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From Principal Maylanne Maybee: The big news of this week is announced below – Marc Desrosiers’ unexpected resignation effective August 3, 2012. He has been offered a position that will …
Much of the CCS staff were on holidays during the month of July. Ted, Ann, and Scott were off all month, with Liz taking a few weeks here and there. …
Some of our United Church friends might want to keep tabs on the General Council, meeting this August in Ottawa. The church has provided a bunch of ways to experience …
CCS is thrilled to have been awarded a grant in the amount of $15,000 by The Winnipeg Foundation to re-shingle the roof of our home. “This will add years of …
CCS is inviting nominations for its annual “Companion of the Centre.” Through this award, CCS honors, at the Annual Service of Celebration, one or more persons: graduates who through their …
Companion of the Centre, former editor of Tapestry and chair of the Communications Committee, and friend of CCS, Ken DeLisle was recently elected president of Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario Conference …
There have been a few updates to the schedule for the CCS 120th Anniversary celebration in October. On the opening night there will be a public lecture on “Transformative Hope …
CCS isn’t the only theological centre with an anniverary this year. Five Oaks Centre is celebrating its 60th! And to mark the occasion they’ve published o book of memories, “Seasons …
This week we feature CCS grad and Companion of the Centre, Elizabeth Brain. Elizabeth writes: “Has God ever opened doors for me! In 1987 my life was in transition. There …
Principal Maylanne Maybee writes: I’m writing this on the eve of Canada Day weekend, poised to take the first two weeks of my vacation–with a long list of things to …
Again, I was privileged to facilitate the Leadership Development Module from June 4-16. This time I was co-leading with recent CCS graduate, Kimiko Karpoff. Ten very engaged students expressed deep appreciation for this powerful learning experience. At each LDM, I am struck by the rich mix of the CCS approach to education.
We invest a lot of time building community and developing a sense of trust. We are “big” on teaming, respecting differences, and honouring diversity. Self-awareness grows in this relational setting where many experience a sense of safety to share themselves at a deep level.
We offer experiential learning with lots of creativity and “hands on” learning. The model incorporates a participatory action and contemplative reflection, prayerfulness and playfulness.
We tend to start with an affirmative stance; each participant is seen as a worthwhile and valuable child of God. Students are not empty vessels waiting to be filled, but adults with gifts and talents, experiences and backgrounds that form and shape who they are. That being said we also devote much time to evaluation; every time we turn around an opportunity to share feedback is extended.
The hallmark of your pedagogy is transformative integration. People are changed in the process of learning about themselves, working with others and the journey of faith. We strive to hold together heart and head, theory and practice, mind and spirit, the personal and the political, being and doing.
Ted Dodd
The two-week June 2012 Leadership Development Module in New Westminster, BC ended yesterday. All reports indicate that it was a spirit-filled time of reflection and growth (and hard work and …
Registrations are still coming in for CCS’s 120th Anniversary celebration this fall. And if you have any memorabilia from CCS or its United Church and Anglican forerunners, let Marc know.
CCS student Beth Walker reflects on the recent BC Conference, and Day 2, ‘Artist in Residence’: “It was day two of the British Columbia Conference and time for the incoming …
Congratulation to all the CCS grads who have been commissioned to diaconal ministry in the United Church this last month: Alice Hanson, Vicki McPhee, Tracy Robertson, and Debbie Springer in …
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