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Announcing the 2012 Christian Family Home Educators Convention

May 11 - 12, 2012

Featuring Keynote Speaker Michael Smith

Attorney Mike Smith is the President of HSLDA, an organization that he helped found in 1983. Established to protect the right of parents to teach their children at home, HSLDA now represents over 80,000 member families. Mike and his wife Elizabeth began homeschooling their children in 1981. He has been defending families for 28 years. Mike has been speaking to homeschool audiences for 23 years. His columns on home education appear regularly in the Washington Times, and he has been a guest on numerous television and radio programs, including Focus on the Family with Jim Dobson and Hannity and Colmes on Fox News. He believes that there is a revival taking place in America through the homeschool movement and that, through the second and third generation of homeschoolers, there is great potential to return America to its moral and religious foundation.

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2012 Convention Schedule is NOW AVAILABLE

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2012 Vendor Hall Exhibitors

Location

Spokane Valley Church of the Nazarene
15515 E 20th Ave
Spokane Valley, WA

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2012 Convention Keynote Sessions with Mike Smith

  • Remembering the Reason, Renewing the Vision
  • The Greatest Deterrent to Homeschooling-Fear and Inadequacy
  • How Do We Measure Success in Homeschooling?

2012 Workshops with Elizabeth Smith

  • Beyond Textbooks to Creative Curriculum
  • Balancing Home, Marriage and Homeschooling
  • Training the Soul of a Child
  • 10 Reasons to Homeschool Teens

2012 Convention Workshops

Vendor Workshops
  • IEW:Carolyn Goldammer: Experience Excellence in Writing
  • Character First:Morna Gilbert: How to Teach Character Using Nature, History, and Everyday Life
  • Spell to Write and Read:Sarah Gunning Moser
  • Daniel Craig: College the Smart Way
  • Victor Morris (BJU):Encouraging the "Budding Scientest" in Your Children
  • Richard Cary: Quiet Stream Books
  • Sonlight: Karla Cook: Raising Kids Who Love to Learn

General Topic Workshops

  • Marchauna Rodgers: Life Lessons in the Desert
  • Kelly Clark: Field Trips for Homeschoolers
  • Scott and DiAnna Brannan: Washington State Trojan Horse
  • Scott and DiAnna Brannan: Bringing Your Children Home to Educate Them
  • Amber McGuire: Help for Patents of Kinesthetics
  • Morna Gilbert: Confessions of a Homeschool Mom
  • Tammy Peterson: Don't Quit Now, You Can Teach High School
  • Susan Evans: Homeschooling a Reluctant Writer
  • Susan Evans: Using Simple Costumes and Props to Teach the Bible
  • Patrick Nurre: Geological Evidence for the Genesis Flood
  • Sarah Gunning Moser: Give Your Kids a Literacy Toolkit--Help for Those With Struggling Learners

Teen Workshops

  • Daniel Craig: Know What You Believe! What Every Young Person Must Understand About Building on the Beliefs of Their Parents
  • Joel Grewe: What is Easy and What is Right: A Call to Greater Responsibility in the Youth of the Nation
  • Chris Rodgers: In Hot Pursuit: Seeking God's Heart
  • Donnie Johnson: 1st World Problems

Men Only Workshops

  • Donnie Johnson: Helping Your Kids to Learn and Love the Bible
  • Mike Smith: What Can Dads to do Make Mom Successful in Homeschooling
  • Patrick Nurre: Radiometric Dating-The Great Magic Show

About Our Speakers

Scott and DiAnna Brannan

Scott and DiAnna Brannan have been happily married for twenty-seven years. They have two grown children, who were home educated from the beginning. The Brannan’s have served in several capacities within the homeschool community at the state, regional and local level. They are founders of the Christian Homeschool Network of Washington (www.chnow.org). CHN’s mission is to communicate legislative and local issues that affect homeschooling in the state of Washington. CHN acts as legislative liaison to Christian Heritage Home Educators of Washington and state liaison to Home School Legal Defense Association.

Richard Cary

Richard Cary, D. Min., grew up in rural Snohomish County, Washington. He served in the U.S. Army, completed Bible College and seminary training, and has been in full-time ministry since 1974. Ministry activities include church pastoring and foreign missionary work. He has taught at Italian Bible Institute and the Caribbean School of Theology. He is author of two text books (“Point Man for God” and “Hebrews”), several articles, and is the author of a historical fiction series for children, beginning with “Saving Little-Fish.” Richard is married to Linda, who also writes, and has two adult children. www.quietstreambooks.com

Kelly Clark

Kelly Clark and her husband have been homeschooling their 3 kids since birth. Kelly has been organizing and attending field trips with her family for a long time and in 2007 began to invite friends to join them. Kelly created www.ExploringFamilies.wordpress.com in 2010 to easily connect families with educational explorations.

