CCO Campus Ministry

Christine Olmeda

“The CCO challenged me in engineering. It opened my eyes to different opportunities of what being a Christian engineer could look like,” says Penn State graduate Christine Olmeda. Christine has responded to that challenge by accepting a two-year call to join a team working with World Harvest Mission, serving a local church in the Sudan.

Jay Bennett

Mar 11 2010. Posted in Transformed Lives

““My experience with the CCO was so formative that all of my decisions, relationships, interactions, and career choices have been affected by it. I think in no uncertain terms the CCO saved my faith in college by demonstrating how to be thoughtful, scholarly, critical, and still a committed Christian.”

Stephanie Collier

Mar 09 2010. Posted in Transformed Lives, Transformed Lives (Jubilee)

“Jubilee really helped me to realize that whatever I decided to do with my life should be used to glorify God. It also helped me to realize that God can use Christians and their talents anywhere He places them and in any job they perform. I felt that God was telling me to do something important with my life.”

Ken MacLeod

Mar 04 2010. Posted in Transformed Lives

“College would have been a more confusing and frustrating place without the CCO telling me that my faith is supposed to be about my life today. Faith is relevant in everything, even in how we approach our school work.”

Kay Balderose

Mar 02 2010. Posted in Transformed Lives, Transformed Lives (Jubilee)

“I moved from the hedonistic, pleasure-seeking, wild and crazy college lifestyle to realizing that because of Jesus, I was a worthwhile person and I had value. I have always had such gratitude for those adults who came to campus and talked to us about Jesus.”

Craig Kozminski

Feb 25 2010. Posted in Transformed Lives

“The CCO brought my faith into my everyday life. It was a life-changing experience which most definitely prepared me for life in the ‘real world.’ The CCO taught me a great deal about what it means to be a man and husband within the Church.”

Carolyn Clarke

Feb 23 2010. Posted in Transformed Lives

“The CCO taught me that being a Christian is hard work. I am staggeringly grateful for the CCO. It taught me to be faithful, to pursue life with excellence, and to proclaim God’s glory, even when life is confusing and painful.”

Dave Westerlund

Feb 18 2010. Posted in Transformed Lives

“Had I not been part of a vital campus ministry like I found at Pitt, I imagine I would have gotten my degree but had a lot narrower focus on the world. The CCO’s ministry taught me how my faith connects to the rest of the world. I’m always thinking about ways to live better, to contribute to the larger community.”

Audrey Warfel

Feb 16 2010. Posted in Transformed Lives

“Everything about my life is now colored by the understanding of God that started when I was a college student—the food I choose to eat, how I spend my time and money, the way I hope to answer my son’s questions about life, and the recommendations I make when people seek to use technology for their business.”

Mark Greenlee

Feb 11 2010. Posted in Transformed Lives

“Allegheny was an intellectually-charged environment. [CCO staff member] Brad Frey encouraged us to think seriously about the implications of our faith in terms of what we were learning in the classroom that day and how we would live our lives in the future.”

Transformed Lives