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Following the last workshop on Wednesday. Open to Conference Attendees only. For all ages. $ 3 per dancer or $15 per family. Pay when registering for conference. Other conference attendees who wish not to dance are welcome to watch. Civil War dance lessons not mandatory. Civil War costumes not mandatory. No low necklines, no spaghetti or strapless dresses allowed.

 Foremost authorities on the Civil War   Foremost National Home School Speakers  Foremost Constitutional Attorney  Civil War Vendors

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 Civil War Art Activity-Given by Sharon Jeffus 

Create two projects after learning the basics of shading, shadow, and texture from master works of art about the Civil War by Winslow Homer and Conrad Wise Chapman.

First 500 Families to pre-register receive the quintessential homeschooling book-Safely Home. Author Tom Eldredge will be signing your books in the Lobby.

Author and Speaker John Dwyer will be signing The War Between the States Americas Uncivil War in the Lobby. - ―The War of 1861-1865 was the hinge of American history in which, despite the ―saving‖ of the union and the freeing of the slaves, many of those Founding Fathers‘ wise and hard-won principles were forfeited, and replaced by other, less beneficial ones, ones that are conspiring to form a dangerous future for our children and grandchildren. Treating others not as you would have them treat you, obeying the law only when it serves your immediate purposes, and resorting to violence to resolve differences are unwise practices for individuals and nations alike. Alfred the Great said, ‗The past is given to those in the present, to keep and guard those in the future.‘ May we American Christians learn from the past, and remember how good and faithful are the teachings of God. May we love our children and protect them best by following in the future in the way of the Lord Jesus.‖ -Dwyer

 Civil War Reenactors 

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CHEF Services

Seek God‘s wisdom, grace and protection through His Word,

fasting and prayer • Train, nurture, minister and support our precious families • Answer all homeschoolers‘ inquiries • Distribute useful, encouraging and timely information on home education and family issues, including monthly Christian Home Educators Fellowship emails and a homeschooler‘s handbook, in direct response to

the needs of homeschool families • Coordinate monthly Leading With a Vision activities for Christian fellowship • Registered Lobbyist in

Training Generations for God‘s Throne Room Jefferson City • Lobby to maintain our freedom to educate

our precious children • Monitor federal & state legislation •

elieving that children are a gift from the Lord Alert families of detrimental legislation via email • Diligently and that God commands parents to diligently work to elect godly candidates • Promote homeschooling teach their children, CHEF’s through media interviews, literature, seminars and networking mission is to encourage and equip families to fulfill God’s with national, state and community leaders commandment to train up godly children for His throne room. Keep informed about what’s happening Our vision is to raise up godly generations that will fill the in Christian homeschooling in our area. earth with God’s standards; generations who know their father’s God and serve him with a whole heart and a willing mind (1 Chronicles 28:9); generations who fear the Lord and www.chef-missouri.com walk in all His ways, who love Him and serve Him with all their hearts and all their souls (Deuteronomy 10:12); faithful generations fearing God more than many (Nehemiah 7:2); Our conference is designed for training parents and their generations anointed with the Spirit of the Lord (1 Samuel children, therefore, no provisions are made for child care. On 16:13); generations who will be strong and courageous, the other hand, we encourage parents to bring those children careful to do according to all the law, not turning from right whom they believe will glean from our godly speakers. However, to ensure good sound quality of the workshop or left, whose Lord is with them wherever they go (Joshua 1:1- recordings, please make certain that your younger children sit 9); generations who show intelligence in every branch of quietly with you during the workshop sessions and remain 0wisdom, endowed with understanding, discerning knowledge, with you throughout the entire conference. Young adults are allowed to attend workshops without their parents. Parents of who have the ability to serve in the King’s court (Daniel 1); nursing babies, please sit near the back entrance and step generations who will shepherd God’s people and rule out if your baby becomes noisy. Also, set pagers and cell (2 Samuel 5:2). phones on vibration mode, or turn them off, while attending workshops. Thank you!

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Exciting New Additions...... 2-3 Audio CDs Available Information about CHEF...... 4 Can’t make all the workshops you want to? No problem. Rhino Technologies will have CDs Directions & Accommodations...... 5 available for purchase after workshop Keynote Speaker & Vendor Demonstration presentations. Speaker Bios...... 6-12

Keynote & Vendor Workshop Descriptions...... 13-19 New Low Price Registration Form...... 20 Vendor Workshop Schedule...... 21 $

List of Participating Vendors...... 21 PER CD

BUY 10 CDS, 6For only $50 Full Set in MP3 Format, SPECIAL $69

4 Directions Accommodations

Embassy Suites Hotel St.Louis-St.Charles Two Convention Center Plaza, St. Charles, MO 63303 Reserve online at http://embassysuites.hilton.com/en/es/ groups/personalized/S/STLEMES-CHE-20110620/index.jhtml (Convention code: CHE) Or call 1-800-EMBASSY and mention “CHEF” group. Rates: $129 (King and pull out sofa); $139 (two doubles and pull our sofa). Each additional adult (18 & up) $10.00.

Comfort Suites 1400 S. Fifth Street, St. Charles, MO 63301 Reservations accepted by phone only (636) 949-0694. To obtain special convention rate, mention Group/Convention code “CHEF.” Rate: $84.00 (1Room Suite, 2 Double Beds, Partial Room Divider, Sofabed-2 Person, Max Occupancy: 6 persons)

Hampton Inn 3720 West Clay, St. Charles, MO 63301-4422 Reserve online at The St. Charles Convention Center is conveniently located http://hamptoninn.hilton.com/en/hp/groups/personalized/ on Interstate 70’s south outer road, Veterans Memorial Parkway, STLSTHX-CHF-20110620/index.jhtml?WT.ms_id=POG between the 5th Street Exit and the First Capitol Drive Exit. (Convention code: CHE) Or call (636) 947-6800 or 1-800- HAMPTON and mention “CHEF.” Rate: $89 plus tax (1-5 persons) When Traveling from the East (Downtown/Airport): Take Interstate 70 West over the Blanchette Bridge to St. Charles. Quality Inn & Suites Take the second exit after the bridge, 5th Street South Exit 1425 S. Fifth Street, St. Charles, MO 63301 #229A. At the first light, make a right onto the south outer road- Reserve online at http://www.qualityinnstl.com mention or call Veterans Memorial Parkway. Travel west .5 miles. The 636-946-6936. Mention group code “CHEF”. Rates: $75 (Max convention Center will be immediately on your left. Occupancy: 4 persons)

When Traveling from the West (Columbia): Residence Inn By Marriott Take Interstate 70 East to St. Charles. Take the First Capitol Drive 101 Progress Point Ct., O’Fallon, MO 63368 (State Highway 94) Exit #228. Make an immediate right onto Reserve online at First Capitol Drive and then an immediate left at the first light http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/STLOF?groupCode=CH onto Veterans Memorial Parkway. Travel .8 miles, and the ECHES&app=resvlink&fromDate=6/20/11&toDate=6/22/ or Convention Center will be immediately on your right. call 636-300-3535. Mention group code “CHEF”. Rates: Studio Suite $109.00 or Two Bedroom $169.00

For those traveling by RV: Sundermeier RV Park 111 Transit St., St. Charles, MO 63301 www.sundermeierrvpark.com (800) 929-0832 Reservations accepted by phone, 1-800-929-0832. Mention “CHEF” to obtain a 25% discount.

There’s so much to be thankful for in 2011!

21 Speakers • 55 full one-hour workshops 41 keynote speaker workshops • 12 vendor workshops A revival worship service • 10 and a half hours of shopping on Tuesday 8 hours of shopping on Wednesday • Spectacular Civil War Ball

How grateful we are to our Lord and Savior for providing us with such wonderful speakers and such a lovely facility to host our 27th Annual CHEF Conference and Curriculum Fair!

