{"id":73510,"date":"2024-08-01T10:04:58","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T02:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hkbts.edu.hk\/?p=73510"},"modified":"2025-07-14T14:19:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T06:19:28","slug":"baptism-of-god-morning-meetings-group-worship-and-spiritual-exercises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hkbts.edu.hk\/en\/?p=73510\/","title":{"rendered":"HKBTS\u2019s Morning Chapel \u2500 Communal Worship and Spiritual Formation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"73510\" class=\"elementor elementor-73510\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0e47810 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"0e47810\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f74ca23\" data-id=\"f74ca23\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92dd8d1 elementor-align-center elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-laptop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"92dd8d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hkbts.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/201405_eNews_Eng.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Download PDF<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fd4346 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6fd4346\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hkbts.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/%E9%99%A2%E8%A8%8A%E6%96%87%E7%AB%A0-1-11.png?fit=1024%2C512&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-73453\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d8f8832 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d8f8832\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>.elementor-element-d8f8832{display:none !important}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb733e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fb733e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color: #258e37; font-size: 24px;\"><strong>Introduction<\/strong><\/h3><p align=\"\u201cjustify\u201d\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">\u3000\u3000Each morning chapel service\u2014the communal worship of our Seminary community\u2014enhances the spiritual formation and strengthens the foundation of the spiritual lives of our faith community. <\/span><\/p><p align=\"\u201cjustify\u201d\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">\u3000\u3000Our seminary has inherited two different traditions: On the one hand, as an institution of theological education, we have inherited an academic tradition which seeks to provide a solid grounding in Biblical and theological knowledge and equip students within a multi-dimensional ministerial discipline and training; On the other hand, we have also inherited a monastic tradition which values nurturing the character and spiritual lives of the community as a whole. The morning chapel service is an excellent example of communal worship and is a tool for the development of the spiritual formation of the whole community. <\/span><\/p><p align=\"\u201cjustify\u201d\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">\u3000\u3000The Seminary\u2019s morning chapel service is held three times weekly, from 10 to 11 am every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Every year, in both the first and second semesters, there are approximately over eighty morning chapel services held. Beginning in 2009, all full-time students have been required to attend morning chapel. Praise the Lord that the attendance rate has been encouraging during these recent years and that the overall atmosphere has been steadily improving. The entire seminary community is becoming integrated into one body and everyone is actively involved. <\/span><\/p><p align=\"\u201cjustify\u201d\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">\u3000\u3000Because the contents of morning chapel services are so rich and full of variety, they help to nurture our students throughout their daily lives, and also solidify this worship community to enjoy such a beautiful hour of spiritual formation, worship, and praise. The Seminary has arranged that every student has a turn to be actively involved in the service as the presiding chairperson, the song-leader, the pianist, the interpreter, or the one who leads the communal prayer. Through mutually ministering to one another during these morning chapel services, our students become better trained to serve and be served in the ministry. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-496bf23 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"496bf23\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>.elementor-element-496bf23{display:none !important}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-376e9b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"376e9b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color: #258E37; font-size: 24px;\"><strong>Convocation Exhortation from the President<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p align=\"\u201cjustify\u201d\">\u3000\u3000Morning chapels begin with the Opening Convocation of each new school term. President Cho will preach a sermon message on the first day of the first and the second semesters. The President highlights the direction and the main emphases of each new school term in order to encourage all the Seminary\u2019s faculty, students, and staff and to keep the community growing together. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ddc6583 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"ddc6583\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3e662b3\" data-id=\"3e662b3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1b6eab elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d1b6eab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"252\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hkbts.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/%E5%B0%8F%E5%9C%9601.png?fit=252%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-73491\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-036db14 elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"036db14\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>.elementor-element-036db14{display:none !important}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef741c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ef741c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p align=\"\u201cjustify\u201d\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The President\u2019s Opening Convocation this year was entitled, \u201cThe Forgiving Community\u201d. <\/font><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0571b5d\" data-id=\"0571b5d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0169d4b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0169d4b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"252\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hkbts.