Our hope for CHIC is that we wouldn’t entertain students into the kingdom with 3 songs, a skit, and a joke, nor would we explain what it means to be a Christian as simply admitting our problem, claiming a promise and reciting a prayer. Instead, we want to clearly communicate that following Jesus demands something from us. It demands our hopes and dreams, our money and resources, our relationships and our future. These words from Shane Claiborne’s book the Irresistible Revolution help illustrate the point:

I know there are people out there who say, ‘My life was such a mess. I was drinking, partying, sleeping around… and then I met Jesus and my whole life came together.’ God bless those people. But me, I had it together. I used to be cool. And then I met Jesus and he wrecked my life. The more I read the gospel, the more it messed me up, turning everything I believed in, valued, and hoped for upside down. I am still recovering from my conversion.

The selection of our theme, undone, points us in this direction of better understanding what it means to have our world turned upside down.

The first night at CHIC we want to explore what it means to undo our dreams. Based on Erwin McMannus’s book Wide Awake, Erwin will call us to end the small dreams, sleepwalking and settling, and challenge us to live “a heroic life, void of monotony, teeming with danger, adventure, and the unknown”; to dream of what a life radically surrendered to God might look like.

The second night we want to undo our lifestyle. Shane Claiborne will lead us, through personal example, to better understand an authentic pursuit of Christ as radically counter-cultural, counter-comfortable, counter-pleasurable, counter-wealthy, and counter-materialistic; a call to Jesus’ gospel message which should, “comfort the disturbed, and disturb the comforted.”

On night three, we want to undo our equations. Whether we are willing to say it out loud or not, we all live by a hidden set of equations… if I pray harder, God will answer… If I behave better, God will reward me… If I believe more, God will favor me… Steven Furtick will help us better understand that while we can find cause and effect relationships in our faith, the path to following Jesus can not be explained with a simple set of equations.

The fourth night, we want to undo our self. Every one of us believes things about our self that are untrue, distorted, or at the very least unhealthy. Judy Peterson will help us reclaim our individual and communal identity as children of God; to understand that in Christ we are becoming a new creation.

On the last night, we want to undo our world. Efrem Smith will send us home with a challenge to allow this transformation in our lives to flow out and impact our family, friends, churches, schools, neighborhoods, cities and more; that together we can help bring God’s kingdom in our world as in heaven.

Pocket Guide (9.3MB PDF)

When you arrive at CHIC, you’ll receive a bunch of items that will be with you all week, such as your meal bracelet and what I like to call your necklace-wallet-name-badge-thingy. One of the items that should fit nicely into one of the many pouches of the necklace-wallet-name-badge-thingy is the handy Pocketguide, your planning tool and tour guide throughout the week. Take a look now, but don’t forget you’ll be getting one of your own in all its booklety goodness in less than a week.

Updates

Important information and any changes will be handed out each morning at the counselor meeting. The updates can also be found on the website at chic2009.org and by following “chic2009” on Twitter.

CHIC Bookstore

Come to the CHIC Bookstore for books, CDs, and CHIC clothing-T-shirts, sweatshirts, hats, and lots more. The main store is located in the University Center Ballroom from 11A.M.–8P.M. on Sunday and 12:30P.M.–8P.M. Monday–Thursday, with a smaller satellite store from 8P.M.–11P.M. at the Thompson-Boling Arena.

Prayer Room

If you would like to pray or be prayed for at any time during the week, come to the prayer room located in the University Center. Members of the prayer team, who have been praying for CHIC for many months already, will be available to pray with you and for you.

Flickr Group

Help make CHIC 2009 the most well-documented CHIC ever. Upload your photos to the CHIC 2009 Flickr Group. By posting your pictures here you give permission for them to be used on the CHIC 2009 website or for future CHIC promotions.

Welcome Party

Aquatic Center Parking Lot – Sun, 11A.M.–6P.M.