The beautiful St. Charles Convention Center is uniquely themed to offer the hospitality and warmth of 19th century early America. This modern, state-of-the-art, 154,000 square foot facility includes the following amenities: 1100 free surface parking spaces, gorgeous ballrooms for our speakers’ workshops, rooms for vendor demonstrations, and 27,600 square feet of exhibit hall space. This facility affords us the opportunity to offer our vendors the convenience of larger booth spaces, unlimited amount of booths, covered loading docks with direct access to the exhibit floor, high speed Internet access, data ports, and networking capabilities. This spacious exhibit hall offers you plenty of room for navigating around all our vendors’ booths as you peruse all the wonderful educational materials. Furthermore, food will be provided throughout the conference at a food bar conveniently located in the Exhibit Hall. There are also elevators and escalators to give you easy access from the Exhibit Hall to the workshop ballrooms upstairs. Bathrooms and Family Assist Rooms for nursing mothers are located on each floor. Benches for relaxing, fellowshipping, and picnicking are situated right outside the lobby looking out upon a beautiful fountain and lovely flowering planters. Conveniently connected to the St. Charles Convention Center is a 12-story, 296-room Embassy Suites Hotel complete with a day spa and a Master Chef from Germany. Once you arrive, you need not leave for the entire two-day event because everything you need will be all in one location. We are very thankful to be able to serve and accommodate you, our vendors, and our speakers in such a beautiful facility. We look forward to seeing you at this year’s Conference as we continue to endeavor to honor God and bless His people with another superb conference. 2011 Keynote Speakers

Doug Phillips Doug Phillip‘s father personally discipled Doug for much of his life, as he took Doug with him around the country, faithfully read both Old and New Testament to him at the dinner table, taught him constitutional law and public policy, and communicated to Doug a remarkable passion for history. Because of his father‘s work as a statesman, Doug had the opportunity to learn from many of the great Christian leaders of the last 30 years. It was during this time, however, that Doug came to realize that the greatest witness a man could offer for Jesus Christ was not what he knew, but how he lived his life as a father and a husband. It was at this time that God began to build a vision in Doug‘s life for seeing the restoration of biblical manhood, godly femininity, and the Christian home. Doug graduated from George Mason School of Law and then served for six years at the Home School Legal Defense Association. Doug is the founder of Vision Forum Ministries designed to communicate a vision for the restoration of the Christian family and the rebuilding of culture for the glory of God. In addition to editing and writing numerous books, Doug founded the Witherspoon School of Law and Public Policy, the Christian Boys‘ & Men‘s Titanic Society, the National Center for Family-Integrated Churches, the San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival, the All-American Boy‘s Adventure Catalog, the Beautiful Girlhood Collection catalog, and the Vision Forum Family Books and Media catalog. Doug has spoken at more than 100 homeschool conferences. He is also the featured speaker at the Back to Genesis conferences hosted by the Institute for Creation Research, where he holds the title of Professor of Apologetics with their adjunct faculty. Doug is a committed homeschooling father to his own eight children. He also pastors Boerne Christian Assembly, a local church work which boldly proclaims the sufficiency of Scripture, the sovereignty of God, the continuing relevance of the entire Word of God to all of life, distinctively Christian education, and the importance of family-reinforcing local churches. The greatest joys in Doug‘s life are his wife Beall and the eight children that God has graciously given to them. www.visionforumministries.org

Dr. Voddie Baucham Dr. Voddie Baucham is one of the most sought-after preachers of his generation. His unique blend of sound biblical exposition, theological content, down-to-earth demeanor and engaging presence make it clear why this man is considered a modern day prophet. He has authored The Ever Loving Truth, Family Driven Faith, What He Must Be, and was a contributing author to The Supremacy of Christ in a Postmodern World. Advocates of home education, Voddie, along with his wife, Bridget, view education as an essential aspect of discipleship (Luke 6:40) and have seen firsthand the dangers of surrendering this crucial ground; thus both of them are committed to educating their seven children. Voddie earned BAs in Christianity and Sociology from Houston Baptist University; a M.Div. from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary; a D. Min. from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary; and has done post-graduate study at the University of Oxford, England. His academic disciplines include Evangelism/Missions and Apologetics. He has served as an adjunct professor at a number of colleges and seminaries including the College of Biblical Studies (Houston) and Union University (Jackson, TN). He currently serves as Pastor of Grace Family Baptist Church in TX. www.voddiebaucham.org

6 Herb Titus Herb Titus is an Attorney of Counsel to the law firm of William J. Olson, P.C., specializing in constitutional law, with emphasis on the First and Second Amendments of the United States Constitution. His law practice concentrates on promoting limited civil government and protecting individual and family liberties. Herb graduated Phi Beta Kappa, University of Oregon and cum laude from Harvard Law School. He has taught constitutional law, common law, and other subjects for 30 years at five different American Bar Association-approved law schools. He is the founding Dean of Regent University School of Law in Virginia (1986-93). Prior to his academic career he served as a Trial Attorney and a Special Assistant United States Attorney with the United States Department of Justice in Washington, DC and Kansas City, Missouri. Herb has authored God, Man & Law: The Biblical Principles –a widely acclaimed text on American common law. Herb was the vice-presidential candidate of the Constitution Party as Howard Phillip‘s running-mate. Along with Roy Moore, Titus was an original drafter of the Constitution Restoration Act, which sought to take out of federal court jurisdiction cases that involved public officials that acknowledged God as the sovereign source of law, liberty, or government, and provided for the impeachment of federal judges who disregarded the act. He is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, the United States Court of Claims, and the United States Courts of Appeals for the Sixth, Tenth, District of Columbia and Federal Circuits. His constitutional practice has taken him into federal district courts in Alabama, Arizona, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Texas, and the District of Columbia and the state courts of Texas and North Dakota. He has testified on constitutional issues before the United States Congress and other state legislatures. He has appeared on radio and television shows and hosted his own daily radio program. Herb and his wife Marilyn have been married for 48 years and reside in Chesapeake, Virginia. They have four children and 15 grandchildren. www.lawandfreedom.com

Bill Potter Bill Potter, as a consummate historian and avid bibliophile, brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to each of his lectures. Although best known for his teaching in military history, especially the War Between the States, Bill‘s expertise covers every era of the history of the United States. Bill is the author of Beloved Bride: The Letters of Stonewall Jackson to His Wife, and The Boy’s Guide to the Historical Adventures of G.A. Henty. Bill Potter is also the lecturer of the best-selling Providential Battles: Twenty Battles that Changed the World CD album. He is the historian and curator of the Circa History Guild in Roswell, Georgia and the staff historian of The Vision Forum. With a personal library in excess of 4,000 antiquated hardbacks and a background as a top Ph.D. candidate in history at the College of William and Mary, Bill has earned a well- deserved reputation as a man gifted in communicating the story of God‘s providential hand in American history. As a homeschooling father of eight children, he appreciates the necessity of passing on to the succeeding generations the richness of both our regional and national history. He and his wife Leslie live in Alpharetta, Georgia.

John J. Dwyer John J. Dwyer is a theological seminary graduate, adjunct professor of history at both Southern Nazarene University and Oklahoma City Community College, a popular speaker, and the author of The War Between the States: America’s Uncivil War, Stonewall, Robert E. Lee, Faith in God and Generals, and When the Bluebonnets Come. Dwyer‘s journalism career began during his high school days when he served in a variety of roles, including news and sports reporter, for The Duncan Banner, a daily newspaper in Oklahoma. He was the youngest sports editor in the newspaper‘s history by the time he attended the University of Oklahoma on a journalism scholarship, graduating in 1978 with a Bachelor of Arts and Sciences degree in journalism. While earning his masters degree at Dallas Theological Seminary, Dwyer worked part time on the sports staff of The Dallas Times Herald, which at the time owned one of the five largest circulations of any daily newspaper in Texas. In the spring of 1992, John J. Dwyer and his wife Grace founded The Dallas/Fort Worth Heritage newspaper. A full color monthly publication, The Heritage was designed to fill perhaps the only void remaining in the Metroplex newspaper pantheon—news and events of interest to the area‘s vast Christian community. This newspaper wove together an array of the generation‘s finest and most compelling writers and thinkers, including Dallas Morning News columnist William Murchison, theologians R.C. Sproul and Tony Evans, author and

