Chapel and Church for Town and Gown

"For town and gown" is a common phrase here in Cambridge and in other English university towns like Oxford and Durham. If something is for town and gown, that means it's for residents of the town as well as students of the town's university. Students at Cambridge University always wear gowns to chapel, and here at Westfield House, we see no reason to cease participation in this custom. So here I am, up early for chapel, dawned with my gown and hymnal.
The building behind me serves as two buildings, depending on the day of the week. Sunday mornings and Wednesday evenings, it's Resurrection Lutheran Church, one of the 14 churches in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of England (800 members). At these times, Dr. Mumme (one of my tutors at Westfield House) ceases to be Tutor Mumme and becomes Pastor Mumme. And on Monday evenings and Tuesday through Friday mornings, this building is the Chapel of St. Titus. On Mondays we pray Vespers, on Tuesdays and Wednesdays we pray Matins, Thursdays is Morning Prayer, and on Fridays we get to use the Australian hymnal! One I'm quite unfamiliar with but is beginning to grow on me.
Being doused with God's Word every day, having my eardrums rattled by the spoken Word, and responding in prayer and praise is not a bad way to live. I'm very thankful for the strong chaplaincy leadership here at Westfield House and the pastoral care I receive at Resurrection. So while I miss a lot of things I can only experience in America (namely, driving), I am not suffering from an absence of Jesus. I receive Jesus here in amble doses, making this place more than sufficient in my book.