CHRISTIAN STUDENT FELLOWSHIP

What do you do around CSF?

Could be described as the CSF Housewife. Cooking, cleaning, etc. I help out with Shift, our Freshmen ministry. I lead the Shift Meals Team and help coordinate other groups who like to come in and feed college kids free food. I also help out on the financial team with some of their endeavors.

Hometown

Edmonton, KY

Degree

Political Science

What's on your bucket list?

• Attend every tennis Grand Slam event
• Go base jumping
• Couch surf through multiple cities (already accomplished Boston)
• Live outside the US
• Work on a feature film
• Get a job utilizing film analysis/criticism

“Most Annoying” List

• Ian Banta

Favorite Movies

I've been told that I'm a film snob. I want films to aspire to be more than mediocre.

Old classics:
• 12 Angry Men (1957)
• Rio Bravo (1959)
• Rear Window (1954)
• Network (1976)
• The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
• Salesman (1969)

Staples of my childhood:
• You've Got Mail (1998)
• The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
• Zoolander (2001)

Contemporary favorites:
• Master & Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
• The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
• Take Shelter (2011)
• Never Let Me Go (2010)
• Pride & Prejudice (2005)
• Elephant (2003)

Favorite Books/Writers

• Any and all of Jeff Shaara's books
• 'Alas, Babylon' by Pat Frank
• 'The Hobbit' & 'Lord of the Rings Trilogy' by Tolkien

Random Piece of Info

I have a dent in my head obtained during childbirth. It's weird if you ask to touch it. (Not really...probably a little)

How do you burn calories when you are not at CSF?

I take a lot of walks, sometimes down bad neighborhoods at night...but I've survived. Cooking, watching films, tennis, getting back into golf, giving Michael Brown hugs.

Contact information

• aaron@ukcsf.org
• 859.455.6077

What do you do around CSF?

• Women's Events
• Prayer Night
• Synergy
• CSF Groups
• Staff Masseuse

Hometown

Covington, KY

Degree

Communication, Minor in Political Science

What's on your bucket list?

• Sky diving (cliché)
• Spend some time in India
• Hike to the top of at least 7 different mountains (1 down!)

“Most Annoying” List

• CSF's loudspeaker + Brian Marshall
• Melted chapstick/deodorant

Favorite Movies

• Mamma Mia
• The Devil Wears Prada
• Finding Nemo
• Love Actually
• I love Meryl Streep

Favorite Books/Writers

• The House on Mango Street
• Tuesdays With Morrie
• Captivating
• C. S. Lewis (The Magician's Nephew, The Screwtape Letters, The Great Divorce)

Random Piece of Info

I have a song in my head at all times. When it’s not a current song, it’s ‘Single Ladies’ by Beyoncé.

How do you burn calories when you are not at CSF?

I like playing basketball, going for walks, and laughing (a lot). I also enjoy trying to cook and (emphasis on the ‘trying’). I aspire to be Erica Dupps someday.

Contact information

• andrea@ukcsf.org
• 859.912.0297

What do you do around CSF?

Greek

Hometown

Campbellsville, KY

Degree

Psychology/Business

What's on your bucket list?

• Thankful, loving, worshipful attitude each moment of the day
• See Lexington and especially the campus be a sending base for fulfilling the Great Commision to the least reached people of the world.
• Travel, enjoy and learn from all the sites in the Bible (especially the pretty island)

“Most Annoying” List

• Slow/bad drivers
• Complainers

Favorite Movies

Self explanatory: Braveheart and of course Top Gun. Trains, Planes and Automobiles is up there.

Favorite Books/Writers

• Ragamuffin Gospel
• Perspectives on the World Christian Movement Reader
• Steps to Freedom Handbook
• Mike Bickle from IHOP on Song of Solomon

Random Piece of Info

I have a beautiful wife and two children and rent out campus property.

How do you burn calories when you are not at CSF?

• Golf
• Traveling
• Reading
• Walking (wow, I'm old now)

Contact information

• anthony@ukcsf.org
• 859.229.4991

What do you do around CSF?

I mostly do men's ministry, freshman ministry (SHIFT), and community service.

Hometown

Ft. Thomas, KY. Go Bluebirds!

Degree

Social Work

What's on your bucket list?

