Chapel 1997 - 1998

Bart Tarman is the former Chaplain of Westmont College, having spent 18 years on their faculty and staff. His first ten years after graduating from the University of Denver were spent on the Young Life staff as an Area Director in Littleton, Colorado. Bart also served as the Associate Pastor at El Montecito Presbyterian Church in Montecito, California for five years. Bart and his wife Linda lived in the Washington D.C. from 2002 to 2008 where they worked with Members of the House of Representatives and the Senate prayer groups as a liaison on behalf of these groups to the countries of Latin America. They have been associated with the National Prayer Breakfast for over 30 years. Their travels have taken them on multiple trips to many countries in Central and South American countries, but also to the Middle East and Asia. He has been deeply impacted by seeing the essential relevance and cross-cultural nature of Jesus and the principles he taught.

Stan Gaede started his career at Gordon College as a distinguished professor of sociology, and later became dean of students and provost. He served as provost and then president of Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California. In 2006, after serving at Westmont College for a decade, Gaede returned to Gordon as scholar-in-residence and special advisor to the president. He is currently the president of the Christian College Consortium

Bart Tarman is the former Chaplain of Westmont College, having spent 18 years on their faculty and staff. His first ten years after graduating from the University of Denver were spent on the Young Life staff as an Area Director in Littleton, Colorado. Bart also served as the Associate Pastor at El Montecito Presbyterian Church in Montecito, California for five years. Bart and his wife Linda lived in the Washington D.C. from 2002 to 2008 where they worked with Members of the House of Representatives and the Senate prayer groups as a liaison on behalf of these groups to the countries of Latin America. They have been associated with the National Prayer Breakfast for over 30 years. Their travels have taken them on multiple trips to many countries in Central and South American countries, but also to the Middle East and Asia. He has been deeply impacted by seeing the essential relevance and cross-cultural nature of Jesus and the principles he taught.

Stan Gaede started his career at Gordon College as a distinguished professor of sociology, and later became dean of students and provost. He served as provost and then president of Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California. In 2006, after serving at Westmont College for a decade, Gaede returned to Gordon as scholar-in-residence and special advisor to the president. He is currently the president of the Christian College Consortium

Bart Tarman is the former Chaplain of Westmont College, having spent 18 years on their faculty and staff. His first ten years after graduating from the University of Denver were spent on the Young Life staff as an Area Director in Littleton, Colorado. Bart also served as the Associate Pastor at El Montecito Presbyterian Church in Montecito, California for five years. Bart and his wife Linda lived in the Washington D.C. from 2002 to 2008 where they worked with Members of the House of Representatives and the Senate prayer groups as a liaison on behalf of these groups to the countries of Latin America. They have been associated with the National Prayer Breakfast for over 30 years. Their travels have taken them on multiple trips to many countries in Central and South American countries, but also to the Middle East and Asia. He has been deeply impacted by seeing the essential relevance and cross-cultural nature of Jesus and the principles he taught.

Stan Gaede started his career at Gordon College as a distinguished professor of sociology, and later became dean of students and provost. He served as provost and then president of Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California. In 2006, after serving at Westmont College for a decade, Gaede returned to Gordon as scholar-in-residence and special advisor to the president. He is currently the president of the Christian College Consortium

Bart Tarman is the former Chaplain of Westmont College, having spent 18 years on their faculty and staff. His first ten years after graduating from the University of Denver were spent on the Young Life staff as an Area Director in Littleton, Colorado. Bart also served as the Associate Pastor at El Montecito Presbyterian Church in Montecito, California for five years. Bart and his wife Linda lived in the Washington D.C. from 2002 to 2008 where they worked with Members of the House of Representatives and the Senate prayer groups as a liaison on behalf of these groups to the countries of Latin America. They have been associated with the National Prayer Breakfast for over 30 years. Their travels have taken them on multiple trips to many countries in Central and South American countries, but also to the Middle East and Asia. He has been deeply impacted by seeing the essential relevance and cross-cultural nature of Jesus and the principles he taught.

