Ted has been contemplating the gospel readings for Lent. He offers this series of reflections, inviting folks to consider taking a day a week during this period to pray the scripture, follow the suggestions for spiritual practices and consider the questions about life in faith.
About 35 friends of the Centre for Christian Studies from all across the country got on the phone last Thursday night for our Annual General Meeting.
“I experienced the time spent there – in sacred quiet, in worship and in community – to be nurturing; physically, emotionally, and spiritually.” Gail Clarkson reflects on the Epiphany Images of Diakonia event.
Join us this Friday for the next in our Second Fridays series of noon-hour presentations and discussions, this month exploring the theme of “Community” with guest presenters Mary Coswin and Karen Jolly.
Everything you need to know to take part in the CCS Annual General Meeting on February 20th at 6pm CST.
The application deadline for three United Church scholarship- the W. Norman McLeod Scholarship, the McGeachy Senior Scholarship, and the Davidson Trust Award is March 15th, 2014.
This past weekend, February 7-9, 2014, Ted Dodd was privileged to attend a guided retreat on Celtic Spirituality, with the highly regarded preacher, author, and hymn lyricist, Herbert O’Driscoll. These are Ted’s reflections on the event… O’Driscoll cast a magic spell as he explored the topic with grace and a poet’s soul. With a breadth…
CCS student Tif McNaughton is part of leading a course called “Caring for All Creation: Land, Water, Our Natural Community.”
On Saturday, February 1st, Ted Dodd was asked to facilitate a conversation with the members of Winnipeg Presbytery, United Church of Canada. He decided to ground this discussion theologically by focusing on several models of ecclesiology/church, hoping to enable an interchange about our core beliefs about faith community. Here are some notes from Ted’s conversation……
A new edition of the Tapestry newsletter is available.
Earlier this month, CCS program staff member Ted Dodd attended a course on Diaconal History and Spirituality at the Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary in Columbia, South Carolina.
Profile of two CCS students who used their CCS credits toward an academic degree.
Lori Stewart interviewed Kuriko Fujiyoshi from the Dohoku Christian Centre in Hokkaido, Japan.
A new articulation of CCS’s core values, and an invitation to artists to create work inspire by those values.
Thank you to all our donors. The figures are in and they are outstanding, or so the Finance Committee asserts.