On December 30, 2011, the CCO received the following notification from Drew Crandall, founder and president of Northeast Christians At Work: I am delighted to report that CCO was nominated, and subsequently selected, to receive a 2011 Northeast Marketplace Ministry Award in the “Sowing Seeds in the Region” category. Why? Because of your faithful efforts [...]
The CCO (Coalition for Christian Outreach), a ministry to college students based in Pittsburgh, PA and working on 87 campuses located in seven states throughout the mid-Atlantic region, is seeking candidates to apply for the following position: Marketing Associate This is an excellent job for someone who would like to break into the field of [...]
(Pittsburgh) February 1, 2012—Sam Pogorelski has joined CCO staff to reach out to students at Columbus State Community College, The Dublin Center, in partnership with Shiloh Chapel. Sam recently graduated from Malone University with a degree in youth ministry and is newly married tp his wife, Kourtney. Prior to coming on board with the CCO, [...]
“I went to college with a basic understanding of who Christ was and what my faith meant—that is, not a lot,” says Steve Benson. “My life and my faith were two totally separate things, and freshman year, I lived that way. I went to church on Sundays, but every other day was mine to do [...]
“I recently found the journal I used to take notes in during Jubilee conferences,” says Carrie Anderton, who attended Jubilee three of her four years of college. “It is truly amazing how things I heard and wrote down then have been applied in my life over the past seven years. I was reading back through [...]
“Perhaps the most important thing I learned during my undergraduate days with the CCO is that our faith calls us to be connected to humanity and to the world, loving them and helping them turn to GOD, building up the Kingdom,” says Simon Huff. “I don’t care how strong your faith is, seeing thousands of [...]
“When I was a college student, I talked like a college student, I thought like a college student, I reasoned like a college student, I went to Jubilee. When I became a professional, I put the ways of college behind me and started going to Jubilee Professional.” —Katie Tarara, Director of Communications, Serving Leaders (and [...]
“Jubilee is fantastic!” says Marie Leichliter. “The first year I went, I was only a junior in high school. I went almost every year thereafter. I had the opportunity to witness so many young people, like myself, loving their Lord and praising. Once I became a professional, I attended again and had an equally valuable [...]
Jubilee 2012 is a conference designed to help college students catch a vision for how to serve God with ALL of their lives, and especially within their chosen field of study. But it’s never to early to begin thinking about these kinds of questions, which is why a special event has been created within the [...]
“I decided to pursue my career as a musician because my involvement with CCO gave me the tools to explore my art in ways consonant with my faith,” says Phil Thompson, a graduate of the prestigious Oberlin College Conservatory. “I think as a composer, it really shapes the kinds of projects I’m interested in, and [...]