Robert Wennberg, who taught philosophy at Westmont College for 37 years and authored several books—Life in the Balance: Exploring the Abortion Controversy; Terminal Choices: Euthanasia, Suicide and the Right to Die; God, Humans and Animals: An Invitation to Enlarge Our Moral Universe; and Faith at the Edge: A Book for Doubters—died Bob’s retirement in 2005 did not keep him from continuing to write and lecture about difficult issues of morals and faith. He had earned a doctorate in philosophy from UCSB in 1973 and held master’s degrees from Princeton Theological Seminary and the University of Pennsylvania, and a bachelor’s degree from Fuller Theological Seminary.

Bart Tarman is the former Chaplain of Westmont College, having spent 18 years on their faculty and staff. His first ten years after graduating from the University of Denver were spent on the Young Life staff as an Area Director in Littleton, Colorado. Bart also served as the Associate Pastor at El Montecito Presbyterian Church in Montecito, California for five years. Bart and his wife Linda lived in the Washington D.C. from 2002 to 2008 where they worked with Members of the House of Representatives and the Senate prayer groups as a liaison on behalf of these groups to the countries of Latin America. They have been associated with the National Prayer Breakfast for over 30 years. Their travels have taken them on multiple trips to many countries in Central and South American countries, but also to the Middle East and Asia. He has been deeply impacted by seeing the essential relevance and cross-cultural nature of Jesus and the principles he taught.

Bart Tarman is the former Chaplain of Westmont College, having spent 18 years on their faculty and staff. His first ten years after graduating from the University of Denver were spent on the Young Life staff as an Area Director in Littleton, Colorado. Bart also served as the Associate Pastor at El Montecito Presbyterian Church in Montecito, California for five years. Bart and his wife Linda lived in the Washington D.C. from 2002 to 2008 where they worked with Members of the House of Representatives and the Senate prayer groups as a liaison on behalf of these groups to the countries of Latin America. They have been associated with the National Prayer Breakfast for over 30 years. Their travels have taken them on multiple trips to many countries in Central and South American countries, but also to the Middle East and Asia. He has been deeply impacted by seeing the essential relevance and cross-cultural nature of Jesus and the principles he taught.

Bart Tarman is the former Chaplain of Westmont College, having spent 18 years on their faculty and staff. His first ten years after graduating from the University of Denver were spent on the Young Life staff as an Area Director in Littleton, Colorado. Bart also served as the Associate Pastor at El Montecito Presbyterian Church in Montecito, California for five years. Bart and his wife Linda lived in the Washington D.C. from 2002 to 2008 where they worked with Members of the House of Representatives and the Senate prayer groups as a liaison on behalf of these groups to the countries of Latin America. They have been associated with the National Prayer Breakfast for over 30 years. Their travels have taken them on multiple trips to many countries in Central and South American countries, but also to the Middle East and Asia. He has been deeply impacted by seeing the essential relevance and cross-cultural nature of Jesus and the principles he taught.

Bart Tarman is the former Chaplain of Westmont College, having spent 18 years on their faculty and staff. His first ten years after graduating from the University of Denver were spent on the Young Life staff as an Area Director in Littleton, Colorado. Bart also served as the Associate Pastor at El Montecito Presbyterian Church in Montecito, California for five years. Bart and his wife Linda lived in the Washington D.C. from 2002 to 2008 where they worked with Members of the House of Representatives and the Senate prayer groups as a liaison on behalf of these groups to the countries of Latin America. They have been associated with the National Prayer Breakfast for over 30 years. Their travels have taken them on multiple trips to many countries in Central and South American countries, but also to the Middle East and Asia. He has been deeply impacted by seeing the essential relevance and cross-cultural nature of Jesus and the principles he taught.

Bart Tarman is the former Chaplain of Westmont College, having spent 18 years on their faculty and staff. His first ten years after graduating from the University of Denver were spent on the Young Life staff as an Area Director in Littleton, Colorado. Bart also served as the Associate Pastor at El Montecito Presbyterian Church in Montecito, California for five years. Bart and his wife Linda lived in the Washington D.C. from 2002 to 2008 where they worked with Members of the House of Representatives and the Senate prayer groups as a liaison on behalf of these groups to the countries of Latin America. They have been associated with the National Prayer Breakfast for over 30 years. Their travels have taken them on multiple trips to many countries in Central and South American countries, but also to the Middle East and Asia. He has been deeply impacted by seeing the essential relevance and cross-cultural nature of Jesus and the principles he taught.