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/%E5%B0%8F%E5%9C%9602.png?fit=252%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-73492\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23b3c5a elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"23b3c5a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>.elementor-element-23b3c5a{display:none !important}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-695137d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"695137d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p align=\"\u201cjustify\u201d\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">The Convocation Academic Lecture was held on the second day of the new school term. This year we had Rev. Brian Lam, our chaplain and the Director of Student Practicum and Lecturer of Practical Theology, who gave a lecture entitled, \u201cTransition, Transformation and True Community: A Spirituality of Mentoring\u201d. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12e1fe5 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"12e1fe5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65bde12 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"65bde12\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>.elementor-element-65bde12{display:none !important}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51eceb0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"51eceb0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color: #258E37; font-size: 24px;\"><strong>New Students\u2019 Testimonies of God\u2019s Call<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p align=\"\u201cjustify\u201d\">\u3000\u3000Soon after the beginning of the first semester, new students are encouraged to share their testimonies of God\u2019s call. Not only do their testimonies help enhance mutual understanding among students but they also enable the whole community to grow and understand the life stories of each of our new students. These precious life stories show how God works in each of our lives and how God leads our new students as they become part of the fabric of our seminary community. <\/p>\n<p align=\"\u201cjustify\u201d\">\u3000\u3000In each of these morning chapels, three new students are chosen to share their testimonies in turn, followed by a prayer from a teacher who leads the faculty and students as a whole to pray for these particular students. While God always allows the one sharing their testimony to experience God\u2019s call again, He also enables these stories to touch the hearts of the older students who can then reflect upon their own journey of consecration and revisit their own experience of following the call of God. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2703da elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a2703da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"252\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hkbts.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/%E5%B0%8F%E5%9C%9605.png?fit=252%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-73495\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f93a7fc e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f93a7fc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9e2d18 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d9e2d18\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>.elementor-element-d9e2d18{display:none !important}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4974cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c4974cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color: #258E37; font-size: 24px;\"><strong>Church Music Worship Workshop<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p align=\"\u201cjustify\u201d\">\u3000\u3000There are approximately four church music worship workshops during every school year which allow a group of graduating students taking \u201cThe Worshipping Church\u201d course to put into practice what they have learned by designing and conducting an entire worship service during a morning chapel service. They divide themselves into several groups which are then responsible for planning and implementing different sessions of the worship service and the preacher for this service is one of the students as well. <\/p>\n<p align=\"\u201cjustify\u201d\">\u3000\u3000We are blessed to be able to worship God together in these morning chapels designed by students. Because the students come from different denominational backgrounds, they can take the opportunity to think deeply about the meaning and design of each worship service. Through these church music worship workshops, students can learn not only from the course and their experience, but also from each other. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67d03e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"67d03e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"252\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hkbts.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/%E5%B0%8F%E5%9C%9606.png?fit=252%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-73496\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab1e5e7 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ab1e5e7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-daab393 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"daab393\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>.elementor-element-daab393{display:none !important}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c2f3e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5c2f3e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color: #258e37; font-size: 24px;\"><strong>Graduating Students\u2019 Preaching<\/strong><\/h3><p align=\"\u201cjustify\u201d\">\u3000\u3000During the 2009-10 school year, the Seminary began to have graduating students preach in the morning chapel services in order to give them an opportunity to gain more experience in preaching. Through this experience, graduating students can get the encouragement or the evaluation they need to further develop. We are very thankful for these preaching sessions. We always feel encouraged by them because students\u2019 overall performance is very good, demonstrating how each student is dedicated to preaching the word of God. The entire seminary community enjoys supporting them and giving them positive encouragement.