CCO Campus Ministry

Male college students are notorious for playing video games. Many of them spend hours sitting in front of their television or computer screens toying with the latest development in the gaming world. What can playing video games teach someone about God?
Bill Slease, a former CCO student and CCO staff alum, answers this question in a [...]

Curt Thompson, CCO student alumnus, recently published a book called Anatomy of the Soul. Curt, a psychiatrist practicing in Falls Church, Virginia, writes about how insights from interpersonal neurobiology resonate with biblical truths about God and creation—validating the deep human need for meaningful relationships as a key to a life of hope and fulfillment.
Curt’s desire [...]

After spending a few years in the corporate world, I have taken a position of Editor of Message Magazine. This is the main publication (circ. 130,000) for a non-profit missions organization based in Harrisburg, PA, called the Association of Baptists for World Evangelism. I get to spend my days tell stories of how God is [...]

Katherine and I celebrated our 25th anniversary this year. We live in Spotsylvania, Virginia, where I serve Spotsylvania Presbyterian Church, yes, PCUSA, 14 years in November. I am also a part time “farmer” on 10 acres, with 3 horses, 3 cats, 3 dogs and a tractor. Come visit. We love drop-ins!
Alan Hager
Grove City College, Class [...]

Alan and I celebrated our 25th anniversary this year. We currently live in Spotsylvania, Virginia, 50 miles south of DC in the Wilderness Battleground area. Our children, Kristen, 18 is at Germanna Community College) and Michael, 16, is at Riverbend High School.
I am the Director of Institutional Development for the National Institute of Family and [...]

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It is with great sadness that we share with you the news that our friend and former colleague, Rod Kirby [1998-2001], died on July 10. Rod came on staff with the CCO in 1998 to minister to athletes at the University of Pittsburgh. His memorial service will take place this coming Thursday in Monroeville, PA, [...]

Male college students are notorious for playing video games. Many of them spend hours sitting in front of their television or computer screens toying with the latest development in the gaming world. What can playing video games teach someone about God?
Bill Slease, a former CCO student and CCO staff alum, answers this question in a [...]

Twenty three. This is the number of years CCO staff member Sandie Starr Everhart has been serving students as a campus minister. After a vast amount of conversations, hundreds of sporting events and thousands of text messages, one of the many things Sandie has learned about college students is that they love food, especially the [...]

My wife and I and our two children live just outside of Lancaster, Pennsyvlania. Laura and I just celebrated our 10-year anniversary. We adopted two children four years ago, and they are now 17 and 14. I am teaching in an alternative education program and loving the diversity and opportunity to reach kids at a [...]