Colby Long: Sometimes even a brief encounter with the ministry of the CCO proves to have far-reaching effects.

The CCO, Colby Long believes, is successful in encouraging students to live a holistic life in regard to Christianity—not separating the spiritual life from the secular. To Colby, faithful Christian living involves seeing God in the daily decisions he makes, whether in daily activities like taking out the trash or doing dishes, or in how [...]

Todd Johnson: “I have continued to look at my days in the CCO as pivotal.”

“Through the CCO community, I deepened and broadened my faith in ways I never would have imagined, and I discerned a call to ministry,” says Todd Johnson. “This call has taken me though a variety of experiences, as I have served as a police and hospital chaplain, campus minister, parish pastor and now seminary professor. [...]

Stephanie Wessel: “This is what it really means to be a Christian.”

“The main thing the CCO gave me was an intentional community—a framework, a context, people who spoke the same language and had the same beliefs,” says Stephanie Swaney Wessel of her experience as a student at Allegheny College.

Architect credits CCO with giving him a vision to serve developing countries

“The CCO taught me that I should integrate my faith into my studies, and subsequently into my professional career,” says Scott Mulrooney, who graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in 1988. “Twenty years later, I am still attempting that integration as a self-styled architect of the poor, humbly ministering to both their physical and spiritual needs [...]

Speaking about God’s glory in the university and the work world

“My entire life has been a personal faith divorced from my public life,” said Dawn. “It isn’t until I started worshipping here that I started hearing that it doesn’t have to be that way.”
On September 25, Dawn, along with more than 70 graduate students, university faculty members and young working professionals, gathered at Bellefield Presbyterian [...]

CCO staff reach out to students through local coffeeshop

If there is a desire to see Kingdom work happening at your coffeehouse, there is no better way to accomplish this than to partner with the CCO. It is a constant encouragement to be working with CCO staff.
We have experienced a more clearly defined relationship between coffee service and faith sharing since we started partnering [...]

Peace Corps volunteer credits CCO with building her character

“The CCO was a catalyst to my growth as an individual,” says Katie Willey, “The CCO’s Leadership and Discipleship in the Wilderness trip provided for me a safe place to grow and provided chances for me to gain confidence and build up a track record of successes to look back on. Without the CCO, I [...]

The CCO welcomes Karen Johnson

(Pittsburgh) September 24, 2008 — Karen Johnson has joined the CCO to serve as Outdoor Leadership Team Administrator.

Slippery Rock University football coach is grateful for CCO ministry

Most athletic programs put so much emphasis on academic support for student athletes, and physical support in terms of weight training, that sometimes you overlook the spiritual aspect. That’s what we had done for many years at Slippery Rock University.
Then Josh came along, and he has done a great job connecting with the players [...]

Dennis Simmons joins the CCO

(Pittsburgh) September 17, 2008 — Dennis Simmons has joined the CCO to reach out to students at Thiel College in partnership with First Baptist Church of Greenville, Pennsylvania, where he serves as Campus Ministry Director.

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