Giving Tuesday 2024
Giving Tuesday is December 3.
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Alumni | Development | News
“As One Who Serves” – CCS Companion of the Centre
Who’s your diaconal hero? Who has inspired you with their compassionate care, or their courageous social justice work, or their transformative education?
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CCS is Seeking an Interim Development Coordinator
Come work with us!
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Farewell Picnic for Lori
UPDATED – Thank you to everyone who joined us on June 11 to wish Lori Stewart well as she retires.
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2024 Donor Survey Results
You told us why you support CCS.
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Food for Thought
Today after our staff meeting we all sat down to enjoy a lunch provided by an anonymous donor. This has happened a number of times before around the Christmas season – the folks at Food For Thought (a local catering company) phone us up to tell us that someone has donated a lunch to the…
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Update on our Annual Campaign
Glenda has been updating you on a regular basis about the fall financial campaign. But today we make an official announcement about a very generous donor who gave a large gift of company shares to CCS. On the day of transfer the shares were valued at $147,000. The donor, who wishes to remain anonymous, heard of…
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Annual Fundraising Campaign
First of all, let me share some statistics with you… Last year CCS had 33 full-time equivalent students training for diaconal ministry. It costs CCS $15,163.97/year to educate each student. A grant from the United Church of Canada covered $3,800 per student. Each student paid tuition of $4,500. This means, of course, that CCS needs to raise…
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Annual Campaign
The Annual Campaign will be launched immediately with a new planned giving program called the Songs of Life legacy book. This offers participants an opportunity to leave both a financial and historical legacy to the Centre for Christian Studies. Contributors make a promise to leave a bequest to CCS and have their life stories inscribed…
