IMPACT STORIES

A Second Perspective on the First Day
May 18, 2025

Come to Life @ La Roche University
When Kaylee chose La Roche University, a college close to home, she couldn’t have guessed how far her faith would travel. So close to...

Machu Picchu!
May 30, 2025

Preparing to Experience Peru
April 14, 2025

Trekking the Andes
May 28, 2025

Short flight delay in Miami
May 31, 2025

Photo Shoot
May 22, 2025

Whatever it takes: How hot dogs help bring Christ to campus
The first week, they remembered the hot dogs but forgot to bring chairs.
So after the middle-aged church members, together with CCO...

Jeff Schallick: Not What I Expected
Jeff Schallick sits in a small trailer on the windswept plains of Wyoming, tracking chemicals and sand. Life after college hasn't been...

University of Pennsylvania: Nothing to fear, nothing to hide
When describing the typical University of Pennsylvania student, senior Euel Kebebew begins with some basic descriptors. “Professional....

IUP: Who else needs to know?
CCO campus ministry began at Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 1971, but it begins again every August when new students arrive on...

Bus ride to Huancayo
May 16, 2025

The Fruit of Partnership: CCO & First Presbyterian Church of Orlando
Since the University of Central Florida began construction in 2017 to open a downtown Orlando campus, the leaders of First Presbyterian...

Tuesday- Pacha Manca Day!
May 21, 2025

Monday- Trek update
May 27, 205

They're on their way!
May 12, 2025

Praying for Dom
It was finally that moment. As I stood in the front of the ballroom, ready to pray with any student who might come forward, the...

Monday thoughts
May 21, 2025

Donuts + Discussion + the Incarnation
In the fall of 2021, Katie Staronka and Dan Garrison Edwards lugged a folding table, a small whiteboard, and three dozen donuts across...

Kayla Smith: Standing Up
Growing up, I remember my parents always telling me that God can use your stuttering but he cannot use your silence. That phrase held...

A brief trek update
May 30, 2025

The in-between
May 25, 2025

Saturday and the market
May 19, 2025

From Middle School and Back Again: Morgan's Journey Sowing Seeds of Change
When Morgan Miller started college, God answered a prayer she had been praying since sixth grade.

Sunday's update
May 20, 2025

Never Too Late to Lead: How Mentorship Shapes Ministry
After introducing the five college students who would live in the church's discipleship house for the year, CCO staff member Dan...

Come and see: a story from Guilford College
Jennifer and Beth are students who attend our ministry on campus, but when Jennifer asked if she could attend Jubilee, I was surprised....

Student update from Lima
May 14, 2025

The group is in country
May 14,2025

The Ripple Effect: Building Leaders in the Wild
In 2022 and 2023, the CCO partnered with Williamson College of the Trades to do something that had never been done before.

The Gospel of John Challenge
Isaac didn't plan to spend two hours riding backward in the charter bus, perched on his knees and leaning over the headrest.
But as he...

Kaylynne Longmire: Why she almost gave up on politics
I hope to serve Jesus Christ by breaking down walls in international policy. I want to spread the light of Jesus in some of the darkest...

How a dying church found new life
We knew we had to do something to revitalize the church. After decades of declining attendance, we had to decide whether or not we had a...

The First Full Day
May 17, 2025

University of Richmond: Why do they go?
It can be hard to convince college students to leave the most beautiful campus in America—and that’s not hyperbole. In the 2024 edition...

Final post
May 30, 2025

Trading Distractions for Discipleship in Creation
In the summer of 2021, 14 college students and a handful of seasoned CCO staff entered into this amazing-and terrifying-invitation to six...