7 educator George Grant, news commentator and broadcaster Kerby Anderson, and best-selling author Elisabeth Elliot, as well as Dwyer himself. The Heritage also pioneered innovative features such as full color photography and graphics, an expansive website, a cluster of informative daily radio programs, and an aggressive, uncompromising brand of investigative news reporting unprecedented for contemporary news publications holding an orthodox Christian worldview. By the time the Dwyers sold The Heritage upon the release of its January 2000 issue, the paper had grown to a circulation of around 50,000 copies per month, a readership of around 80,000 per month, and a monthly ―hit‖ total of over 150,000 on its website. Dwyer also worked as a radio announcer and play-by-play football and basketball announcer for several radio stations. He won the coveted position of sports director for the University of Oklahoma‘s 100,000 watt KGOU-FM radio station, which at the time featured a sports staff of fifteen, many of whom have since gone on to top roles around the country in radio and television news and sports reporting. And for seven years, he provided live, on-air reports to America‘s largest radio networks of University of Oklahoma college football games. The Dwyer family are long-term members of the Presbyterian Church in America (P.C.A.), where Grace and John have both served in a variety of teaching, mission, and other ministry roles. www.johnjdwyer.com

Reb Bradley Reb Bradley, father of 6, is a pastor who ministers to the Body of Christ at large. Reb has been a radio counselor and talk show host, and as a writer and national conference speaker he works diligently to strengthen the modern Christian family. He conducts seminars and teaches extensively on issues related to marriage, fatherhood, child training, and single Christian living. Reb is most noted for his bestselling book Child Training Tips: What I Wish I Knew When My Children Were Young. Reb and his wife, Beverly, have taught all six of their children at home, with four now grown and two still at home. www.familyministries.com

Beverly Bradley Beverly Bradley, Reb's wife and mother of 6, devotes herself to raising her remaining two children, and allows time to disciple wives and mothers according to Titus 2:4-5. She is a powerful communicator and a popular speaker at women's gatherings. She is also the teacher on the television show "Moments With Moms." Committed to teaching the Word of God without compromise, she speaks with sensitivity, humor, and biblical wisdom in addressing issues related to motherhood, marriage, and homeschooling. Her frank, transparent style leaves her listeners challenged, yet hopeful in their walks with Christ. Many, in fact, have described Bev's ministry as "absolutely life changing." www.familyministries.com

Silvia Mondragon Silvia Mondragón, wife, mother, and grandmother, has 27 years plus of homeschooling experience. She is an endorsed trainer for Spell to Write and Read by Wanda Sanseri. Silvia has worked with SWR for 10 years and has 22 years of experience using both SWR and The Writing Road to Reading by Romalda Spalding. Aside from teaching her own children, Silvia has tutored children of all ages using SWR and WRTR, taught ESL students, and has taught Spanish classes to both adults and adolescents. During her time as trainer for SWR, Silvia has taught seminars for homeschoolers and private school teachers in various states including Missouri, Mississippi, Kentucky, Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama, Texas, New Mexico, and her home state of Tennessee. She has been married to her high school sweetheart for over 35 years. www.semeducationalservices.com

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Robert Oesch Robert Oesch has practiced in the fields of business and estate planning since 1989 and chairs the Trusts and Estates practice at the law firm of Riezman Berger, P.C. His expertise includes all aspects of estate planning and trust and estate administration, including the use of trusts for a wide variety of purposes, planning to minimize gift, estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes, administering probate estates and trusts, preparing gift and estate tax returns, creating and implementing business entities and business succession plans, and the use of guardianships. Mr. Oesch has practiced before the Internal Revenue Service for many years, successfully obtained Private Letter Rulings, represented clients in tax audits, and served as special tax consultant to other tax professionals. He enjoys serving as family advisor and counselor at law for a large number of families in Missouri and Illinois. Mr. Oesch received his undergraduate degree from Washington University in St. Louis in 1983 and his law degree from the Washington University School of Law in 1986. He was a member and associate editor of the Washington University Law Quarterly, and publisher of multiple articles for the Quarterly. Mr. Oesch is licensed to practice in Missouri and before the Internal Revenue Service. His professional memberships include the Real Property, Probate and Trust Section as well as the Tax Section of the American Bar Association, the Estate Planning Council of St. Louis, and the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis. He also serves on the Planned Giving Advisory Committee of the Saint Louis Zoo,and the Red Cross of Missouri Planned Giving Council. Mr. Oesch was honored with the 2008 Professional Advisors Legacy Award granted by the St. Louis Planned Giving Advisory Council for "creativity, service and excellence in estate planning." He has also been a speaker at a variety of tax and estate planning seminars. For more information on legal services, including estate planning, please contact David Klarich at 314-727-0101. www.riezmanberger.com

Barry Petrowsky Barry Petrowsky has been a Financial Advisor with Edward Jones since January 2003. Prior to that he was a Financial Representative with A.G. Edwards for 3yrs and the Vice President of Leasing for the U.S. MW Region, Westfield, an International Shopping Center Corporation. Barry has received the ―Jack Phelan‖ production awards in ‗08, ‗09, the ―Century Award,‖ ‘09 and has been named one of the 2008, 2009 and 2010 ―Five Star Best in Client Satisfaction Wealth Managers in the greater St. Louis area,‖ that appeared in the St. Louis Magazine(s). Barry received both his B.A and his M.A from Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa. Barry is married to Jennifer, Principal of J.P. Marketsource, and they have two daughters, Lili (11) and Emma (8) adopted from China. Barry also has two grown children, Melissa and Todd. [email protected]

Candy Summers Jon and Candy Summers have homeschooled since 1980, led Missouri's Christian Home Educators Fellowship since 1993, served as leaders of North County Christian Homeschool Association from 1987-1998 and again from 2006 to the present. They have published a newsletter since 1987 which is now emailed nationwide, authored a book, planner, and website by the same title, There's No Place Like Home. Together they also co-author in depth chronological Bible studies for the church Jon pastors, the Lord's Family Fellowship, dedicated to equipping families to train up generations for God's throne room. In 2003 they began a family business, Summers on the Lawn, a complete lawn care and landscaping company, which involves their entire family. www.theresnoplacelikehome-summers.com

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Samuel Blair Turley Samuel Blair Turley has been a student of history and the War Between the States for over ten years. His extensive study on the subject has instilled in him a great respect for our Southern forefathers, and his observations of their godly character, exemplified by commitment to duty and sacrifice, have shaped his life goals. This, combined with a great interest in principles of law and Biblical history, has provided him with unique opportunities to speak to a variety of audiences on subjects related to the war. Samuel is a farmer in Middle Tennessee and history protégé of popular speaker and expert Civil War historian, Bill Potter. www.southernthundertn.blogspot.com/

Beth Ellen Nash Beth Ellen Nash is a certified teacher and Orton-Gillingham trained tutor with 13 years experience working with struggling learners. She has a degree in elementary education from the University of Wisconsin--Madison. For the past 6 1/2 years she has been the Lead Teacher, Director, and Curriculum Coordinator for Hope Academy, a private school in Madison, WI “where outside the box learners get wings to soar.” The school has served students ages 7-21. She has also tutored, assessed, &/or consulted with dozens of families ranging from preschool level on up through ACT and GED preparation. She is also the Homeschool and Special Needs Consultant, as well as Educational Buyer, for Cornerstone Learning Connections, her dad‟s educational store that shares adjacent space with Hope Academy on Madison‟s east side. Beth Ellen has evaluated literally hundreds of titles, especially in the area of language arts, through the lens of what may put a stumbling block in the way of struggling learners. In tutoring and in the classroom, working with a wide range of struggling learners, Beth Ellen has had the opportunity to try out many eclectic curriculum options and can speak from experience as to what makes many titles she recommends particularly suited to meet a specific need. www.cornerstonelearningconnections.com

Tom Eldredge Tom Eldredge is the author of the quintessential homeschooling book, Safely Home, a call to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children. Father of nine children and 13 grandchildren, Tom and his wife Helen, 27-year homeschool veterans, are living out their vision for family on their homestead in the Missouri Ozarks. Surrounded by eight of their nine children and many grandchildren, Tom commutes about 40 feet from his home to work with four of his sons in their family business, MachMotion.com, where they manufacture computer based (CNC) controls for machine tools and machinery. As an electronics technician, with an engineering background, Tom is now teaching electronics to two of his grandchildren. His goal in this ―hands-on‖ course is to instill in his posterity a passion for being creative and making things. As he develops and refines this twelve-week program, he shares some of the highlights on www.TheCreatorClub.blogspot.com as he shares practical ideas and projects, which dads can use with their own sons and grandsons. He hopes to be able to share more practical ideas and projects that dads can work on with their sons and grandsons in their home workshops and maybe use this as an opportunity to disciple some neighbor boys at the same time. www.MachMotion.com

Jamie Stull-praise and worship Jamie Stull has been singing with choirs and ensembles for much of his life and has directed music in two churches. He is a member of the Ambassadors of Harmony, the 2009 International Champion barbershop chorus located in St. Charles, MO. He currently teaches 4th-6th grade Social Studies and Language Arts at Chesterfield Day School and enjoys producing their 6th grade musical every year. He and his wife have four children and have been homeschooling for 20 years.

