Category: News

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Persistent Hope – Annual Service of Celebration 2014

At today’s Annual Service of Celebration 2014 graduates of the CCS Diploma in Diaconal Ministries program reflected on Persistent Hope, and the 2014 Companions of the Centre, Lynda Gow and Eric Tusz-King, were honoured.

Best Wishes to our 2014 Grads

This weekend we will be recognizing the 2014 graduates of the Centre for Christian Studies and honouring the 2014 recipients of the Companion of the Centre Award. Congratulations are encouraged.

Help Us Spread the Word – LDM 2014

This year’s LDMs are in London and Winnipeg. Help us get the word out by downloading a poster to send to a friend or put up somewhere.

Love Your Neighbour, Raise the Welfare Rates

Churches in Winnipeg used their church signs to advocate for increased welfare rates. It looks like it made a difference.

2014 Pi Day Pie Charts

In honour of International Pi Day (held each year on March 14 or 3.14), here are some pie charts to give you a glimpse of who we are at CCS.

Mountain-top Moments and the Valleys of Reconciliation

“Like the transfiguration, the TRC is not an end in and of itself on the mountaintop, but a series of revelations in the long and lived valley of reconciliation.” Marcie Gibson reflections on reconciliation.

Shrove Tuesday

Three grads and one student from CCS led a Shrove Tuesday service in Burnaby, BC

AGM 2014 recap

About 35 friends of the Centre for Christian Studies from all across the country got on the phone last Thursday night for our Annual General Meeting.

Invitation – 2014 AGM

Everything you need to know to take part in the CCS Annual General Meeting on February 20th at 6pm CST.

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United Church Scholarships

The application deadline for three United Church scholarship- the W. Norman McLeod Scholarship, the McGeachy Senior Scholarship, and the Davidson Trust Award is March 15th, 2014.

Caring for All Creation

CCS student Tif McNaughton is part of leading a course called “Caring for All Creation: Land, Water, Our Natural Community.”

Tapestry – January 2014

A new edition of the Tapestry newsletter is available.

Expressing our Values

A new articulation of CCS’s core values, and an invitation to artists to create work inspire by those values.

Annual Campaign Intelligence

Thank you to all our donors. The figures are in and they are outstanding, or so the Finance Committee asserts.

Launching a Presence at Epiphany Explorations

If you’re at the Epiphany Explorations event in Victoria this weekend, come visit the CCS display table.