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The Story Goes On

The Story Goes On

You’ve likely been too busy to notice.. A school year is racing to a conclusion. Summer days invite us to all kinds of family activities. Soccer season is here. The lawn needs mowing. Who could be blamed for not noticing [...]

Hand Up

Hand Up

We have all heard it said that when helping others we should “give a hand up, not a handout.” While Jesus’ feeding of the masses, his water-to-wine miracles and the no strings attached healing provide examples of grace-filled handouts that [...]

Go Deep!

Go Deep!

When writing about the things that happen at Edmonton Christian Schools, it is sometimes a burden to try capture the full depth of the stories that happen as the school lives towards its mission. But as I set out to [...]

Icing on the Cake!

Icing on the Cake!

My mom’s mocha cake was special, not just because it was sooo delicious, but also because she only made it on very special occasions, such as my dad’s birthday. When that cake was brought to the table and the candles [...]

Challenge Accepted, Lessons Learned

Challenge Accepted, Lessons Learned

Challenge given: “You have been asked to submit a proposal for the design of the front entrance of the new school. The school design committee would like the centre piece of the front entrance to be made of stained glass [...]

Deep Hopes for Our Students

Deep Hopes for Our Students

What are your deep hopes for your children? More specifically, what do you hope for when, each day, you send them off to Edmonton Christian Schools (West, Northeast or Senior High School)? These are great questions because deep hopes are at [...]

Hope Sandwiches

Hope Sandwiches

Recently our teachers have been thinking about their deep hopes for the students that attend Edmonton Christian Schools. Many of these hopes, in one way or another, speak about our students being people who love God and love their neighbours. [...]

More than Bricks and Mortar

More than Bricks and Mortar

Planning a new building for the West school will be exciting work! This past week, a group of teachers, staff, administrators, architects and Edmonton Society for Christian Education employees took two days to tour some new and newly renovated school [...]

One Candle

One Candle

“One candle can light a thousand and is in no way diminished--but actually resurrects in a thousand ways.” Ann Voskamp, The Broken Way, Zondervan Press, 2016 One candle. That’s what would have been on the cake at Willem Kees Huig [...]

Blessed Are the Peacemakers

Blessed Are the Peacemakers

To make peace, one needs to know what peace is. Grade 3 at ECWS began exploring that. I came across across this bulletin board outside their classroom. The sign beside it said: After reading the book "What Does Peace [...]