Principal Maylanne Maybee writes: I have spent the last week in two very different places and climates. From Wednesday to Sunday, I stayed with Phina Borgeson, a friend and fellow deacon in Santa Rosa, California as a base for leading a retreat for about a dozen deacons and others “in process” for becoming a deacon….
CCS’s Ann Naylor reflects on the “Feast for Friends” held at the Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre on September 22, 2012: Children are playing – working together to create a structure from the wood in the carefully stacked woodpile, sharing ideas, negotiating, being stubborn, cooperating, joking, celebrating their accomplishment. Adults are sitting together in circles – sharing…
One of the joys of being on the road has been the opportunity to meet with recent grads and re-new connections. A deep sense of history and pride is shared by our grads; having occasions to gather provides a deepened community of support and nurture. The chance arose to gather with two groups of CCS…
In 2012-2013, the CCS students are engaged in the Social Ministry Year. Facilitating the orientation sessions for the students’ field placement allows for a broad connection with the diversity of ways they are embodying diaconia in the world. The range of their ministries gives evidence that not all of the church has retreated into institutional…
The videos from September’s “Second Fridays at CCS” presentations are now available, so even if you weren’t in the room at lunch-time on the second Friday of the month, you can still be part of the experience. Dianne Baker, who served with the Ecumencial Accompaniment Program in Palestine and Israel, and Louise Simbandumwe, social justice…
CCS is pleased to have received a grant to hire a student for the summer under the Heritage Grants Program of Manitoba Culture, Heritage and Tourism. The grant provides matching funds which CCS is using to sort, catalogue, and store its collections of historic and archival materials, including written records, photographs, scrap books, and memorabilia…
Let the rain fall on the just and the unjust. Woodsworth House has new shingles, thanks to $15000 and a generous gift from the Winnipeg Foundation. CCS Treasurer, Brian Faurshou says, “We are grateful to the Winnipeg Foundation for their continued support of CCS. Thank you to all involved in this project!”
The UCTS (United Church Training School) class of 1962 celebrated the 50th anniversary of their graduation in June in Toronto.
Happy birthday on September 28 to Beatrice Leslie Doidge (possibly CCS’s oldest living graduate).
According to Liz, registrations for the CCS anniversary Saturday banquet are at 118! The evening promises to be a celebration of community, Friends, and achievements. The venue will be Young United Church on Broadway, where events of the day will have taken place, with Helen Reed, chair of the Communications and Promotions Committee as host….
Principal Maylanne Maybee writes: A lot goes on at CCS, inside and out, from one day to the next and one week to the next. Last Tuesday the Program Committee met by conference call, with lots of conversation about short-term courses, a new six week course for those preparing for the Anglican diaconate, the Program…
Here in Canada and all across the world, people struggle to live together in peace. And yet we are overwhelmed by unsettling examples of intolerance, bigotry, and hatred. Where is the hope? The Centre for Christian Studies is proud to host a public lecture and dialogue on the theme of “Diversity, Transformation, & Hope” with…
We take no joy in announcing that, due to a family emergency, Joy Kogawa will not be able to attend the October 11th public lecture with Stan McKay to kick off CCS’s 120th Anniversary weekend. Howeber we have lined up a speaker to take her place on the Thursday evening, and I’m sure you’ll agree…
A new resource produced by the Canadian Ecumenical Anti Racism Network (CEARN) is now available from the Canadian Council of Churches. The resource, Cracking Open White Identity Towards Transformation, includes reflections, tools and resources for faith-based examination of White identity and privilege with easy guides for group and individual activities. CCS Principal Maylanne Maybee has…
On Friday we launched our Lunch and Learn series. It was our first “Second Friday.” We were blessed by the presentations on the “Theology of Accompaniment and Solidarity” by Dianne Baker and Louise Simbanduwe. Twenty-five people filled the Kay Pearson Room at CCS for this rich conversation. (Videos of the presentations will be available on…