<\/p><p align=\"\u201cjustify\u201d\">\u3000\u3000Two teachers will act as the \u201cgate-keepers\u201d; they are responsible for going through each student\u2019s sermon message in detail to avoid any deviation or error in hermeneutics or in theology. After the sermon message is preached, a teacher will go to the pulpit and lead the whole community to pray fervently for the student doing the preaching and to entrust him or her to the Lord as a community.<\/p><p align=\"\u201cjustify\u201d\">\u3000\u3000After the chapel is over, all those who are present will go up to the front and shake hands with the student, offering him or her encouragement and support. Such spontaneous hand-shaking and hugging from the whole seminary is a common and heart-warming scene at our morning chapel service.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5424844 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5424844\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"252\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hkbts.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/%E5%B0%8F%E5%9C%9607.png?fit=252%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-73497\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0cbd659 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0cbd659\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af9cba6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"af9cba6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>.elementor-element-af9cba6{display:none !important}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5759386 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5759386\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color: #258e37; font-size: 24px;\"><strong>Expository Preaching Week<\/strong><\/h3><p align=\"\u201cjustify\u201d\">\u3000\u3000The Expository Preaching Week is held in April in the second semester in which a teacher in Biblical Studies preaches the sermon message for three consecutive days in the chapel.<\/p><p align=\"\u201cjustify\u201d\">\u3000\u3000Expository preaching is a form of preaching that expounds the meaning of a particular passage of scripture in detail. It summarizes the central meaning of a Bible passage using effective communication methods to explain what the message means for the congregation. In the past few years, several of our Old Testament and New Testament teachers took turns to preach in the Expository Preaching Week. Not only did they demonstrate their abilities and the benefits of expository preaching to students, they also guided students to read the text of certain biblical passages or books more scrupulously in order to help everyone have a deeper insight into the truth of the Bible.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bdf50e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bdf50e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"252\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hkbts.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/%E5%B0%8F%E5%9C%9608.png?fit=252%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-73498\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b775b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3b775b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>.elementor-element-3b775b8{display:none !important}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64bb170 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"64bb170\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p align=\"\u201cjustify\u201d\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Dr. Tony Sher, Assistant Professor of Old Testament, was the speaker for last academic year; the main theme was, \u201cThe Ideal King (Messiah) in the Book of Samuel.\u201d <\/font><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b13c8eb e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b13c8eb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb69661 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cb69661\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>.elementor-element-cb69661{display:none !important}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39ce37a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"39ce37a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color: #258e37; font-size: 24px;\"><strong>Mission Week and Short Term Mission Sharing<\/strong><\/h3><p align=\"\u201cjustify\u201d\">\u3000\u3000Apart from talks and lunch-time sharing meetings on the theme of \u201cMission,\u201d there are also quite a number of morning chapels devoted to sharing the mission ministry, including the 3-day Mission Week, which enables the faculty and students together to have an overview of the contemporary mission scene and to reflect on the integral mission of all Christian missions. The Mission Week is held bi-annually. The themes in our last few years are \u201cPaul\u2019s Missionary Theology and Strategies,\u201d \u201cReflection and Outlook of Baptist Missions\u201d (combined with Baptist Heritage Week), and \u201cLocal Church and Partners in Missions.\u201d Our Seminary faculty along with others from Hong Kong, the United Kingdom, and the United State acted as speakers.<\/p><p align=\"\u201cjustify\u201d\">\u3000\u3000At the beginning of the school year, \u201cStudents\u2019 Sharing from Short-Term Missions\u201d allows students to share their experiences and the knowledge they gained from their visits or exchanges in the past summer with the seminary community. In other chapel meetings, students will also have the opportunity to meet with missionaries who visit the Seminary. On such occasions, students can learn more about the needs of missions round the world and pray for the missionaries and the ethnic groups in those places. We seek to nurture our students to have a heart of mission in many different aspects in the hope that no matter where they are and in what church they serve, they will not forget the call for missions.<\/p><h3 class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color: #258e37; font-size: 24px;\"><strong>Baptist Heritage Week<\/strong><\/h3><p align=\"\u201cjustify\u201d\">\u3000\u3000The Baptist Heritage Week is held in October every year with a view to deepening students\u2019 understanding of the Baptist faith, history, and traditions. It is held on three consecutive days during morning chapel. The themes covered in recent years are \u201cSnapshots of the Early Baptist Leaders in China and Hong Kong,\u201d \u201c400th Anniversary of Baptists: Heritage Revisit,\u201d \u201cThe Contribution of the Foreign Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention to the Development of Local (Hong Kong) Baptist Churches (1950-1997),\u201d and \u201cBaptist Faith and Polity.