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Congregational Library update: July 2025

17 July 2025 / Jacqueline Reiter / Congregational Library monthly update / No Comments
A conservation vacuum cleaner (conservac) on a table surrounded by equipment for removing mould from books: a UV torch; a mask; nitrile gloves; and a goat hair brush. A mouldy book is also present on the table.

Hello all! We’ve had another busy month at the Congregational Library – not that we ever have any other kind! We’ve had several readers on site to consult books, some coming from the other side of the country, so it looks like we are finally becoming established in our new location. Our collection of Congregational […]

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Congregational Library update: May 2025

22 May 2025 / Jacqueline Reiter / Congregational Library monthly update / No Comments
Two old books side by side on a shelf, one very small and thin (on left) and one very large and fat (on right)

We have big news at the Congregational Library: we have some volunteers to help with the unpacking! Our two champions started a couple of weeks ago and have been doing an absolutely super job. Between the three of us we have unpacked nearly 60 boxes this month alone at time of writing (22 May). Given […]

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Congregational Library update: April 2025

24 April 2025 / Jacqueline Reiter / Congregational Library monthly update / No Comments
Panoramic view taken from Westminster College Tower, looking out towards Cambridge University Library. Trees are green, the sky is blue, and everything looks very spring-like

Happy Easter to all! We are well and truly in the middle of spring here in Cambridge: the weather is sunny and dry, the skies are blue, the flowers are out everywhere, and a little wren sings regularly to us through the reading room window. It is a privilege to be here and Westminster College […]

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Congregational Library update: March 2025

27 March 2025 / Jacqueline Reiter / Congregational Library monthly update / No Comments
A photograph of the exterior of Westminster College, Cambridge, beneath a blue sky, with greenery and hyacinths in the foreground.

Spring is here at last, and it feels like the Congregational Library is also entering a new season. Most of our monthly updates will be following a particular theme for the foreseeable future, and that theme is “unpacking”. The library has been allotted three separate areas for its collection at Westminster College: the Cheshunt Room, […]

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Upcoming Events

  • 20 November 2025
    • 2025 Congregational Lecture5:30 pm - 7:00 pm                   This year's Congregational Lecture will be given by Rev Doug Gay, Lecturer in Practical Theology at Glasgow University and Principal of Trinity College (Glasgow) who will speak on the subject, 'Faithful Adaptation - How God changes the Church's mind on ethics'. The lecture will be held in the Farringdon Room at The St Bride Foundation, 14 Bride Lane, Fleet Street, London EC4Y 8EQ on Thursday 20th November 2025 at 5:30pm. Refreshments will be available prior to the lecture at 5:00pm St Bride Foundation, 14 Bride Lane, Fleet Street,
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