Friday Night, February 1, 2008 7:00pm - 10pm
Saturday, February 2, 2008 from 8:30 am - 6pm
Encouragement toward the finish line... Inspiration to end the year strong... Inviting ALL homeschool moms & dads to the 2nd Annual Tri-Cities Midwinter Homeschool Convention and Book Sale which will reinvigorate, encourage, equip and inspire you in the Lord, on toward the finish line this school year! In the midst of New Years resolutions, goals and year end reviews, what better time to evaluate our homeschools than NOW! After the holidays, do you need a kick start and boost to finish out this school year strong? · Tired and exhausted – wondering how to get it all done and honor the Lord with your time? · Need organization ideas, time management tips and strategies? · Are you struggling with learning issues or disabilities and wondering how to teach your child? · Questioning how to count real life as homeschool? · Wondering which books your kids should read and how to inspire a passion for reading? · Curious how Homes School Legal Defense Association can help you understand TN law? · Wondered how to make simple, inexpensive bookshelves to house your growing collection? · Wish your husband could hear from some other homeschool dads and ask them questions?
In the midst of the winter doldrums, you are invited to the 2nd Annual Tri-Cities Midwinter Homeschool Convention and Book Sale at Crossroads Christian Church in Gray, TN on February 1 & 2, 2008 for two days of encouragement, inspiration and equipping. After the holidays, do you need a kick start and boost to finish out the year? Tired and exhausted – wondering how to get it all done? Need organization ideas, time management tips, struggling with learning issues or disabilities, wondering how to finish the school year and still have fun, questioning how to count real life as homeschool, wondering which books your kids should read, how to continue through depression or chronic pain? Wish your husband could hear some other homeschool dads and ask them questions? Do you need a new way of looking at things, a fresh perspective, a streamlined vision, encouragement toward the finish line of this year, a can do attitude, refreshment for today, new friends, like-minded people, GREAT books? The Midwinter Convention will energize and equip you. Please come and bring a friend, we have quadrupled the size of this year and there is something for everyone! Early registration is recommended. Join us for two days of encouragement from people in the trenches with you. Friday night is “Date Night With Dad” setting a firm foundation for homeschooling with HSLDA attorney and special guest speaker Dewitt Black, Keynote Speaker Jan Bloom and ending with a Q&A Session with a panel of real live homeschooling dads. Saturday is full of FABULOUS sessions with HSLDA attorney Dewitt Black, Keynote Speaker Jan Bloom, Time Management specialist Liz Franklin, Lisa Baughn, the owners of Homeschooling Today and more, with over 12 sessions crammed full of inspirational information for you to choose from. You are going to hear from real live families, with real issues, real struggles and how they dealt with them as an encouragement to you – not just the fluffy tales of the perfect family with the perfect life and the perfect homeschool. We talk about life’s tragedies and how to navigate them, along with life’s successes and reassurance through the trenches of common experiences all homeschoolers face. You want real – at Midwinter, you get real! Curious to find out what is new and exciting in the homeschool world? This year, our emphasis is on the best living books! Traveling through the snows from Minnesota, we are featuring the Books Bloom Library with the Queen of Books, Jan & Gary Bloom! Jan is our Keynote Speaker, a delightful friend, author and hilarious homeschool speaker who has written two books that are essential for every homeschoolers library, Who Should We Then Read? with over 140 authors of good books for children and young adults and What Should We Then Know? Jan is a breath of fresh air – she is inspirational, passionate and a genius at introducing kids to the best books! The Blooms are bringing their enormous selection of 4000-5000 of the best living books! Creaking bookshelves FULL of delightful living books all for sale- they have an amazing selection of homeschool favorites, classics, all sorts of Christian books, children's books, and the best books from yesteryear, organized neatly! It is like going into a great library full of safe books, and actually being able to pull old favorites to share with your kids that you were able to read as a child, plus plenty of new ones you want to read aloud, all treasures! We will have many more vendors at Midwinter, and always, we look for the "know, like and trust" principle as well as "quality and value for price!" Whether you have been homeschooling for years, or are new or even considering homeschooling, the Midwinter Convention is the ideal place to glean information about homeschooling children of all ages, hear excellent speakers, meet homeschoolers, learn about local co-ops and opportunities to learn, and go home with a goodie bag full of information! There is nothing better than sharing the day with hubby or a friend. Tell them they will get their batteries recharged, gain a fresh perspective, a new vision, get questions answered, hear from others sharing similar struggles, meet other home educators and enjoy a great day in the Lord with you! There is a sweetness in the fellowship at homeschool conventions that simply must be experienced! Come with a heart prepared to learn, bring a notebook, a budget for books and homeschooling supplies, and a friend. Nursing babies are welcome, but we do ask that children stay at home; this is a day for Mom and Dad to be equipped and encouraged! You will go home with goodie bags full of information, new homeschooling ideas, curriculum ideas and programs COST ~ Midwinter Homeschool Covention 2008: We are asking for a $5 donation per family to offset administrative costs and provide you with the best convention we can! LUNCH: We will be offering a lunch this year for a very reasonable rate, details soon! Friday Night, February 1, 2008 7:00pm - 10pm
Saturday, February 2, 2008 from 8:30 am - 6pmCrossroads Christian Church
1300 Suncrest Drive
Gray, TN. Next to Daniel Boone High School & Gray Fossil Museum
Real encouragement occurs when words are spoken from a heart of love to another's recognized fear.
-- Larry Crabb |