\u201d The speakers are primarily our own teachers. Baptist scholars from overseas are also invited to speak during Baptist Heritage Week.<\/p><p align=\"\u201cjustify\u201d\">\u3000\u3000The Mission Week, Baptist Heritage Week, and the Belote Lectures are public meetings, and we are pleased to have alumni, pastors, ministers, teachers, and students from other seminaries join together to explore different issues. In this way, there are more opportunities for our students to learn and exchange ideas with people that can enable them to enrich their beliefs and broaden their vision.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a860911 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"a860911\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1219df3\" data-id=\"1219df3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2888741 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2888741\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"252\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hkbts.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/%E5%B0%8F%E5%9C%9609.png?fit=252%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-73499\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cbc9138 elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cbc9138\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>.elementor-element-cbc9138{display:none !important}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa60c54 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fa60c54\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p align=\"\u201cjustify\u201d\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\">During the Baptist Mission Week in March 2012, Dr. Brian Stanley from University of Edinburgh spoke on the theme, \u201cRevisit and Outlook of Baptist Missions.\u201d <\/font><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-061f1ba\" data-id=\"061f1ba\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62e1955 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"62e1955\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"252\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hkbts.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/%E5%B0%8F%E5%9C%9610.png?fit=252%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-73500\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af98419 elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"af98419\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>.elementor-element-af98419{display:none !important}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3917ff8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3917ff8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p align=\"\u201cjustify\u201d\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Belote Lectures: The 3-4 day series is an important academic lecture series of the Seminary. The day-time lecture is held in the Seminary\u2019s chapel and the evening lecture is held at a local church. The speaker of our last Belote Lectures was the renowned American Prof. Thomas Long who gave us a profound and down-to-earth exploration and demonstration of the preaching ministry. The turnout was extremely enthusiastic with approximately 200 pastors and ministers present in the day-time lecture every day. <\/font><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27f06ea e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"27f06ea\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e465471 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e465471\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>.elementor-element-e465471{display:none !important}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8defe43 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8defe43\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color: #258E37; font-size: 24px;\"><strong>Student Union and Graduating Classes<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p align=\"\u201cjustify\u201d\">\u3000\u3000Every year, several morning chapels are conducted by the Student Union. For example, \u201cThe Handover Ceremony of the Student Union\u201d in which the executive committee members share their experience in serving the seminary community or \u201cThe Thanksgiving Day\u201d in which the whole seminary community expresses our gratitude to God and men. Towards the end of the school year, there are \u201cGraduating Students\u2019 Sharing Meetings,\u201d followed by \u201cThe Commissioning Ceremony\u201d together with a farewell speech from a teacher. Regardless of whether it is during the \u201cGraduating Students\u2019 Sharing Meetings\u201d when we sing Auld Lang Syne or in the solemn atmosphere of \u201cThe Commissioning Ceremony,\u201d there are many moments which unavoidably tug at our heartstrings and move us all as a community. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fddea4e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fddea4e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"252\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hkbts.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/%E5%B0%8F%E5%9C%9611.png?fit=252%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-73501\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b1296c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3b1296c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>.elementor-element-3b1296c{display:none !important}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0096a5d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0096a5d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">The Commissioning Ceremony in May 2013. