
About Chi Alpha (XA)

Why are we called Chi Alpha?
What is our vision?

Wednesday Night Fellowship
Every Wednesday @ 7pm – Borah Theater/Pitman Center




Life Groups



Our Core Values
The Mission of Chi Alpha (XA):
Our Core Values:
- Communal
- We live out our mission together by spending time together and doing life together. We strive to be relational, invitational, vulnerable, and hospitable in the way we operate as a community. We live our lives out together in life-groups, one-on-ones, and our weekly worship gathering (WNF).
- Intentional
- We do not do life and relationships on auto-pilot. We live with a sense of being “on-mission” with Jesus by doing everything with purpose. Some of the ways we do this are through intentional discipleship relationships (one-on-ones & life groups) as well as living with our spiritual eyes open among nonbelievers.
- Sacrificial
- We fight for people in a way that costs us something – our time, our energy, our resources and our life. We live out Mark 8:34-35, especially in our evangelism.
- Thinking
- We do not settle for easy answers or a surface reading of scripture. We use our minds to understand God’s Word deeply, because it is a complex book and we want to live in a way where scripture transforms people’s lives.
- Spirit-Empowered
- We do things with the Holy Spirit’s power and inspiration, not just by our ideas, preparation and strength. We also seek the Spirit’s presence in it’s unique and various forms as it appears in the New Testament to ignite our life of evangelism and worship.
- Unassuming
- We try not to assume where people are at in their faith. We create a culture of understanding by using every-day language and explaining what we mean when we do use Christian words. We to aim present the Gospel in ways nonbelievers will understand and want to be sensitive to wherever people are at with Jesus.
- Incarnational
- We reach people through the existing structures in our lives and community. We don’t rely heavily on “big church events” because we believe that students most often respond to fun & friendships that happens in smaller authentic (“spontaneous”) relational settings over large church events. As Christ came and made his dwelling among us, we seek to live our lives of faith “where the people are” -in the dorms, in the Commons, in class, and wherever else we would normally be.
- Responsible
- We are a community of people that take responsibility for the various aspects of our lives. We take responsibility for our lives with God by having real devotional lives. We take responsibility for our grades and academics by managing our time well. We believe God does not want a generation of excuse-makers but people who are willing to do hard work and take responsibility for it.
- Joyful
- “Love and Laughter plow hard hearts” – we want to be all of the above values with a lightness of heart, remembering to laugh and have fun in the process.
Meet the Staff




Chi Alpha Director
Derek Seaberg
Hometown: Quincy, WA
Alma mater/Degree: Graduated from Central Washington University in Ellensburg, WA with a degree in Music in Education
Favorite Things: My wife of 10 years, Jessica, and my kids (3yr-old daughter Ravelle, 3-month old son, Clayton)! I love 1-on-1 discipleship, the Seattle Seahawks, competitive sports, working in my vegetable garden, playing my bass trombone, watching a good action flick, excel sheets, good food, playing Ticket to Ride, lemon-poppy seed scones from Bucers, Americanos, buffalo sauce, hot wings & good burgers! Oh…and anything my wife cooks! Knowing Christ is everything.
Associate Staff
Corinne Reed
Why I love campus ministry: I love campus ministry because students are so open to the gospel and I truly believe that sending out student leaders in Christ can impact the whole world!
Associate Staff
Jessica Seaberg
Hometown: Kirkland, WA
Alma mater/Degree: Graduated from Central Washington University in Ellensburg, WA with a BA in music (flute).
Favorite Things: Hanging out with Derek & my sweet kids; cooking and serving good food to people, evangelism (I love being one of the first people to explain the gospel to someone!!), taking walks, lattes & baked goods, eating outside with friends, competitive sports and party games, & the Seahawks, singing, summer, working out, teaching the bible, & being a mom and campus missionary!
Sundays at Canyon Creek Church of the Palouse
Services at 9:00 & 10:30am


Winter Camp 2017
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