Karla Cook

Karla Cook is a life-long learner as well as a 13-year homeschool veteran and a Sonlight Curriculum Consultant. She enjoys reading, writing, and outdoor activities with her family. She and her family live in Post Falls, Idaho.

Daniel Craig

As a CollegePlus Regional Admissions Director, Daniel Craig is excited to assist prospective students and families as they seek to apply the homeschool ideology to college education. He enjoys advising students on the various opportunities available through CollegePlus which will enable them to achieve the goals they have set.

Daniel is currently completing a seminary degree in Philosophy and Apologetics. He was able to get a head start on his college education by combining high school and college courses using accelerated distance learning methods. In addition, he has won various awards and medals as an accomplished pianist and vocalist. Contrary to the secular mentality, Daniel believes that worldview plays into all areas of life – including education. Thus, he is thrilled about working with CollegePlus because of the company’s vision of providing a biblically-based education alternative. Daniel is passionate about helping students gain an education that does not harm their faith, but actually strengthens it.

Susan Evans

Susan Evans is a lively homeschool conference speaker who can often be seen wearing a costume. She earned a Bachelor's degree in English Literature and worked as a certified teacher for 7 years, including two years in London, England. Now she homeschools her four children, using a combination of unit studies, classical literature, and Charlotte Mason ideas. www.SusanEvans.org

Morna Gilbert

Morna and Don Gilbert have home educated their four children, ages 33, 31, 29, and 18 - over the past 27 years. Morna's passion invites you to be embraced, encouraged, and empowered, especially in the difficult seasons of life. Learn from this veteran mom how to make your homeschool experience a positive learning environment. Morna speaks all over the U.S. in various venues including homeschool conventions, city/county government, and businesses; is an author and has taught character to children in multiple settings. In recent years she has been teaching character and leadership in homeschool partnership programs in several communities in Washington State. Morna has recently earned an M.A. in Leadership/Communications. Focus on Character is a family business of over 20 years. They reside in Spokane, WA.

Carolyn Goldammer

Carolyn Goldammer has been teaching for 29 years in public, private, and homeschool settings. She and her husband, Ron, have two daughters, one a sophomore at Gonzaga University and the other, a high school junior in Missoula, MT. She began homeschooling when they were young and was thrilled to discover the Institute for Excellence in Writing—a sequential way to teach writing. Carolyn wishes she had found this in her earlier years as an educator!

Joel Grewe

Joel started his life as an advocate when he was in 6th grade and convinced his mother to homeschool him. In 2007, after working on Capitol Hill for Congressman J.C. Watts and then delving into the world of demographic research, Joel started training future leaders as Generation Joshua’s National Clubs Coordinator. He now serves as the administrator of all of Generation Joshua’s national efforts. A graduate of his hometown college, Eastern Washington University, he travels around the United States training youth to influence the political world for Christ. When Joel speaks, he draws on his 15 years of ministry experience and 10 years of political campaign experience to make the message relevant to a generation that he says, “Will change the world.” Living in the Washington, D.C. area, Joel, his wife Christie, and their 2- year- old son enjoy life in the fast lane.

Donnie Johnson

Donnie Johnson is the lead pastor of Liferoads Church in Spokane. He has been married to his wife Pam since 2001. They have two sons, Silas and Samuel. Donnie is a 2005 graduate of Moody Bible Institute - Spokane with a bachelor’s degree in Biblical Studies. Before becoming the lead pastor of Liferoads in February of 2009, Donnie spent 3 years as an associate pastor and 3 years as a children’s pastor. Donnie and Pam are currently homeschooling their son Silas.

Amber McGuire

Amber McGuire and Jeff McGuire have been married for 18 years. They have always homeschooled their three children (ages 10-14). Amber graduated from Logos School in Moscow, ID, with a strong background in classical education. She is the owner of The Homeschool Book Shop in Spokane, WA. In addition to homeschool curriculum she also provides educational consultation to homeschoolers. In all things she desires to bring glory to God. Seeing families draw closer together and watching children thrive brings the sparkle to her life!