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b4b92a6 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b4b92a6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df03783 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"df03783\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>.elementor-element-df03783{display:none !important}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a89561a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a89561a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color: #258E37; font-size: 24px;\"><strong>Guest Speakers\u2019 Sharing and Passing on Their Visions<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p align=\"\u201cjustify\u201d\">\u3000\u3000The Seminary not only provides students with opportunities to exchange thoughts and ideas with guest speakers through the Mission Week, Baptist Heritage Week, and the Belote Lectures, Baptist pastors are often invited to come to share a sermon message through which our students can learn from their ministry experience and can be encouraged by them. <\/p>\n<p align=\"\u201cjustify\u201d\">\u3000\u3000We also invite speakers from different organizations and denominational or church backgrounds to share a Christian message in the morning chapel. For example, last school year, Dr. Chan Nim-chung, the Chief Executive of Cedar Fund, shared with us, \u201cThe Integral Mission,\u201d and Dr. Lee Kam-hon, Emeritus Professor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, shared with the Seminary community, \u201cBusiness Ethics.\u201d <\/p>\n<p align=\"\u201cjustify\u201d\">\u3000\u3000This school year, we had Dr. Patrick Sookhdeo, International Director of Barnabas Fund, who came to share with us, \u201cThe Challenge of the Church and Mission Ministry in Islamic Context\u201d; Rev. Lam Wing-keung, Pastor of Christian and Missionary Alliance Tai Po Church, talked about promoting prayer ministry in the church; Mr. Kei Chi-hing, Chairperson of Fullness Social Enterprises Society, gave a talk on social enterprises, conscience consumption, and the practice of our Christian faith. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8db84f1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"8db84f1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-eec84e9\" data-id=\"eec84e9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3cdd10b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3cdd10b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"252\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hkbts.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/%E5%B0%8F%E5%9C%9612.png?fit=252%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-73502\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c91e683 elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c91e683\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>.elementor-element-c91e683{display:none !important}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-198c034 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"198c034\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p align=\"\u201cjustify\u201d\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Dr. George Wilson, shared with our students a talk on the topic of \u201cReligious Education.\u201d <\/font><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d89aa65\" data-id=\"d89aa65\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae430f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ae430f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"252\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hkbts.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/%E5%B0%8F%E5%9C%9613.png?fit=252%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-73503\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f1d86f elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0f1d86f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>.elementor-element-0f1d86f{display:none !important}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d294f09 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d294f09\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p align=\"\u201cjustify\u201d\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Rev. Lam Sau-kwong, the General Secretary of the Baptist Convention of Hong Kong, came to share with the Seminary community in March a talk entitled, \u201cA Life-Long Vocational Call.\u201d <\/font><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd2f985 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bd2f985\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0063415 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0063415\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"252\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hkbts.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/%E5%B0%8F%E5%9C%9614.png?fit=252%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-73504\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-785096b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"785096b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>.elementor-element-785096b{display:none !important}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af976c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"af976c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">Dr. Lee Kam-hon shared his talk called \u201cBusiness Ethics.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>* * * * *<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color: #258E37; font-size: 24px;\"><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/h3><p align=\"\u201cjustify\u201d\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">\u3000\u3000The contents of the morning chapel are varied and diversified. There we can find the preaching of Christian truth, the communication of visions, the passing on of role models, as well as the renewal of our souls and the broadening of our visions. We value these morning chapels that promote and facilitate communal worship and spiritual formation. They are the moments our Lord uses to leave indelible marks of insight and instruction on the path of growth and consecration of each of our seminary students. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-054fd3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"054fd3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hkbts.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/%E9%99%A2%E8%A8%8A%E5%85%A7%E7%9B%B8%E7%89%87.png?fit=1024%2C512&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-73509\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6267b4c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6267b4c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>.elementor-element-6267b4c{display:none !important}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-beb770e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"beb770e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color: #235ba8; font-size: 24px;\"><strong>The Morning Chapel: Our \u201cHappy Hour\u201d <\/strong><\/h3>\n<b>Mak Wai-yan<\/b> (M. Div. 3)\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9444e4a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"9444e4a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4a3fe41\" data-id=\"4a3fe41\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-951b4a9 elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"951b4a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"252\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hkbts.