Sharing in the life of Queen's is an exhilarating business. As a ministerial candidate you worship, learn, share and eat with about 70 people every day - ordinands from a range of churches, mission companions/partners, ministers and lay leaders from the wider world church, staff and scholars in residence.

The week for all ministerial candidates is shaped around the following:

• A formational day (Monday).  On this day three significant formational events take place:
• A community/discipleship meeting which involves all those who share the life of the campus during the week, comprising ministerial candidates, mission students and some independent students on full-time pathways. 
• A formational pathway which is specific to a year group of ministerial candidates (other students have their own,but separate pathways which are appropriate to their vocation and training).
• A skills programme, which equips students with a range of skills needed for their learning and formation. 

This day provides a common point in the week, an anchor, which establishes the unity of the group.  This is crucial, given the variety of modules that students will be following in the remainder of the week. In order to help the integration, consolidation and evaluation of this formational process each student is required to keep a learning journal (which is also used for the formal assessment for the three formational modules in the afternoon).

• Daily prayer and worship.  Each day has provision for two types of daily prayer:
• Corporate gathered worship (called Foundation Worship), usually at midday (except on Tuesday when Foundation Worship isin the evening).  All ministerial students who are present on the campus are expected to attend daily prayer. 
• Individual or shared prayer.  This may take a variety of patterns and will be at a variety of times.  It may gather Anglicans and others who areexpected to develop patterns of saying a daily office; it may be more personal and focus on an individual's daily devotions. 

• Shared meals.  Eating together is a key part of community life especially when most meals take place after Foundation worship.  Meals bring the wider community together, involving others resident on campus, administrative staff, and invited guests.

• Work based learning in the student's home church.  A full-time ministerial candidate is required to give on average one day per week plus Sunday for work in their home church. The expectations for this work are set and agreed in discussion with the home church minister.  The practice and experience gained in leading worship and preaching in the local church feed into the student's worship portfolio.  This portfolio, which is compiled over the duration of the candidate's training, includes feedback from ministers, members of the congregation, self-appraisal and tutor appraisal.  It provides not only a reflective tool for the candidate but also evidence of ministerial development and competence.

• Personal tutorial oversight and support.  Each student is allocated a personal tutor whose task is to focus on the formation of the ministerial candidate.  This enables the personal tutor to take the lead in preparing the end of year summative report which goes to the relevant people and bodies in the student's sponsoring church.