IMPACT STORIES
These are just a handful of resources which have been developed by CCO staff and staff alumni to use in ministry with college students. We hope you find them useful as well!
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...
In the Wilderness: 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...