CCO staff member Randon Willard, who serves Robert Morris University as their Community & Volunteer Services Coordinator, was recently named Honorary Brother of the Year by the service fraternity, Alpha Phi Omega.
“Each year, Alpha Phi Omega at RMU chooses one faculty or staff member as their honorary brother of the year,” says Randon. “The […]
Screenagers: n. A term that combines two words to describe “teenagers who are online” and who are “always looking at the screen.” See also: generation Y, mouse potato, today’s college student
Do you know how to best communicate with college students? Better yet, do you know how they prefer that you communicate with them? If you […]
The article by Ann Rodgers, entitled “Local campus ministry named a top Christian workplace,” first appeared on the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette website on May 7, 2008:
The Pittsburgh-based campus ministry organization Coalition for Christian Outreach has been named one of America’s Best Christian Workplaces for the sixth year in a row.
“CCO is perennially on top […]
Penn State Abington named CCO staff member Katy Turman the 2008 “Advisor of the Year” for her work with Abington Christian Fellowship. Katy hosts a weekly dinner and Bible study in her home, mentors students one-on-one, and helps them organize service projects and spring break trips. She was nominated for this award by […]
At its annual awards banquet, Penn State Abington awarded CCO staff member Katy Turman with the Community Service Award for her initiative in starting up an “Alternative Spring Break” program. Over the past couple of years, she has taken students to Biloxi, Mississippi to do Hurricane Katrina relief work, and to the Children’s […]
When: Thursday, May 22, 2008 at 7:30 p.m.
Where: Carnegie Music Hall, 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA*
Cost: Open to the public and free of charge
*For more information about the venue and for parking options, please visit the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh website. (The Carnegie Music Hall is connected to the Museums of Art and of Natural […]
Contact: CCO (Coalition for Christian Outreach)
Vince Burens, Vice President of Staff Services
412.363.3303 ext. 141, vburens@ccojubilee.org
(Pittsburgh) April 23, 2008 — For the sixth year in a row, the CCO has been named one of the Best Christian Places to Work by the Best Christian Workplaces Institute. The announcement was made on April 23rd at the Christian […]
This question was posed in a recent Google ad, directing readers to a quiz to help them figure out the answer. It’s a sign of our times and our American culture, suggesting that we can walk through a supermarket of possibilities and choose, much as we do a favorite brand of toothpaste or cereal.
A recent […]
Contact: CCO (Coalition for Christian Outreach)
Becky Wainwright, Associate Director of Development, Metro Philadelphia
215-253-4047; rwainwright@ccojubilee.org
(Philadelphia) April 9, 2008 — On Saturday, April 19, 2008, the CCO (Coalition for Christian Outreach) will host One U, a one-day event designed to encourage Philadelphia college students and young adults to live faithful Christian lives, academically, vocationally, and residentially.
Students […]
Want to have lunch with former Steeler greats, LC Greenwood and JT Thomas? Interested in attending a Steelers, Pirates or Penguins game? Maybe you’d like to get a head start on your Christmas shopping by picking up some sports memorabilia—bid on a photograph of Troy Polamalu or a basket full of Pittsburgh Penguins paraphernalia.
Join us […]
Tired of the winter blahs? You won’t want to miss the CCO’s Escape to the Islands Dinner and Auction on April 25th at 6:30 p.m. at the Westin Convention Center Hotel in Pittsburgh. Mark your calendar now and plan to join us!
You’ll have an opportunity to bid on your own escape—how about a vacation […]
Contact: CCO (Coalition for Christian Outreach)
Vince Burens, Vice President for Staff Services
412-363-3303 ext. 141, vburens@ccojubilee.org
(Pittsburgh) March 17, 2008 — The CCO (Coalition for Christian Outreach) has received the 2008 Affiliate Award from the Wilderness Education Association (WEA), a national outdoor education organization.
“I am pleased to report that your organization has set an example, in many […]
Michael Gerson, former top aide and speech-writer for President George W. Bush and author of the book Heroic Conservatism, recently spoke at Jubilee 2008.
Mr. Gerson is also a regular contributor to The Washington Post. On February 27, 2008, his column entitled “Faith Without a Home” appeared, complete with reflections from his experiences at Jubilee:
“I have […]
“I’m serious folks, I think CCO may be America’s leading college ministry. You’re not going to find students being discipled this way with a distinctively missional Creation-Fall-Redemption-Restoration theology anywhere in the country.”
Dr. Anthony Bradley, Assistant Professor of Apologetics and Systematic Theology at Covenant Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri, kicked off the opening plenary session for […]
The Jubilee conference gathers thousands of students every year to help them catch a vision for how their Christian faith should inform the way they study, play, work and live out every area of life. Jubilee is about developing today’s students to become tomorrow’s leaders.
One of those leaders is CCO staff member Gene Tibbs. […]
Contact: Bonnie Liefer, Vice President for Marketing & Communications, CCO
(412) 363-3303 ext. 127 , bonnie@ccojubilee.org
(Pittsburgh) February 8, 2008 — The CCO will host more than 2,500 college students at the annual Jubilee Conference during the weekend of February 15-17, 2008 at the Westin Hotel and Convention Center in downtown Pittsburgh.
Key presenters for Jubilee 2008 […]
“The ‘true love waits’ saying is a bunch of crap,” said one female student, after listening to author Lauren Winner discuss her book, Real Sex: The Naked Truth About Chastity, at Vienna Presbyterian Church in September. “We are a feelings-oriented culture, and waiting doesn’t feel good.”
