This is what Rob Stottlemyer, a Penn State University graduate who is now living and working in the Pittsburgh area, posted on his Facebook page* on Sunday afternoon after returning home from Jubilee 2012. The reason I keep going back to Jubilee was palpable in the convention center this morning. It was a sense that [...]
(Pittsburgh) March 7, 2012—On March 7, 2012, Clifford Cartwright came on board as the CCO’s Director of Recruiting, teaming up with Alycia Hodil to recruit and place staff on campuses to minister to college students. “The CCO has given me the opportunity to work in collaboration with people who are as passionate as I am [...]
“Without the CCO’s ministry, I would not have been the faithful student that I was,” says Dana Ray. “Where else would I have been challenged to use creative writing to the glory of God? God cares about my academics and my creativity and art? God has campus ministers who go to poetry readings and chat [...]
CCO staff member Steve Lutz reaches out to students at Penn State University. Steve has a cousin who is married to a campus minister at Harvard University, and that campus minister mentored a student named Jeremy Lin. Have you heard of Jeremy? Seen the global newspaper headlines about “Linsanity”? Jeremy is the latest sports phenom, [...]
“The Jubilee vision fundamentally shaped my life,” says Chris White. “In my job as a pastor, I understand that my work is about calling people in whatever they do to be able to follow Christ. I understand that Jesus is Lord of everything. That’s what I learned from the CCO.” Find out what else Chris [...]
Shippensburg University graduate and CCO staff member Matthew Ramsay has recently realized a dream: he and his wife, Kristin, have just opened a coffee shop near their alma mater. Do you want to find out how Matt is combining his passion for good coffee and college ministry? To find out how the Mosaic Coffee Company came [...]
It has been my custom to share a rather long post this time each year, reflecting on our role at the annual Jubilee conference, sponsored by the CCO and filling you in a bit on the books that sold there. CCO is the campus ministry organization for whom we regularly sell books, that Beth and [...]
This past weekend, 2,500 college students packed the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in downtown Pittsburgh. They came from near and far to learn why “Everything Matters,” the theme of this year’s Jubilee conference. The conference is held every February to inform college students about their opportunity to have an impact on the world through [...]
An ordinary-looking man holding a cup of coffee and standing next to a sign reading “ask a campus minister anything” was the sight that Shippensburg University students saw Monday outside of the Ezra Lehman Memorial Library… That “ordinary-looking man” is CCO staff member Matt Ramsay. Click here to find out why Matt is inviting questions [...]
Thanks to all who joined us this past weekend at Jubilee 2012! We hope you are sensing God’s call on your life and His work in every area of His creation. Stay tuned for stories from the weekend, but meanwhile, enjoy some of the images photographer Andrew Rush captured of the conference.