Victor Morris

Victor Morris received his degree in Atmospheric Sciences, with an emphasis in planetary atmospheres, from the University of Washington (UW) in 1982 and has been employed by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in Richland, Washington for 29 years. Mr. Morris is a scientist in PNNL’s Atmospheric Science and Global Change Division, specializing in the installation, operation, and maintenance of field measurement systems for meteorological, climatological, and wind energy research. He currently serves as an instrument mentor for the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Atmospheric Radiation Measurement program. He and his wife, Jennifer, have homeschooled their four daughters for 23 years.

Sarah Gunning Moser

Besides writing, Sarah Gunning Moser has been married over twenty-five years. She is an Endorsed Spell to Write and Read Trainer and experienced classroom teacher, tutor, homeschooler, adult instructor, speaker, and business owner. Sarah moonlights in Seattle as a professional theatrical dresser and is a former manufacturing engineer in aircraft production. Her passion and dream: to see America’s historical literacy restored and to introduce people to the richness of English. Sarah dedicates her work to Jesus in this hurting world, and hopes by encouraging others she will improve their lives and knowledge of Christ through a deep love of reading.

Patrick Nurre

Patrick Nurre has been an enthusiastic rockhound since grade school. He grew up in the beautiful state of Montana where he spent many of his Saturdays rockhounding near the Big Horn River. His field experience has included extensive rock collecting in the states of Washington, Idaho, Montana, South Dakota, Utah, Oregon, Wyoming, Kansas and Indiana. He has a special interest in volcanoes. In the 1970s Patrick and his wife Vicki were involved in helping to promote and organize the creation-evolution debates featuring the late Dr. Henry Morris and Dr. Duane Gish. Patrick and Vicki homeschooled their three children, now all grown. Patrick and Vicki now reside in Bothell, Washington. They are grandparents and remain good friends of the homeschool movement. In 2005 Patrick started Northwest Treasures, a business devoted to producing a wide variety of fine geology specimen kits and high quality polished thunder eggs to promote rockhounding. In addition Patrick leads numerous geology field trips each year throughout the Northwest. Patrick’s geology specimen kits and polished thunder eggs have been featured in the new Creation Museum gift shop in Petersburg, Kentucky. In addition to his hobby of rockhounding, Patrick pastors a church in the Mountlake Terrace, Washington area.

Tammy Peterson

Tammy Peterson has been married to Chris for 27 years, and has 3 children, including a 21-year-old homeschool graduate, who is a junior at Whitworth University, and a 12 and 10 year old. She has been homeschooling for over 16 years and is thankful for the privilege of discipling and training her children at home. She has been the coordinator of the CHEE homeschool support group for 10 years and is blessed to be a Keeper at Home and living out this calling on her life. In her "spare" time (Ha!) she enjoys reading & scrapbooking. One of her heart's desires is to help equip and encourage other homeschoolers to be faithful and committed to the Lord's calling on their lives as well.

Chris Rodgers

Chris, the father of eight, grew up in public school and didn’t know what home education was until he became a father. He has learned quite a bit in the last sixteen years, and is committed to ensuring his children leave home not only well educated, but prepared for the spiritual challenges they will face in an increasingly hostile world. Chris is the city director for Priority Associates (www.priorityassociates.org), the marketplace ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ, and the state coordinator for Teen Pact (www.teenpact.com). Having grown up in a broken family, without Jesus, Chris has a deep and personal passion for encouraging and equipping Christians (of any age) to live out the Gospel so that those in need may have the comfort Christ brings.

Marchauna Rodgers

Marchauna, a mother of eight, began her home education experience at a very young age. The daughter of trailblazers, Marchauna (along with her two sisters) were home educated before it was legal in Washington State. Passionate about parenting (but not having discovered all the answers, even after sixteen years), Marchauna approaches life and education in a slightly unconventional way. Her favorite verse for parenting (which includes education) is Galations 6:9, “Do not grow weary in well doing, for in due time you will reap a harvest, if you do not lose heart.” You can also hear her frequently singing Steve Greene’s song “I Can Do All Things” because frequently she feels like she can’t.

Rep Matt Shea

A fourth-generation resident of Eastern Washington, Matt is a cum laude graduate of the Gonzaga University School of Law and is an attorney in private practice. He earned a commission in the U.S. Army after completing the Gonzaga ROTC program. As a distinguished military graduate, Matt served combat tours in Bosnia and Iraq. He is a co-founder of the Washington family Foundation, which later merged with the Family Policy Institute of Washington. Matt and his wife, Viktoriya, reside in Spokane Valley.

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