Students will experience a variety of opportunities throughout the trip. We serve meals at homeless shelters, do street evangelism (no standing on a box on the corner but starting up conversations with people; we also do training first), serve at three different underserved schools - spending time with students as well as organizing and cleaning as needed, take fresh-made cookies and notes of encouragement into local businesses, prepare uplifting care packages and take them door to door - over 4000 distributed to date.

Sports camp - most of the energy goes into the camp however, we include several other outreach opportunities as well.

Most teams arrive on late Saturday or Sunday and leave the next Saturday morning. Sunday includes an orientation and outreach on Colfax Ave which has been dubbed the longest wickedest street in America. Google it. :) Monday - Thursday consists of outreach. Friday is a fun day.

In the evenings, we plan times of worship and teaching. The teaching usually focuses on calling and life after school.

The schedule for sports camp is slightly different with Monday being a training and setup day. Tuesday-Friday being camp days with afternoon outreaches. Fun day can be either the Sunday prior or Saturday after camp.

For all teams, we provide a student guide that includes daily devotionals, the schedule, and other pertinent information.

We partner with a local church that lets teams sleep in several classrooms - on the floor…like a real missions trip! :) The floors are carpeted but hard so we recommend bring a sleeping pad. There is a kitchen where most meals are prepared.

There are no showers. There is a nice recreation center a half mile from the church that can be used for showers (and for shooting some hoops if time allows). Plan for two showers during your trip and lots of deodorant. Also, we have no humidity so that helps!

We are located about 2.5 miles east of downtown Denver. The neighborhood has a rich history including being at the forefront of racial integration in the 1960s and beyond. It is a diverse neighborhood ethnically and economically. To that end, we believe we’ve been called to build and economically and racially diverse church as demonstrated the in the gospel.

We regularly spend time with current and past Chi Alpha alum. We’re aware of the struggles of transitioning from XA to the local church after college. During our evening teaching times, we take time to talk about Calling and life after XA and how the local church isn’t Chi Alpha but is still relevant to a thriving faith. Besides fueling a passion for marketplace ministry, we want the trip to be an encouragement to your team.

Your team will spend quite a bit of time with our pastor and his family in their home including a world-famous (or maybe just XA famous) meal of enchilada casserole.

Minimal! We don’t charge a fee for the trip. The costs include travel to Denver and minimal fuel costs while you’re here, $20/person lodging, food - mostly self-prepared meals but do include $30/person for two restaurant meals, $10/person for showers (see lodging tab), $10/person for taking the light rail downtown, $ for fun day - we have a lot of free outdoor activities so this could just be fuel costs. That’s about it! There might be a few dollars needed for incidentals. We cover all outreach expenses.

Duncan Chance - XA Director at University of Northern Colorado. duncanchance at gmail dot com.

Carly Waggoner - XA Assistant Director at University of Nebraska Omaha. carlywaggonerxa at gmail dot com

Nate Banke - XA Director at Colorado State University. natebanke at gmail dot com

We have them. That is all.