It's Nearly Christmas!

At least, it is by the calendar, though to look at Melbourne's recent weather you could be forgiven for thinking it's July.

You're receiving this email because you are a former student or staff member of Donvale Christian College - and we've been updating our records!

So, in this edition of Now and Then:

• Executive Principal  Tim Argall reflects on what we really mean by success in Cheering on our Champions
• Director of Christian Foundations Viv Stapleton describes how Year 11 students approach talking about their faith with kids from a different culture in Building Bridges
• Tanya Vaughan, Head of Primary, notes the importance of just three letters in A Powerful Little Word
• Thank You and God Bless lists long-serving staff members who have either retired or moved on to other roles this term
• Alumni from Donvale's early years reconnect at a reunion - Recalling the Early Years 
• (VIDEO) Our music program features at the Victorian Schools Music Festival in September - Two Bands, Two Gold Medals
• This year's Secondary production wins four Lyrebird awards - Charlie and the Lyrebird Awards
• (VIDEO) At Secondary Thanksgiving in November You Raise Me Up forms part of a beautiful climax to the evening
• (VIDEO) We start building a new Senior Secondary Centre - It's Another Construction Site!
• And finally meet Donvale alumnus (2002) and current parent Chris Fraser In the Spotlight.

I hope you enjoy what you read or watch, and see that the vision for Christian education that inspired our Founders is still flourishing here at Donvale Christian College.

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May God bless you and yours this Christmas season and lead you on, refreshed, into 2023.