Westfield House site syndication http://www.westfieldhouse.org.uk Fri, 18 May 2012 08:52:09 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.westfieldhouse.org.uk/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png http://www.westfieldhouse.org.uk Westfield House site syndication http://www.westfieldhouse.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=47&Itemid=15 On Saturday, 25th February Westfield House celebrated the 50th anniversary of its inauguration as a Lutheran house of theological studies in Cambridge. The programme of Lutheran theological studies in Cambridge has its roots in the work of the late Dr William Arndt in the 1950s.The House, built more than a century before, was inaugurated on the 22nd of February, 1962 at a service of celebration at which the bishop of Sweden, Bo Giertz gave the inaugural address. Since that time, Westfield has been welcoming students from the Lutheran Church in the United Kingdom, North America, Europe and Africa.It was fitting, then, that the occasion was marked with a thanksgiving service at which Archbishop Janis Vangas of Riga, Latvia preached to the faculty, students, alumni and many guests. Riga has been the seat of an archbishop since the 13th century and it has been Lutheran since the Reformation. The day also included two lectures on Luther presented by faculty. The new tutor of doctrinal theology, Jonathan Mumme presented a paper entitled Law and Gospel: A Living Legacy. Visiting scholar and Westfield alumnus Roger Whittle looked at the early history of the reception Luther’s works in the... News and Events - Westfield House News Tue, 06 Mar 2012 12:31:52 +0100 http://www.westfieldhouse.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=46&Itemid=15 The new academic term begins with the installation of a new faculty member at Westfield House. On Saturday, 14th of January at 2.00 pm in the Chapel of St. Titus Westfield House will celebrate the installation of Jonathan Mumme as international tutor and Rachel Mumme as project coordinator. The Revd. Drs. theol. Jonathan Mumme grew up on a farm in Minnesota and attended Concordia University, River Forest (now C. U. Chicago), where he graduated with a major in theological languages and a minor in English (2000). His course of seminary studies included time spent at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Westfield House, Oberursel Berlin. In addition to his studies, he served as a fieldworker at Zion Lutheran Church (Mascoutah, Illinois), as curate under the Revd. Dr. Gottfried Martens at the St. Marien Gemeinde (Berlin/Zehlendorf, Germany), as curate under the Revd. Karl Bollhagen at Trinity Lutheran Church (Hampton, Iowa), and twice as research assistant to the Revd. Dr. Norman Nagel (professor of systematic theology at Concordia Seminary and former preceptor of Westfield House). During his year in Iowa he became engaged to Deaconess Rachel Kennell of Milwaukee; they were married in2005. Upon completion of his M. Div. in... News and Events - Westfield House News Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:03:44 +0100