CCO Campus MinistryStaff

Paul Smeltzer

Amy Maczuzak — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:31:41 +0000

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 young age. My wife was diagnosed with MS a few years ago, but is doing well coping with it. Peace and love.

Paul Smeltzer (University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, 1998-2003)

Kenn Hermann

Amy Maczuzak — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:40:54 +0000

It is with great sadness that we share the news that Kenneth Hermann (1980-81; Kent State University) passed away on Saturday, October 31, 2009, after a courageous battle with brain cancer. He was 64. His Celebration of Life Service took place on Saturday, November 7, 2009 in Kent.

Click here to read his obituary. Our prayers are with Kenn’s wife, Linda, his children, his grandchildren, and his extended family and friends.

Miriam (Ippel) Barnes

Amy Maczuzak — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:51:47 +0000

I was ordained as a Minister of Word & Sacrament in the Reformed Church in America (RCA) on July 26, 2009. My husband, Eric, and I moved to Canajoharie, New York in August 2009, where I have been called to serve as pastor for the Reformed Church of Canajoharie.

Miriam (Ippel) Barnes (Messiah College, 2000-03)

Dayton Castleman

Amy Maczuzak — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 15:34:06 +0000

In the fall of 2008, I joined the faculty of Trinity Christian College near Chicago as Assistant Professor of Art and Design, heading up the sculpture division. Karen, my wife, is dancing full-time with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, and Anna is enjoying pre-school. We’re enjoying Chicago, and I’m looking forward to participating in Jubilee 2009!

Dayton Castleman (Philadelphia Art Schools, 2002-06)

Jill (Hedden) Terpstra

Amy Maczuzak — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:01:05 +0000

In May, I graduated with a Master of Divinity and Master of Social Work. My husband and I moved to Wheeling, West Virginia, which is where I spent my first year on staff. I am coordinating a foster care program for a United Methodist agency and hope to be ordained in the next few months.

Jill (Hedden) Terpstra (Wheeling Jesuit University & Messiah College, 2000-04)

Alan Hager

Amy Maczuzak — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 19:43:19 +0000

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 of 1980
CCO staff at Baldwin-Wallace College and CCO Regional Director, 1981-90

Katherine Hager

Amy Maczuzak — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 19:42:02 +0000

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 Life Advocates, a legal advocacy group for pregnancy help centers.

Katherine Hager
Baldwin-Wallace College, Class of 1982
CCO staff at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 1989-90

Miriam (Ippel) Barnes

Amy Maczuzak — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:44:38 +0000

I graduated from Western Theological Seminary with my MDiv this past May. In June I got married to Eric Barnes. And in July, we moved to Princeton where Eric is in his final year of seminary. A summer of change! It’s fun to be back east and closer to current and past CCO staffers and campuses.

Miriam (Ippel) Barnes (Messiah College; 2000-2003)

Sara Sackville

Amy Maczuzak — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:42:39 +0000

Hi CCO People!

I am currently living in Odenton, MD, working as a licensed therapist at a residential treatment center for adolescents. I love it, and I definitely recognize how my time in the CCO uniquely prepared me for this position. Working with kids in this setting gives the word “holistic” a whole new meaning!!! Some days I feel like an RD, other times like a therapist, but most days I feel like a frustrated parent!!! If I had a penny for each time I heard the words “You just don\’t understand”… But somehow every week manages to surprise me with something beautiful, and the kids are just plain hilarious, too!

I would love to catch up with anybody in the DC area. My e-mail is sarasackville789@hotmail.com.

Sara Sackville
Geneva College, Class of 2000
CCO staff at Case Western Reserve University, 2000-03

Anthony Cicone

Amy Maczuzak — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:51:14 +0000

Dr. Anthony Cicone [1972-73] was among the first CCO workers, beginning his ministry to students at Ashland College and the College of Wooster in January 1972. After leaving staff, he graduated from Ashland Theological Seminary in 1976 and was ordained to the Presbyterian Church (USA) in 1980. Anthony earned his D.Min. from Fuller Theological Seminary in 1990. He left the pastoral ministry in 1997 to start a business called Access Funding Center.

Anthony and his wife, Elsie, were married in 1998. “I didn’t want to rush into anything, so I waited until I was 48 to get married,” he says. Anthony and Elsie have adopted two daughters from China, and they are living in Laurens, South Carolina. You can reach Anthony at drcicone@backroads.net.