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Stephanie Collier

collier_stephanie.jpg“Jubilee really helped me to realize that whatever I decided to do with my life should be used to glorify God,” says Stephanie Collier. “It also helped me to realize that God can use Christians and their talents anywhere He places them and in any job they perform. I was especially touched by Gary Haugen’s presentation in 2007. That was my senior year, and I felt that God was telling me to do something important with my life. That’s part of the reason why I got my MBA.”

Stephanie was a freshman at Robert Morris University when she started attending a Bible study led by CCO staff worker Kristie Simo Martel. During her sophomore year, the Bible study leadership was assumed by CCO staff worker Katherine Sikma, with whom Steph also met weekly. “Meeting weekly with Katherine and attending women’s Bible study helped to keep me grounded in my faith,” she says. “It helped to remind me why my values and actions as a Christian were important. It was also great to hear from the other girls how God was working in their lives.”

Steph graduated from Robert Morris in 2007 with a degree in hospitality administration, and she went on to earn her MBA from Duquesne University. She is still living in the Pittsburgh area, and is looking for a job.

“I am looking for an entry into the field of human resources,” Steph says. “I actually chose this field because I feel that it is a way for me to serve God by serving others.”

If the CCO’s ministry hadn’t been available to her at Robert Morris, Steph thinks she would “probably would be worse off” in her faith. “Many college students who grew up in the church drift away from God and His teachings, but that constant contact with other Christians helped to strengthen my relationship with God at a time where I was really discovering and deciding who I was. My involvement with the CCO in college taught me to rely on God to get me through the tough spots. It has also helped shape the life that I plan to lead. I want to glorify God in whatever He leads me to do. Right now, I have to have faith that His plan for me is better than anything I could imagine.”