CENTRE FOR CHRISTIAN STUDIES

Imagine Church Differently.

The moon through tree branches, I think

Image of the Week – Moon (maybe)

The fear of Halloween is the fear of all the things we could lose.

Singing Diaconal History

A soulful tribute to Catherine Seaton Ewart, one of the founders of the Women’s Foreign Mission Society of the Presbyterian Church of Canada in the 1870s

Announcing 2015 Companion of the Centre – Irene Rainey

The Centre for Christian Studies is pleased to announce that the 2015 Companion of the Centre Award will be presented to Irene Rainey.

A Lament for a Lack of Chocolate

We curse you fruit and vegetable lovers, you carriers of healthy snacks! How can you bring them before God?

A Lament for the United Church of Canada

We worry about our denomination crumbling from within.

A Lament from One Who Feels Far From God

I have no enemies but my own body. I am at war against a foe I cannot fight

Loss, Lamentation, and Learning

Our regular diaconal ministry students have been joined this week by six people who wanted to engage the themes of loss and lamentation for their own continuing education.

Worthy

You are precious, worthy to be loved.

Video – Second Fridays – All My Relations

Video from October’s Second Friday with elder Peter Atkinson exploring the theme “All My Relations.”

Human Rights Museum

Students found a trip to the newly open Human Rights Museum powerful, hopeful, and intense.

Pastoral Care fall learning circle

The students in the Pastoral Care Year are meeting this month in Winnipeg for their Fall Learning Circle.

Image of the Week – Path

exhausted after a day of hard climbing, looking for a way forward.

Quebec City LDM moves to Peterborough

The CCS Leadership Development Module that was be held in Quebec City some time in January 2015 has been cancelled, but an LDM in Peterborough has just been announced.

campfire

Image of the Week – Fire

The metaphor of fire suggests that the holy one heats and hones in an immersing love that transforms

In the Field

It’s September.  That means CCS staff are out visiting our students across the country for field placement orientations. This is Sparky, a fictional, totally made up CCS student preparing for diaconal ministry. …