Campus Bookstore
The Bookstore is open from 10:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. Once
in a while, special discount prices are offered on reference
books and other titles.
Canteen
The ATS canteen serves a variety of reasonably priced meals.
It is open everyday except Sundays and holidays.
Chapel
During the semester, students, faculty and staff of the
Seminary meet every Wednesday at 11:00 A.M. for corporate
worship. Chapel is voluntary, but each one is urged to attend
for personal edification and body life.
Chaplain & the Spiritual Formation
Program
Spiritual formation is one major aspect of Seminary life,
together with growth in theological wisdom and development
of ministerial skills. Spiritual formation has both a divine
and human-ministerial side. It is the redemptive act of
the Holy Spirit in all aspects of individual and corporate
life to reclaim the rule of God within and between individuals
so that they might reflect the glory of God in increasing
measure until its perfection at the return of Christ. It
is also the ministerial act of mature, gifted, and trained
Christians in providing sustained companionship, guidance,
facilitation, and support to individuals and groups so that
they might discern and experience, through the help of Scriptures,
authentic interaction with God for the purpose of a fruitful
life of service to both God and human beings.
The spiritual formation program at ATS
seeks to:
- Enable students toward better spiritual self-understanding
and awareness.
- Develop systematic and workable patterns of spiritual
discipline, informed by a sound theology of spirituality
and by a sensitivity to both the cultural context and
individual characteristics of students.
- Provide models for spiritual maturity that demonstrate
a Christ-directed spirituality that students can practice
and that they can pass on to those to whom they minister.
- Encourage the actual practice of such disciplines
through care groups, chapel, retreats, and guided meditative
sessions.
- Provide counseling services for students, including
entrance and exit counseling.
Counseling Center
The ATS Counseling Center functions on two levels:
- It serves as learning laboratory for Counseling major
students where they experience supervision during actual
counseling sessions. Students can watch and process
actual or simulated counseling sessions. The laboratory
for learning also provides teaching faculty with opportunities
for mutual learning and supervision of their counseling
cases. It is also a venue where faculty and students
can try out innovative approaches in counseling.
- Offers counseling and psychotherapy on problems such
as alcohol/drug addictions, relationship problems, personality
problems, depression and anxiety problems, sleep problems,
eating disorders, sexual problems, etc.
The Center promotes personal growth and
development of its students and clients. It is managed by
professionals who have wide exposure in the helping profession
both inside and outside the church. The members of the team
come from various disciplines and traditions of the helping
professions. They are Christian leaders in their respective
professional groups, churches and religious communities.
They have long experience of teaching in the church, Bible
school and/or seminary on counseling and other topics related
to effective Christian living.
International Student Services
Office
The International Student Services Office (ISSO) seeks to
assist international students in the entire process of enrollment
and matriculation at ATS. Prospective international students
should contact the ISSO for important information on enrollment,
immigration procedures, and documentation before arrival
in the Philippines. ATS recognizes the special needs of
international students and is committed to helping each
student receive the maximum benefit of a graduate-level
education. We do this by helping to find housing and schooling
for children, orientation to life in the Philippines, especially
Metro Manila, and awarding scholarships to eligible and
qualified students.
We also assist accepted students with immigration
and related legal matters. It should be noted here that,
at the present time, we process only the 9-g visa (i.e.
the missionary visa) which is suitable for students at ATS.
Unfortunately, we cannot be responsible for administering
any other type of visa.
Normally, all application forms, transcripts,
references, testimonies, medical certificates, etc. should
be submitted to ATS before leaving your home country (see
separate notes on entrance requirements and TOEFL requirements).
We strongly advise that you photocopy and
keep safely at least 3 copies of all important documents
(passport, travel documents, all application forms, transcript,
etc.). Please do not send anything which has not been photocopied
yet.
Library
Library
Catalog
The ATS Library provides a fine resource for Seminary study
and is an integral part of the total Seminary program. It
contains 38,480 volumes of books with a total of 29,000
titles. The library also has 4,502 volumes of reference
materials, 2,504 volumes of bound periodicals, 148titles
of current periodicals, and 1125 titles of theses and dissertations.
In addition, the library holds a substantial collection
of microfiches, microfilms, filmstrips, slides, records,
maps, tapes, video-tapes, and audio-visual equipment. Books
are classified under the Library of Congress classification
scheme. The card catalog is currently being computerized
utilizing BIBBASE software. Bibliographical databases are
also available for public access.
The Library is closed during Chapel Time
(Wednesdays, 11:00 A.M. to 12:15 P.M.) and during ATS Student
Association (ATSSA) meetings. Regular library hours is from
7:30 A.M. to 6:00 P.M., Mondays to Fridays and from 8:00
A.M. to 5:00 P.M. on Saturdays. |