A survey done at Michigan State University indicates that 60% […]
More than 30 years ago, Charles W. Colson was not thinking about reaching out to prison inmates or reforming the U.S. penal system. In fact, this aide to President Richard Nixon was “incapable of humanitarian thought,” according to the media of the mid-1970s. Chuck Colson was known as the White House “hatchet man,” a man […]
Young adults are disillusioned with Christianity.
Many young adults today are more skeptical and resistant to Christianity than they were 10 years ago, according to the book Unchristian by Dave Kinneman. Only 16% of Americans between the ages of 16 and 29 said they have a favorable impression of Christianity. The most common terms they used […]
Artist and CCO staff member Yvonne Boudreaux works with students in Philadelphia at the University of the Arts and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. She was recently interviewed by LeAnne Benfield Martin for her blog, Christians in the Arts. The blog is “a discussion of why Christians should be interested in the arts […]
West Virginia University was named the number one party school for 2007 by The Princeton Review Annual Rankings. “The school has made the list seven times in the past 15 years, despite efforts to curb underage drinking and rowdy behavior,” writes Vicki Smith in an Associated Press report.
What the CCO is doing about it: College […]
The need to reach freshmen early
Despite strong levels of spiritual activity during their high school years, many college students are not interested in further developing their Christian faith during their young adult years, according to a 2006 study by The Barna Group. Approximately 60% of 20-somethings who were involved in a church during their teen […]
Only 58% of students are able to finish their bachelor’s degree within six years of enrollment, according to Eric Bierker of The College Transition Group. On average, college students graduate with over $3,000 of credit card debt. The pressure to drink and have sex can be overwhelming. Currently, the college student population has the highest […]
More than 30 new staff members recently completed the CCO’s annual New Staff Training program, hosted this summer at Grove City College. These men and women are now heading to the campuses where they will begin their ministry to college students, including several new campuses, from the University of Charleston in West Virginia to Cumberland […]
“What will become of the 2007 graduates who will leave us next month college-bound?”
CCO alumnus and associate staff member, Byron Borger, asks this question in his opinion piece about the importance of ministry to college students, published in the July 15, 2007 issue of The York Daily Record.
From his article, “The yearnings of young collegians”:
“Congregations […]
Why do some college students struggle with, or even lose, their Christian faith after they graduate, while others continue to grow and thrive?
In a 2006 study, the Barna Research Group reported that “a majority of twentysomethings — 61% of today’s young adults — had been churched at one point during their teen years but they […]
Congratulations to CCO staff member Derek Melleby and CCO alumnus Don Opitz on the publication of their book, The Outrageous Idea of Academic Faithfulness: A Guide for Students!
Released by Brazos Press on Wednesday, June 6, this one-of-a-kind book has received advance praise from a number of scholars, authors and booksellers. The theme of the book […]
The misuse and abuse of drugs and alcohol on college campuses has become more excessive, and “nearly one in four full-time students nationwide meets the medical threshold for substance abuse or dependence,” according to a report highlighted in the March 15, 2007 issue of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
That’s two and a half times the same rate […]
Congratulations to CCO staff member Dave McGeary! In April, he was awarded the first-ever Advisor of the Year Award from Penn State New Kensington.
“The unique part about this award is that it is chosen based on student nominations,” wrote Dan Amerman, Assistant to the Director of Student Affairs, in the email that informed Dave of […]
More than 50 Duquesne University students involved in the student-run (and CCO-advised) Crossroads Christian Fellowship group were recently treated to a free picnic by the university in honor of their distinction of being given the Outstanding Organization for Community Service Award. Whether passing out chocolate-covered pretzels to thank the university’s janitorial staff or traveling to […]
“When a young person dies, a universe of possibility dies as well.”
CCO Area Director Bob Robinson sums up how many of us within the CCO have experienced the heartbreaking news from Blacksburg, Virginia this past week. In the wake of the massacre of 32 individuals at Virginia Tech on Monday, students and professors, Bob writes,
As […]
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Palm Springs, CA – March 15, 2007 – Yesterday, at the Christian Management Association Conference in Palm Springs, California, Best Christian Workplaces Institute announced the finalists for the 2007 Best Christian Places to Work in the United States survey. For the […]
Over 2,100 students gathered during the weekend of February 16-18 for Jubilee 2007! Between seminars, worship sessions and concerts, students caught a vision for how they might offer their entire lives up to serve God.
It was packed weekend, during which students were challenged to live out the Gospel message—to care for the poor, to stand […]
Dr. Gideon Strauss is the editor of Comment, the Work Research Foundation’s monthly worldview journal.
I think I first heard about the Coalition for Christian Outreach from someone who told me about the maverick itinerant philosopher of western Pennsylvania, Pete Steen, and the astonishing influence he has had on students in that part of the world […]
The CCO (Coalition for Christian Outreach) will host nearly 2,000 college students at the annual Jubilee Conference during the weekend of February 16-18, 2007 at the Hilton Pittsburgh, downtown.
Chris Popadich, a CCO staff member who works with Late Night Christian Fellowship at Kent State University, joined the campus chapter of Habitat for Humanity to raise awareness of the perils of homelessness. Click here to read ‘Where did you sleep last night?’ Habitat for Humanity raises awareness about homelessness.
CCO staff members featured in PBS documentary about Civil Rights Bus Tour
For eight days in June, a group of Western Pennsylvanians journeyed to the sites of America’s Civil Rights struggle. The “Return to the Roots of Civil Rights Bus Tour” covered nearly 2,600 miles, traveling from Beaver Falls to the Deep South. Among the travelers […]
Seattle, WA – March 16, 2006 – For the fourth consecutive year, the Coalition for Christian Outreach (CCO) has taken top honors in the Best Christian Places to Work in the United States survey.