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/%E5%B0%8F%E5%9C%9615.png?fit=252%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-73505\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4a1e772\" data-id=\"4a1e772\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0fc84f elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a0fc84f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>.elementor-element-a0fc84f{display:none !important}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4071572 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4071572\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p align=\"\u201cjustify\u201d\">\u3000\u3000At 10 in the morning, all classes come to a halt. Teachers and students leave the classrooms, walk up the 24-step stone staircase leading to the Seminary\u2019s chapel, pass the thick, dark brown wooden door with the school motto engraved, and take a seat on the long benches inside. This is the way teachers and students go to the morning chapel service every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. They put aside their busy work and studies and take the time to gather together to worship God.<\/p><p align=\"\u201cjustify\u201d\">\u3000\u3000We, as students, professors, or pastors, seldom have the opportunity to fully focus our attention on the worship service at church or on where students take their practicum because most of the time we have our own \u201cduties.\u201d Therefore, the morning chapel that takes place three times a week is both a time when teachers and students gather together as a community and also a \u201cHappy Hour\u201d in which we can wholeheartedly dedicate ourselves to worshipping God.<\/p><p align=\"\u201cjustify\u201d\">\u3000\u3000The content of the morning chapel is very rich in terms of variety. In the fall term, there are new students\u2019 testimonies of God\u2019s call, sermons preached by our teachers, and also topical messages from guest speakers. During the spring term, there are opportunities for graduating students to \u201ctry a hand at\u201d designing a worship service. Besides the morning chapel being rich in content, occasionally there are special programs as well. For example, on Thanksgiving Day students from each class walk to the front and count the blessings of God in their lives. Also, during the sharing meetings conducted by the graduating classes, students will recount the life changes that they have experienced during their 3-4 years studying at the Seminary by means of acting out a drama or singing hymns. Sometimes an extra item will be inserted, for example, the president will interview a teacher in a relaxed, amiable way to enhance students\u2019 deeper understanding of the teacher and his future plans. Of course, on every Thursday there is a time particularly set aside for teachers and students to pray with one heart for one another\u2019s needs. All these components of the morning chapel seek to enable the Seminary\u2019s students to gain a personal experience of the diversity and the unity present in our Christian faith.<\/p><p align=\"\u201cjustify\u201d\">\u3000\u3000What impresses me most about the morning chapel in which all members of the Seminary take an active part, is that every individual has the opportunity to experience serving others in different positions and thereby appreciate the fullness of one another\u2019s lives. Students can have the opportunity to take turns to serve in such posts as the presiding chairperson, the song leader, the pianist, the prayer leader, and the interpreter. We learn to serve God and others by working together and having exchanges with brothers and sisters in Christ from different backgrounds; we also learn how to be served, how to allow different people\u2019s life stories to touch us and how to build up one another and shape one another into a community that testifies to God\u2019s presence with us. After attending the morning chapel for more than two years, I have realized that each of us has different and distinctive gifts that we need to learn to whole-heartedly offer up to God what we have learned and gained in our lives in each of the posts we have served. May glory be to God.<\/p><p align=\"\u201cjustify\u201d\">\u3000\u3000Next time when you come to the morning chapel, I hope that both you and I can see the life stories of people composed and written by God and the community that He has shaped and that you will treasure this Happy Hour when we come together to worship God.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cd7ae0 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6cd7ae0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-369c4d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"369c4d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>.elementor-element-369c4d6{display:none !important}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ceb35c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ceb35c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color: #235ba8; font-size: 24px;\"><strong>Many Very Precious Lessons Can Be Learned<\/strong><\/h3>\n<b>Ng Chung-yin<\/b> (M.Div. 3)\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-58de43d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"58de43d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9871cff\" data-id=\"9871cff\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b13a39 elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0b13a39\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"252\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hkbts.