10 2011 VENDOR WORKSHOP SPEAKERS

Jennifer Beck (My Father’s World) When Jennifer Beck left her career as a television news anchor, she never could have predicted how God would transform her life. From die- hard career woman to passionate stay at home mom, Jennifer quickly found herself desiring to be the wife and mom God always wanted her to be. Her story is one of a total change, both inside and out, leaving a world of fame and potential fortune and instead finding the true fortune that only God can provide. Today Jennifer balances her life between homeschooling the three children still in the home, attending to the needs of her husband, who is in public service, and working for My Father‘s World. She spent many years teaching speech and writing classes to homeschoolers both locally and worldwide. Jennifer‘s ultimate goal is to see young people grow to become valiant tools who will further God‘s kingdom. www.mfwbooks.com

Alan Scholl, MBA (American Opinion Foundation-Freedom Project!) 28 years of youth instruction, 27 years homeschooling 7 children, 30 years study of American Heritage/ History. www.FreedomProject.com

Amanda Capps (Math-U-See) Amanda Capps is herself a homeschool graduate. She currently lives in Eureka Springs, Arkansas where she homeschools 2 of her 4 children. www.mathusee.com

Dr. Brandon Maxwell (Maximized Living) Certified maximized Living Doctor, Husband and Father of 2. Graduate of Logan Chiropractic. www.abundantlifechirostl.com

David Dye, M.Ed. (CreateBetterWriters.com) David Dye has been a teacher in Southern California for twenty years. He has a Master‘s degree in education and has been a mentor teacher for ten years. His seventeen books on writing and grammar are in use all over the world and have been incorporated by school districts across the country. He developed CreateBetterWriters.com to help share his writing curriculum with the homeschool community. www.CreateBetterWriters.com

Mary Ann Otley (Family Wellness for Life) Mary Ann is a certified coach for Dr. William Sears. She is Co-Founder of Family Wellness for Life, a not-profit organization dedicated to improving the health and wellness of families. www.familywellness4life.org

Sharon Jeffus (Visual Manna/Young Lions) Sharon Jeffus, homeschool mother, graduated with a B.S.S.E. in art education from John Brown University and then went on to get her certification to teach English from the University of Arkansas. She studied painting at Metropolitan in Denver and sculpting at Southern Illinois University. Sharon taught for ten years in the public schools in three different states, and then wrote the Visual Manna Complete Art Curriculum in 1992 and began homeschooling her two sons. She received an outstanding rating from the Bureau of Indian Affairs for her implementation of an Indian Arts and Crafts Program. Sharon has written over 20 books on teaching art and focusing on using art to reinforce core learning for visual and kinesthetic learners. Sharon recently wrote a class on Studio Art 2D approved for Advanced Placement hours. She has presented at Wonders of Wildlife Museum, Audubon Society, Precious Moments, ACSI, Azusa Pacific University, various state and national teaching organizations and has materials recommended by Montessori. www.visualmanna.com

Rebecca Hertwig (Gospel for Asia) Rebecca Hertwig currently resides near St Louis, Missouri. She has been very active in volunteering her time to help with VBS, 40 Days for Life, United Way and other non-profit services. Although kept busy, she enjoys growing her flower garden. Specifically, Rebecca has been volunteering with Gospel for Asia since 2010 and is passionate about raising the awareness of what God is doing in South Asia through GFA. www.gfa.org

11 2011 Building for the Kingdom High School Seminar

Jacque Ramey homeschooled her 3 children for 16 years, has Anne Belley has homeschooled her nine children since 1986. served as a KONOS representative and CHEF‘s twelfth grade She coordinates the CHEF Spelling Bee, co-coordinates the graduation coordinator, and serves as CHEF‘s KONOS CHEF Art Festival, and is in charge of decorations for the support group leader and high school and college coordinator Heart to Heart Tea. Anne has shared the various materials that consultant. she has implemented for her high school students at Building for the Kingdom seminars and North County support group Teresa May has homeschooled her 10 children since 1987, meetings. She has also contributed articles to There’s No has served as CHEF‘s Northwest County support group leader Place Like Home magazine. and serves as CHEF treasurer, conference registration coordinator, and graduation coordinator for many twelfth grade graduations. She presently has 2 college graduates, an accountant and nurse.

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CHEF’s Covenanted Families Discipleship Conference Imparting Vision - Hope - Victory

We are deeply grateful to God that our CHEF Conference is considered by national homeschooling leaders and speakers to be one of the top three conferences in America out of over 250 nationwide. Not only this, but our CHEF organization is seen as impacting the entire nation. For this great and glorious heritage, we must impart to our children a genuine gratitude to God for His mercy and grace and also to those who have sacrificed to secure such a biblically sound foundation.

Since God‘s strategy for reconciling the world to Him has always been accomplished through parents‘ discipleship of their children, it is our responsibility to pass on to our children God‘s mandate for discipleship and to charge them with their duty to maintain this foundation and its ancient landmarks for generations to come.

In such uncertain and perilous times, it is a comfort to know that the victory is ours through a firm reliance on God‘s Divine Providence for our spiritual fidelity.

12 PLEASE NOTE: Vendor workshops are lessons in the morning with time to pursue individual interests marked with an *asterisk. in the afternoon.

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LUNCH BREAK and SHOPPING Doors Open for Registration and Curriculum Fair 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. 9:00 a.m. ------ Shopping Tom Eldredge signing Safely Home in Lobby 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Building for the Kingdom: High School and Beyond Curriculum, College Selection, CLEP Exams The Proverbs 31 Husband 11:00-12:00 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. Doug Phillips In the midst of this  pinnacle passage defining the Virtuous woman we find a man Harvard or Heaven whose heart safely trusts in his bride who equips him to stand 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m. Voddie Baucham What are you in the gates of the city. Who is this man? aiming for in the education of your children? Is it the same thing every other person in America is striving to attain? Is The Declaration of Independence: The Nation’s Charter being a follower of Christ a determining factor in the goals Covenant toward which you educate your children? Does your child 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. Herb Titus A basic study of the absolutely have to have a college degree? If so, is the Declaration of Independence as the legal and political traditional college route a wise investment of time and money? founding document of the United States of America. We will In this session, we will expose the harsh truth about what explore the original text and meaning of such phrases as Laws Forbes Magazine calls “The Great College Con.” Most of Nature and Nature‘s God, Self-evident truths, all men are Bachelors degrees aren‟t worth the paper they‟re written created equal, endowed by their Creator with certain on. There are also a host of trades and careers that don‟t unalienable rights, life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, require going to college. And if your child does end up Supreme Judge of the world, and divine Providence. We will needing a college degree, there are inexpensive, convenient, uncover the Christian principles upon which the nation was safe ways to get it done in a fraction of the time and at a founded and why those principles are of vital importance fraction of the cost. This is a session college administrators today. Proverbs 25:2 and Revelation 1:6. don‟t want you to attend.

