Orientation
All new students are required to attend an orientation programme at the start of the academic year. The programme jointly organised by the Faculty and Student Council aims to acquaint students with various aspects of college life, community living and expectations and requirements of a theological student. It will also include taking some placement tests.

Worship
The worship at Trinity reflects the ecumenical nature of the college. This does not mean that worship is reduced to the lowest common denominator which is acceptable to all, but that each tradition is given its place at different times. The result is a broadening of the student's perspective without losing their own denominational distinctiveness. The organized worship includes the chapel services, vespers and holy communion. All students are required to attend these services.

Creative Arts Opportunities
Trinity has always seeks to nurture and advance the use of the creative arts as it relates to worship. In this focus, aside from its joint graduate degree programmes with the Methodist School of Music for formal academic training, there are various avenues for creative expressions. The TTC Choir provides musical leadership at various college functions including regular worship services both in and outside the seminary, the annual college thanksgiving and graduation services.

Complementing the ministry of the community service-based TTC Choir are the various student-led creative arts groups that focus on training and using the arts for worship and ministry. Facilitated by the Students' Council, courses on Guitar and Keyboard Improvisation are routinely offered by approved student instructors to the student body.

Students scheduled to plan and implement worship services for the TTC community are regularly guided to infuse their worship design with creative expressions that reflect their cultural background. Such deliberate efforts have significantly enriched the worship life of the community.

Finally, there is the Musical Leadership Proficiency Course that is offered to all students to equip them with basic skills in musicianship and creative arts leadership within the context of a local church. This is a one semester course that is offered annually.

Chapel
The regular chapel service (Monday, Wednesday and Friday) provides opportunity for creativity and variety within a recommended format. Senior students, lecturers and guest speakers are invited to preach during chapel services.

Vespers
Vespers (now called "Evening Prayer")  takes place Monday through Thursday evenings at 5 pm, and is an important component of spiritual formation at TTC.  Separate services of Evening Prayer are held on Tuesdays for the English and Mandarin streams, and all students are strongly encouraged to attend.  Informal small groups gather for Evening Prayer on Monday and Thursday, while hostel clusters celebrate Evening Prayer on Wednesday evenings.  The onus for the organization and leadership of this service is on students, and the taking of responsibility for Evening Prayer is considered a crucial aspect of spiritual formation at TTC.

Holy Communion
Communion services are conducted at the beginning and the end of the semester and on the last Wednesday of each month. Each communion service follows the liturgical order of a particular tradition (Anglican, Methodist, Presbyterian, Lutheran and Free Church). 

Family Groups
Family Groups form an important part of community life of Trinity. They aim to nurture students by organizing them into small groups of about ten under the spiritual mentorship of a lecturer. The small size and family setting are to encourage close personal interaction, mutual support and directed growth. Each group meets weekly for about one hour. Activities vary widely as each group determines its weekly activity. They are either formal or informal but always within a family setting. Besides the scheduled weekly meetings, mentors meet with their family members individually at least once a semester providing personal spiritual care.

Community Service
Life at Trinity includes not only study, worship, and fellowship, but also community service. All students are expected to contribute one hour of service each week to the College in a suitable area. College Clean-Up Day is held once a year. Family Groups are assigned various tasks during this exercise. All members of the community are expected to participate in this activity.

Field Education
Field Education (FE) is a ministerial formation component of theological education for all BD/MDiv students (full-time and part-time students) at Trinity Theological College. The primary purpose of FE is to provide and facilitate student's learning needs in ministry. There are various components in the FE program to provide both broad-based and in-depth ministerial experiences for the students. The FE curriculum comprises the following components: church visits, placements, internships, FE seminars and meetings with the director of FE.

A critical component of FE is theological reflection on ministry experiences to help students discover their ministry strengths and weaknesses, talents and spiritual gifts, so that students have a better understanding of themselves and areas in which they need to change and/or develop. Theological reflection also helps students to interact in-depth on theological issues in real life situations that concern individuals and the leadership of church, society and the world.

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