• Base jump
• Hunt something exotic
• Never watch a Twilight movie
• Rub Francis Chan's head
• Go to every continent and over 50 countries
• Summit a 14k ft mountain twice

“Most Annoying” List

• Pickles on a burger
• Waking up before 10am
• Tom Cruise's smile

Favorite Movies

• I Am Legend
• Wayne's World
• Blood Diamond
• The Godfather
• The Other Guys

Favorite Books/Writers

• Donald Miller
• J. R. R. Tolkien
• Kurt Vonnegut
• Rob Bell

Random Piece(s) of Info

I graduated from Asbury University. Yea, let that blow your mind.

How do you burn calories when you are not at CSF?

• Play basketball/frisbee
• Read
• Chill with a movie
• Beat anyone at CSF in FIFA
• Arm Wrestling
• Laughing

Contact information

• austin@ukcsf.org
• 859.486.7473

What do you do around CSF?

• Synergy team
• Trying to figure out what's going on

Hometown

Sedalia, MO

Degree

Worship Arts with a Music Emphasis, minor in Mathematics (weird, I know)

What's on your bucket list?

• See Relient K before they break up
• Own an "I'm Perkisizing" shirt
• Participate in a mud run
• Spend a week in a monastery
• Be in a handbell choir

“Most Annoying” List

• Lack of trashcan liners
• When your sock slides down in your shoe
• Incorrect use of the word "literally"

Favorite Movies

• Pride and Prejudice
• Lord of the Rings
• The Proposal
• Luther
• Ever After (comfort movie)

Favorite Books/Writers

• John and Stasi Eldredge
• C. S. Lewis
• Ted Dekker
• Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers

Random Piece(s) of Info

• I can't handle food eating contests and the like. Tears for days. I just feel really bad for them because they will have a horrible stomach ache later! :(
• I collect moose. As in the animal.

How do you burn calories when you are not at CSF?

• Spelunking
• Walking while talking on the phone... I can't sit still
• Pick up games of basketball
• Attempting to dance

Contact information

• bethany@ukcsf.org
• 660.281.0120

What do you do around CSF?

I disciple student leaders, lead our Men's ministry team, I'm on our freshman ministry team called Shift and I plan outreach events. 

Hometown

Lexington, KY

Degree

Business Management

What's on your bucket list?

• DJ a party in a stadium
• Record a film score with Hans Zimmer
• Pray with Kanye West
• Produce music for Lecrae and Trip Lee

“Most Annoying” List

• Wet paper
• People who bit their forks when they eat

Favorite Movies

• Man on Fire
• Inception
• Finding Forrester

Favorite Books/Writers

• The Bible
• Crazy Love
• Contemplative Pastor

Random Piece(s) of Info

I own a tiger fur robe from Korea

How do you burn calories when you are not at CSF?

I play basketball and make music.

Contact information

• blake@ukcsf.org
• 859.494.0576

What do you do around CSF?

• Lead the overall ministry
• Teach at Synergy and in other settings
• Wrestle with how to reach out to campus in creative ways
• Fundraise
• Serve as one of the board members at CSF

Hometown

Cynthiana, KY (though I've been in Lexington since 1995)

Degree

Masters - Masters of Divinity (basically theological studies)

What's on your bucket list?

• Quarterback a football team, as I never played growing up, only did baseball and basketball
• Write five books
• Do a Triathlon
• Live outside the US for at least a couple of months

“Most Annoying” List

• Listening to other people loudly sip their hot coffee (this is especially true when I'm sleepy and feeling irritable)
• When people think they are thinking clearly but in actuality they clearly aren’t thinking clearly.  Is that clear?
• The BCS Football System- there should be a playoff in college football.

Favorite Movies

• Rudy
• The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
• Good Will Hunting

Favorite Books/Writers

• C. S. Lewis (We did accidentally name our son C. S. Marshall)
• Eugene Peterson
• Oswald Chambers (Primarily "My Utmost For His Highest")
• Richard Swinburne (academic philosopher)

Random Piece of Info

I lived at the Grand Canyon for an entire summer when I was in college, about 150 yards from the rim of the canyon.

How do you burn calories when you are not at CSF?

