The Ministry as Storytelling learning circle wraps up today. It has been an intensive week of of sharing biblical stories, personal stories, community stories, and reflecting on the power of story to make meaning, build bridges, and bring healing.
Kirsten Earl McCorrister started working at the Centre for Christian Studies in 2001 as the Communications and Development Officer. At that point in her career she had never done development work before. She and then principal Caryn Douglas attended various workshops and courses on development and she became more comfortable in the role. The Centre relied (and still…
Charlotte Caron, Ted Dodd and Ann Naylor from CCS attended the United Church Conference of Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario meetings in Kenora, ON during the last weekend in May. Ted chaired the Conference Visioning and Critical Reflection Committee which helps the Conference keep grounded in its theology. Charlotte participated in a presentation called “A Prairie…
The Log in my Eye Patricia Vollmann-Stock attended the Centre for Christian Studies’ 2-week intensive, Learning on Purpose, which took place in Victoria, B.C. from June 11-23, 2018. Our group of 12 men and women of various ages had the privilege to meet and hear stories from two people who work at Our Place Society,…
We are please to welcome Cheryl Thiessen as the new CCS office administrator.
Maylanne Maybee writes about the gathering of UCC Community and Social Justice Ministers – Sewing the Edges Together: It was a bit of a leap to go from that meeting to a gathering of community and social justice ministers of the United Church of Canada, June 8-11, 2011 at Canterbury Hills Conference Centre in Ancaster, just…