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.
Spiritual Practice 2022
OnlineAn online Spiritual Care learning circle on the history and diversity of Christian spiritual practices, private devotion and communal spirituality, discipleship, companioning.
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.
CCS Friday – Becoming an Anti-Racist Church
OnlineAn online conversation with Adele Halliday
CCS Annual General Meeting 2022
OnlineJoin us for our AGM. Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 6pm Central Time via Zoom. Please register so we know who to expect. Documents (click to view or download) AGM 2022 Agenda 2021 Annual Report 2021 Year Book 2021 AGM Minutes 2021 Audited Financial Statements 2022 Nominations Table for AGM
Relationships 2022
Woodsworth House 60 Maryland Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaAn intensive Spiritual Care learning circle on intimate and familial relationships, sexuality and gender, family systems, weddings, covenants, relationship break-ups, and the role of minister as support.
Power and Privilege 2022
Woodsworth House 60 Maryland Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaAn intensive Social Justice learning circle on social location, individual and systemic power, social analysis, and the role of the prophet.
Profiles in Prophetic Diakonia
OnlineJoin us for an online conversation about diaconal heroes and the role of the diaconate in social justice. CCS students in their final year of studies in the Diaconal Ministries program will share profiles of diaconal heroes, living and dead. In the second hour of the session, we'll have conversation with this year's Companion of …
Annual Service of Celebration 2022
OnlineJoin us for an online worship service as we celebrate our 2022 graduates of the Centre for Christian Studies and honour this year’s Companion of the Centre, Aileen Urquhart. The service will take place Sunday, April 3rd at 3pm Central Daylight Time, with a time for informal visiting to follow. Please click to register and receive …
CCS Online Open House
OnlineSaturday, April 30, 2-3:30 pm (Central Daylight Time) Join us live on Zoom to get to know the Centre for Christian Studies community. It’s a chance to meet current program staff and students, learn about our programs, bursaries, and registration process, ask questions and meet new friends. Whether you're considering the diaconate, diaconal ministry, or …