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/%E5%B0%8F%E5%9C%9616.png?fit=252%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-73506\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-71f17fc\" data-id=\"71f17fc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18b914c elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"18b914c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>.elementor-element-18b914c{display:none !important}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e49c0b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e49c0b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p align=\"\u201cjustify\u201d\">\u3000\u3000As this is my third year in the Seminary, I have taken a good number of courses, read a lot of books, written course assignments using thousands and thousands of words, and learned some of the theories and knowledge behind exegesis. These are indispensable for future pastors to learn and be trained in. However, on the seminary campus there are many other kinds of training. One of which is the morning chapel. No course credits are given for students to join the morning chapel, but it enables me to learn many precious lessons outside the classroom. <\/p>\n\n<p align=\"\u201cjustify\u201d\">\u3000\u3000The morning chapel service begins at 10 am and so teachers and students can have a class break and gather together at the seminary chapel. When we all sing hymns of praise together, I am reminded by the Lord that standing before the living God, my identity is that of a worshipper. When I listen to the word of God, I am reminded by the Lord of how great God is! Even though He is above all things, He became flesh and lived among sinners. His love, riches, and wisdom are boundless. In the chapel service, I am also reminded by the Lord that as a created creature and a worshipper, I must not put the living God who is beyond all things into the \u201ctest tube\u201d to study. Nor can I ever describe this God of eternity fully by typing thousands and thousands of words in a computer keyboard. The chapel service reminds me that as a student of theology I must kneel humbly before God in search of His guidance. <\/p>\n\n<p align=\"\u201cjustify\u201d\">\u3000\u3000The morning chapel is also like God\u2019s spring and autumn rains which water the Earth, renewing my strength when my soul runs dry. When I read my diary and looked back over my seminary studies, I often found myself facing difficult circumstances and problems. It was God who gave me encouragement and comfort through the sermon messages in the morning chapel! <\/p>\n\n<p align=\"\u201cjustify\u201d\">\u3000\u3000I have learned many precious lessons in the morning chapel. Joining one morning chapel after another, when all the Seminary teachers and students gather together to praise God and listen to His word, reminds us all to be Jesus\u2019 disciples together and to be a community that worships God. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b868d7f e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b868d7f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d94f0d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d94f0d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>.elementor-element-d94f0d2{display:none !important}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e11db8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3e11db8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color: #235ba8; font-size: 24px;\"><strong>A Seminary That Preaches and Listens to the Word of God<\/strong><\/h3>\n<b>Andres Tang<\/b> (Teacher of Christian Thought)\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-df633ce elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"df633ce\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-868ee78\" data-id=\"868ee78\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ffae6e elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2ffae6e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"252\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hkbts.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/%E5%B0%8F%E5%9C%9617.png?fit=252%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-73507\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-327fa73\" data-id=\"327fa73\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb331d4 elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bb331d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>.elementor-element-bb331d4{display:none !important}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6625db elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b6625db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p align=\"\u201cjustify\u201d\">\u3000\u3000Over the years of seminary teaching, seldom can I find myself just listening to the preaching of God\u2019s word without preaching on Sundays. However, it is also because of my teaching in the seminary that I have had so many opportunities to listen to the preaching of God\u2019s word during the weekday morning chapel services. <\/p>\n\n<p align=\"\u201cjustify\u201d\">\u3000\u3000In these few years listening to the word of God in the seminary chapel, as I listen to different teachers explaining the word of God and to different graduating students explaining the word of God, I find myself living in a community of the word of God. It is through mutually explaining the word of God that we nurture one another and grow together. <\/p>\n\n<p align=\"\u201cjustify\u201d\">\u3000\u3000In these few years listening to the word of God in the seminary chapel, I find more and more students and many staff workers sitting, paying close attention to teachers and students faithfully explaining the word of God. The life of this community born out of the word of God seems to become more and more vibrant every time. <\/p>\n\n<p align=\"\u201cjustify\u201d\">\u3000\u3000In these few years listening to the word of God in the seminary chapel, I increasingly find that it is a community devoted to listening to the word of God. Likewise, it is a community devoted to preaching the word of God. A seminary must first be a community devoted to listening to the word of God before it becomes a community of preaching the word of God. In humility we listen to the word of God and then have it internalized, being thankful for the brother\u2019s or sister\u2019s preaching (as a channel of God) that builds up our lives. Only by doing these things can we in turn be able to preach the word of God with humility. <\/p>\n\n<p align=\"\u201cjustify\u201d\">\u3000\u3000In these few years listening to the word of God in the seminary chapel, I increasingly find that all that we learn here ultimately converges into the pastoral ministry of preaching. A seminary is to educate and train workers to minister in churches. To do so, the seminary itself must first be nurtured and trained. Therefore, the practice of the seminary\u2019s preaching and listening to the word of God is to enable the word of God to help teachers and students to be shaped into a humble disciple community worthy of being used by God. