dating and Marriage Seminar from CCEF
How we will date and who we will marry are major decisions, and we need great wisdom to navigate those questions! Come learn more along with others in the Cru community at First Presbyterian Church.
Murray State Mission Trip
Join a team of UTC students going to Murray State University in Kentucky to help the new Cru ministry there. We will hold outreaches on the campus, and have some great community time as we stay at a local church nearby the campus. We will leave Sunday of Fall Break around noon and return to Chattanooga Tuesday night around 5pm. Sign-ups will be coming soon!
Fall Retreat at Ocoee Ridge
The BEST weekend of the fall semester! Come get more connected with others in Cru and take some time away from school to focus on your relationship with God at the beautiful Ocoee Ridge Camp.
Registration for Fall Retreat 2024 coming soon!!!
Greek Cru Lake Day
For Greek students — come join Greek Cru for a fun Sunday on Weiss Lake in northern Alabama! We’ll be boating, floating, swimming, relaxing at a lake house and enjoying delicious food!
Wiffleball Night on Chamberlain
Join us on Chamberlain for our social where we play wiffleball and enjoy concessions. Come to Chamberlain Field at 6:30pm and you can either watch or be placed on a team.
Welcome Week at UTC
We have many events throughout the week to welcome the Class of 2028 to UTC! See our Welcome Week 2024 Page for more specifics.
August 15th: Ice Cream Social on Chamberlain from 8-10pm
August 16th: Wiffleball on Chamberlain
August 17th: Coolidge Park Party
August 19th: Men’s Burger Night and Women’s Tacos & Trivia
August 22nd: Cru Thursday Night Kickoff in the ECS Benwood Auditorium at 7:00pm
Welcome Back Retreat
The Welcome Back Retreat is for returning UTC and Chatt State Cru students who want to help welcome the incoming freshman class through the Welcome Week events at the beginning of the school year. We will have lunch and dinner together with activities in-between to re-connect, plan, and prepare for Welcome Week 2024!
Greek Cru Summer Retreat
Calling all UTC Greeks! We are excited to get together this summer for a day retreat in Chattanooga. We’ll enjoy paddleboarding on the Tennessee River, games, meals a devotional, and some planning for the Fall 2024 semester.
The cost of the retreat is $20 which includes meals, paddleboarding, and the 2024 Greek Cru t-shirt!