Bart Tarman is the former Chaplain of Westmont College, having spent 18 years on their faculty and staff. His first ten years after graduating from the University of Denver were spent on the Young Life staff as an Area Director in Littleton, Colorado. Bart also served as the Associate Pastor at El Montecito Presbyterian Church in Montecito, California for five years. Bart and his wife Linda lived in the Washington D.C. from 2002 to 2008 where they worked with Members of the House of Representatives and the Senate prayer groups as a liaison on behalf of these groups to the countries of Latin America. They have been associated with the National Prayer Breakfast for over 30 years. Their travels have taken them on multiple trips to many countries in Central and South American countries, but also to the Middle East and Asia. He has been deeply impacted by seeing the essential relevance and cross-cultural nature of Jesus and the principles he taught.

Shirley Mullen, the current president of Houghton College, is no stranger to Westmont. She was a member of Westmont's history faculty from 1984-2006. During part of that time, she also served as the interim Dean of the college, and as Westmont's Provost from 2002-2006. Shirley's academic training is in the fields of history and philosophy--focused on the Enlightenment and its Legacy. She currently brings her intellectual passion to the task of creating effective and enduring Christian liberal arts colleges for the challenging world of the 21st century.

Bart Tarman is the former Chaplain of Westmont College, having spent 18 years on their faculty and staff. His first ten years after graduating from the University of Denver were spent on the Young Life staff as an Area Director in Littleton, Colorado. Bart also served as the Associate Pastor at El Montecito Presbyterian Church in Montecito, California for five years. Bart and his wife Linda lived in the Washington D.C. from 2002 to 2008 where they worked with Members of the House of Representatives and the Senate prayer groups as a liaison on behalf of these groups to the countries of Latin America. They have been associated with the National Prayer Breakfast for over 30 years. Their travels have taken them on multiple trips to many countries in Central and South American countries, but also to the Middle East and Asia. He has been deeply impacted by seeing the essential relevance and cross-cultural nature of Jesus and the principles he taught.

Bart Tarman is the former Chaplain of Westmont College, having spent 18 years on their faculty and staff. His first ten years after graduating from the University of Denver were spent on the Young Life staff as an Area Director in Littleton, Colorado. Bart also served as the Associate Pastor at El Montecito Presbyterian Church in Montecito, California for five years. Bart and his wife Linda lived in the Washington D.C. from 2002 to 2008 where they worked with Members of the House of Representatives and the Senate prayer groups as a liaison on behalf of these groups to the countries of Latin America. They have been associated with the National Prayer Breakfast for over 30 years. Their travels have taken them on multiple trips to many countries in Central and South American countries, but also to the Middle East and Asia. He has been deeply impacted by seeing the essential relevance and cross-cultural nature of Jesus and the principles he taught.

Marilyn McEntyre earned her B.A. at Pomona College, M.A. at U.C. Davis, Ph.D. at Princeton University in Comparative Literature. She has taught at many Universities and Colleges including: Princeton Mills College, Dominican University, Westmont, UCSF/UC Berkeley Joint Medical Program and in the University Writing Program at UC Davis. Not only does she teach but she leads retreats for writers, churches, women’s groups, academic staff, and health professional and has written for Weavings, The Christian Century, Sojourners, Prism, Academic Medicine, Literature and Medicine, Medical Humanities, Lectionary Homiletics,College Literature, and other periodicals

Bart Tarman is the former Chaplain of Westmont College, having spent 18 years on their faculty and staff. His first ten years after graduating from the University of Denver were spent on the Young Life staff as an Area Director in Littleton, Colorado. Bart also served as the Associate Pastor at El Montecito Presbyterian Church in Montecito, California for five years. Bart and his wife Linda lived in the Washington D.C. from 2002 to 2008 where they worked with Members of the House of Representatives and the Senate prayer groups as a liaison on behalf of these groups to the countries of Latin America. They have been associated with the National Prayer Breakfast for over 30 years. Their travels have taken them on multiple trips to many countries in Central and South American countries, but also to the Middle East and Asia. He has been deeply impacted by seeing the essential relevance and cross-cultural nature of Jesus and the principles he taught.