<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/2026-07-21/westmont-news/soul-surfer-inspires-westmont-chapel.html" dsn="news"><pubDate>04/13/2015</pubDate><title>'Soul Surfer' Inspires at Westmont Chapel</title><excerpt>Bethany Hamilton, whose autobiography, “Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board,” inspired the 2011 film “Soul Surfer,” spoke to more than 1,200 people in a special chapel service April 10 in Westmont’s Murchison Gym.</excerpt><author>Westmont</author><image>
            
            <img src="/_migrated-binaries/sites/default/files/blogs-legacy/2015/04/HamiltonTalk-505x565.jpg" alt="Bethany Hamilton"/>
        </image><caption>Bethany Hamilton (photo by Donald Brubaker)</caption><description>1 Column Content Background Color White Heading...</description></item>