People Making A Difference

Here is what others have said about their involvement with Priority Associates.

Colin Maiorano
"I have a heart for reaching out to others, but I often find the business world to be overwhelming, and many times I have struggled to survive, let alone reach out to others.

"Then I joined a Priority Associates group study and through it, I met a really good friend. The two of us meet regularly to pray and hold one another accountable to grow personally, professionally and spiritually. He is the only person in my life who has prayed for me just about everyday since we met. There are many reasons that I am affiliated with Priority Associates, but one of the most important is that through PA, God has given me special relationships. I want to return the favor to others.

Colin is a motivational speaker who shares about his relationship with God in an optional session at his seminars. He has taught seminars at conferences for Priority Associates. He works closely with Priority Associates in Indianapolis.

Andrew & Melissa Szabo
"For over 20 years I have been in the workplace. I have seen the choices that people make and how they are so temporal - here today and gone tomorrow. What people are seeking won't sustain them. We have been there. Filling one's life with all the things the world has to offer will leave them thirsty. We want to share God's peace and how we have experienced God's infinite love. It has been a phenomenal 6 years. Melissa and I have experienced a healing and deepening love in our marriage.

"We want others to experience and feel the joy of connecting with God. The change we have seen in people fuels our own passion to be followers of Jesus Christ. Our driving motivation is that we have been there. We empathize with the hours that people put in and the juggling act that they have to perform to make their lives work.

"Richard C. Halverson, Chaplain of the U.S. Senate in his famous benediction probably best summarized it: 'You go nowhere by accident. Wherever you go, God is sending you. Wherever you are God has put you there. He has a purpose in you being there.'

"Priority Associates helps me keep a vision for this. They have developed the best cutting-edge we have seen, but also take very seriously the commitment to pray. We believe that combination will be exceptional success."

Andrew and Melissa live in Dallas, Texas and help give leadership to Priority Associates.

Will Barnes
"The other day I was in a Priority Associates office. I asked Jay, a staff person, where he found the people he talks to one-to-one or in groups. He showed me two stacks of cards from different events that Priority Associates had hosted. He said that each card was a person interested in spiritual issues and were hungry for God.

"Jay said that there was a great need for people who were willing to step out and help these professionals that had questions. I decided I wanted to be one of those people."

Will Barnes works as an Insurance Claims Manager in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Carlton and Carmen Jones
"We were drawn to Priority Associates because of the opportunity to work alongside of other business professionals in impacting the marketplace."

They are not just talking about making a difference in the marketplace. They are doing it," said Carmen. "It has been an exciting experience to see dynamic Christians who are entrepreneurs, unabashedly incorporate their faith into their businesses.

"We saw tremendous interest when Peter Lowe came to Washington D.C. Priority Associates passed out a magazine called Success Factors that went to thousands of attendees. The magazine introduces biblical principles that can be applied in the marketplace. After the event, over 300 people came to a follow-up meeting on how to have true success and grow your relationship with God. We saw the impact first hand. We saw lives changed.

"Priority Associates was an answer to prayer for me," said Carlton. "I wanted to be involved with individuals who were integrating faith and work. There is great hunger and need. Many have made money, they are owners of companies, but they haven't found satisfaction and fulfillment. People are seeking something more. Here are other marketplace professionals, just like me, who are transforming the marketplace and making an eternal difference."

Carlton and Carmen Jones are professionals in Washington, D.C. Carlton is general manager of Frontier Corporation, a communications company. Carmen is a project manager in the Secretary's Office of the Department of Transportation.