• Hanging out with my wife, Shelby and our two kids- Claire and Caleb
• Watching sports
• Reading
• Letting my mind wander into creative brainstorming sessions (at 37 I'm not sure if I'm allowed to 'daydream' anymore)
• Thinking about working out and getting back into shape

Contact information

• briancm@ukcsf.org
• 859.273.5433

What do you do around CSF?

I help direct friday night pancakes, organize community service, Smash Bros. Ministry, and I clean the vents so that one day I can live in them, like Chang in "Community". I also drop of mail at the post office once a week. Come with me sometime!

Hometown

Louisville, KY

Degree

Social Work & Spanish

What's on your bucket list?

• Visit space
• Sail from California to Hawaii
• Mudarme a La Paz, La Paz, Honduras

“Most Annoying” List

• Drivers who don't use turn signals

Favorite Movies

• The Shawshank Redemption
• Wall-E
• Dumb and Dumber
• Star Wars IV-VI
• Homeward Bound

Favorite Books/Writers

• The LOTR trilogy
• The Hobbit
• The Silmarillion
• Moby-Dick
• Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
• Blue Like Jazz
• C. S. Lewis

Random Piece of Info

I give great moped driving lessons.

How do you burn calories when you are not at CSF?

• Drink coffee
• Disc golf
• Hiking
• Camping
• Running
• Drinking more coffee
• Riding my bike to and from CSF occasionally

Contact information

• dan@ukcsf.org
• 502.424.0743

What do you do around CSF?

I'm one of the staff members in charge of our freshman ministry known as "Shift". I also work with "Pancakes", which is a way we get people connected into the ministry by giving out free pancakes every Friday night. I also help write the Core Group Curriculum for the next semester as well as lead my own core group (i.e. disciple a group of around 8-10 guys). I help out some with Prayer ministry as well as our "Prayer Night." I also lead a small group called a "CSF group" that changes every semester, but has included the book "Radical", the Gospel of Luke and a group on Apologetics.

Hometown

Beaver Dam, KY

Degree

Political Science, Minor in History

What's on your bucket list?

• Watch a no-hitter live
• Visit the Holy Lands
• Take a tour of the Louvre
• Preach the gospel to someone that's never heard of Jesus
• Hike up Pike's Peak
• Witness a miracle
• Write a book
• Beat a Grandmaster at chess

“Most Annoying” List

• Humans that don't use logic
• Reid Wahlbrink
• People who want to eat at Cracker Barrel

Favorite Movies

• Field of Dreams
• V for Vendetta
• The Natural
• Alfred Hitchcock
• The Shawshank Redemption

Favorite Books/Writers

• C. S. Lewis (The Great Divorce, The Weight of Glory, Mere Christianity, The Chronicles of Narnia)
• G. K. Chesterton (Orthodoxy)
• David Bentley Hart (Atheist Delusions)
• John Eldredge (The Sacred Romance)

Random Piece of Info

I'm the resident magician around CSF (Thanks Dad)

How do you burn calories when you are not at CSF?

• Running
• Spikeball
• Sports
• Annoying Schuette

Contact information

• derek@ukcsf.org
• 270.256.4194

What do you do around CSF?

Plan retreats, hang out with freshies, community service

Hometown

Lexington, KY

Degree

International Studies

What's on your bucket list?

• Travel to every continent
• Live outside the US for more than a year
• Witness Kentucky basketball winning a national title

“Most Annoying” List

• Wearing wet socks
• Cold weather without snow
• People who are always late

Favorite Movies

• Aladdin (anything Disney)
• Oceans 11
• Finding Nemo
• A Walk to Remember

Favorite Books/Writers

• The Bible
• Crazy Love
• Five People You Meet In Heaven

Random Piece(s) of Info

I used to be a pro at Tetris.

How do you burn calories when you are not at CSF?

• I used to work at a gym. Does that count as burning calories?
• Hanging out with friends
• Laugh a lot
• Hang out with my family

Contact information

• grace@ukcsf.org
• 859.494.6830

What do you do around CSF?

I do a lot of behind the scenes stuff around CSF. Organize and structure staff. Plan and run staff meetings. Make sure Synergy happens. All that good stuff.

Hometown

NKY

Degree

Secondary Math Education

What's on your bucket list?