Keeper of the Home Historiography of the Causes of Secession and War: How 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. Beverly Bradley Many Christian to Teach the Theories of Why the South Left the Union women have difficulty balancing their duties to husband, 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m. Bill Potter Opinions on how and why children, and ministries. They struggle to be a combination of the War Between the States occurred were published before the "Titus 2" and the "Proverbs 31 Woman," yet feel like they the war actually ended, and the controversies and theories barely survive each day. They are sure that the "Proverbs 31 have not stopped since. What is the truth? What part did Woman" could not have homeschooled her kids. This slavery play in the states-rights debate? Why were there two workshop offers solid biblical direction to those women who waves of secession? Was secession constitutional in the first want to understand their biblical responsibilities as wife, place? mother, and homeschool teacher. A truly inspiring look at the high calling of Christian womanhood as presented in Titus Spell to Write and Read-Learn the Hidden Secrets of the 2:4-5. English Language 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m. Silvia Mondragon This unique program, written by Wanda Sanseri, a *God’s Design for Your Family’s Health homeschool educator with experience as a professional teacher 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. Dr. Brandon Maxwell Preventing and private tutor, shows how to teach reading the "write" way. Disease in your family. Essentials of wellness. Spelling is the backbone for reading, thus, we teach all students spelling phonetically from the start regardless of *Combining Classical Education, Charlotte Mason, Unit learning styles, to read and spell. If your students already Studies with a Christian Perspective know how to read, this program will provide an excellent basis 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. Jennifer Beck The myriad of for spelling and English instruction. Your students will learn homeschool choices can be overwhelming like interstates, how to analyze words by understanding the rules for spelling. highways, back roads and scenic routes. There are so many SWR is a complete spelling program, from beginning to ways and opinions, how can one navigate through it all and college level; integrates Penmanship with phonics and still homeschool effectively? Why not blend the best of each spelling; teaches comprehensive, explicit phonics; teaches the method? Join My Father‘s World as we show how to instill love of reading using ―real‖ books; integrates beginning Christian values while integrating great literature, grammar with composition; and reinforces vocabulary chronological history, geography, hands-on activities, building, including when and how to introduce derivatives and notebooks and timelines, narration, study of Greek and Latin Greek & Latin roots. SWR is appropriate for students roots, nature studies, and more. Enjoy short, well-planned

13 Kindergarten to adult, for beginning, remedial, ESL, and question: "What are the best books, experiences, directives illiterate readers. Join us and learn the logic of the English and opportunities that parents can share with their sons to language! prepare them to be noble men and manly leaders?"

*From the Paragraph to the Essay 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m. David Dye, M.Ed. Need help teaching The United States Constitution: The Nation’s Civil the paragraph? Want to learn an easy technique to teach essay Government’s Covenant 2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. Herb Titus writing? Come and learn a simple trick to help your students According to America‘s national charter, governments are master the paragraph as well as the essay. You will learn instituted among men deriving their just powers from the several more valuable tips to improve your students‘ writing consent of the governed to the end that the people‘s God-given as we preview CreateBetterWriters.com‘s curriculum. Help rights are secured. We will learn the political and legal your students write powerful, intelligent sentences, build a differences between the Articles of Confederation and the stronger vocabulary, improve their grammar, and much more. United States Constitution, the political and legal connection Finally, learn how to get much of this material for free. between the Constitution and the Declaration, and the political and legal significance of the prohibition of religious tests ... as New Homeschoolers Workshop Part 1 of 3 a qualification to any office or public trust under the United 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m. Candy Summers ―By wisdom a house is States. 1 Samuel 10:8 and 10:25 and 1 Timothy 1:8. built, and by understanding it is established; and by knowledge the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant Abraham Lincoln: Step Father of Our Country riches‖ (Proverbs 24:3,4). In this fast paced, fully-packed, 2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. John Dwyer The real story of America's continuous 3-hour workshop, Candy will cover the Hebrew most revered President is vastly more interesting--and Method of Education, The Father‘s Role, Maintaining Our controversial--than what the history books have taught Vision, Curriculum, Organization, Flexibility, Creative us. Learn Lincoln's real opinions, in his own words, on Teaching Methods for Each Subject, Unit Studies, Grading, numerous key subjects. What were his views on the Testing, College Preparation, Missouri‘s Requirements, Constitution, government, economics, war and peace, slavery, Teaching with Toddlers, Avoiding the Enemy‘s Lure to Over and religion? Was he a conservative or a liberal? Did he Commitment, Protecting Our Children from Satan‘s Grip, believe in a free market or command economy? Was he a Staying the Course, Child Training, The Blessed Joy of Christian or not? What did his friends consider his Motherhood, Surprising and Delighting Your Family, and views? His business associates? His wife? You may be in for How to Celebrate Your Family‘s Greatest Gift-Each Other. some surprises.

 ------ *You Can Homeschool High School! 2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. Jennifer Beck Studies indicate that SHOPPING BREAK homeschooled high-schoolers are far more likely to remain 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. committed to Christ than those who attend public school. My Father‘s World high school curriculum integrates Bible, history and English, allowing your student to develop a strong ------ Biblical worldview using easy to follow self-directed lesson

plans for all subjects. Students read through the entire Bible,

apply Biblical analysis when reading classical literature, New Homeschoolers Workshop, Part 2 of 3 develop strong composition skills and nurture a heart to serve 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. Candy Summers others. Look forward to homeschooling your student through

high school and make Christ a central focus during these Sam Davis, Patrick Cleburne and John Pelham: Stories of crucial growing years. Bravery from Fallen Heroes of the Confederacy

1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. Samuel Blair Turley Inspiring tales of New Homeschoolers Workshop, Part 3 of 3 duty and sacrifice by young Christian men who understood 2:00 p.m.- 3:00 p.m. Candy Summers true liberty and shed their blood in defense of it.

Family Worship: The Forgotten Home Discipleship Tool ------ 3:10 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Voddie Baucham Two hundred years ago a man could be excommunicated from his church for failing to lead his household in regular family worship. Today Rebuilding a Culture of Virtuous Boyhood: Why we have a man can become a pastor without ever having engaged in the lost a masculine vision for our sons and how to regain it. process. What happened? Why do so few families engage in 2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. Doug Phillips Twenty-first century family worship? And what‘s the big deal anyway? In this Christian boys have much to learn from boys of the past. session, we will learn about the history and theology of family Issues of courtesy to women, sacrifice, and vision are critical worship and its importance in the life of every Christian to raising modern boys. Our goal must be to move beyond the family. We will also look at practical ways every family can pretty platitudes and to aspire to rebuilding an entire culture of institute this vital practice. virtuous boyhood, such that every aspect of a young man's life is preparation for chivalrous leadership in the name of Jesus Christ. In this message, Doug Phillips answers the

14 The Power of Symbol and Controversy: Battle Flags of the ------ Civil War  3:10 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Bill Potter Few objects invoke the DINNER & SHOPPING BREAK emotional power of a nation's flag. In the Civil War, every 4:10 p.m.-6:00 p.m. regiment on both sides carried a flag into battle and was (Curriculum Fair Closes at 7:30) willing to sacrifice everything to keep it waving. The flags came to symbolize everything they were fighting for and the ------ comrades who died defending it. The battle flag of the

Confederacy still evokes controversy today, but what were its historical meanings to the men who fought? What is your reaction when you see the stars and stripes run up the flagpole GENERAL SESSION in the Olympics or at a military funeral? The Christian Life of Stonewall Jackson Estate Planning: Stewarding Your Assets and Values 6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. Doug Phillips In this poignant insight 3:10 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Robert Oesch Too many people delay into the character of the General Jackson, we see an getting their financial house in order, especially when it comes extraordinary man able to articulate theology and military to estate planning. Attorney Bob Oesch will discuss the history, while galloping to the sound of the guns. Jackson ‘s importance of estate planning as good and proper stewardship theology was supremely orthodox, being rooted in the biblical of your assets and values. He will also discuss the basics of tradition of Knox, Calvin, and Edwards. In a day bereft of true planning, including the use of Wills, Trusts and Powers of heroes, Stonewall‘s gallant deeds and virtuous conduct still Attorney, and the laws involving responsibility for your move our hearts with admiration. He shows us how a Christian property during life and at death. soldier should live and die.

