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CENTRE FOR CHRISTIAN STUDIES

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Conferences and Meetings!

From Principal Maylanne Maybee: Conferences and Meetings!! June is the month of conferences, meetings, and gatherings. And I’ve been going to my fair share of them… Two weekends ago I …

Voices of Advocacy

In 2009/10 Peggy Edwards studied the Canadian Grandmothers To Grandmothers Campaign to find answers to the question: “How do we engage, nurture and sustain older women advocates in civil society?” …

Theology Students Issue Statement of Solidarity with Quebec Protesters

Students of Emmanuel College, a seminary of the University of Toronto, have written a Letter of Solidarity with those in Quebec and elsewhere who invite us to imagine a different approach to …

Ted Dodd and Ann Naylor co-recipients of Davidson Award for Excellence in Theological Education

The Centre for Christian Studies is pleased to announce that Ann Naylor and Ted Dodd, program staff at CCS, have been named as the 2012 recipients of the prestigous Davidson …

New CCS Brochure

Check out the new brochure!  Contact Marc at mdesrosiers@ccsonline.ca if you want to order some copies.

Summer Tapestry

The new edition of Tapestry – the Centre for Christian Studies’ newsletter is out.  If you receive it by mail, it’s on its way.  You can find it in glorious …

All About You – Helen Reed

As part of our ongoing “About You” series, in which members of the CCS community talk about their lives, their ministry, and their connection to the Centre in their own …

The Threshold of the Years

 Principal Maylanne Maybee writes:The threshold of the years. My mother sent me a note on the anniversary of my ordination to the diaconate – May 28, 1978. She’s the only …

Work Bee

On May 12th, Woodsworth House was “abuzz” with activity, as volunteers came out to help with the Spring Work Bee.  Thanks to everyone who lent a hand in sprucing up …

Nostalgia Wanted

Are there any deaconess uniforms out there? Any graduation certificates? CCS is looking for material to add to its history files and archival collection. The 120th Anniversary celebrations provide an …

CCS 120th Anniversary Schedule

October 11-14, 2012 Centre for Christian Studies, Winnipeg, MB Register online at: http://www.ccsonline.ca/Secure/anniversaryregistration.html Schedule of Events (schedule updated Oct 5, 2012) Thursday, October 11 7:00 pm at Young United Church (map) …

All About You: Alice Hanson

Alice Hanson is 2012 graduate of the Centre for Christian Studies.  In Alice’s words: “My roots were deeply embedded in the Lutheran tradition, growing up in a clergy family and …

Strategic Thinking and “Wiggle Room” at CCS

Principal Maylanne Maybee writes: Once every three or four months, the CCS staff team holds a longer than usual meeting that includes lunch, and allows us to delve more deeply …

Welcome back, Marc

Our Development and Community Relations staffperson, Marc Desrosiers, was on sick leave for a few weeks in early May, which meant no regular “Common Threads” update emailed out to our …

SMART board covers

 At the beginning of this year we installed two SMART boards at CCS.  (If you’ve never seen one, a SMART board is like a large touch-sensitive computer monitor that you …