• Learn to say "bathroom" in every language
• Visit Rome
• Ride a rhino (This one is last for the obvious reason that I will probably kick the bucket doing it)

“Most Annoying” List

• Biting forks. I hate the sound.
• Finger foods
• Bad drivers
• People who play happy songs on rainy days

Favorite Movies

• Cool Hand Luke
• Dan in Real Life
• Pretty much any Pixar movie

Favorite Books/Writers

• Pretty much any C. S. Lewis
• Orthodox, G. K. Chesterton
• Death by Meeting, Patrick Lencioni
• 1984, George Orwell
• Confessions, Augustine

Random Piece(s) of Info

• I taught myself how to use the bathroom
• I love to cook

How do you burn calories when you are not at CSF?

• I watch Top Chef, SYTYCD, Modern Family and Community
• I play Munchkin, Fluxx and pretty much any other strategy game
• Hang out with my wife and two cats

Contact information

• s@ukcsf.org
• 859.468.9510

What do you do around CSF?

Shift, Community Service, Building Projects/Maintenance, High School Ministry, Finance

Hometown

Tuscaloosa, AL

Degree

Finance

What's on your bucket list?

• Write a children's book
• Catch a 12 pound largemouth
• Go to Ireland

“Most Annoying” List

• Dogs wearing sweaters
• Bad drivers
• Derek King

Favorite Movies

• Good Will Hunting
• Stranger Than Fiction
• Mean Girls

Favorite Books/Writers

• C. S. Lewis
• J. M. Barrie
• W. B. Yeats

How do you burn calories when you are not at CSF?

• Fishing
• Soccer
• Ultimate frisbee

Contact information

• jake@ukcsf.org
• 270.871.0923

What do you do around CSF?

I help to write the curriculum for core groups, which are our discipleship groups for CSF leaders. I'm also in charge of leadership communications and I lead two core groups.

Hometown

Lexington, KY

Degree

Agricultural Biotechnology with a minor in Mathematics

What's on your bucket list?

• Become a pediatrician or pediatric surgeon!
• Live in a country in both Europe and Africa
• Write a book
• Run a marathon

“Most Annoying” List

• Turning signals left on while driving
• Wet socks
• Popping knuckles (that sound is the worst!)

Favorite Movies

• Casablanca
• It's a Wonderful Life
• The Godfather
• Lord of the Rings Trilogy
• Love Actually

Favorite Books/Writers

• C. S. Lewis (Great Divorce, Mere Christianity)
• Tim Keller (The Reason for God)
• Jane Austen (everything!)
• Charles Dickens (A Tale of Two Cities)

Random Piece of Info

I've been to 18 countries. And when I was thirteen, I had a ramen noodle eating competition with my brother (which I obviously won)... and the smell of ramen noodles still makes me feel sick.

How do you burn calories when you are not at CSF?

• Reading
• Running
• Playing violin or guitar
• Laughing until I cry (which happens very often)
• Ultimate frisbee and basketball with my family
• Being ridiculous with my Serve the City kids

Contact information

• katie@ukcsf.org
• 270.351.8409

What do you do around CSF?

Community Service. High School Ministry. Writing/Editing. Librarian (a.k.a. The Page Master).

Hometown

Lawrenceburg, KY

Degree

B.A. in English with a minor in Linguistics

What's on your bucket list?

• Eat a corn dog with Julie Andrews on the Ellen DeGeneres show
• Meet Pat Summitt
• Write a best-selling novel

“Most Annoying” List

• Dirty dishes left in the sink
• Laundry left in the dryer for days
• People who park right next to me in a nearly-deserted parking lot

Favorite Movies

• Heavyweights
• The Princess Diaries
• Remember the Titans
• Harry Potter
• Dead Poets Society
• The Shawshank Redemption

Favorite Books/Writers

• The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
• One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
• Love Does by Bob Goff
• The Tenant of Windfell Hall of Anne Bronte
• Harry Potter series by JK Rowling

Random Piece of Info

I once had a button collection that consisted of only one button.

How do you burn calories when you are not at CSF?

I like to laugh, play basketball, sing Celine Dion at the top of my lungs, and hang out with my friends.

Contact information

• lauren@ukcsf.org
• 502.517.6429

What do you do around CSF?

