The sounds of upbeat Christian music and performances filled the HUB-Robeson Center last night at the Asian American Christian Fellowship's (AACF) annual Asian Light event.

About 250 people attended the performances consisting of a variety of art, music, dancing and skits with the theme of "Alive-Wake Me Up Inside."

Amanda Sham, vice president of the group, said the event is held every year and is an "outreach" to the community.

Sham also said AACF is a branch of Campus Crusade for Christ.

Stephanie Wang (junior-finance) said she came because many of her friends were performing.

"A lot of my friends are in it," Wang said. "I wanted to support them."

Emcees introduced the audience to the event.

"Our aim tonight is to provide an environment for what it means to be alive," one emcee said. "We're so glad to have you out here."

Sand art by Dennis Yap and Janice Yap was the first performance. The story of creation, through pictures of a fish, swan, horse, human and, finally, Jesus was etched out in sand.

Rhythm of Faith, a 15 member Asian-American a cappella group, sang songs with such lyrics as "I won't be afraid because I know He'll stand by me" and "I will open my heart and let the healer set me free."

A seven member hip-hop dance group from Korean Students for Christ was the next performance. Clad in brown and white shirts, they sang "we're the people of God and we're here to stay," along with a break-dance solo.

Performing afterwards was the Quad for God, a four-woman singing group. They asked the audience to pay careful attention to the lyrics. "[They] brought our hearts back to Jesus," they said.

The guest speaker for the night was Pastor Hugo Cheng, who wasn't born Christian but converted in 1989.

"I enjoy seeing all my brothers and sisters alive," Cheng said, after watching the singing and dancing.

He urged the audience to find their core and then make it have meaning in their life.

Using the metaphor of an onion, he said many people are "adding up layer and layer."

"Do we really have a core? When we're like an onion, we're not alive," Cheng said.

An a cappella performance by Grace Notes, a step dance group from Alpha Nu Omega, a skit by the freshmen class of AACF and a song by Harvest Global Mission Church ended the night.

Cheng ended his speech with a request to audience to find out what's really missing.

"I'd like to propose to you what is really missing is a personal relationship with Jesus," he said. "Just maybe, there is the truth there is a living God."