CCO Campus MinistryNewsroom

The CCO welcomes entrepreneur Sylvia Wallace to CCAC

Amy Maczuzak — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:30:04 +0000

(Pittsburgh) February 6, 2012 — Founder and CEO of Dynasty Arts, Sylvia Wallace has been hired by the CCO to reach out to students at the Community College of Allegheny County’s Allegheny Campus. Dynasty Arts is a nonprofit multicultural arts organization which Sylvia founded January 15, 2010. The organization received its 501(c)3 tax exempt status on November 9, 2010. Dynasty Arts’ mission is to provide educational training, literary development, workforce development and economic growth opportunities for creative and performing artists.

Since finishing her master’s degree in education at Duquesne University, Sylvia has held a number of different positions. After stints at AT&T, Comcast, the University of Pittsburgh’s Small Business Development Center and the Afro American Music Institute, Sylvia founded not one, but two organizations: Dynasty Arts and EBAC (Ellard Business Advisory Center), a freelance consulting business established by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 1993.

Sylvia is passionate about providing opportunities for students, particularly in the arts, and directing them towards their dreams and aspirations. “I believe the call of God is leading me to do campus ministry that will involve creating many destinies and opportunities for college students who have a love for music and a desire to serve a variety of diverse communities and special need populations,” Sylvia says. “My vision is to increase the number of Christian leaders on campus and to provide a continuum of long-term support related to their career aspirations or entrepreneurial pursuits.”

Sylvia is married to W. Gregory Wallace, who is on the board of Dynasty Arts. Both of them are musicians who serve on the worship team at Allegheny Center Alliance Church, located on Pittsburgh’s North Side.

The CCO is a campus ministry organization which partners with churches, colleges and organizations to develop men and women who live out their Christian faith in every area of life. The CCO’s core purpose is “transforming college students to transform the world.”

To learn more about the CCO, visit www.ccojubilee.org, email cco {at} ccojubilee(.)org or call 412.363.3303.

Contact: CCO (Coalition for Christian Outreach),
Mitch Hill, Staff Director for Greater Pittsburgh
mhill {at} ccojubilee(.)org

CCO wins 2011 Northeast Marketplace Ministry Award

Amy Maczuzak — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:59:58 +0000

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 to influence and impact college students to be Christlike when they graduate and begin their careers.

For details on the awards, now in our 13th year, please visit www.ChristAtWork.org.

Keep on keeping on for the Kingdom!

Click here to view a complete list of 2011 award-winners.

CCO Job Opening: Marketing Associate

Amy Maczuzak — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:38:47 +0000

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 marketing. The CCO marketing associate will have his or her hands in a little of everything, gaining a wide range of marketing print, web and social media experience. The job is about 50% administrative and 50% creative. The primary objective is promoting the CCO via social media and the CCO website, and the secondary objectives are to run the CCO cards ministry, assist the Vice President of Marketing & Communications with clerical tasks, image editing and project management. Click here for the full job description.

Candidates should be fully committed to the CCO’s core purpose of “transforming college students to transform the world” and be able to live by and profess our five core values: 1. All things belong to God. 2. Jesus changes people’s lives. 3. We love college students. 4. Faithfulness is pursued together. 5. We celebrate life.

If you or someone you know are interested in this position, please apply by sending a cover letter and résumé to Lee Scott, Director of Staff Services (c/o CCO, 5912 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15206).

The CCO welcomes new staff member, Sam Pogorelski

Amy Maczuzak — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:35:08 +0000

(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, Sam worked as a Youth Worker at Malone and as a caretaker of homeless children at The 12 of Ohio, a nonprofit foster care home.

“I am excited to be able to have the unique opportunity to work with both youth kids and college students and hopefully bridge the gap between the two,” says Sam of his new role at Shiloh Chapel and CSCC’s Dublin Center.

To learn more about the CCO, visit www.ccojubilee.org, email cco {at} ccojubilee(.)org or call 412.363.3303.

Contact: CCO (Coalition for Christian Outreach)
Jonathan Weyer: Staff Director, Ohio
jweyer {at} ccojubilee(.)org

Steve Benson: “It dawned on me that I could merge my faith and my studies.”

Amy Maczuzak — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:09:23 +0000

“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 with as I pleased. Bill and Allie helped me understand that it needed to affect my school life, how I wrote my papers, my social life, everything. I majored in criminal justice and political science, and at Jubilee, Byron Borger put a book called Crime and Its Victims by Paul Van Ness into my hands. That book changed the way I thought about the criminal justice system, and it finally dawned on me that I could merge my faith and my studies.”

Click here to read Steve’s story.

How Jubilee prepared Carrie Anderton for life after college

Amy Maczuzak — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:07:06 +0000

“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 and thinking, ‘Wow, I didn’t even realize what an impact this would have on my life or how true it would be until now that I am taking the time to look back on it.’”

Click here to read Carrie’s story.

Simon Huff: “Jubilee is the event of the year”

Amy Maczuzak — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:59:30 +0000

“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 college students coming together from all walks of life all over the country to worship GOD and seek his will—that’s gonna move you. Getting to talk with teachers and scientists and social activists who are all seeking to fulfill what Christ meant when he said, ‘on Earth as it is in Heaven,’ and more importantly, to see firsthand how you can be a part of this Kingdom-plan, might be the most important concept that a student can learn in his college days. Jubilee is the event of the year. I can’t speak enough about it.”

Click here to read Simon’s story.

Jubilee 2012: not just for college students

Amy Maczuzak — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 10:44:52 +0000

“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 CCO student and staff alumna)

The CCO and Serving Leaders partner to host Jubilee Professional, bringing together Pittsburgh professionals with national thought leaders and practitioners in business, education, theology, science, and the arts to explore the role of faith in our everyday work life. Join with fellow leaders and influencers in our region on Friday, February 17, 2012, from 1-10pm, for a special kickoff session to the Jubilee conference, and experience a stimulating and encouraging day of learning, conversation and discovery.

Click here to find out more!

On attending Jubilee as a high school student

Amy Maczuzak — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:12:35 +0000

“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 experience worshiping with my students.”

Click here to read Marie’s story.

High school students invited to Experience Jubilee

Amy Maczuzak — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:57:23 +0000

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 Jubilee conference specifically for high school students.

On Saturday, February 18, from 6:30-9:30pm, high school students, their parents and youth pastors are invited to Experience Jubilee. The cost is $15 per person, or a group rate of $10 per person if eight or more people register together. Click here to find out more!