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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

Registration

Please fill in details in the attached registration form and send to Lilli Unrau, theologie@thh-friedensau.de by January 30, 2017.

Arrival and departure

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.

Trips to Wittenberg (Wednesday) and Berlin (Sunday)

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

Contact person

For any queries concerning registration, please contact Lilli Unrau: theologie@thh-friedensau.de or +49-3921-916 170

Payments

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 and extra meals

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.

Programme of the convention

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.

Since the 1980s, the divisions of the Seventh-day Adventist church with European territories (TED, EUD, ESD) have encouraged the theology lecturers and their respective colleagues to meet regularly. Every two years meetings are held under the title European Theology Teachers Convention. Participants have highly valued and appreciated these meetings.

The latest meeting, held at Newbold College from 25 to 30 March 2015, brought together 61 teachers from 15 different institutions. The participants asked unanimously not only to continue these meetings but also to integrate them into a structure that would strengthen the relationship and cooperation between the participants. Thus, the wish was expressed to create a European Adventist Society of Religious Studies (EASRS). (more…)