• Ignorance might not be bliss • [2 MIN READ] Naiveté brings mixed blessings. Mine began with my training as a new CCO staff member. Hindsight will defend the rigor of Coalition for Christian Outreach’s training, but the on-the-nonce made for 9 full weeks of … intense. I experienced the training with 6 other members of … More Summer of My Intense*
• Some how’s and who’s of the process • [1 MIN READ] At the beginning of June, I began the most formal, sustained training experience since I joining Coalition for Christian Outreach in February. It was intense — shaped by the ideas and experiences I brought to the process and encompassing the steep learning curve that was … More Onboarding Was Just the Start
[Archival post] • Ben • Calvin • Nancy • Meesh • Noah • Ben The current CCO church partner to ACF is ‘New Life‘, Glenside (New Life Presbyterian Church). As of 2019, since that partnership began, Ben Thompson has been the staff member serving the fellowship. He is a salaried staff member of both CCO and NLC. Practically, and particularly because NLC … More 2025-2026 Ministerial Leadership
• Alumni, unite! • [2 MIN READ] For unfamiliar readers, Coalition for Christian Outreach hosts an annual student conference in Pittsburgh called Jubilee (JubileeConference.com). It is a Christian conference cast in an academic hue; appropriate given its primary audience. ACF attends this mid-February event every year. One of its carnal pleasures is the munchies bag … More Serving the Club More
• Which will play over the next academic year • [1½ MIN READ] It wasn’t a Marvel, DC, Twilight, or Knives Out franchise. Instead, it was last year’s Arcadia Christian Fellowship summer term (iCandybyWangC.com and elsewhere unless otherwise specified). The prequel took the form of a study on how to read the bible. This wasn’t … More Summer Prequel to the Main Feature
• It’s a biblical reference. Nothing that weird, here. • [2 MIN READ] Executive Summary: This piece is an invitation for you to join my wife in her campus ministry work with me in mine. I parted ways with my job as an academic librarian in 2022 after 17 years. Maybe it was time, professionally. … More My Wife Is Joanna, Wife of Chuza
• What’s the debate? • [2½ MIN READ] One of our ACF guys has a twin sister. This means sis Jada and bro James are fraternal twins, dizygotic, i.e., ones that develop from 2 different eggs. Identical twins develop when a fertilized egg divides into 2, the halves containing the same genetic material. “Monozygotic” twins … More Identical Twins Are Always the Same Gender
• Think hungry young people • Weekly club meetings for ACF take place every Friday at noon with lunch provided. It may seem like the food appears miraculously. And in some ways, it does! I’m thinking Elijah and the ravens here, 1 Kings 17:2-6 (Biblegateway.com). In that account, God sends his prophet on the lam … More Food Is Kinda Important
• As this ministerial effort begins • Go to: The Direct Route. Become an organizational partner and donor through Calvin Wang @ CCO (iCandybyWangC.com). Read more: Emotional, Social, & Spiritual Support (iCandybyWang.com) Staff Account As a part-time staff member, I have $18,000 of financial need. This amount meets my salary needs and institutional … More The Initial Need
Calvin Wang serves Arcadia University‘s ACF (Arcadia Christian Fellowship) through CCO (Coalition for Christian Outreach. Respective websites.). He began serving as a staff member in February 2026. Weekly emails to interested students specify exactly what events — Weekly and Special — are taking place, exactly where. Weekly FRIDAY, NOON: ACF’s core event is … More Spring 2026
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