CHEF Homeschooling Conference June 23-24

 

     Christian Home Educators Fellowship (CHEF) will hold their 20th annual Homeschool Conference and Curriculum Fair and their very first National Defending Your Faith Speech and Debate Competition on June 23 and 24 at the Heart of St. Charles Banquet Center, 1410 S. 5th Street, which is located on the northeast corner of Interstate 70 and 5th Street in

St. Charles, Mo. Committed to equipping families to raise up godly generations that will fill the earth with God’s standards, CHEF is once again offering the very best of speakers from around the country, with the addition of homeshooled graduates who will address the young adults in attendance each hour. 

     This year’s lineup of speakers includes: Rick Boyer, father of fourteen, speaker and author, and daughter Kate Boyer; Reb Bradley, pastor, author, and radio counselor, and his wife, Beverly Bradley; Steve and Teri Maxwell, both authors and speakers, along with their son and daughter, Christopher and Sarah; Sharon Jeffus, Art Educator; and pastor Jon Summers and his wife Candy who are both authors and leaders of CHEF. 
   This year’s workshops are guaranteed to be the most powerful and life changing messages ever offered, imparting both vision, direction, wisdom, and encouragement to follow God’s plan for covenantal living.  They include: Making

Sense of Suffering, Sports-Friend or Foe?, Loving and Teaching The Difficult Child, The Homeschool Family: Building a Vision, Sibling Rivalry, How to Start and Run Your Own Business, Preparing Sons to Provide for a Single Income Family, Managers of Their Homes, How We Can and Must Make a Difference, Keeping Our Children’s Hearts, Giving Your Children A Vision For Pure Relationships, Careers Without College, Manager of His Home, Homeschooling with a Meek and Quiet Spirit, Experiencing the Joy of Young Womanhood, The Hands-On Dad, Becoming Your Husband’s Helpmate, Anger, Overcoming the Myth Of Modern Adolescence, Keeping Priorities In Focus, Remember Now Thy Creator, Restoring Peace to Parents and Teens in Turmoil, Child Discipline, Success Or Failure-Where Are You Headed?, About My Father’s Business - The Hebrew Method of Parent Directed Biblical Education, Virtue, Proverbs 31-Lessons I’ve Learned from My Mother, Understanding the Heart of Your Wife, God’s Remedy for Weariness, Fathers: Saving the Next Generation,  Some Things We’ve Learned: Lessons from 22 Years of Homeschooling, a New Homeschoolers Workshop, and a worship service on Thursday, which will encourage each family to Grab Hold Of The Vision For Their Descendants.

     Of particular interest, this year CHEF will be holding their first National Defending Your Faith Speech and Debate Competition, which will equip homeschooled students and their parents with the skills necessary to defend their faith in an anti-Christian world.  Attendees are invited to observe finalists contend with Republican 3rd Congressional District candidate Bill Federer and other prominent dignitaries on issues that are drastically altering the fabric of our country.  During this session, seasoned veterans will assume the role of the liberal media and challenge the faith of the student finalists with hostile comments and questions, just as they themselves have actually experienced, on issues such as same-sex marriage, abortion, evolution, homosexuality, euthanasia, pornography, and U. N. control versus national sovereignty.  Professional speech coach, author, publisher, historian, song writer, and musician, Dan Malan will be coordinating and emceeing this event.

     Each year homeschoolers come from all over the country to attend this conference to hear the Godly messages and to be a part of such a loving and family friendly atmosphere.  Deeply committed to honor and serve God, CHEF not only hosts this conference but diligently works year around to provide His families with the best Christian resources, speakers, workshops, and activities available. To find out more about CHEF or to download a registration form, go to the CHEF website at www.chef-missouri.com.  Registration forms and conference brochures can also be obtained by calling Jon and Candy Summers at (314) 521-8487.  Registration is $25 for individuals or $40 for couples, if postmarked by June 13th or $35 a person and $50 a couple at the door.  Young adults are $10.