Fall is here and the CCS library has added some new books. Here are just a few of the new books we’re reading these days: Christianity After Religion by Diana Butler Bass Know Your Story and Lead with It: The Power of Narrative in Clergy Leadership by Richard Hester and Kelli Walker-Jones Good Girls, Good…
CCS is happy to welcome Dianne Baker and Louise Simbanduwe to kick off our 2012-2013 Second Friday series of noon-hour learnings, at 12 noon on Friday, September 14. Dianne and Louise will be discussing accompaniment and solidarity. Dianne Baker served with the Ecumenical Accompaniment Program in Palestine and Israel for three months in 2011. She…
The Emma Kaufman Scholarship is an award of approximately $10,000 for extended studies or learning outside of Canada. It is given out occasionally, as funds permit, by the Centre for Christian Studies. Background of the Scholarship The Kaufman Scholarship was established in 1945 by Emma R. Kaufman as an expression of her very deep concern…
Centre For Christian Studies Is Seeking a Development and Community Relations Officer Based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, The Centre for Christian Studies is a Canadian theological school that has been training women and men for ministry since 1892. It specializes in the education of diaconal ministers for the United Church and Anglican Church of Canada. It…
Reminder: On September 4 the registration fee for CCS’s 120th Anniversary weekend goes up. Register now and save. Online registration is available. View the schedule of events. Public lecture with Stan McKay and Joy Kogawa, concert with Carolyn McDade, class reunions, workshops, banquet, and more…
Charlotte Caron, former Acting Principal and also a member of the 120th Local Planning Group, adds: Dorothy Naylor who has retired several times but finally came to rest in Ottawa where she and Garth enjoy life in a condo community, are participants in First United Church (co-habiting/sharing with All Saints Anglican), and escape to Pugwash,…
Companion of the Centre Barbara Barnett, a member of the local 120th Local Planning Group, writes: Carolyn’s words and music have been part of the life of CCS since the 1980s. She is a lover of language and sound. A writer of sound, she is committed to the power of the human voice singing and speaking…
Approximately 50+ registrations to date plus 15 or so Social Ministry students plus staff! A reminder: Early Bird rates apply until September 4. After that, regular registration fee goes up to $120. Register NOW online. The 120th Planning Team, plus Friends and volunteers are busy: Charlotte Caron is organizing class reunions; Barbara Barnett is working…
Ann Naylor reflects on the 41st General Council of the UCC, August 11-18, 2012 “You are doing well, relatively speaking, but you need to muscle up because the hardest sprint is yet to come and it’s not optional for this church.” (Marie Wilson, Commissioner, Truth and Reconciliation Commission, August 17, 2012 address to the 41st…
CCS Principal Maylanne Maybee writes:This is the second week of my first LDM! Fourteen students signed up for the August course at Woodsworth House in Winnipeg: ten women, four men; seven from the United Church, four from the Anglican Church, three from other traditions (Mennonite, Lutheran, and non-denominational). I have been apprenticing with Ted Dodd…
Indeed, those would be NEW SHINGLES being installed at JS Woodworth House. And what a Summer during which to have the work done, with average afternoon temperatures hovering at +/- 30 degrees C. before factoring in the humidex. Pass the lemonade please – I’m overheating simply by looking at the photograph. (photo credit- Gwenna Moss)
CCS program admininstrator and registrar, Scott Douglas, was the recipient of the 2012 Harry S. Rintoul Award for best new Manitoba play at the Winnipeg Fringe Festival, presented by the Manitoba Association of Playwrights, for his play The Touring Test. More information about the show at www.touringtest.net
[Update Sept 20, 2012: Due to a family emergency, Joy Kogawa will not be able to attend this event. Click here for updated information about this public lecture.] Principal Maylanne Maybee writes: When the CCS Central Council reviewed the proposed program for the 120th Anniversary Weekend, they made a point of suggesting an event that…
UPDATE: This event has been cancelled due to lack of registrations. Alas. Watch for more short term programming sponsored by CCS in the future. Identify your own faith stance! Practice sharing faith with respect and in a way that honours differences! Faith Conversations With Integrity is a a short-term learning opportunity sponsored by the Centre…
Noon-hour learning at the Centre fro Christian Studies. Bring your lunch. September 14 Theology of Accompaniment and Solidarity Dianne Baker and Louise Simbanduwe October 12 Theology of Justice and Liberation Barbara Lloyd, Maylanne Maybee and Yoon Ok Shin November 9 Theology of Creation Fjola Hart Wasekeesikaw. Paul Gehrs and Shaun Loney December 14 Theology of…