Beyond Labels: Understanding Your Child’s Strengths and Weaknesses ------ 3:10 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Beth Ellen Nash In this workshop, Beth Ellen will summarize material about 8 systems of the mind SHOPPING BREAK from several resources produced by Mel Levine and the All 7:00 p.m.-7:20 p.m. Kinds of Minds Institute to help make it accessible to busy homeschooling parents. We will explore these 8 systems of ------ the mind (or neurodevelopmental constructs): Language, Memory, Attention, Sequential and Spatial Ordering, Social and Higher Thinking, and Motor Skills. As we explore each The Role of the Father in Home Education/Discipleship of these systems of the mind you may discover specific 7:20 p.m.-8:20 p.m. Voddie Baucham Many homeschool dads breakdown areas in these systems that are part of your view their role in home education as little more than providing students‟ weaknesses and other areas that are part of their the money to buy curriculum each year. However, the results patterns of individual strengths. These specific patterns of of such passivity can be devastating. Marriages are strained, strengths and weaknesses that create an individual‟s personal homeschool boys are feminized, moms are frustrated and profile are often more informative as to how to help a isolated, and feminism often exploits the opening. As a result, struggling student than labels on an IEP or psychologist‟s the homeschool movement is in jeopardy of being feminized report, as important as those documents may be. Specific altogether. While you may not be able to do anything about resources that may be useful in meeting specific needs will be the big picture, you can (and must) do something about your mentioned as we explore each of these systems of the mind. own home. However, this mandate must be viewed in light of Participants will be asked to keep their children in mind as we the overall view of the home laid out in the Scriptures. This go through the material and note areas that strike them as session will explore how dads can be more than just sideline particular strengths or weaknesses. This will allow spectators (or worse, bullies who demand results and threaten participants to go home with a preliminary portrait of their to pull the plug if their kids don‟t get up-to-speed). Dads will children‟s systems of the mind and how that can inform using learn how to cast vision, set goals, offer support, and get their strengths and meeting their needs as we seek to go involved. Moms will learn how to apply the principles of 1 beyond the label to reaching the individual child. Peter 3:1-6 in ways that encourage their husband to assume his role as leader in the home without using manipulation or guilt. The Civil War: Art Activities that Reinforce Learning and Teach Art Basics The Death of a Regiment: The First Texas at Antietam 3:10 p.m. – 4:10 p.m. Sharon Jeffus Students will learn art 7:20 p.m.-8:20 p.m. Bill Potter The soldiers of the War basics of shading, shadow, and texture and look at master Between the States were organized into regiments of men works of art about the Civil War by Winslow Homer and from the same state. Perhaps the most distinguished combat Conrad Wise Chapman. We will look at how they created force in the Army of Northern Virginia was the Texas atmospheric and linear perspective in their pictures and how Brigade, of which the 1st was a part. They sustained the largest they captured moments in Civil War history. Students will do percentage of casualties of any single regiment in one battle of two projects.... $10 for art supplies. Send to Sharon Jeffus, 700 the war. I tell the story of the men of the 1st and how they County Road 6630, Salem MO 65560. stood their ultimate test. It is an illustration of the experiences of all the men on both sides but to an extraordinary degree.

15 children, all who grow to revere him; becomes the most famous American soldier in the Mexican War; leads the Army Foundations of Investing of Northern Virginia to immortal fame; and serves the South 7:20 p.m.-8:20 p.m. Barry Petrowsky Foundations of and all of America in the post-war role of a forgiving, Investing is an in-depth seminar that will not only cover the forbearing peacemaker. basics of investing in stocks, bonds, and mutual funds but also explaining other investment topics such as:  "The Rule of 72" How long it would take to double ------ your money at fixed interest rates  Determining your own personalized risk tolerance  Developing your own personal investment pyramid  Explaining the difference of investment ranges such Wednesday, June 22 Schedule as growth, income, growth and income, and

aggressive  Investing for minor children  Comparing retirement and non-retirement investing Door Open for Registration and Curriculum Fair 8:45 Worksheets will be provided to all attendees to complement Although workshops begin at 9:00 the the covered topics. We will have a vendor booth available for Curriculum Fair does not open until 10:00 the entire conference to answer any questions or concerns you might have. Education and Worldview ------ 9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m. Voddie Baucham It is impossible to separate education and worldview. In fact, the main purpose of education is worldview discipleship. Unfortunately, many home educators have come to believe that worldview is a Understanding the Heart of Your Wife subject to be taught in the late teen years before a child goes 8:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m. Reb Bradley This session reveals how the off to college. That is a terrible mistake. This session will commands in the fifth chapter of Ephesians to husbands are examine the central question, “What is a Worldview” and each intended by God to meet the specific needs of a man's demonstrate how every aspect of our home education from wife. Wives have raved that this is the best message Reb has beginning to end is crucial in forming our child‟s ever given. Reb believes that this workshop is needed by every worldview. We will also examine the main competing husband -- it will help him gain insight into his wife's heart, worldviews of our day and show how government education explaining why she is hurt so easily by innocent comments, has served as a principle exponent of neo-Marxism and secular why she seems so illogical at times and why her girlfriends humanism over the past century and a half. understand her perfectly. It explains the nature of true biblical leadership and how a man who exercises it can fan the flames of love in his wife's heart. 13th, 14h, and 15th Amendments: Transformative or Preservative of the Nation’s Civil Covenant The Bill of Rights: Securing Individual Liberty and 9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m. Herb Titus A potpourri of critical issues Property in the Nation’s Civil Government for our country. The revolutionary nature of the 13th 8:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m. Herb Titus Originally, the first ten Amendment prohibition against slavery and involuntary Amendments to the U.S. Constitution, popularly known as the servitude, the later ratification and repeal of the 23d Bill of Rights, applied only to limit the powers of the United Amendment prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors and States government. We will discover the providential the proposed Human Life Amendment and the perversion of structure of the Bill of Rights, why the first liberty secured by the due process clause as argued by Texas in Roe v. Wade. the First Amendment is freedom of religion, and why the other Does equal protection of the laws really prohibit laws that liberties secured by the 1st Amendment and the liberties of the limit marriage to one man and one woman? The question of 2d, 3d and first sentence of the 4th Amendment secure the natural born U.S. citizenship and the 14th Amendment liberty and property only of American citizens, whereas the definition of citizenship, subordinating state citizenship to rest of the 4th amendment and the 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th United States citizenship (e.g., the 15th Amendment). What Amendments secure the liberty and property of all persons, are the privileges and immunities of the citizens of the United including American citizens. 2 Chronicles 19:11 and Luke States? Genesis 9:6 and Deuteronomy 17:6 and Acts 22:25. 20:25. 10 Things I Wish I Had Known When I Began The Christian Character of Robert E. Lee Homeschooling 8:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m. John Dwyer Most people know of Lee's 9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m. Beverly Bradley When Beverly started military exploits, but few know that his greatest legacy is that homeschooling more than 25 years ago she had been a of a peacemaker. Accompany Lee as he courts and marries credentialed teacher who taught classrooms full of children, so Mary Custis, great-granddaughter of Martha felt confident to teach her own children at home. As the years Washington; saves the city of St. Louis by engineering the progressed however, she discovered that her professional rerouting of the Mississippi River; fathers and raises seven experience wasn‘t what she needed to influence her children;

16 it was an understanding of God‘s values and His grace to Rise of Abolitionist Terrorism: John Brown and The impart them. Secret Six : 11:30 a.m.-12:30 a.m. Bill Potter One of the most influential events leading to secession occurred when a small invasion force entered Virginia, financed by Unitarian ministers and intellectuals, and led by a dedicated killer who saw himself as *A Child’s Health Begins with the Parent God‘s avenging spirit. At Harper‘s Ferry, Virginia the terrorist 9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m. Mary Ann Otley From ―America‘s plot fell apart, and the vision of a nationwide slave Pediatrician,‖ Dr. Bill Sears will explain that food impacts insurrection was stamped out in the engine room of a fire- how well a child‘s brain works, affecting their moods and station. The aftermath elevated Brown to martyr status among abilities. Parents will leave with a family-friendly practical northern radicals and fired up southern radicals to white hot guide to eating healthy. calls for secession.

