<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/_dev-testing/2026-08-21/magazine/spring-2011/pastors-and-parents-perspective-westmont.html" dsn="news"><pubDate/><title>A Pastor’s and Parent’s Perspective of Westmont</title><excerpt>Ben and Lauretta Patterson’s ties to Westmont go deeper than his 10 years as campus pastor. Two of their children and a daughter-in-law went to Westmont, and another son works on staff. As they’ve watched students graduate, embark on careers, marry and raise children, they’ve discovered the college shapes lives long after alumni leave campus.</excerpt><author/><image>
            
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