When you arrive at CHIC, you’ll want to head straight to the WELCOME PARTY at a place called “The Hub,” located in the Aquatic Center Parking Lot. We are so excited for you to arrive at CHIC 2009: Undone! Come start your journey at CHIC with:

• amazing LIVE bands all day long!
• mind-blowing D.J. and M.C.
• connecting with other students from around the country and around the world!
• swimming in the UT Olympic size pool.
• huge athletic fields for all of your athletic needs. Ultimate Frisbee, soccer, basketball—you name it, we’ve got it!
• lots of creative options, including “The Wall.”
• more “door prizes” and “give-a-ways” then we can list here! (Can you say free iPod?!)
• food, food, food, food, and food!
• inflatable, bouncy goodness.
• North Park University tent. This is a great place to come and meet some amazing people from NPU—they might even have a free gift for you!
• and of course…a friendly greeting from some amazing leaders who have come to CHIC 2009 to make sure YOU have a fun and RICH time ALL WEEK!

Meals

Breakfast: Your Assigned Cafeteria – 7A.M.–9A.M.

Lunch: Presidential Courtyard and University Center Plaza – 12:30P.M.–2P.M.
Dinner: Your Assigned Cafeteria – 5P.M.–7P.M.

Meals are provided as part of your registration from Sunday dinner through Thursday dinner, for a total of 13 meals.

Your cafeteria will be assigned based on your housing location and will be designated by a specific color-coded meal band given to you when you arrive. There are also numerous locations throughout the campus and meeting venues where snacks can be purchased at your own expense.

Picnic-style lunches can be picked up at either of two outdoor locations—Presidential Courtyard and the University Center Plaza. You decide where you’d like to eat each day.

Basecamps

Sun, 7P.M.
Mon–Thu, 9:30A.M.–12:30P.M.

Please refer to your name tag for your Basecamp assignment and to your Basecamp schedule given to you at check-in to know where you should go.

Each morning of CHIC you will meet your Basecamp, two to four youth groups that are about the same size from different parts of the country. This experience will always include two key elements.

One of the elements will be an interactive learning experience highlighting how we relate to God, Self, Others, and the World. After each interactive learning experience, students will have a time to debrief.

The other key element of Basecamps is Focus Groups. Basecamps will travel together to pre-assigned Focus Groups each day. This will allow for students to hear and discuss matters that relate to their specific learning experience that day.

Self* – Experience will be in Ballroom ABC at the Knoxville Convention Center
World – Experience will be in Cox Auditorium, Alumni Memorial
Others – Experience will be in Clarence Brown Theater, Outdoor Amphitheater
God – Experience will be in Music Auditorium

* On the day you are scheduled for the “Self” experience, you may catch a bus shuttle near the breakfast cafeteria to the Knoxville Convention Center. It is roughly a 1.2 mile (1.9 km) walk from “The Hub” to the KCC, though your cafeteria may be considerably closer.

Mainstage

Thompson-Boling Arena – Sun–Thu, 8:30P.M.

Erwin McManus – Los Angeles, CA
Author, speaker, activist, filmmaker and innovator who specializes in the field of developing and unleashing personal and organizational creativity, uniqueness, innovation and diversity. In other words, he gets bored really easily.

Shane Claiborne – Philadelphia, PA
Helped start the Potter Street Community and is a prominent activist for nonviolence and the redistribution of resources to the poor. And he makes his own clothes.

Steven Furtick – Charlotte, NC
He’s married, has two kids, and leads one of the fastest growing churches in America. And he’s still in his 20’s.

Judy Peterson – Chicago, IL
Went to grad school and wanted to do something different for her internship—so she walked 4,200 miles across the country, from Seattle to Miami. And all that with only $400 to her name.

Efrem Smith – Minneapolis, MN
Pastor. Radio host. Author. Leader. Husband. Father. Friend.

Small Groups

SEE BELOW – Sun–Thu, After Mainstage

Small Groups are the place where we break down the hugeness of CHIC into a more personal setting. Small Groups start right after Mainstage and provide a safe environment for students to process their experience at CHIC. There are two options for this time. The first option will be to return to your dorm area and break into small, gender specific groups and process in a dorm room or in the hallway or study lounge areas of your dorm. The second option is to meet with your entire group outside, anywhere that is no more than 100 yards from your dorm. Check with your counselor for your meeting location.

Regardless of your meeting location, you must be back in your dorms by midnight and lights out by 12:30A.M.

