Rev Dr Leonard Wee conducted a training session on Methods of Intertextuality at the ATESEA Methodology Seminar on 11 July 2017. This seminar is aimed at equipping the doctoral students in the various ATESEA theological schools with the skills and in-depth knowledge that would facilitate their own research in the various disciplines.
Rev Dr Jimmy Tan presented a paper at the Biennial meeting of the Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality. The paper was entitled Cultivating Unceasing Prayer in a Southeast Asian Theological College. The meeting marked the 25th anniversary of the Society, whose purpose is to foster study and scholarly exchange in the field of Christian Spirituality.
As part of the Synod Training and Exposure Programme (STEP), the STEP participants were invited down to Trinity Theological College to attend four short presentations by four of the Presbyterian TTC lecturers on 24 May.
“Keep on encouraging one another”, and “Do not neglect meeting!” encourages the writer of Hebrews 10:25. The TTC Graduating Class of 2016 (English Department) endeavoured to do exactly that when we met for our first anniversary on 15 May 2017, a year and a day on from our graduation.
TTC conducted its 67th Graduation Service on Saturday 13 May 2017 at Paya Lebar Methodist Church, with Bishop Low Jee King (the Anglican Assistant Bishop) gracing the service as the preacher. A total of 79 students graduated, including 5 in absentia. Of these graduands, 4 received the Master of Theological Studies degree, and there were 9 Bachelors of Divinity, 23 Masters of Divinity, 33 Masters of Ministry, 9 Masters of Theology and 1 Doctor of Theology.