*Occupying Preschoolers While Teaching Older Children How to Learn a Foreign Language? 9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m. Jennifer Beck Our children are precious 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Silvia Mondragon What is your first gifts from the Lord, but sometimes they can interfere with our impression of teaching your students a foreign language? human plans. These little ones seem to seek attention at the ―UGH! I took ______in high school and do not remember a wrong time. What can we do at these times to creatively thing?‖ Sound familiar? Most of us experience the same pain involve them in the learning process? My Father‘s World of dealing with subjects ―foreign‖ to us. When teaching a shares many suggestions on how to educate and occupy little foreign language most programs start with vocabulary. The ones. student memorizes the vocabulary, stores it away for the test and then forgets it. Some have a great memory and will ------ remember but must translate word for word. As a result, we truly do not learn to speak a new language. The best way to Doors Open for Curriculum Fair learn a language is immersion. This involves using all your 10:00 senses not memorizing vocabulary. The Learnables® is a ------ highly acclaimed, easy to use language immersion system. A  proven linguistic sequence combined with thousands of carefully drawn pictures and clearly spoken recordings by PRAISE AND WORSHIP with Jamie Stull native speakers assures success. Language comprehension is 10:00 a.m.-10:45 p.m. quick, enabling you to think in the foreign language. An

extensive vocabulary and thousands of conversations in a ------ variety of contexts teaches you to express yourself well in the foreign language. Humorous and interesting stories provide an LUNCH BREAK and SHOPPING enjoyable experience while you learn. 10:45 p.m.-11:30 p.m. ------ *From the Paragraph to the Essay 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. David Dye, M.Ed, Need help teaching the paragraph? Want to learn an easy technique to teach essay Building For the Kingdom: High School and Beyond writing? Come and learn a simple trick to help your students Transcripts, Accelerated Distance Learning master the paragraph as well as the essay. You will learn 10:45-11:30 several more valuable tips to improve your students‘ writing as we preview CreateBetterWriters.com‘s curriculum. Help Providence and Perseverance: Why History Teaches us to your students write powerful, intelligent sentences, build a Hope stronger vocabulary, improve their grammar, and much more. Finally, learn how to get much of this material for free. 11:30 a.m.-12:30 a.m. Doug Phillips This present generation lacks hope. Our children don't know who they are, where they *Math-U-See and Understand came from, nor where they should be going. Psalm 78 reminds 11:30 a.m.-12:30 a.m. Amanda Capps us that God has ordained the telling of providential history to Amanda will demonstrate how the use of manipulatives is key children as a primary means of communicating hope to the in making math both visual and concrete for both teacher and next generation. Doug Phillips explains the doctrine of student. Using our ―build it, say it, write it‖ philosophy makes Providence and the legacy of faithful believers who have learning math concrete no matter your student‘s learning style. persevered. He looks at the two of the most significant men of Come ―see‖ how fun Math can be! the last 1000 years and prepares Christians to offer a distinctively biblical view of their influence on nations and  cultures. He provides parents with a practical defense of ------ providential history against the liberal revisionists of our day and inspires home educators to make the discipline of SHOPPING BREAK providential history a core element of their home education. 12:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

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17 Raising Respectful Children can be layered to provide the degree of support and practice an 1:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m. Reb Bradley If there is one word which individual student may need. describes what is absent in modern American children, it is "respect." A generation of children is growing up with little ------ understanding of what it means to honor their parents or respect any established authority. Neither do they properly SHOPPING BREAK respect other people's possessions or their feelings. As 2:30 p.m.-3:15 p.m. Christian parents we need not be swept along with our Book Signing in Lobby: John Dwyer author of The War society's parenting techniques, which foster such a lack of Between the States America’s Uncivil War honor for others. This workshop will help parents identify what they accidentally do to foster disrespect in their children ------ and will give them a biblical plan to cultivate genuine love and respect, instead. Into to the Amazon: Why Men Must Worship the Creature, not the Creator, and the Great Battle Against A Darwinism Revolution: The Living Constitution a the Radical Environmentalism. Covenant with Death 3:15 p.m.-4:15 p.m. Doug Phillips Environmentalism is one 1:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m. Herb Titus A critique of the of the most radical ideological battles raging today. What are constitutional right of a woman to terminate her pregnancy, as we to think of the Green movement? How should we define established in Roe v. Wade, and reaffirmed in Planned conservation? Environmental Pantheism presents itself in the Parenthood v. Casey. Life as defined by the Court vs. life as name of conservation but Biblical stewardship never supplants defined by the Declaration of Independence; which definition the Creator from His throne or apposes His commission. We should prevail in a true understanding of the very essence of a are Christ‘s ambassadors in all that we lay our hands to. And, written constitution? The threat to the life of the nation posed we must lawfully steward all of the resources God has given by a constitutional order that changes with changing times. us in His Creation. America‘s descent into tyranny.1 Samuel 13 and 15 and Galatians 3:15. Reconstruction or Deconstruction? 3:15 p.m.-4:15 p.m. John Dwyer Did the U.S. government's Great Revivals During the War Between the States program for the South following the War Between the States 1:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m. John Dwyer Learn how America's constitute an attempt at Reconstruction or greatest tragedy also birthed one of its mightiest spiritual Deconstruction? That is, was the effort geared toward repair, awakenings. Travel the camps of a Federal Army, which grew healing, and reconciliation or a forcible remaking of the in faith as its war fortunes improved, and a Confederate Army defeated section? Why did this volatile era produce that experienced mass religious revival as its hopes came to carpetbaggers, scalawags, robber barons, the Black Friday ruin. Learn how some surprising leaders on both sides-- Stock Market Crash, the most corrupt Presidential McClellan, Rosecrans, and Howard, Lee, Jackson, and Stuart-- administration in U.S. history, the Gilded Age, the Ku Klux led thousands of their men to faith. See how sorrowing homes Klan, the Union League, and lasting enmity between the black and broken hearths witnessed mass conversion on the civilian and white races in the South? front, amongst male and female, rich and poor, black and white, and North and South alike. Warrior Mother: Fighting For the Kids not With Them 3:15 p.m.-4:15 p.m. Beverly Bradley Why is it that while *Finance Matters! Live it! moms so often desire a close relationship with their children 1:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m. Leann Voss Leann will deal with the they end up in conflict with them? Not only is homeschooling aspects of teaching our children by example, based near impossible when there is tension in the family, but the on Deuteronomy 6:4-25. ability to influence children‘s values is lost. In this session Beverly opens the Word to reveal important help for family Components of a Complete Language Arts Program harmony. She shares about the transformation in her own 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Beth Ellen Nash In this workshop Beth Ellen Nash will address the many home when she recognized the spiritual warfare directed at her aspects that make up a comprehensive language arts program own children and made the choice to fight not WITH them, including Phonics & Phonemic Awareness; Spelling; but FOR them. Vocabulary & Word Study; Reading Strategies, Fluency, & *Teaching Principles of the United States Constitution to Comprehension; Grammar, Usage, Mechanics, & Editing; and teens Written Composition. We will touch briefly on handwriting 3:15 p.m.- 4:15 p.m. Alan Scholl, MBA Basic principles of and keyboarding, as well as how critical thinking, listening, the Constitution in understandable language, how to present speech, and drama are related to the language arts program. In ideas of good government, self-reliance, and the limitation of each of these areas Beth Ellen will highlight a few resources government. that she has found the most useful in meeting the needs of the struggling learners she serves. She will provide a thumbnail *What’s Most Important for Your Child? look at what her top picks offer and what audience would 3:15 a.m.-4:15 a.m. Rebecca Hertwig What is God‘s calling most benefit from each of them. A helpful chart cross- on your life as a parent to raise your child? Knowing the Lord referencing how several of these resources fit together will and His calling is the most important heritage you can give also be shared as an example of a way that multiple resources your child. Come hear how other families are living this out.

18 ------  The Life of a Christian Soldier: General Thomas Jonathan DINNER & SHOPPING BREAK 4:10 p.m.-6:00 p.m. Jackson 7:10 p.m.-8:10 p.m. Bill Potter How does a warrior retain his

faith and testimony amidst the slaughter and hard decisions of PLEASE NOTE CHANGE war? Stonewall Jackson shows us. Curriculum Fair Closes at 6:00 ONLY the speaker’s tables will be open for purchases after 6:00!

