Kelly Burby graduated from WC in 1985. Four years later, after obtaining a degree in elementary education from Bryan College, she was hired as a new Kindergarten teacher at WC. After teaching three years of Kindergarten and four years of first grade, she began teaching second grade where she has taught ever since. She also […]
What does the phrase “Your Kingdom come” mean in Jesus’ model prayer? Whose Kingdom? What’s it like? Where is it? The word “Your” refers to our Heavenly Father. It is God’s Kingdom. If you want to know about a kingdom, you look to its leader. Exodus 34:6 tells us what God is like: compassionate, gracious, […]
Trevor Wadsworth has taught in WC’s math department since 2013. He currently teaches Geometry, Advanced Placement Calculus, and Advanced Placement Physics. He is also involved with the Upper School baseball team and Ski Club. How would you describe your teaching style? “I like to allow students an opportunity to work with the things that they […]
What happens when you accidentally use powdered sugar for cane sugar in a recipe? Can it be separated from the other ingredients? This was the question Lower School (3-6) Principal, Nanci Griffith, asked students in chapel today as she explained Romans 8:38-39. Just like the powdered sugar could not be removed from the mixing bowl, […]
What does it mean to “hallow”? Why did Jesus teach us to pray, “Our Father in Heaven, hallowed be Your name?” To hallow is to revere, honor as holy, and adore. We are all created to worship; we all place something or someone at the center of our lives. When we “graduate,” or move on […]
Lower School (K-2) Principal, Jim Parrish, asked students in chapel to think about all the things God has created. He asked them to share their favorite ones. As you can imagine, puppies and kittens topped the list, but Mr. Parrish reminded students that God created SO much more. God created the universe and all of […]
Rachel Janssen was hired by Lower School principal Jim Parrish in 2005 just after she finished a master’s of education degree at Cedarville University. At WC, she taught computer and technology classes for four years, then moved to teaching fourth and fifth grade for a short time, and has taught in third grade for the […]
Stephanie Smith has taught physical education and health education at WC since 2007. She has previously coached softball and soccer and currently serves as the department chair for her subject matter. How would you describe your teaching style? “In my P.E, classes, I love to be right in the action with my students! In the […]
Being kind to one another isn’t just something that is good to do, it is something God calls us to do. During Lower School (grades 3-4) chapel today, School Counselor Nancy Secrest reminded students that God created them just the way they are for His glory. Our eye color, hair color, height, and skin color–God […]
Why does the Lord’s Prayer include “in Heaven”? What does it mean that God is our Father “in Heaven”? The reality that God is our Father in Heaven means that he is wholly other, and that he is ever and always present with us. Even in seasons during which we do not feel like God […]
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