Leadership Symposiums
Another aspect that was revealed from the comments from the brunch was that leaders want a leadership symposium in various parts of the state. If you have specific topics you’d like to see covered at a symposium, please contact us as soon as possible as we are working on a format for the symposium, and hope to be able to offer two or three before the conference next year. Email Mike or Paula at memo(at)chec(dot)org.
Brunch Folder Handouts Available
Materials included in the brunch folder handouts included:
· Hearth Fund Brochure
· Curriculum Comparisons
· Colorado Independent Schools List
· 20 Elements of Success in Christian Home Education from Teaching Home Magazine © 2001
· Checklist for Starting a School Year from Teaching Home Magazine © 2001
· What Makes a Successful “Youth/Teen” Group by Mary Rankin, former leader and homeschool mom in Parker
· Educational Options in Colorado (Public School, Charter School, Public School at Home, Part-time Public School, Private School, Independent Private Homeschool)
· Generations
· *NEW* Colorado Homeschool Law
· Let’s Communicate Biblically by Pastor Dennis and Sharon Grimes
· Testing by Ronnie McKay, former leader and homeschool mom in Parker
· Testers and Evaluators List
· How to Mentor New Leaders by Mike and Paula Anderson
· Volunteers: How to Get Them and Encourage Them by Mike and Paula Anderson
These resources are one-page and some are two-sided. We would be happy to provide you with any or all of them if you have need of them, for yourself, or to share with your groups. Please email us at memo(at)chec(dot)org to make your request.
Recommended Workshops from the 2008 Family Conference
One of the questions we asked the Brunch attendees was what they were struggling with as leaders. From those responses we’ve compiled workshops that we recommend to help you with those concerns and for the members of your groups as well. Individual workshops available for purchase from Broad Reach on their website under “Christian Home Educators of Colorado Conference 2008” on the left-hand side under “Recent Conferences.” http://www.BestChristianConferences.com
Discipleship Homeschooling
œœœVoddie Baucham, Family Discipleship, How to Pass On the Faith One Generation at a Time (the best keynote address we’ve heard in over 12 years of conferences in Colorado and Arizona)
œœœVoddie Baucham, Government Education (lays a foundation for distinctly Christian homeschooling and why we should not send our children to government schools based on the Word)
œœœKevin Swanson, Why Homeschooling Will Change the World (relationship-based, parent-directed learning is changing the world and Kevin shares with you how it is)
How to Homeschool Through High School
œœœMardy Freeman, Homeschooling Through High School (why and how to homeschool through high school)
œœœDr. Jay Wile, Teaching High School at Home (quelling fears of parents who don’t believe they can adequately teach their children at home in high school particularly concerning higher end mathematics and lab oriented science classes)
œœœVicki Lewis, The No-Panic Approach to High School (prayerfully planning and gracefully surviving the homeschool high school years)
œœœChris Klicka, Homeschooling Teenagers: Standing Against the Culture (mastering a Biblical worldview requires teens to live righteously so that they can counter the culture which surrounds them)
Replinishing Ourselves
œœœLorrie Flem, Encouragement and Hope for the Weary Homeschool Mom (practical advice to change your drag into joy and learn to fly high)
Beginning Support Group Structure and Continuing Successful Support Groups
œœœNorm Wakefield, Jurisdictional Leadership: Finding Your Place in God’s Plan (this, by far, is the most popular Brunch workshop as Norm presented information and tools for new and seasoned leaders)
Another major concern raised by leaders was conflict resolution. For that we would refer you to the hand-out above by Pastor Dennis and Sharon Grimes, and the book The Peacemaker by Ken Sande © 2004 (every leader should own this book!), and encourage you to sign up for the weekly PeaceMeal publication from http://www.Peacemaker.net.
Single Moms Dinner, September 19, 6 pm, Mountain Church in Castle Rock
CHEC desires to serve the widowed and single moms within the Colorado homeschool community. To that end, there is an annual encouragement dinner every September. For more information, contact Bryan Helgesen at bryan (at) chec (dot) org.
Headship in the Home, September 19-21, Colorado Springs
Come listen to speaker Norm Wakefield as he encourages men in their roles as head of their home.
Friday, September 19, 6-8:30 pm, Woodmen Valley Stone Chapel • Living With an Eternal Perspective: The Key to Wisdom (evening session) for men and their wives. Cost: $10 per person.
Saturday, September 20, 9 am – 3 pm, Woodmen Valley Stone Chapel • God’s Blueprint for the Family: Home-based Discipleship (1st morning session) • The Calling Out of Sons: What’s a Father to Do? (2nd morning session) • How to Be God’s Forerunners for the Next Generation (1st afternoon session) • Leading With Vision (2nd afternoon session) all for men and young men. Cost: $5 per person, lunch included.
Sunday, September 21, 10 -11:30am, TCA Central Campus • Anchored in Christ: Building on the Solid Rock (Sunday morning sermon) for men and their families. Cost: none! (but bring something and stay for a pot-luck lunch)
Please go to http://www.hopefamilies.org/wakefield.html for more information or to register.
