CENTRE FOR CHRISTIAN STUDIES

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Help us promote the LDM

Help us spread the word about our Leadership Development Modules this summer by downloading our ad and sending it someone you think would benefit from a transformational education opportunity.

CCS Student one of ACGC’s Top 30 Under 30

CCS Student is featured in the Alberta Council for Global Cooperation’s Top 30 Under 30 magazine.

3 Companions, 3 Events

The three 2013 Companions of the Centre – Jessie MacLeod, Miriam Therese Winter, and Marion Logan – will be recognized at three separate events.

What We Do and With Whom

Maylanne Maybee writes: Is it appropriate for the non-Aboriginal party to take the initiative to invite collaboration. Adrian Jacobs’ answer: Participation in issues of concern for Aboriginal people is the invitation.

AGM = All Gather for a Meal?

March 7th is the Centre for Christian Studies’ Annual General Meeting. Why not gather some friends of CCS in your area to phone in?

Program Consultation

Twenty five people from across the country (and one guest from the US) gathered at St. Benedict’s Centre in Winnipeg from January 28 to 30 for a consultation about CCS’s current curriculum and new directions for our program.

Thank you, Brian.

Brian Faurschou has opted to step down as Chair of the Finance Committee and Treasurer for CCS, effective after the AGM, March 7, 2013. We thank him for his great service.

First Chair of the CCS Central Council dies

Edith Vuchnich, former chair of the board of Covenant College and first president of the CCS Central Council in 1969, passed away on February 1, 2013.

WOMEN! Train today for a challenging job TOMORROW

An article from the United Church Observer in 1958, announcing the recipients of the Kaufman Scholarship, plus an advertisement for the United Church Training School

Who’s Who at the Program Consultation

A word of explanation:  I was tasked, as the CCS “Information” officer, with writing up a sheet of biographies for the participants in the recent CCS Program Consultation, so people could …

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Off to St. Ben’s

Much of the CCS staff head out to St. Benedict’s Monastery for the CCS program consultation.

Becoming Diaconal Church in Kenora

Ted writes: Thursday, January 17, 2013, Maylanne and I drove, in minus 30 temperatures, on the treacherous and icy roads to Kenora, to lead a weekend retreat for the Diocese …

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Christian Unity

Maylanne Maybee writes: When working and worshipping with other Christians, we should be open to and prepared for surprises!

Taboo

Ted Dodd reflects on “Taboo”, an art exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney, Australia.

Second Fridays

Ecumenical Connections – 2nd Fridays videos

Michèle Barr and Virginia Platt reflect on practical ecumenism. Videos from CCS’s noon-hour presentation on Theology of Diversity – Ecumenical Connections.