Men’s Basketball

Men’s intramural basketball Sunday nights at 7pm.

If you are interested in playing UNC Charlotte intramural sports on a UCF team, contact us asap. Upcoming sports include

• Dodgeball – January/February
• Bowling – February
• Softball – March
• Indoor Soccer – March

Mexico Spring Break

For more info on Spring Break Mexico 2010, click here.

Use the form below to register for the Mexico Spring Break Trip. Once your registration is received, you will be contacted about flight plans and payment for the flight.

Project Sunridge

Mondays at 3:45pm

Hickory Grove Presbyterian
5735 E Wt Harris Blvd, Charlotte, NC 28215
… go to back of church … enter through covered doors … go upstairs

UCF has been asked to develop an afterschool activity for the kids in need of the Sunridge community here in Charlotte. Through arts and crafts, tutoring, and even putting on a play in the spring, we have a need for every skill set. This is our opportunity to plan, organize and execute a program from scratch.

Our mission is to motivate and keep these kids active, providing them hope – a hope the world does not give, but only that can be given by God’s grace and love. This will greatly improve the morale of the people and shine a positive light on the community they live in. Let’s show them that we have not forgotten them.

This is the perfect time to get involved and help lead UCF into this new project.

Our first afternoon for this project is slated for Monday, Nov 2nd. We plan on having at least one afternoon a week until the end of the semester for the kids, and then start back up at the beginning of next semester.

This is a project that would change one afternoon a week for you, but could change an entire outlook for a community. We’ve been talking about changing our community. Now they need us. Let’s do something about it.

Check our calendar of events for updates and if you need more information, contact Jake.

Habitat Build Jan 16

7:20am | meet in the parking lot of Advent Lutheran across from UNC Charlotte
Workday ends around 4pm, Lunch is provided, No experience necessary

This fall UCF completed two Habitat for Humanity houses in Charlotte with over 100 students providing over 1,000 hours of labor. Well the work continues. On Saturday January 16 we will be framing.  If you would rather drive directly to the site, use the directions below and sign-in on site as being with UCF.

Stop Hunger December 1

Luke 3:11 – John answered, The man with two tunics should share with him who has none, and the one who has food should do the same.

John, a cousin of Jesus, is concerned with one thing: selfless concern for one’s disadvantaged brothers and sisters.  He is preaching in advance the message of Jesus.

Today we are being called to the same. We need to stop hunger, NOW!  So UCF invites you to the gym of Advent Lutheran on Tuesday December 1 at 6:30pm. But we will not worship in our usual way – but we will worship through the gift of service. We plan to pack 12,000 meals for the world’s hungry and malnourished. But we need you.  The more that show up – the more meals we can pack.

This event is free and you need not bring any money, but if you would like to contribute toward the cause, donations will be accepted. The more donations also means more meals.

A weakened economy and rising food costs has created a scarcity of food among people who never thought they would be lacking. According to the U.S. government, 1 in 9 households (10.9%) did not have enough food for a healthy lifestyle at some point during 2006.

Food banks report a 15% to 20% increase in demand from last year. And 4 in 5 food banks (80%) could not meet this month’s demand without cutting operations or food portions.

“This is the worst that I’ve ever seen it by far.” - Dave Krepcho :: Food Bank of Central Florida (Orlando, FL) as quoted in USA Today

“Even limited exposure to poverty can have detrimental effects upon a child’s overall quality of health and well-being.” - Mark R. Rank :: George Warren Brown School of Social Work

The Story of God

The story of God has always entailed crossing boundaries into unknown places. This semester, we continue the journey. Taking 12 weeks we will cover the entire story of God from Creating to Consummation, from Genesis to Revelation.  This will be far from mundane.  Actually it will be pretty intense and exciting. Afterall, it’s God’s story.

Each week starting the first Tuesday in September our worship and teaching will focus on the Story of God. If you stick with it, you will have covered the Bible from cover to cover by the end of the semester. This isn’t like a reading plan in the first couple of pages of a Bible.  This is God’s story, where we will cover the most important parts of the Bible week to week. However, don’t worry if you miss a week. Each week will be independent of other weeks so you won’t miss anything or feel lost. In fact, you can jump in mid semester.

Habitat for Humanity Saturdays

UCF is building 2 houses in 3 months!

This fall we will be working on two houses in Charlotte.  The addresses are 3816 and 3820 Davis Ave.  Use map below. Do not enter this address into MapQuest or even Google maps – it will give you the wrong directions.   No experience is necessary.  All workdays start at 7:30am, meeting at the UCF Student Center/Advent Lutheran Church in the parking lot and they all end by 4pm.  You can drive yourself to help determine your own schedule.

Sat. Sept. 19
Sat. Sept. 26
Sat. Oct. 3
Sat. Oct. 10
Sat. Oct. 17
Sat. Oct. 24
Sat. Oct. 31
Sat. Nov. 7

Non Saturday Options – Work is done until 4pm on the following days as well:

Mon. Sept. 21

Tue. Sept. 22

I-85 South to I-77 South to West on Wilkinson. Turn Right on Midland. Turn Left on Davis Ave. Do not search for this address on Google maps or MapQuest as they both will provide Davis Lane for some reason in a different part of town.
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Pray with Africa

Monday October 19
Student Union at Noon (Movie Theater)
Fretwell 100 at 7pm

“Listen: A New African Narrative,” a film that shows more than the typical images of Africa – not just the warring, pain and suffering, but specific ways Africans work daily to change their communities.

The 38-minute film follows individuals in five African nations who, with prayerful hearts and an undying faith in God, are making a difference in their own communities. In Liberia, Christians dig wells to rebuild the clean water supply; in Mali, they help combat malnutrition; in Uganda, they work with people trying to overcome the ravages of conflict; in South Africa, they try to recover from systematic poverty brought about by decades of apartheid, and in Malawi, they provide love and care to people with HIV/AIDS. Join UCF & STAND as we show two screenings of this film and offer a question and answer session with the film’s writers and filmmakers.

Rob Bell Tour

Friday October 9 | 8pm Ovens Auditorium
Cost is $10 per ticket with UCF ($16 to the public)
Email us to get your ticket today

We plot, we plan, we assume things are going to go
A certain way and then they don’t and we find ourselves
In a new place, a place we haven’t been before, a place
We never would have imagined on our own,

And so it was difficult and unexpected and maybe even
Tragic and yet it opened us up and freed us to see
Things in a whole new way

Suffering does that—
It hurts,
But it also creates.

How many of the most significant moments in your
Life came not because it all went right, but because
It all fell apart?

It’s strange how there can be art in the agony…

The Drops Like Stars tour is a two
Hour exploration of the endlessly complex
Relationship between suffering and creativity

Shane Claiborne here October 4

Meet at the UCF Student Center- Advent Lutheran at 5:15pm.  Need a ride from campus, give us time to plan … say a few days, but just email us at leader@campus-ministry.org.

Prominent Christian activist, author, and founder of Potter Street Community in inner city Philadelphia, Shane Claiborne will be in Charlotte Sunday October 4. Potter Street, formely known as  The Simple Way has helped birth and connect radical faith communities around the world, including our House.  Shane authored or co-authored The Irresistible Revolution, Iraq Journal 2003, Jesus for President, and Becoming the Answer to Our Prayers. Claiborne is best known for his radical Christian pacifism, modeled by Christian ethicists John Howard Yoder and Stanley Hauerwas. More details about the actual time of the event will come soon.

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