CCS Friday – Epiphanies
OnlineIn season of Epiphany we explore the nature of epiphanies in our lives, including spiritual practices for staying open to and journeying toward epiphany.
Worship 2021
OnlineAn online education and worship learning circle. More info...
CCS Friday – Holding a Virtual AGM
OnlineJoin us for an information-sharing and discussion session on best practices for holding a church annual meeting online using a platform like Zoom.
CCS Friday – The Pandemic of Racism
OnlineJoin us for an online discussion of the ways in which the covid-19 pandemic exposes long-standing racial divisions and systemic injustices, and perhaps to imagine opportunities for change. Our special guest will be Kim Uyede-Kai
CCS Annual General Meeting 2021
OnlineJoin us for our AGM. Thursday, March 25, 2021 at 6pm Central Time via Zoom. Please register so we know who to expect. Documents 2021 AGM Agenda 2020 AGM Minutes 2020 Audited Financial statements Nominations Table 2021 2020 Annual Report 2020 2020 Year Book
Profiles in Diakonia
OnlineJoin us for a celebration of diaconal heroes. CCS students present profiles of those who have walked the diaconal path before, and a conversation with 2021 Companion of the Centre, Anne Manikel.
Living Scripture 2021
OnlineAn intensive education and worship learning circle, offered online this year. More info...
Annual Service of Celebration 2021
OnlineJoin us for an online worship service as we celebrate our 2021 graduates of the Centre for Christian Studies and honour this year's Companion of the Centre, Anne Manikel.
CCS Online Tea Party 2021
OnlineJoin us for an informal online reception to visit with new graduates, the 2021 Companion, staff, students, and friends of the Centre for Christian Studies. There will be a short time of introductions, followed by breakout rooms for conversation. It might be a little chaotic at times, but it will be friendly and fun. Please …
Grief and Loss 2021
OnlineAn intensive pastoral care learning circle, offered online this year. More info...
CCS Friday – How It Ends
OnlineREGISTER Join us for a reading from and discussion of "How It Ends" by playwright Debbie Patterson. "How It Ends" is an immersive, interactive dance/theatre piece, produced in Winnipeg in 2019. It explores end-of-life issues, seen through the lens of disability. Playwright Debbie Patterson uses her lived experience of a progressive, debilitating, incurable illness to provide a new …
Ministry as Community-building 2021
OnlineAn online social justice learning circle. More info...
Learning on Purpose 2021
OnlineAn intensive 2-week leadership development circle, offered online this year. More info...
Culture and Identity 2021
OnlineAn education and worship learning circle exploring race and culture, interfaith and ecumenical connections, and intersectionality. More info...
CCS Friday – Indigenous Autonomy and Theological Education
OnlineJoin us for an online discussion of Indigenous testamur and a vision of decolonized theological training for the Indigenous church that honours Indigenous self-determination. Our special guest will be Adrian Jacobs, Keeper of the Circle at the Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre
Right Relations 2021
A social justice learning circle on the relationship of indigenous and settler people in Canada, treaty as covenant, truth and reconciliation, indigenous spiritualities, land, and the theology of mission.
CCS Friday – Unanswered Questions about 9/11
OnlineJoin us for an online discussion of "Unanswered Questions", Ray McGinnis' recent book (and accompanying study guide for churches) about the families of those killed in the terrorist attack on the World Trade Centre on Sept. 11, 2001, and their attempts to get answers from their government.
CCS Friday – Rearranging Theological Imaginaries
OnlineJoin us for on Friday, December 10, for an online conversation with Natalie Wigg-Stevenson on her new book "Transgressive Devotion: Theology as Performance Art."
Farewell to Michelle Owens
OnlineJoin us online to say farewell to principal Michelle Owens as she leaves the Centre for Christian Studies to return to congregational ministry in Ontario.
CCS Friday – Painting Canadian Lives: Art and Education
OnlineJoin us on Friday, February 11, for an online discussion of learning from art and learning through art, and the process of telling historical stories in a contemporary way with artist Kellen Hatanaka.
