We invite You and your leadership team to save this date and join us for the "Building on a Firm Foundation" 2010 Leadership Conference.
Date: January 23, 2010 Time: 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Place: Nolin Conference Center 411 Ring Rd. Elizabethtown, KY 42701
Please register online today!
Dear Leaders,
CHEK cares about Kentucky home school families, but we know that most of these families’ lives are touched by their local home school groups. What you are doing as support group leaders is absolutely crucial. You are influencing families for eternity with your meetings, fellowship, phone calls, co-ops, field trips, newsletters, activities, and more.
Our annual CHEK Leadership Conference is designed to inform and encourage YOU in what you're doing for the homeschoolers in your area. We know that it's difficult to serve when your own tank is running on empty. This is our chance to fill your tank with inspiration and practical tips. We'd love to have representatives from every home school group in Kentucky.
Please mark your calendar for this date and invite others from your group to attend. We aren't sticklers about titles. It doesn't have to be your President or Director; we'd love to have the mom that organizes field trips or sends out your newsletter, and the dad that teaches at co-op, too! We have set up a convenient online registration. You may register yourself and others attending from your group or they can register themselves.
Everything is on us. We'll even feed you! Remember to register, so we have plenty of food for everyone. This is just a one-day workshop from 9-3 so it should be easy to work into your schedule. It will be a relaxed atmosphere, think business luncheon. Be our guest and see how CHEK can help you keep going strong in your commitment to the LORD, your families, and your area homeschoolers.
We are praying for you and your group. We hope to see you at the Leadership Conference.
Sincerely,
The Board of Christian Home Educators of Kentucky
Guest Speakers
 Homeschooled himself in the 1960's and 70's, Kevin Swanson and his wife, Brenda, are now homeschooling their five children. Since graduating from his homeschool and then serving as student body president of a large west coast university, he has gone on to other leadership positions in corporate management, church, and other non-profits. Kevin has 35 years of experience in the homeschooling movement and serves as the Director of Generations with Vision – a ministry he founded to strengthen homeschool families around the country. As a father who wants to leave a godly heritage for his own five children, Kevin's passion is to strengthen and encourage the homeschooling movement all over the world, and to cast a vision for generations to come. For the last 4 years Kevin has hosted a daily radio program – Generations Radio – the world's largest homeschooling and Biblical worldview program that reaches families across the US and in over 80 countries.
Kevin has also served as the Executive Director of Christian Home Educators of Colorado for the last nine years. He has also authored several popular books for homeschoolers, including Upgrade-10 Secrets to the Best Education for Your Child, The Second Mayflower, the Family Bible Study Guide Series, and others. Serving as a passionate supporter of home education, he has been interviewed on hundreds of media outlets, including Dr. James' Dobson's Focus on the Family and the Fox News Network.
To learn more, please visit http://www.generationswithvision.com
 Thomas J. (Tj) Schmidt is the eldest of nine children and was home educated for nine years, much of that time spent on foreign mission fields. Tj received his J.D. from Oak Brook College of Law while serving as a Legal Assistant at HSLDA. Now, as an HSLDA Staff Attorney, Tj answers general legal questions and assists members experiencing legal difficulties. Tj and his wife, Susan, have four children, Josiah, Suzanna, Ella and Makenna. They look forward to teaching all of their children at home.
Here is a tentative schedule:
9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. – Coffee and Pastries
9:30 a.m.—10:00 a.m.—Prayer, Building the Kentucky Home School Community—CHEK
10:00 a.m.—10:40 a.m.--Legal Update for Kentucky and Across the Nation-HSLDA Attorney T.J. Schmidt
Tj will discuss several situations impacting the home school community that have come up recently in Kentucky and around the country. If time allows an update on a few international situations/cases may also be covered.
10:40a.m.—10:50a.m.—Break
10:50 a.m.- 11:10a.m. – Kentucky Jr. Historical Society Program
11:10a.m.—12:00 p.m.--What You Can Do to Strengthen Home Education in Your State — Kevin Swanson
Sharp observers within our ranks have noted some signs of cracking in the foundation of the home school movement. In this absolutely essential presentation, Kevin gives three ways we can reinforce our movement with re-bar - practical ideas that can be implemented as soon as tomorrow.
12:00 p.m.—12:40 p.m.—Lunch
12:45 p.m.—1:20 p.m.--Generation Joshua- Bringing Civics and Government to Life -- T.J. Schmidt
Tj will talk about the Generation Joshua program and the three prongs of “Gen J”- Civics Education, Student Action Teams, and Impact- Equipping young people to positively influence the political culture of today and tomorrow.
1:20 p.m.—1:55 p.m.—Town Hall Session
1:55 p.m.—2:05 p.m.—Break
2:05 p.m.—2:50 p.m.-- A Multi-Generational Vision for Home Education -- Kevin Swanson
Basic to leadership is to know who you are and where you are going. Home school leaders around the country are asking the question, “Is the home school vision really about homeschooling, or is it about something more, something that will impact culture in future generations?” Yet we have seen the vision fade as it blends into the wider culture or as it is consumed by the growing panoply of educational choices. How do we press a vision into the generations? Increasingly, we find ourselves playing the part of the repairers of the breach, the restorers of lost paths. Indeed, we are tasked with laying down a foundation for many generations. And the home school movement offers a rich context in which to impart this multi-generational vision. Drawing from over 35 years in the homeschooling movement, Kevin Swanson identifies what it takes to solidify and perpetuate the vision through the generations.
2:50 p.m.—3:00 p.m.—Special Gift drawings and Prayer 3:00 p.m.—4:00 p.m.—One on one fellowship time; Please plan to visit the Generations with Vision and HSLDA tables. Get to know some of the CHEK board members and other leaders from around the state.
What other leaders are saying about the Conference:
My wife and I coordinate the teen activities for our home school organization, Oldham Christian Home Educators (OCHE). We are members of CHEK and last year we learned of the CHEK leadership conference. I was free that day so I decided to attend and see what it was like. I am so glad I did! Not only did I get to meet the CHEK leadership team and learn a little about their vision for homeschooling in KY, I was also encouraged greatly in my own relationship with God and commitment to home school our children. The speakers offered a lot of insight as well as practical information. I am looking forward to attending this year, as I have heard Kevin Swanson speak before and know that he is a dynamic and Godly teacher in the home school community. I hope to see lots of you there! --Scott Weberg
We've been members of CHEK for a number of years, but had our first opportunity to attend the Leadership Conference in January 2009. While it was our intent to simply be a stand-in for someone who was unable to attend, God had other plans. We were encouraged by the many couples that we met who were actively involved in training their children. Our reasons for homeschooling were reinforced. We were thankful after hearing of the "good fight" fought so that we can enjoy the freedom to homeschool today. We came away from the conference encouraged, enlightened and excited about God's plan for the education of our children. I highly encourage you to attend this event. It will be time well spent. Hope to see you there! -- Brandon Buffin, Georgetown Home School Group
Hotel Information
CHEK has negotiated a $79.00 per night room rate at the Comfort Suites in Elizabethtown Kentucky.
To take advantage of the special rate just call the hotel and request the Christian Home Educators of Kentucky special rate for January 22 and 23 2010.
Hotel information:
215 Commerce Drive
Elizabethtown, KY, US, 42701
Phone: (270) 360-0088 Fax: (270) 360-1128
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100% Smoke Free Hotel |
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