When Ellen Baynton-Walker’s congregation had to decide how to respond to the pandemic, she turned to the CCS Spiral.
In response to the need to care for one another’s health and safety, we will be moving our our spring learning circles online.
Last year CCS presented Rev. Canon Nancy Ford with the Companion of the Centre Award in recognition of her work as an agent of justice and compassion and for her commitment to the diaconate in the Anglican Church. As we prepare for next week’s Annual General Meeting, we thought we’d check in with Nancy about …
Welcome to the Centre for Christian Studies’ 2019 Annual Report. Feel free to share it widely. You are invited to join us for the CCS Annual General Meeting on March 19, 2020.
The United Church’s 2020 Lenten study, “Faithfully Yours”, includes reflections from three current CCS students.
As “ChurchHub Specialist”, Deb creates space for the Spirit and support to the befuddled.
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 …
In January the Central Council of the Centre for Christian Studies concluded a visioning and planning conversations and adopted a new strategic plan. The Central Council was ably guided through visioning and strategic planning by Kirsten Earl-McCorrister of KEM Consulting – a name that might sound familiar, as she previously was staff here at CCS! …
A lot has happened since I last wrote for Common Threads in May. The Anglican Church of Canada’s General Synod did not pass the second needed vote to affirm same-sex marriage across the church. This was a heartbreaking loss for all queer Christians in Canada, as we were again reminded how many people view us …
Reverend Judy Steers graduated from CCS in 1994 with one of the last cohorts to experience the fulltime 3-year program in Toronto. As part of her studies she took theology courses at Toronto School of Theology, engaged in field work including time with L’Arche communities in Canada and India, and participated in formal academic classes …
Companion of the Centre Bessie Lane passed away at the beginning of December.
We are pleased to announce that the 2020 Companion of the Centre recipient will be Anne Manikel
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