Undone

My time at CHIC was a lot of fun. I met so many new people who shared the same beliefs I do and many who shared other common interests, which was great because I made good friends. All of it was very exciting and interesting because of the speakers and the number of people who were there. I’ve never been a part of anything so amazing and huge. The effect it had on the large number of us was unimaginable and the entire experience is one that I can never forget.

–Lizz

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“The journey to Tennessee produced a new sense of trust within myself. I asked God to help me control my restless feelings that have made me run off and get into trouble. I literally felt him moving with me every step of the trip. I know from this that he will always be right behind me when I need a push forward, a yank back, a quick foot massage, or help with a heavy pack.”

–Thor

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One of my favorite things we did at CHIC was on the third morning when we had a service to raise money for kids in Africa. I don’t remember how much we raised but it was quite a bit and over the course of a few days we packed meals for these kids as well. I felt like it was good experience to awaken kids my age to the world around us and give us a chance to make a difference.

My favorite seminar was the one I went to the very last day. It was led by the producer of X-MEN and he talked about storytelling and how maybe Christians need to vary their ways of reaching out to people.

I liked all the speakers and I felt they each had something very good to say, but I think one of my favorite things about CHIC was how the speakers talked about us and the future. I feel like often people focus on the bad things and have a bad attitude towards today’s teens. At CHIC I felt like the attitude was more we think that you are the generation that will make many changes for the better in our world.

CHIC was a good experience and for those reading this that are younger, when the opportunity comes for you to go to CHIC I highly recommend you take it because even if it does nothing else, it will give you a chance to be around thousands of kids who have very similar religious beliefs as you do. Standing in that arena with thousands of other high school students that very first night and knowing that they had all come from Covenant Churches around the country was a very cool feeling.

–Marika

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