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f07f55d e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f07f55d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1c1c02 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a1c1c02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>.elementor-element-a1c1c02{display:none !important}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9df1a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c9df1a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color: #235ba8; font-size: 24px;\"><strong>A Time of Serenity That I Cherish<\/strong><\/h3>\n<b>Clement Shum<\/b> (Teacher of New Testament)\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d5956ed elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"d5956ed\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-52b42c2\" data-id=\"52b42c2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7e3e4a elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d7e3e4a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"252\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hkbts.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/%E5%B0%8F%E5%9C%9618.png?fit=252%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-73508\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-494f9f9\" data-id=\"494f9f9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca2ca8a elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ca2ca8a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>.elementor-element-ca2ca8a{display:none !important}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ffdbe42 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ffdbe42\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p align=\"\u201cjustify\u201d\">\u3000\u3000I really like the morning chapel; it allows me to have a time of serenity. The morning chapel is held between the first and second lessons. I particularly cherish such a time when we can take a break and gather together to worship God in the Seminary\u2019s chapel. The reason is not that I need a break but that I like such an hour of serenity between two class lessons when we can sing, pray, and listen to the word of God.<\/p><p align=\"\u201cjustify\u201d\">\u3000\u3000I have always liked listening to the preaching of God\u2019s word. In the morning chapel I can both listen to the sermons of other teachers and to the messages of many outside speakers. In the recent few years, I have been looking forward to listening to the preaching of our graduating students. Although there is still room for improvement in their preaching, I find a dynamic force at their back supporting their preaching so that I, sitting off stage, can always share a sense of community and common purpose with them.<\/p><p align=\"\u201cjustify\u201d\">\u3000\u3000In the last few years, new students\u2019 testimonies of God\u2019s call have been added, and like other students, I love to listen to their stories too. These stories may not be dramatic but we can see that their dedication to ministry is true and pure; these stories always stir up many of my personal recollections prompting me to reflect whether my own dedication to ministry remains unchanged. I was particularly touched by a new student\u2019s consecration sharing several years ago. He recounted that since he was a child he had made a resolution to be a pastor. He upheld this vow unwaveringly in this direction all through the years in an effort to equip himself in a seminary as early as possible. Many who have been called by God have had moments when they would step back or run away, but this student had kept his promise and sustained his consecration to God! I can see God\u2019s choice and God\u2019s works in this student. His sharing not only made me feel excited but also evoked in me a drive. I said to myself, \u201cI will teach him wholeheartedly in order to make him a truly good pastor.\u201d<\/p><p align=\"\u201cjustify\u201d\">\u3000\u3000Another morning chapel that I was deeply impressed was when the Watoto Children\u2019s Choir from Uganda came to the Seminary two years ago. The choir was composed of orphans who suffered from hardship and even inherited AIDS from their parents. That day we had the opportunity to pray with them in groups so that we could directly and intimately get in touch with them and pray for their needs. As a father, I had a strong feeling toward these vulnerable orphans who needed to be protected and I was thankful that our Heavenly Father had entered into their lives, showing forth His loving care and gentle kindness.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Morning meetings are the collective worship of our faith community, and are part of spiritual practice and spiritual life building. The seminary inherits two traditions: on the one hand, as a theological education institution, we inherit the academic tradition, so that students can have a solid foundation in biblical and theological knowledge, and receive multiple training and equipment for the ministry of preaching; on the other hand, we also inherit the monastic tradition of the Christian Church, and pay great attention to the cultivation of the character and spiritual life of the entire group. Morning meetings are a concrete manifestation of the worship and spiritual practice of the entire group. The college&#039;s morning meetings are held three times a week, from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. every Tuesday to Thursday. There are about 80 morning meetings in the first and second semesters (i.e., the fall and spring semesters) each year. Since 2009, the college has strictly implemented the requirement that full-time students must attend morning meetings. Thanks to God&#039;s guidance, the attendance rate of morning meetings in recent years has not only continued to rise, but the atmosphere has become better and better. Everyone can feel the integration and involvement of the entire group in the morning meetings. Each morning chapel service\u2014the communal worship of our Seminary community\u2014enhances the spiritual formation and strengthens the foundation of the spiritual lives of our faith community. Our seminary has inherited two different traditions: On the one hand, as an institution of theological education, we have inherited an academic tradition which seeks to provide a solid grounding in Biblical and theological knowledge and equip students within a multi-dimensional ministerial discipline and training; On the other hand, we have also inhe<\/p>","protected":false},"author":148,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[301],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-301"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ 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