The Campus Ministries of Northeast Pennsylvania conducts various ministries at Penn State's Hazleton Campus including lectures, the Listening Post, and a Christmas cookie ministry to resident students on the campus.

Listening Post 

   The Listening Post ministry encourages volunteers to engage students in conversation.  As its name suggests, it emphasizes listening--to students' joys, concerns, complaints, etc.  Volunteers should, therefore, possess good listening skills, as well as compassion, but are NOT expected to be professional counselors.  The Listening Post is not a ministry designed to solve students' problems, especially those of a personal or psychological nature.
   A typical Listening Post volunteer sits at a table, covered with a checkered or otherwise colorful tablecloth, and provides an inexpensive snack (for example, a dish of unshelled peanuts) as an ice-breaker.
   At Penn State Hazleton, the Listening Post ministry takes place once a week (usually Tuesday) from about 11:30 AM to about 1 PM on the main floor of the Butler Building.  Volunteers typically agree to serve about once every four weeks. 
   Anyone interested in volunteering may contact his/her pastor, or Rev. Cheryl Cavalari, Executive Director of Campus Ministries of Northeast Pennsylvania (570-696-2582).