Undone

WELCOME to the CHIC team! You play a critical role in making CHIC possible. We are thankful for the countless hours that you give to make this ministry possible for students. In a few months, CHIC 2009, UNDONE, will be upon us. We want to THANK YOU for sharing CHIC with students, parents, and your congregations as well as planning and fundraising for this ministry event. Thank you for coming alongside students as we consider what it means to be UNDONE!

UNDONE - it is an interesting thing to come in contact with the divine, for God does seem to undo the things that we have spent so much of our lives doing. The brilliant thing about that encounter is that after God has undone our work we are empowered to do all the undone work of the Kingdom.

CHIC’s purpose is to call a generation of students to invite Christ into their lives, to become like Christ, and to serve Christ every single day. We are on a journey as we follow Christ; a journey that is not yet complete, we are undone. We will learn together what it means to be on this journey toward completeness in Christ, and the fact that we are still undone is okay. The journey will not be easy, but we are all on this journey together.

CHIC 2009 will be held at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee from July 12-17, 2009. The CHIC Council, youth leaders, and volunteers from across the country are partnering together to make this ministry an important time of growth for each student and leader involved. Whether CHIC provides the first step of faith, or helps to pave the way toward the next significant leap in their discipleship journey, this will be a time when we come together to explore what it means to be UNDONE.

Kevin Farmer, CHIC 2009 Chair
Marti Burger, Director of Youth and Family Ministries

CHIC exists to:

• Be a catalyst that inspires Christ-like change
  • This lets us know that CHIC is a place on the journey. It serves as a place, an experience that uniquely and creatively inspires.
  • This change is for the individual student, the larger youth group, as well as the church or ministry in which they are connected.
• Challenge students to see themselves as part of something bigger
• Inspire students towards the journey of following Christ

CHIC is committed to:

• Being accessible to any Covenant student
• Creating a lasting legacy
• Focusing on relevance to this generation
• Developing all areas of CHIC with excellence
• Recognizing and respecting the uniqueness of every individual
• Providing space for young people to have an experience they could not have at home

The CHIC website is your resource for everything related to CHIC! Visit the site and see where you can:

• Download all registration forms (coming soon)
• Find contact info for Conference and Regional Liaisons
• Find answers to your questions
• Learn about the Covenant World Relief offering (coming soon)
• Receive transportation planning tips (coming soon)
• Find resources to give you fundraising ideas
• Find info on:
  • Mainstage session speakers (coming soon)
  • Focus group topics (coming soon)
  • On-campus activities (coming soon)
  • Off-campus excursions (coming soon)

Conference and Regional Liaisons are a key component to the success of CHIC. Liaisons help plan for CHIC within their conferences and provide a critical link for effective communication between the conference and the CHIC Office. Liaisons are the primary contact persons for the CHIC Contact and Group Leaders from each local church.

Liaisons will answer questions and coordinate efforts in the following areas:

• Transportation to/from CHIC
• Counselor and adult training
• Matching students with counselors
• Pairing students/counselors from different churches together if needed

Alaska

Phil Cannon
1145 C St.
Anchorage AK 99501
Work: 907-277-3322
Mobile: 907-227-0764
phil.cannon@chic2009.org

Canada

Shauna Bennett
34025 RPO Fort Richmond
Winnipeg MB R3T 5T5
Work: 204-269-3437
shauna.bennett@chic2009.org

Central

Brian Zahasky
250 S. St. Mary’s Rd.
Libertyville IL 60048
Mobile: 847-372-2403
brian.zahasky@chic2009.org

East Coast

Christy Bouris
7 Clematis Rd.
Lexington MA 02421
Work: 781-861-0780
christy.bouris@chic2009.org

Great Lakes

Michigan (Lower Peninsula)

Steve Raisch
Thornapple Covenant Church
6595 Cascade Rd. SE
Grand Rapids MI 49546
Work: 616-957-0580
Mobile: 616-481-3186
steve.raisch@chic2009.org

Kentucky, New York (central and western), Ohio, Pennsylvania (central and western), Virginia (western), Tennessee

Jay Baehr
520 Fairmont Ave
Jamestown NY 14701
Work: 716-488-9310
Mobile: 716-397-8295
jay.baehr@chic2009.org

Midsouth

Becky Behling
1150 McNeill Rd.
Round Rock TX 78681
Mobile: 512-913-9913
becky.behling@chic2009.org

