Carol Thorley and her carving which is currently on loan to the Hewitson Library Community Life Community Forums, which include staff, ordinands and independent students, play a key role in the life of the School of Ministry, as part of the Wednesday Community Day programme. The Common Room is in the Hewitson Wing of Knox College and may be used by any student studying theology at the School of Ministry or Otago University. Coffee and tea are provided free for Theological Students Union members and others pay a small fee. The Common Room is also used for more formal functions and meetings and some outside groups use the Common Room, by arrangement. Families of students must make their own private medical arrangements.
Families normally consult doctors within the surrounding locale of their home.
The Opoho bus passes the end of Arden Street in which the School is located. Two other bus routes, Normanby to St Clair and Pinehill to the Octagon, pass through the Gardens area at the bottom of the hill. An excellent shuttle service is available to and from Dunedin Airport.