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The <strong>Collegian</strong> is published twice each<br />
year for alumni, family, and friends of<br />
Niagara Christian Collegiate.<br />
NCC BOARD OF DIRECTORS<br />
Doug Sider Jr., Chair<br />
Don McNiven, Vice Chair<br />
Vivian Pengelly<br />
Ron Rienas<br />
Filomena Savoia<br />
Bill Daley<br />
President and CEO: Scott Herron<br />
Principal: Chris Baird<br />
COO: Lynn Schmidt<br />
Marketing & Communications<br />
Sue Grierson<br />
Contributing Writers and Editors<br />
Alex Beck<br />
Sue Grierson<br />
Rebekah Mason<br />
Gabi S.<br />
Kristi Robins<br />
Photographers<br />
Daniel Cattori<br />
Sue Grierson<br />
Rachel Meissner<br />
Niagara Christian Collegiate<br />
2619 Niagara Parkway<br />
Fort Erie, ON L2A 5M4<br />
Phone: 905.871.6980<br />
Fax: 905.871.9260<br />
Email: LoveNCC@niagaracc.com<br />
Website: www.niagaracc.com<br />
The Mission of NCC<br />
In an international community of schools,<br />
to educate students with excellence in a<br />
family-like environment, equipping them<br />
to grow God's Kingdom, and empowering<br />
them to make a difference in the world.<br />
Welcome to the <strong>Winter</strong> Edition of the NCC <strong>Collegian</strong>! Realizing that<br />
the readers of our <strong>Collegian</strong> span the globe, let me update those of<br />
you who are not from the Niagara region on our local winter situation:<br />
lots of snow and ice! In fact, in the last month or so, we’ve had several<br />
snow/ice days where school has been cancelled due to dangerous<br />
weather conditions. In all of my years as a student at NCC, I can only<br />
remember a couple of school cancellations due to weather. So, what<br />
gives? The weather, like much of life, seems to “just happen” and<br />
exists totally out of our control. Yet, we are told in Job 37:6 that God<br />
says to the snow, “Fall to the earth.” God’s hand is present in every<br />
area of our lives, whether we realize it or not (pun intended!). We can<br />
trust our God to be good, and to lead and provide in seasons of snow,<br />
as well as on warm, sunny days. And, despite the recent snow days,<br />
the NCC campus has been busier than ever, as you will read about in<br />
this issue.<br />
During this brutal winter in particular, the Sock Mission has played an<br />
important part in NCC’s mission. I believe you will enjoy not only reading<br />
about how NCC students and staff reach out to the homeless in<br />
Toronto, but also how this mission affects the lives of our students. It is<br />
exciting to see the love and compassion of Christ being passed down<br />
from NCC staff to our students.<br />
Our feature article highlighting NCC graduate Dr. Wendy Willmore<br />
may remind you, as it did me, to not overlook the calling of Christ on<br />
a young child’s life. What we do to help shape the intellect, character,<br />
and spiritual journey of our students cannot be missed, as this is the<br />
very heart of our work at NCC. How God is using Dr. Willmore for the<br />
Kingdom is inspiring, and it was such an honour to visit her hospital<br />
personally in Tanzania recently.<br />
God has blessed us at NCC with generations of faithful alumni serving<br />
all around the world. May we be encouraged by these stories and<br />
respond with renewed passion for ministry!<br />
Scott Herron<br />
President and CEO<br />
The <strong>Collegian</strong> - <strong>Winter</strong> <strong>2019</strong> page 2
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