Counselor Meetings

Alumni Memorial, Cox Auditorium – Mon–Thu, 8A.M.–9A.M.

Counselors will start their day with devotions, encouragement, and important updates to make the most of their time at CHIC, and to help their students make the most of their time.

Afternoon Options

Find out more about the following options in the pages ahead:
Down Under • Feed My Starving Children • “The Hub” • Focus Seminars • ”Heaven” • Cooling Station • What’s Your Story • Excursions

DOWN UNDER

University Center – Mon–Thu, 12:30P.M.–5P.M.

Besides being a cool place to hang out, the lower level of the University Center, known as “Down Under,” has bowling, pool tables, ping pong, and video games.

FEED MY STARVING CHILDREN

Thompson-Boling Arena – Mon–Thu, 12:30P.M.–5P.M.

Participate in a unique, hands-on service project that will benefit feeding programs all over the world, including Asia.

CHIC is teaming up once again with Feed My Starving Children, an organization dedicated to feeding those who suffer most from malnutrition and hunger. Throughout the week, there will be two-hour work sessions in the afternoon available for those groups who have pre-registered. During each session, you will serve by packaging meals.

Remaining spaces for the Feed My Starving Children Project will be available on-site at CHIC, at the west end of the arena on the lower level on Saturday, July 11 from 3P.M.–7P.M. and Sunday, July 12 from 12P.M.–5P.M.

“THE HUB”

Aquatic Center Parking Lot – Mon–Thu, 12:30P.M.–5P.M.

Find out more about the following options for “The Hub” in the pages ahead:
Recreation • Skate Park • CHIC Creative • Clinics • Music Lessons • Tournaments

Recreation

There will be a wide variety of campus recreational activities available to CHIC 2009 participants. All details including equipment check-out and tournament sign-up desks are located at “The Hub,” located in the Aquatic Center Parking Lot. “The Hub” is the central location for all recreational activites and some of the evening options.

• *Basketball
• *Horseshoes
• *Sand Volleyball
• Beach Days and Water Games
• HPER Courts
• Skate Park
• *Bocce Ball
• Life Size Chess
• Slip ‘n’ Slide
• *Croquet
• Life-Size Connect 4
• *Soccer
• *Football
• Outdoor Pool
• *Tennis
• *Frisbee Golf
• *Racquetball
• *Ultimate Frisbee

*Equipment for these activities are available at the “Equipment Check-Out Tent” near the Aquatic Center.

Skate Park

Bring your own equipment (must include helmet) and catch a shuttle to Knoxville’s new skate park.

Clinics & Music Lessons

Receive tips and critique on a range of skills from people who know their stuff. Soccer, basketball, volleyball, morning runs, guitar, piano, and voice to name a few. Check the schedule of clinics and lessons at the recreation tent.

CHIC Creative

CHIC Creative is an on-campus program designed to give students an opportunity to participate in expressing their faith life, leadership skills and ethics questions through collaborative art experiences. Personal creativity will become a collective expression that evolves throughout the week. A series of shared creative spaces positioned around the campus will allow for a public display of ideas, emotion, questions, connections and creative muse. These spaces are designed to be self-guided by students and are expected to invite every kind of group into a community of personal expression exhibiting the body of Christ. It is expected to showcase our diversity as people.

Tournaments

Sign up for all tournaments in the Equipment Check-Out Tent in the parking lot near the Aquatics Center. Sign-ups are available all day Sunday, July 12 through 2P.M. on Monday, July 12. Brackets will be posted at 7P.M. on Monday, July 12. Participants are responsible to make sure they know when they compete. See pages 18-21 for the tournament schedule.

Tuesday, July 14

Wednesday, July15

Thursday, July 16

Don’t forget to look for the schedule of clinics and lessons at the recreation tent.

AFTERNOON SEMINARS

SEE BELOW – Start at 2P.M.

“HEAVEN”

Presidential Courtyard – WED ONLY, 2P.M.–4P.M.

