Reflections on Music Tour 2010
May 17, 2010 | Bob Hummelt 2
The Mennonite Fellowship of Montreal's "Grande Salle" was crowded and I found myself sitting right up front, almost in the trumpet section.  I had heard the concert band's rendition of "Give us This Day" many times durin...
 

Avatar and the Spirituality of Violence
Apr 19, 2010 | James Friesen
I remember my cousin phoning me up and asking if I wanted to go to a movie. The year was 1977. The movie was Star Wars. When the Imperial Star Destroyer began filling the screen in the first scene, and the whole theatre audience gasped in awe, I ...
 

Strategic Plan Report
Oct 27, 2009 | Bob Hummelt
Westgate Mennonite Collegiate's 2008-2009 academic year was significant in the school's history, a watershed of sorts.  We celebrated fifty years of educating and nurturing faith of two generations of students.  Homecoming week with a wor...
 

Presence of God in the Middle East
Sep 22, 2009 | James Friesen
The Presence of God in the Middle East, or: Another Thing That Western Christians Need to Learn from the Arabic Speaking World There was a lot of energy in my classroom as we had our first Middle East trip meeting of the year.  Clearly...
 

Thoughts on Christian Education
Apr 29, 2009 | James Friesen
Thoughts on Christian Education; or What's Westgate Mennonite Collegiate got to do with the Church? From the mission statement of Westgate Mennonite Collegiate: Westgate . . . is a school grounded in the Anabaptist tradition.  It ...
 

Broadening Horizons
Feb 3, 2009 | Charlotte Kroeker
Westgate families have hosted 15 German exchange students from August 28th to November 25th. This bunch has been a real asset to our school.  They participated fully in so many school events. The group decided they wanted to serve ‘Cur...
 

Never been a sinner
Nov 25, 2008 | Janis Thiessen
“Never been a sinner… never sinned… ‘cause I’ve got a friend in Jesus…” These lyrics from the classic 1970s tune “Spirit in the Sky” always make me think - and smile. The music has a dri...
 

Sports and Faith
Nov 18, 2008 | Karl Langelotz
Not that I planned this, but when I offered to write a commentary for our website, I didn’t realize that Terry Dirks would be writing about the same topic. Therefore, this is some ways a response to her article, as well as a sharing of some s...
 

What Builds Community? The Power of Sport
Sep 3, 2008 | Terry Dirks
What Builds Community? The Power of Sport Let me say this first: I am not an armchair sports fan - not at all but .  .   . At our house the TV has been on almost nonstop for the past two weeks, permanently tuned to the Summer ...
 

Westgate and the Gates
Sep 3, 2008 | Krista Neustaedter Barg
I am a member of the Armstrong Point community.  I have been connected seemingly all my life and quite intensely for the last 15 and even more so this past year.  I am a granddaughter of one of the first teachers, a daughter of a graduate, ...