• Shift
• Pancakes Team
• Communications
• High School Ministry

Hometown

West Chester, OH

Degree

Integrated Strategic Communications (Creative Advertising)

What's on your bucket list?

• Be the voice of a cartoon character
• Live in another country
• Visit Kawachi Fuji Gardens in Japan
• Travel with no plans

“Most Annoying” List

• Turn signal sound
• Sound of windshield wipers on a dry windshield

Favorite Movies

• Harry Potter
• The Holiday
• The Princess Diaries
• Lord of the Rings

Favorite Books/Writers

• Harry Potter
• The Bible
• All My Friends are Dead by Avery Monsen and Jory John

Random Piece of Info

I really want to be the voice of a cartoon character. It's my main goal in life.

How do you burn calories when you are not at CSF?

• Running
• Laughing
• Soccer
• Watching Grey's Anatomy, Parenthood, or Modern Family

Contact information

• leeza@ukcsf.org
• 859.457.0856

What do you do around CSF?

I play the Wii, eat a bunch of K-Lair, study Scripture, talk at Shift, and plan World Record Breaking events.

Hometown

Brentwood, TN (but originally from Alabaster, Alabama)

Degree

Biology/Greek

What's on your bucket list?

• Visit Europe
• Climb Mt. Kilimanjaro
• Help make 5-9 kids

“Most Annoying” List

• People leaving hair in combs
• Driving defensively
• Talking during movies or TV shows

Favorite Movies

• Good Will Hunting
• The Sandlot
• Ca$h
• There Will Be Blood

Favorite Books/Writers

• Eugene Peterson
• C. S. Lewis
• J. R. R. Tolkien
• Alan Moore
• Edgar Allen Poe's Short Stories

Random Piece of Info

I once bicycled 2,000 miles from Canada to Mexico but gained 20 pounds by eating McDonalds everyday.

How do you burn calories when you are not at CSF?

I pull all-nighters for Asbury Seminary.  I also watch DVRed Spongebob episodes, which doesn't really burn calories but it makes me happy.

Contact information

• matt@ukcsf.org
• 859.221.4395

What do you do around CSF?

I am on the Men's team, Synergy team, and I'm the 'Regional Director' for Cafeteria and North Campus Spaces.  That's probably my most official job title here, well, I guess 'Staff Tech Consultant' is pretty fancy too.  I'm also the video guy; I don't necessarily make all the videos but I make sure that they happen (and I do make some of them).  Jeremy and I are the head Tech Ninjas (doesn't sound as official, but it does sound cool).  Finally, I lead a growth group and a core group.

Hometown

Ft. Thomas, KY

Degree

Marketing, Spanish

What's on your bucket list?

Not sure, I don't have one. I guess the only thing on it right now is to actually make one.

“Most Annoying” List

Restaurants without mints on the way out, Medium point pens (too much ink), people that don't like R&B music, my desk chair

Favorite Movies

I like TV shows better: 30 Rock, Boy Meets World, King of Queens, Scrubs, The Office, Community, Friday Night Lights, Spin City, Home Improvement

Favorite Books/Writers

• The Giver
• The Great Divorce
• To Kill a Mockingbird
• Harry Potter
• The Old Man and the Sea
• 1984

Random Piece of Info

My mom picked my name after seeing it in an article in Glamour magazine.

How do you burn calories when you are not at CSF?

Some of the aforementioned TV shows, hanging with people, thinking about working out, eating ice cream instead.

Contact information

• reid@ukcsf.org
• 859.380.4604

What do you do around CSF?

Direct communications to and fro, Smash Bros. Ministry, CSF Group and Core Group planning, Play Ping Pong, Websites, KEYMASTER

Hometown

Crescent Springs, KY (the NKY)

Degree

Spanish and International Economics

What's on your bucket list?

