'Fire' Unites Christians at UCONN - News: "Christians from on campus and off met Monday from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. in the South Ballroom to celebrate the fourth annual Fire in the Night ceremony. People from various age groups, ethnicities and backgrounds united to celebrate and praise the Lord here at UConn.

The plan started four years ago when friends, Micah Uhrlass, an 8th-semester finance major, and Sean Muldowney, a 2006 UConn graduate agreed to devise a convention where God could be celebrated and the Christians around campus could find something to look forward to in the form of a gathering.

'The Lord let it happen,' Urhlass said. 'I'm just a vessel, but it is an honor.'

'The plan was to bring unity among Christians and to promote unity in the Christian family, but also to provide an outreach to show people what we, as Christians, do,' Urhlass said. 'The purpose was to get the truth of Jesus Christ our there.'

The event has been a growing success each year. This year, Uhrlass anticipated 1200 to 1500 participants, a considerable jump from last year's 800.

As a means to draw all of these people in, Uhrlass had help from Melinda Fusco, who created the 'Fire in the Night' Facebook group. Groups around campus also promoted the event by handing out flyers around their painted, poster-filled advertisement car placed on Fairfield Way from Tuesday through Friday.

Uhrlass also handed out index-sized fliers around campus in dorms, in dining halls, and in bathrooms.

'I ordered 4,000 fliers and paid for them myself,' Uhrlass said. 'But I'm not worried about the cost the Lord is already paying me back.'

Uhrlass has donated a great deal of time to coordinating the event. "