Communicators for Christ, October 1 – 4, Colorado Springs
Communicators for Christ, a team of accomplished coaches, enables students to use communication to share the hope that we as Christians have. They offer public speaking and debate conferences, workshops, and summer camps, as well as a Chapter Program, achievement competitions, leadership training, and curriculum. Communicators for Christ helps both beginning and seasoned speakers from ages 7 to 18 more fully develop and fine tune their skills. A dual emphasis on both the value of competition and the greater purpose of communication distinguishes Communicators for Christ. They encourage and equip conference participants to be the best competitors they can be. However, they also stress that competition is a means to a greater goal, and show students why and how communication skills can be implemented in community settings. For information about the Colorado Conference, October 1st – 4th, and to see what’s new with CFC contact Robbie Blum, blumrl (at) msn (dot) com or go to www.communicatorsforchrist.com
Denver Area Free Days, 2008
Denver Zoo, 2300 Steele Street, Denver, 303-376-4800, http://www.denverzoo.org
Tuesday, October 7 Sunday, November 2
Saturday, October 18 Sunday, November 9
Denver Museum of Nature and Science, 2001 Colorado Boulevard, Denver, 303-322-7009, http://www.dmns.org
Sunday, September 7 Sunday, December 7
Wednesday, October 22
Denver Botanic Gardens, 1005 York Street, Denver, 720-865-3500, http://www.botanicgardens.org
and Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield, 8500 Deer Creek Canyon Road, Littleton, 303-973-3705, http://www.botanicgardens.org/
Friday, October 3 Friday, December 5
Friday, November 7
Denver Art Museum, 100 West 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000, http://www.denverartmusuem.org
Saturday, September 6 Saturday, November 1
Saturday, October 4 Saturday, December 6
From http://www.scfd.org/
Homeschool Classes in Apologetics, Christian Doctrine and Survey Classes
on the Northern Front Range
James Mitchell is a former homeschool student, Bible college graduate, and current teacher at Loveland Christian High School which holds classes for the homeschool community in Loveland. They would like to offer the following Bible classes in other communities in the northern Front Range (Longmont, Boulder, etc.). Course descriptions below.
CHRISTIAN APOLOGETICS: Using a variety of materials, such as Summit Ministry’s Understanding the Times, this class looks deeply at worldviews.
BIBLE DOCTRINES: Using a variety of materials, including Abeka’s Bible Doctrines for Christian Schools, this class seeks to give a basic understanding of the Biblical teachings regarding the scripture, God, Christ, the Holy Spirit, mankind, sin, salvation, Satan, angels and demons, the church, and the end times.
OLD TESTAMENT SURVEY: This class seeks to give a basic knowledge of the Old Testament Scriptures of the Bible.
NEW TESTAMENT SURVEY: This class seeks to give a basic knowledge of the New Testament Scriptures of the Bible.
Contact James Mitchell at llamaface24(at)hotmail(dot)com.
Geography Bee, December 6, 2008, Denver Metro and Grand Junction
This event is the first step in an annual competition sponsored by the National Geographic Society. The winner of each CHEC Bee will take the qualifying test for the State Bee, to be held April 2009. The State Bee winner will compete at the National Bee in Washington, D.C., in May 2009.
National Geographic rules for participation by homeschoolers are: “Children who participate in the bee must be in grades four through eight and may not be over the age of 15 by the time of the national-level competition. Students must be following a school schedule and academic course load comparable to the majority of the student’s grade mates and age mates. A student may not be enrolled in more than two academic courses at the high school and/or college level during each school year of the competition. All students must be exclusively homeschooled. They may not attend public, private, or parochial schools.”
Questions in the Bee will address economics, culture, natural resources, and conservation, including United States geography, World geography, and physical geography.
More information about National Geographic Society and study tips can be found at their website: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geographicbee. At a cost of $15 per family you can register for the CHEC Bee by calling Evelyn Hess at 719-531-5651. Registration deadline is December 1, 2008.
NEW!! A CHEC Geography Bee will be held near Grand Junction for those of you who live on the western slope! Contact Lyda Savoca at 970-283-5634.
Civil War Ball, January 10, 2009
Please contact gaff.family(at)comcast(dot)net for more information.
Introductory Seminars
September 13, Denver Metro area
November 8, Denver Metro area
Visit http://www.chec.org to register and for further information.
Prepare for Life Seminar, formerly the Homeschool High School Seminar
Although the name of this seminar has changed, we haven’t changed that it encourages and equips families to homeschool their high school aged students. What has changed is that we’ve added a tract or two about the options available specifically meant to highlight the unique opportunities that mentorship, apprenticeship and entreprenurialship offer to homeschool students as they graduate and encounter the world. The next seminar is October 18 in the Denver Metro area. The cost is still just $59 for a married couple and one child to attend. Visit http://www.chec.org to register and for further information. | 