• Go into space, walk on the moon
• Own a hot air balloon (and know how to fly it)
• See the Aurora Borealis
• Get my falconry license
• Survive the zombie apocalypse

“Most Annoying” List

• Text message lingo (“u” instead of “you”, “r” instead of “are”, etc.)
• People that can’t pronounce (and/or hear) the difference between the words “pen” and “pin”
• People that clap at the end of a fireworks show

Favorite Movies

• Star Wars (all of them)
• One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
• The Fountain
• Pretty much any zombie movie or Pixar movie
• Lots of other movies (I love movies lots and lots)

Favorite Books/Writers

• C.S. Lewis (Mere Christianity, The Great Divorce)
• Kurt Vonnegut (Slaughterhouse Five, Bluebeard, Breakfast of Champions)

Random Piece of Info

For a long while my favorite food was popcorn. I would always eat at least one bag of popcorn every day. Sometimes two.

How do you burn calories when you are not at CSF?

• Watching movies and playing video games
• Going to UK Hockey games
• Hanging out with friends
• Disc Golf

Contact information

• sam@ukcsf.org
• 859.240.9463

What do you do around CSF?

• Women's Ministry
• Shift
• Pancakes

Hometown

Burlington, KY

Degree

Community Communications and Leadership Development with a specialty in public service and leadership, and then a corporate communication minor

What's on your bucket list?

• Learn to surf
• Adopt a child
• Run a marathon

“Most Annoying” List

• Bullies
• Carelessness
• Un-rythmed out loud noises
• Bad drivers

Favorite Movies

• The Proposal
• Cinderella man
• A Series of Unfortunate Events
• Man on Fire

Favorite Books/Writers

• Tim Keller
• Elizabeth Elliot
• Beth Moore
• The Bible (duhhh :))

Random Piece of Info

I like art. I also have a tendency to want to be in charge of the situation.

How do you burn calories when you are not at CSF?

• The gym… literally
• Work at a nursery with little babies
• Do crafts :)

Contact information

• stacey@ukcsf.org
• 859.801.2268

What do you do around CSF?

• Help out with Prayer Team
• Help out with Pancakes Team
• Hang out with students

Hometown

Tyler, TX

Degree

Community Communications and Leadership Development

What's on your bucket list?

• Sky diving
• Go to all 50 states (I've probably been to over 30, so I'm close!)
• Ride in a hot air balloon

“Most Annoying” List

• Sand in my flipflops
• Slow walkers
• People failing to use manners

Favorite Movies

• Hot Rod
• The Proposal
• A Walk to Remember
• The Help
• Remember the Titans

Favorite Books/Writers

• The Bible
• The 5 Love Languages
• Redeeming Love
• Nightmare Academy
• Heaven is for Real

Random Piece of Info

I love pockets! I have 3 wonderful sisters! And sometimes people think I don't know how to tie my shoes correctly?

How do you burn calories when you are not at CSF?

I like to run,workout, walk, swim, and laugh!!

Contact information

• storey@ukcsf.org
• 903.283.1156

What do you do around CSF?

• Pray
• Direct spaces- weekly outreach to college students
• Help plan CSF K Week events to engage new students in the first week
• Manage CSF apparel
• Dorm ministry
• Beat students in FIFA soccer on Xbox
• Talk to people so I can listen to people
• Walk alongside those who want to walk with God as well as those who do not yet know that they want to

Hometown

Louisville, KY

Degree

B.A. in Psychology, Minor in Communications

What's on your bucket list?

• Fly to the Alaskan mountains by helicopter and snowboard
• Marry my fiancee
• Learn ballroom dance moves
• Travel to Italy
• Be identified by God as a man after His own heart
• Go on a hot air balloon ride (for over an hour)

“Most Annoying” List

• Paying for parking
• Parking tickets
• Getting towed
• Dishes left in the sink that could have gone straight in the dishwasher

Favorite Movies

• Dumb and Dumber
• The Book of Eli
• The Dark Knight
• Inception
• Gladiator
• The Shawshank Redemption

Favorite Books/Writers

• Eugene Peterson (in the process of reading him for the first time, but I like his style so far)
• God's Smuggler
• Intercessor (Reese Howel's biography)
• Jesus Freaks- Voice of the Martyrs
• Philip Yancey
• Oswald Chambers

Random Piece(s) of Info

I have had $1,800 stolen from me by a friend

How do you burn calories when you are not at CSF?

• Snowboarding
• Hiking at the Gorge (not as much as I would like to)
• Dialing numbers to keep in touch with long distance friends and family
• METABOLISM (for at least another 3 years)

Contact information

• wes@ukcsf.org
• 502.500.9273