Todd Johnson

“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. Through it all, I have continued to look at my days in the CCO as pivotal.”

Stephanie Wessel

“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. She remembers hearing for the first time about developing a biblical worldview perspective and thinking, “this is what it really means to be a Christian.”

Scott Mulrooney

“The CCO taught me that I should integrate my faith into my studies, and subsequently into my professional career,” says Scott Mulrooney. “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 in developing nations around the world.”

Katie Willey

“I know that being a Peace Corps Volunteer in Jordan is something I could not do without a strong faith. My faith is strong because of my experiences with CCO.” Given the opportunities she has to influence lives in Jordan, Katie believes that without the CCO, not only would her life be different, but so would the lives of the people in her village.

Dan White

“I knew I had a choice to make. I would either fully embrace my Christian faith, or I’d do the party thing. I’d play football and join a fraternity. But I knew I had to choose. If it hadn’t been for the CCO and Sandie, I often wonder if I’d even still be walking with the Lord.”

Jim Wilson

I can say with confidence that the CCO has affected the trajectory of my own life in a number of ways. The CCO has been that little voice in the back of my head that demands excellence, that demands faithfulness, that tells me that in the long run, people are important, and therefore relationships have a very, very high value.

Sarah Springer

In lots of different ways, CCO staff helped me to understand that my profession as a pediatrician is really not about me, but is about opportunities to serve and to show God’s love. The way we do things in our family is different than it would have been if we had not had that mentoring from the CCO.

Jim Paul

“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, PA.

Bea Thomas

“My first church experience was because of my involvement with the CCO. 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. For the first time, I was meeting Christian adults who were working out what it meant to live out their faith in every area of life.”

Roseann Sworts

“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.

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