Christian Student Fellowship at UK

     For this blog post I didn't use an article for research, I went and spoke to one of the leaders in CSF named Tater that I knew from a friend. I deemed him a viable source for this topic because he has been involved in CSF for six years as a student as well as a leader.

     Last Friday I saw Tater walking around campus and stopped and had a quick chat with him. During which he invited me to Friday Night Flapjacks, one of the many events put on by CSF. Before interviewing Tater I though CSF was just a group where Christians got together and prayed or volunteered. While prayer and volunteering is a big part of CSF it's far from the only things offered. First off, CSF is not only for Christians. (Confused? Me too.) According to Tater, "Anyone from Muslims to Atheists can show up to CSF and hangout or help if they choose."Also, CSF does a lot of activities off the campus as well. In a couple of weeks some of the members in CSF will be heading to a town outside of Ohio to participate in the Fall Retreat. When asked about Fall retreat, Tater was ready to explain some of the activities featured, "Basically it's a bunch of like minded people hanging out, sharing stories, and worshiping together." Some of the other events thrown by CSF that aren't as religious are Friday Night Flapjacks. At Friday Night Flapjacks you'll most likely see people you know whether or not they are religious due to the fact that the pancakes are free. Of course CSF wants you to learn about religion at some point while you're there but if you end up just getting some pancakes and hanging out it's the same to them. 

     After leaving the CSF building I thought of the organization in a whole new light. Before I thought of CSF as a typical religious group that I had seen in high school. In some regards CSF is just that, but if you look a little closer you'll see that CSF has so much more to offer than the religious aspect. Although Tater gave a great interview I was still left with the question of how a person can get involved with CSF? Is there an application or does someone just show up? I think CSF is a great topic to further research because of all the interesting activities they put on as well as showing students all the community service that they take part in.