CCO Campus Ministry

Johnny Johnston

Jun 24 2010. Posted in Transformed Lives

“I felt like I learned more during one summer at the Beach Project than in four years of classes,” Johnny says. “And I remember at Jubilee, one of the speakers talked about scholarship as worship—that they aren’t just two ‘ships’ passing in the night. That has always stuck with me.”

Stacie Sespico

“Without the CCO’s influence on our lives, I cannot imagine we would have become the family we are, and I am grateful to God that he allowed us the gift of being loved and nurtured by CCO staff during our vulnerable undergraduate years.”

Byron Pryor

Jun 17 2010. Posted in Transformed Lives

“If I had not connected to the CCO’s ministry at Messiah College, my life would be completely different today. I would be married to someone different. The depth of my relationships would be shallower—many of the friends I had in college were great friends, but they weren’t people I would live near and be this involved with for the rest of my life. The ones I met through the CCO ministry are still in my life today.”

Jennifer Pryor

Jun 15 2010. Posted in Transformed Lives

“The outgrowth of the CCO’s ministry has directly informed our decision to live in community with other Christians, in an urban, racially-diverse neighborhood which is different from what either of us grew up in. It encourages me to share my reason for hope and joy with my neighbors and co-workers.”

Nick White

Jun 10 2010. Posted in Transformed Lives

“My involvement with the CCO’s ministry completely changed my experience as a college student, because it helped me put things into proper perspective. Without the CCO, I probably would have continued to stray off the path and moved further away from God.”

Pidge Bannin

Jun 08 2010. Posted in Transformed Lives

“I am so grateful [CCO staff member] Debbie took the time to spend time with a messed-up little girl pretending to be in control of her life. God used her mightily. She has been the topic of many papers in my leadership classes; she is one of the best coaches and mentors I have ever met. Thirty-two years later and she is still influencing some of the very basic Christian principles I adhere to.”

Jake Nelko

Jun 03 2010. Posted in Transformed Lives

“I may not have explored my faith much or grown in Christ if not for the CCO’s ministry at Pitt. I wouldn’t have done the internship last year or tried youth ministry after that.”

Kristin Steffey

Jun 01 2010. Posted in Transformed Lives, Transformed Lives (Jubilee)

““It was through the CCO’s ministry that I discovered how to make Jesus my Lord as well as my Savior, the king over all of my life. Everything—my relationships, my career, my family, my finances—all of it is under his control and all of my decisions in these and all other areas would fall under his authority.”

Walt Mueller

May 27 2010. Posted in Transformed Lives

“Vocationally, three institutions have had a huge influence on what and how we at the Center for Parent/Youth Understanding do what we do: Geneva College, the CCO, and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. The fingerprints of those three are all over everything we’re doing and the way that we’re doing it. I feel blessed to have been a part of those three places at the time that I was.”

Sarah Brieschke

May 25 2010. Posted in Transformed Lives, Transformed Lives (Jubilee)

“Jubilee was phenomenal. It was a breath of fresh air to see so many people dedicated to figuring out the intersection of faith and their studies, what it means to be a Christian and a student, a Christian and an athlete.”

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