<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348560285482446846</id><updated>2011-07-07T14:45:29.771-07:00</updated><title type='text'>University Christian Fellowship at UM</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://umxaabtus.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3348560285482446846/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://umxaabtus.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>UM Chi Alpha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14889466821310854950</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348560285482446846.post-3861188817037468300</id><published>2007-07-31T13:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-02T19:25:39.326-07:00</updated><title type='text'>About Us</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color:#330033;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330033;"&gt;University Christian Fellowship (UMCF), affiliated with Chi Alpha, is a &lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;non-denominational&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; Christian Fellowship that is open to God's &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;powerful working&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; in and through His people. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330033;"&gt;Attendees come from a variety of non-church and church backgrounds (including Christians both Catholic and Protestant i.e. Baptists, Methodists, Lutherans, Presbyterians, Charismatics, and Christians of both non and inter-denominational churches) and/or seekers of knowledge of Christianity. UMCF is also an outreach ministry to students, faculty, the greater UM community, administration and staff on colleges and universities all over the world.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330033;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;University Christian Fellowship equips individuals in the following areas:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330033;"&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Practical Leadership Skills &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Biblical Training &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Leading Others to Christ &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Learning How to Hear From God &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Relationship Building &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Having a Practical Walk with God &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Understanding and Applying Biblical Principles to Everyday Situations&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;We are a &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;community&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; committed to one another and the Biblical claims of Jesus Christ. We are open to all individuals, giving them the opportunity to make lasting friends, to learning more about the Bible, and to start having a growing intimate, LOVE relationship with Jesus, God, their Father, and the Holy Spirit, who can empower them to live a vibrant, meaningful life. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We are known as a &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;community&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; where vibrant, exciting, heart felt worship is given to God.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We are committed to being a &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;community&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; of evangelism, sharing the "good news" in a relevant way on today's campuses and around the world through mission trips, because Jesus Christ came to set people free and to give them "real" life.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We are committed to being a &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;community&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; that leads people into becoming more like our Biblical model Jesus Christ, through small group times, special retreats and annual conferences.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We are committed to be a &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;community&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; that sees Christ's followers on campuses and in the community live out practically the "one another scriptures" of the Bible, i.e. - care for one another, encourage one another, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We are committed to be a &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;community&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; of prayer, for each other, and for those in the world at large, believing that intense, focused prayer has the power to change other's lives and circumstances around us.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3348560285482446846-3861188817037468300?l=umxaabtus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://umxaabtus.blogspot.com/feeds/3861188817037468300/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3348560285482446846&amp;postID=3861188817037468300' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3348560285482446846/posts/default/3861188817037468300'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3348560285482446846/posts/default/3861188817037468300'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://umxaabtus.blogspot.com/2007/07/about-us.html' title='About Us'/><author><name>UM Chi Alpha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14889466821310854950</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
