Ever wondered what ordinands get up to over the summer holidays? Below five ordinands reflect on their summer placements. Social Context Placements. Royal Navy/Royal Marines. In July I was one of 3 ordinands to spend time with the chaplains to the Royal Marines at their training base in Lympstone. This was a great opportunity to … Continue reading Summer Placements
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Closing Sermon of the Easter Term
Sermon preached by The Principal Closing Eucharist of the Easter Term Westcott House, Cambridge Thursday 14 June 2018 Readings: 1 Kings 18: 41-end; Matthew 5: 20-26 “Christopher sets the lowest standards and consistently attains them.” Mathematics. Easter term, 1978. It was not the most glittering of my school reports. More biting perhaps even than … Continue reading Closing Sermon of the Easter Term
Leavers’ Celebrations Video
Each year at Westcott House, we honour our leaving students, who are about to be ordained to the diaconate, with a Eucharist at which their stoles are blessed and handed to them in front of the community. In a sense it acts as both a commissioning from the Community, and an opportunity for those in … Continue reading Leavers’ Celebrations Video
Stories, Metrics and Leadership in Churches
Guest post by The Revd Dr Vaughan S Roberts, alumnus of the House In his book The Tyranny of Metrics (Princeton University Press, 2018) Jerry Z. Muller from the Catholic University of America argues that a ‘metric fixation’ has been counterproductive for many areas in contemporary society. These include higher education, schools, medicine, policing, the military, … Continue reading Stories, Metrics and Leadership in Churches
The Cambridge Stations
For the second year running, ordinands from Westcott House have been involved in producing Stations of the Cross, which are situated around Cambridge during Lent. The stations include a series of 13 original artworks across Cambridge, which depict the biblical narrative of the suffering and death of Christ. They will be up from Ash Wednesday … Continue reading The Cambridge Stations
Making space in Advent
Article and artwork by Christine Campbell, second year ordinand. How do you make space for Advent as an ordinand? Although term finished near the beginning of Advent, many of us still have essays to write, church placements to experience and every growing piles of books to read. The days of December seem to speed past … Continue reading Making space in Advent
Westcott Foundation 2016-17 Programme
It is a great pleasure to publish the programme for this year's Westcott Foundation. As ever, there is a range of study days to resource church leaders in worship and mission, preaching and pastoral ministry, drawing on the riches of the church's tradition to enable engagement with the contemporary context. You can download study day programme here: Westcott … Continue reading Westcott Foundation 2016-17 Programme
Responsibility Without Authority
by Revd Prof Dr. Michael Fass (Senior Research Fellow, Westcott Foundation) Introduction This article is about the way that those who do not take a Stipend from the Church can reflect on their roles and responsibilities and the way that the Church can respond to them. It is written from an Anglican perspective but its content … Continue reading Responsibility Without Authority
‘Crisis in Employment’ by Revd Prof. Dr Michael Fass
Michael Fass is a Senior Research Fellow at the Westcott Foundation, Cambridge, & former Chair of ICF (Industrial Christian Fellowship) Introduction As the news came through about the latest job losses at Newport in South Wales and Redcar in the North East of England memories came back to me of the hard years of … Continue reading ‘Crisis in Employment’ by Revd Prof. Dr Michael Fass
A Conflict of Biblical Proportions? Scripture and the First World War
The centenary of the First World War has provided an important opportunity to re-evaluate its impact on religious faith and life. Westcott House is one of a number of partners participating in a new project examining the influence of the Bible during World War I, as well as how views of the Bible changed as … Continue reading A Conflict of Biblical Proportions? Scripture and the First World War
