Wednesdays @ 7pm
Borah Theater/Pitman Center
About Chi Alpha (XA)
Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship (pronounced Kai-Al-Fuh) is an active student ministry at the University of Idaho! We are committed to making Jesus known and to transforming the campus, marketplace and the world by making disciples who make disciples!
We are a group of U of I students from diverse backgrounds – some of us are Christians, while others of us are just getting to know who God is for the first time. Everyone is welcome, if you are seeking or already believe.
Why are we called Chi Alpha?
Despite our name, we’re not a fraternity or a sorority. We get our name from
2 Corinthians 5:20 – it says, “We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making His appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God.“
In Greek, “Christ’s Ambassadors” is christou apostoli. Our name is an acrostic using the first letters of christou (chi) and apostoloi (alpha). The Greek letters Chi (X) and Alpha (A) are the initials of this phrase, which reminds us that we should live as representatives of Jesus. Chi Alpha Campus Ministries exist on over 300 campuses around the United States – to learn more about Chi Alpha USA click here.
What is our vision?
Our vision is to be a community that emulates the early church as it is described in Acts 2:42-47: “They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles. All the believers were together and had everything in common. They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need. Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.”
Chi Alpha is more than just a mid-week service on campus. We are a community of believers who are on a journey with Jesus, doing our best to figure out how to represent Christ in class, be His presence in the dorms, and live with a hope-inducing witness to the rest of campus. We aren’t perfect, but we look to the Spirit to help us embody five focuses of the Christian life: discipleship, worship, fellowship, prayer and mission. So if you’re looking for a Christian group at the University of Idaho, we’d love to meet you and include you in our weekly rhythms.
Wednesday Night Fellowship
Every Wednesday @ 7pm – Borah Theater/Pitman Center
This is our large group gathering, it’s like church for college students at the University of Idaho! We worship, eat, and listen to a message from the Bible. Everyone is welcome! Located in the Borah Theater on the second floor of the Pitman Center (building across from Starbucks on campus).
Life Groups
Mondays, Tuesdays & Thursdays – Various Locations throughout campus
(August through May)
Life Groups are the “bread & butter” of our ministry. We believe that following Jesus should not happen without friends to journey with! You do not have to be a Christian to join, just interested in exploring God with some neat guys or gals. For many, their deepest friendships come out of these groups – don’t miss out getting involved with one, and experience life-on-life discipleship.
Please Contact us if you are interested in getting involved in a Life Group!
Our Core Values
What are core values? Core values describe the attitudes that we seek to embody as a staff and student community. A church’s core values shape the culture of a particular community – it’s a concise way to describe what we are about and what is important to us!
The Mission of Chi Alpha (XA):
To produce lifelong followers of Jesus who intentionally make disciples who make disciples so that we can transform the university, the marketplace & the world.
Our Core Values:
“We live out our mission as Chi Alpha at the University of Idaho by being…”
- 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
Derek has been the director of UI Chi Alpha since 2009 and loves working with college students! Derek’s life was transformed as a freshman in college through the ministry of XA at Central Washington University. Fun facts:
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 Jessica and my 2yr-old daughter Ravelle, 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.
Why I love campus ministry: My life was changed in college through a group of chi alpha guys who were committed to loving me and answering my questions about God. I hope I can do the same for someone else!
Associate Staff
Corinne Card
Corinne joined the UIXA in 2015 and knows first hand how important the college years are to developing a relationship with Christ; Corinne was transformed as a college student in XA at CWU!
Hometown: Shoreline, WA
Alma mater/Degree: Graduated from Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA with a degree in Spanish & Latin American studies
Favorite Things: Hanging out with people, coffee, having fun, thunderstorms & rain, hand-lettering and decorating, hosting get togethers, silliness, shopping and campus ministry! I also really like bunnies & have a really cute one who has about 10 different names…just call him “Little Bunny” or “Thorin.”
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
Jessica has been married to Derek since 2007 and co-planted XAUI with Derek in 2009. Now Jessica is part-time missionary and mom and can often be found cooking for large groups of Chi Alpha students or teaching discipleship class! Fun facts…
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 little girl, Ravelle; 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, & being a mom and campus missionary!
Why I love campus ministry: I love being a part of the growth process in student’s lives and seeing people fall in love with scripture. The Bible has something to say about everything! I also looooove to teach and preach!
Sundays at Canyon Creek Church of the Palouse
Services at 9:00 & 10:30am
Looking for a “Sunday” Church?
We know that many students come from a tradition of attending a local church on Sundays. There are lots of great local churches in Moscow!
The Chi Alpha staff and many Chi Alpha students attend Canyon Creek Church on the Palouse!
Our church has had a long history of supporting the ministry of Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship and the students at the University of Idaho! Sometimes, college students can feel like their Sunday church is really “disconnected” to the rest of their week and world on campus. Attending Canyon Creek in conjunction with Chi Alpha provides a unique opportunity for your Sunday community and your campus community to merge and relationships to overlap nicely.
We invite you to join us at CCCP at 9:00 or 10:30am on Sundays!
To learn more about Canyon Creek Church on the Palouse, click here.
Canyon Creek on the Palouse is located at 417 S. Jackson Street – just a short walk from campus!
To get there from Theophilus Tower:
Walk on 6th street toward downtown. Take a left into the alley immediately after the Moscow Ale House. The church is the red building next to the parking lot!
Winter Camp 2017
Winter Camp 2017 Registration:
Pay for Winter Camp 2017:
Camp Release Forms:
* Assumption of Risk Waiver (all)
* Driver Release Form (drivers only)
Other Conferences
Register for NW SICM 2017:
Register for Discover the Nations:
Devotional Life
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Contact Us:
Email:
uichialpha@gmail.com
derekseaberg@gmail.com (Derek)
cardcorinne@gmail.com (Corinne)
jessica.e.seaberg@gmail.com (Jessica)
Visit our office:
Our office is located above Domino’s Pizza at University Place Plaza on 6th street.
317 W. 6th Street Suite #206
Moscow, ID 83843
Mailing Address:
Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship
P.O. Box 8336
Moscow, ID 83843
Phone:
We’d love to have a personal conversation over the phone with you! In effort to protect the staff’s personal cell numbers, please message us via email or Facebook and we would love to then connect with you over a personal call!
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