A place called “Heaven” is something that each student at CHIC 2009 will want to be a part of. “Heaven” will be a place where students of all diverse backgrounds can give praise to God and display the talents God has given them within their own culture. Whether you watch or participate, this is sure to be a place that will be a blessing to you and to CHIC. We’ve got a stage, a sound system, and a mic! Bring your music, your poetry, your rap, your dance, or any other gift or talent.

OFF-CAMPUS EXCURSIONS

Thompson-Boling Arena – Check Ticket for Time

Tickets for the excursions you pre-registered for will be provided in the packet you were given when you arrived in Knoxville and include your departure times and locations. Remaining tickets for excursions will be sold at Thompson-Boling Arena just inside the lower West End entrance on the following dates and times:

Saturday, July 11th: 3P.M.–7P.M.
Sunday, July 12th: Noon–5P.M.

Note: If you are going rafting or horseback riding you MUST wear shoes with a heel strap. Flip-flops are not allowed! If you are going horseback riding, long pants are strongly encouraged

All excursions will depart from Volunteer Boulevard.

COOLING STATION

Presidential Courtyard – Mon–Thu, 2P.M.–5P.M.

The Cooling Station is a place for CHIC 2009 participants to come and relax, pray at the Labyrinth, enjoy some “acoustic” music, and a cool refreshment. The Cooling Station is a great place for you and your friends to come and “chill.” Come and be refreshed!

WHAT’S YOUR STORY?

“The Hub” – Mon–Thu, 2P.M.–5P.M.

An invitation to encourage others by telling the story of God’s work in your life at CHIC 2009. During afternoon options, stop by the “What’s Your Story” tent, located near “The Hub”.” Enjoy a refreshing freezie pop and tell a little of your CHIC story to the camera. We will post stories on the CHIC website to encourage those at home.

YOUTH NEXUS REUNION

Presidential Courtyard – WED ONLY, 2:30P.M.–3:30P.M.

HEY ALL YOU YOUTH NEXUS ALUMNI!!!

Come to the Youth Nexus Ice Cream Reunion!

Stop by the table in the Presidential Courtyard to have some refreshing Ice Cream and reconnect with some of your friends from the last 5 years of Youth Nexus, and hear a little about this year’s program and what’s on the horizon for Youth Nexus!

Evening Options

Find out more about the following options in the pages ahead:
Block Party • The Gatherings

BLOCK PARTY

“The Hub” – Mon–Thu, 6P.M.–8P.M.

Each evening before worship, the Block Party will provide a variety of activities available at “The Hub” (Aquatic Center Parking Lot). Tons of great outdoor fun and games, multi-cultural events, delicious food, and lots of great music! Join us in welcoming the Battle of the Bands finalists, several phenomenal national acts, as well as our hosts DJ Promote and Propaganda.

Monday: Salvador, Ellen Tkacsik, DJ Promote and Propaganda
Tuesday: Kendall Payne, ABand’n Oz, DJ Promote and Propaganda
Wednesday: Lost and Found, Kingdom, DJ Promote and Propaganda
Thursday: Asylumz, DJ Promote and Propaganda

THE GATHERINGS

Black Cultural Center – Mon–Wed, 6:30P.M.–8P.M.

Monday, July 13–The Soul Place
African-American celebration with ribs and wings

Tuesday, July 14–La Fiesta de la Alegría (Joyfest)
Hispanic celebration with Mexican appetizers

Wednesday, July 15–Agaayutim Inui (God’s People)
Native Alaskan celebration with pizza and smoked salmon

Info & Emergencies

Emergencies: Dial 911 first and then notify CHIC security.

Medical Assistance: Use the following services:
8:00A.M.–4:30P.M.: UT Student Health Center (M-F)
4:30P.M.–Mainstage: CHIC First Aid: S. Carrick Lounge
During Mainstage: First Aid Station, Thompson-Boling Arena
End of Mainstage–Lights out: CHIC First Aid: S. Carrick Lounge
Lights out–8:00A.M.: Contact Resident Supervisors who will contact CHIC First Aid Staff

CHIC Office
University Center, Room 238
Telephone: 865-974-8683

CHIC First Aid
S. Carrick Lounge
Telephone: 865-974-0241
On call after lights out (Contact Resident Supervisors at your dorm)