Midwest

Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska

Kim Thompson
940 E Northview Rd.
McPherson KS 67460
Work: 620-241-4499
Mobile: 620-755-2138
kim.thomspon@chic2009.org

Colorado

Jeff Berg
743 S. Dostero Dr.
Loveland CO 80537
Work: 970-667-4730
Mobile: 970-290-4216
jeff.berg@chic2009.org

Northwest

Kyle Gunderson
1631 First Ave. East
Internatinal Falls MN 56649
Work: 218-283-3365
Mobile: 763-486-8333
kyle.gunderson@chic2009.org

Chuck Knutson
17445 Notre Dame St.
Forest Lake MN 55025
Work: 651-464-2195 x112
Mobile: 651-329-0635
chuck.knutson@chic2009.org

North Pacific

Reid Olson
1715 228th Ave. SE
Sammamish WA 98075
Work: 425-392-8636
Mobile: 425-736-4404
reid.olson@chic2009.org

Erik Cave
107 NE 45th Ave.
Portland OR 97213
Work: 503-238-5950
Mobile: 503-703-8090
erik.cave@chic2009.org

Pacific Southwest

Northern California, Hawaii

Scott Nelson
913 Floyd Ave.
Modesto CA 95350
Work: 209-527-4110 x123
Mobile: 209-534-8036
scott.nelson@chic2009.org

Southern California

Erin Dougherty
5255 Mount Ararat Dr.
San Diego CA 92111
Work: 858-279-6130
Mobile: 858-335-3890
erin.dougherty@chic2009.org

Arizona

Jed Hollenbach
9755 N. La Cholla Blvd.
Tucson AZ 85742
Work: 520-575-1444
Mobile: 520-548-5837
jed.hollenbach@chic2009.org

Southeast

Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina

Anita Carey
10300 SW 162nd St.
Miami FL 33157
Work: 305-238-7852
Mobile: 305-720-8833
anita.carey@chic2009.org

Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina

Cathy Neal
621 Angell Rd.
Madison NC 27025
Work: 336-548-6420
ccneal11356@earthlink.net

Fees and Deadlines

Registration fees include:

• Attendance to mainstage sessions, focus group seminars, on-campus recreation, service opportunities, and many other CHIC 2009 activities
• 13 meals (from dinner 7/12 through dinner 7/16)
• 5 nights of housing
• Airport transportation to/from the Knoxville airport
• A safe environment
• Limited accident insurance for the duration of the conference
• A cornucopia of additional benefits which do not fit easily into a list

Registration fees do not include:

• Transportation costs to/from Tennessee (for information on efforts to coordinate transportation in your region contact your Conference or Regional Liaison)
• Transportation to/from airports other than the Knoxville airport; however, this service may be arranged and purchased through the University of Tennessee
• Early arrival housing; however this option may be arranged and purchased through the University of Tennessee
• Off-campus excursion options

Registration Forms

Registration forms were mailed as part of the registration packet; they can also be downloaded from the registration page.
The various registration forms you will need include:

• Student registration form
• Adult application form
• Adult pastoral recommendation form
• Special needs form

Detailed directions are on each form and include information on who completes which sections as well as various deadlines. Use the master copies provided in the information packet to make photocopies to distribute to adults, students, and parents as needed.

CHIC Contact

If your church has not already done so, please select a CHIC Contact to represent your church as soon as possible. The CHIC Contact does not need to attend CHIC, but is responsible for managing the registration process for your church and resolving local questions as students and adults prepare for CHIC. In some churches the CHIC Contact is a youth pastor or youth leader; while other times the CHIC Contact is an adult volunteer or one of the parents from the youth group. This individual should be responsible and able to keep track of deadlines and information. The CHIC Contact is the person who communicates with the University of Tennessee prior to CHIC.

The CHIC Contact is responsible for the following:

• Recruiting the appropriate number of same sex counselors to accompany your group
• Collection of all student registration forms; verifying that each form is filled out completely, meets the eligibility requirements, and is signed by both parent and student
• Collecting all adult registration forms and verifying that each form is filled out completely and meets eligibility requirements
• Submitting changes to the group registration such as additions, substitutions, and cancellations

The University of Tennessee will only accept payments and registrations from the CHIC Contact. If your group prefers to partner with another church attending CHIC, please contact the CHIC Liaison from your conference for help securing a CHIC Contact for both churches.