Roseann Sworts
Jul 23 2008. Posted in Transformed Lives“The CCO is about Christ and Christ is about relationships,” says Roseann Sworts. “Because the Sheelers showed how much they cared for me, I want to show that kind of care for others.” Today, Roseann shows that care to the young people she serves as the Youth Ministry Director at Puckety Presbyterian Church in Lower Burrell, Pennsylvania.
Renee Boring
Jun 18 2008. Posted in Transformed Lives“The CCO’s ministry is what taught me that being a Christian teacher is about more than just sharing what you believe with colleagues and kids. It’s about how you organize your lessons and how you decide what you’re going to teach, and even where you’re going to teach.”
Will Gigante
Jun 08 2008. Posted in Transformed Lives“Eight different CCO staff people shared the gospel with me that summer,” says Will Gigante. “But that isn’t what sold me on Christianity. It was seeing them live it.”
James Jumper
Jun 06 2008. Posted in Transformed Lives“Because of the CCO, I became convinced that a person can be intellectually honest and be a Christian,” says Jim Jumper. “If I didn’t have that, I probably would have bagged my faith after college.”
Nancy Franson
Jun 06 2008. Posted in Transformed Lives“The most important thing the CCO did for me was to help me to find faithful Christian friends within the church. Penn State University was so big, and so different from the small town where I grew up. It was overwhelming to try to be a Christian there…”
Bea Thomas
Jun 06 2008. Posted in Transformed Lives“My first church experience was because of my involvement with the CCO. Although I became a Christian through another ministry in high school, I was not affiliated with a church then. In college, the CCO staff I knew were on the staff of a local church, so I began attending and got involved in the life of the church.”
Renee Suhr
May 14 2008. Posted in Transformed Lives“The CCO pushed me to think about every single area of my life and encouraged me to be voracious about understanding the perspective of Christ as it relates to everything,” says Renee Suhr.
Charles Chapman
May 14 2008. Posted in Transformed Lives“Finding the CCO’s ministry at Pitt is among the top five best things that ever happened to me in my life,” says Charles Chapman. “All that came out of it and the way God has used it is amazing.”
Jim Paul
May 12 2008. Posted in Transformed Lives“God used different ministries of the CCO to guide me into not just my current profession, but pointed me in a direction that I plan on continuing for the rest of my life,” says Jim Paul, Director of Adventure Education at the Ligonier Camp and Conference Center in Ligonier, Pennsylvania.
Michele Barnes McClendon
May 12 2008. Posted in Transformed Lives“My involvement with the CCO was a HUGE part of my developing and maturing walk with Christ,” says Michele Barnes McClendon. “I had superb discipleship from [CCO staff] Ted Schumacher and Todd McCauley. I had sound guidance, wisdom and advice with every decision I made.”