UT Student Health Center
During the hours of 8:00A.M.–4:30P.M. (should be first place to seek treatment)
Telephone: 865-974-3135

CHIC Counseling Service
N. Carrick Lounge (staffed during the day)
Telephone: 865-974-0269
On call after lights out (Contact Dorm RSs)

CHIC Prayer Team
University Center, Alumni Lounge
Telephone: 865-974-0255 (after 8P.M., call 847-924-9432)

CHIC Security
S. Carrick Basement (staffed until lights out)
Telephone: 865-974-0261
On call after lights out (Contact Dorm RSs)

UT Police Department
Telephone: 865-974-3111

CHIC Special Needs
S. Carrick Lounge
Telephone: 865-974-0241

Undone Thirty-One

Undone Thirty-One continues while we are here at CHIC 2009 and when we are gone. If you have been participating since July 1, please continue to watch and wonder throughout the days of CHIC. If you have not signed on yet, please jump right in! Everything you need will be available at your first Basecamp on Sunday night, or go to chic2009.org/undone31/.

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	Base Camp Locations
	Afternoon Options
	Mainstage
	Seminar Locations (when available)
	Housing Locations
	Counselor and Staff

CHIC Chair

Kevin Farmer
kfarmer@sanctuarycovenant.org
612-520-9160
Associate Pastor and Director of Equipping and Formation at the Sanctuary Covenant Church in Minneapolis, MN

CHIC Office Assistant

Tara Allison
tara.allison@covchurch.org
773-583-0220

Communication/Marketing

Mike Nyman
mike.nyman@chic2009.org
508-414-1656
Youth Pastor at Salem Covenant Church in Worcester, MA

Developing the Story

Kris Causton
kris.causton@chic2009.org
952-361-3412
Adjunct Instructor at Bethel University

Director of Christian Formation

Marti Burger
marti.burger@covchurch.org
773-583-0220

Events Coordinator

Luke Palmerlee
luke.palmerlee@covchurch.org
773-583-0220

Excursions

Brian Alnes
brian.alnes@chic2009.org
320-732-3218
Executive Director of Lake Beauty Bible Camp in Long Prairie, MN

Executive Minister of Christian Formation

Doreen Olson
doreen.olson@covchurch.org
773-583-0220

Focus Groups

Matt Aalseth
matta@rockharboronline.com
916-284-2834
Youth Pastor at Rock Harbor Covenant Church in Rocklin, CA

Human & Spiritual Services

Bruce Baehr
bbaehr1@twcny.rr.com
315-699-1551
Associate Pastor of Grace Covenant Church in Clay, NY

Mainstage Producer

Paul Johnson
paul.johnson@chic2009.org
773-244-4985
University Ministries Program Coordinator at North Park University

Mix

Dale Lusk
dale.lusk@chic2009.org
956-458-9568
Executive Director of Covenant Merge Ministries

On Campus Recreation

Tim Ciccone
tim.ciccone@chic2009.org
913-901-2304
Pastor of Student Ministry at Hillcrest Covenant Church in Prairie Village, KS

Operations

Ben Pease
ben.pease@chic2009.org
651- 633-9615
Youth Pastor at Salem Covenant Church in New Brighton, MN

Service

Michelle Beilby
beimic@bethel.edu
763-780-2180
Mom/Seminary Student/Mentor

Small Groups

Amanda Kingry
amanda.kingry@chic2009.org
303-467-2020
Youth Pastor at Christ Community Covenant Church in Arvada, CO

View the daily schedule.

CHIC (Covenant High In Christ) is the triennial youth conference of The Evangelical Covenant Church.

CHIC exists to:

• be a catalyst that inspires Christ-like change
• challenge students to see themselves as part of something bigger
• inspire students towards the journey of following Christ.

Through CHIC, we want to see students be:

• a Christ-centered community (Genesis 28:3)
• confident in their relationship with Christ (Romans 8:38-39)
• committed to doing justice, loving mercy, and walking humbly with their God (Micah 6:8).

Registration materials will be available in English and Spanish.

CHIC History Video – Part 1 of 2

You may also view this video on YouTube.

CHIC History Video – Part 2 of 2

You may also view this video on YouTube.