On 13th February 2017, 35 youths from SERVE visited Trinity Theological College (TTC). SERVE is a 3-month training programme that allows youths to explore the various arms and partners of the Diocese of Singapore (Anglican). This visit to TTC encourages the youths to explore the possibility of getting theologically equipped or even entering full-time ministry in the future.
“Where is the washroom?” This was one of the most popular questions encountered by several TTC students early in the morning of 18 January 2017. These students were volunteers staffing the registration booths at TTC’s annual Open House. It was to be a day of questions.
In Dec 2016, Dr Tan Loe Joo was part of an Accreditation Team from the Association for Theological Education in South East Asia (ATESEA) to visit two seminaries in Hong Kong. The team first visited the Divinity School of Chung Chi College from 4-6 Dec, which is part of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). From 7-9 Dec, they also visited the China Graduate School of Theology (CGST).
Dr Maggie Low taught “OT Exegesis and Preaching” in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam from 28 Nov to 8 Dec 2016. This was the last instalment of eight courses for 31 Vietnamese pastors to complete their MMin degree awarded by TTC, in a special partnership with the Vietnamese Institute of Bible and Theology.
Rev Yap Seok Chin was sent by the Presbyterian Church in Singapore as one of the three representatives to attend the Council of World Mission (CWM)’s Second Colloquium on New International Finance and Economic Architecture (NIFEA) held in Kuala Lumpur from 25 to 30 November 2016.
