Registration is now open for the upcoming European Theology Teachers Convention. It will be held at the Campus Adventist du Salève, Collonges from April 24 to 28.
Registration is available here, there are a variety of accommodation options available.
The organising committee is willing to arrange pick up from Geneva airport and the Saint-Julien en Genevois train station. Arrange this by contacting them here.
Registration is open for the biannual meeting of the EASRS, the European Theology Teachers Conference will be held from April 19–23, 2017, at Friedensau University. The theme is “On the Freedom of a Christian”: Human Accountability and Liberty in the Light of the Reformation
Please fill in details in the attached registration form and send to Lilli Unrau, theologie@thh-friedensau.de by January 30, 2017.
The convention starts on Wednesday, April 19, 6 p.m., with dinner. Check-in begins at 2:30 p.m.
The programme will end on Sabbath, April 22, 9:30 p.m., with the Lord’s Supper. On Sunday morning, April 23, breakfast will be provided.
These are special programmes and cost 60 € (Wittenberg) viz. 50 € (Berlin). Please note on the registration form whether you want to participate. Included in the trips:
Transfer (start 9 a.m., back to Friedensau about 6:30 p.m.)
Tours/museum entrance, lunch
Wittenberg: Luther house, the two historic churches, the “Luther Panorama”
Berlin: The group will choose museums and sights among the Jewish Museum,
the Reichstag, the “Topography of Terror” Museum, and other historical museums
For any queries concerning registration, please contact Lilli Unrau: theologie@thh-friedensau.de or +49-3921-916 170
Payments for rooms, full board and participation in the entire programme will be done at arrival. Choose one of the following options:
Single room guest house, €225
Single room standard, €195
Double room, €165
Registration without accommodation & breakfast, €50
Although we cannot guarantee that your preference will be available, we will try to do our best.
Extra nights (e.g. for those participating in the Wittenberg and/or Berlin trips) will have to be paid directly to the guest house; rates range from 22 € (double room standard) to 34 € (single room guest house) apply. Extra meals can also be settled with the guest house.
The final programme of the convention will be issued by February 15, 2017. It will be available here.
Welcome to Friedensau and best wishes for the new year!
Stefan Höschele
Dean, School of Theology, ThH Friedensau
Tom de Bruin, PhD, (The Netherlands/South Africa) has been appointed as lecturer in New Testament Exegesis and Early Christian Literature at Newbold College of Higher Education. De Bruin studied at Rijksuniverstiteit Groningen (NL), University of Amsterdam (NL) and Newbold College, graduating from the latter in 2008 with distinction. De Bruin finished his PhD is New Testament Exegesis and Early Christian Literature at Leiden University in 2013, with a thesis on the Great Controversy theme in early Christian literature.
Before coming to Newbold, De Bruin served as a pastor, Union Secretary, Union departmental director, and independent researcher at the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society.