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General Session CIVIL WAR BALL Teaching Your Children with Your Grandchildren in 8:30 a.m.-10:30 p.m. Mind (OPEN TO CONFERENCE ATTENDEES ONLY) 6:00 a.m.-7:00 a.m. Voddie Baucham I am surprised at how FOR ALL AGES. $3.00 per dancer or $15.00 per family. many homeschool kids aren‟t sure whether or not they are going to educate their own children at home. I‟m more ------ surprised that some are sure they won‟t. Usually, further  examination reveals a complete lack of any  theological/philosophical reflection on the topic. Their  parents simply did what was best for them at the moment; not what was best, period. In this session, we will examine key  theological and philosophical motivations for home education  and how to pass these on to our children. Do your children  know why you homeschool? Do You? Do they have a „big picture‟ perspective on the impact home education can have on our culture for the sake of the Kingdom? Do they Here’s what homeschooling families had understand what government education has done to the culture to say about last year’s conference: at large (or that it has been intentional)? Are they thinking about ways their marriage, educational and career choices will "It is so evident that you all (those planning the conference) impact the education and discipleship of their children? We have prayed diligently about which speakers and topics to will also look at the way our approach to educating our address. Thank you for your service and being open to the children figures into the scenario and the kinds of things we Lord's leading! God Bless your efforts! Our family is truly need to encourage our children to invest in now so they can blessed each year we attend the conference. It‘s about so invest in their children in the future. much more than just homeschooling!!! Thank you!"-   ------" I love that this conference is about way more than

homeschooling. It is about raising Godly families and The Providence of God on D-Day: The Lessons and warriors for the kingdom."- Williamsburg, MO Legacies of the Last Constitutional War

7:10 p.m.-8:10 p.m. Doug Phillips Faithful men of the past "We would like to express our deep appreciation to the CHEF laid down their lives in protection of their wives, their sons, directors for this spiritually enriching conference. We met so and their daughters. Behind this conviction was a worldview many followers of Jesus here. There was a very sweet spirit in rooted in centuries of biblical precedence – defense of the this place."- Mansfield, MO weaker vessels. What are the lessons we must learn from these heroes? “I can‟t say enough positive things about CHEF. This Restoring Civil Covenant: Interposition and the Original conference was instrumental in our decision to pull our kids Constitutional Text from public school and homeschool seven years ago. God let 7:10 p.m.-8:10 p.m. Herb Titus Obamacare: A case-study of us now His will through the CHEF Conference. We are states‘ interposition on behalf of her people. How far are the encouraged and „recharged‟ by hearing the speakers remind state‘s governors and legislatures willing to go? Will us why we are doing this.” - Centralia, MO resistance end with a decision by the United States Supreme Court that the individual mandate requires every American to purchase a health insurance policy approved by the United "We love the inspiration we all receive for the big picture- States government? What about the rest of Obamacare? Is it discipling, long term."- Troy, MO within the constitutionally enumerated powers of the United States government? What does the nation‘s charter say about "Our favorite part of the conference is hearing words that resistance to laws like Obamacare? What does the Bible say? aren‟t spoken from the pulpit at home. Here we don't feel like 2 Chronicles 23:11-16 and Acts 5:29. aliens."- Mexico, MO

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COUPLE $50*($60 at the door) INDIVIDUAL $35*($45 at the door) CHILDREN $10*EACH(Up to 2 children. Additional children are free) Ball $3 or $15/family Additional children still need to register, so please fill out a form for them as well. Pre-registration must be

Make checkspayable to: CHEF (Christian Home Educators Fellowship), c/o Dan & Teresa May,3110 Fulton Way,St. Ann, MO 63074 postmarked by June 15 CURRICULUM FAIR ONLY $15 per family for 2-day pass. (Note: Pre-registration is not required if attending curriculum fair only.) Due to limited seating, workshops ore available on a first-come, first serve basis. Indicate 1st, 2nd and 3rd choices for each attendee by placing a 1, 2, or 3 in the appropriate boxes. We do not mail out confirmation letters; however, your registration form will be at the registration table with your workshop schedule highlighted.

9:00 Doors Open for Registration and Curriculum Fair SHOPPING Book Signing of Safely Home in Lobby 10:00 - 11:00 Self: Doug Phillips Self: Herb Titus Self: Beverly Bradley The Proverbs 31 Husband The Declaration of The Keeper of the Home Spouse: Spouse: Independence: The Nation’s Spouse: Young Adults: Young Adults: Charter Covenant Young Adults: 11:00 - 12:00 LUNCH and SHOPPING Voddie Baucham Bill Potter Silvia Mondragon 12:00 - 1:00 Self: Self: Self: Harvard or Heaven Historiography of the Causes Spell to Write and Read Spouse: Spouse: Of Secession and War: Why Spouse: Learn the Hidden Secrets of Young Adults: Young Adults: The South Left the Union Young Adults: The English Language

1 1:00 - 2:00 SHOPPING Doug Phillips Herb Titus John Dwyer 2:00 - 3:00 Self: Self: Self: Rebuilding a Culture of The United States Constitution Abraham Lincoln: Step Spouse: Virtuous Boyhood: Regain a Spouse: The Nation’s Civil Spouse: Father of our Country Young Adults: Masculine Vision for Our Sons Young Adults: Government’s Covenant Young Adults: Voddie Baucham Bill Potter Robert Oesch 3:10 - 4:10 Self: Self: Self: Family Worship: The Power of Symbol and Estate Planning: Spouse: The Forgotten Home Spouse: Controversy: Battle Flags of Spouse: Stewarding Your Assets Young Adults: Discipleship Tool Young Adults: The Civil War Young Adults: And Values 4:10 - 6:00 DINNER and SHOPPING (Curriculum Fair Closes at 7:30 p.m.) Doug Phillips 6:00 - 7:00 Self: The Christian Life of Stonewall Spouse: Jackson Young Adults:

TUESDAY,June 2 7:00 – 7:20 SHOPPING Voddie Baucham Bill Potter Barry Petrowsky 7:20 - 8:20 Self: Self: Self: The Role of the Father in The Death of a Regiment: Foundations of Spouse: Home Education/Discipleship Spouse: The First Texas at Spouse: Investing Young Adults: Young Adults: Antietam Young Adults: Reb Bradley Herb Titus John Dwyer 8:30 - 9:30 Self: Self: Self: Understanding the Heart of The Bill of Rights: Securing The Christian Character of Spouse: Your Wife Spouse: Individual Liberty & Property Spouse: Robert E. Lee Young Adults: Young Adults: In the Nation’s Civil Govt. Young Adults:

8:45 Doors Open for Registration

9:00 - 10:00 Self: Voddie Baucham Self: Herb Titus Self: Beverly Bradley Education and 13th, 14th, &15th Amendments: 10 Things I Wish I Had Known Spouse: Worldview Spouse: Transformative or Preservative Spouse: When I Began Young Adults: Young Adults: Of the Nation’s Civil Covenant Young Adults: Homeschooling 10:00 Curriculum Fair Opens for SHOPPING 10:00 - 10:45 PRAISE & WORSHIP with Jamie Stull 10:45 - 11:30 LUNCH and SHOPPING

Doug Phillips Bill Potter Silvia Mondragon 11:30 - 12:30 Self: Self: Self: 2 Providence and Perseverance: Rise of Abolitionist Terrorism How to Learn a Spouse: Why History Teaches us to Spouse: John Brown and the Spouse: Foreign Language Young Adults: Hope Young Adults: Secret Six Young Adults: 12:30 - 1:30 SHOPPING Reb Bradley Herb Titus John Dwyer 1:30 - 2:30 Self: Self: Self: Raising Respectful A Darwinism Revolution: Great Revivals During the Spouse: Children Spouse: The Living Constitution a Spouse: War Between the Young Adults: Young Adults: Covenant with Death Young Adults: States 2:30 - 3:15 SHOPPING Book Signing of The War Between the States America’s Uncivil War in Lobby Doug Phillips John Dwyer Beverly Bradley 3:15 - 4:15 Self: Self: Self: Into the Amazon: The Great Reconstruction or Warrior Mother: Spouse: Battle Against Radical Spouse: Deconstruction? Spouse: Fighting for the Kids not Young Adults: Environmentalism Young Adults: Young Adults: With Them

4:15 - 6:00 DINNER and SHOPPING (Curriculum Fair Closes at 6:00 p.m.) Voddie Baucham 6:00 - 7:00 Self: Teaching Your Children with WEDNESDAY,June 2 Spouse: Your Grandchildren in Mind Young Adults: Doug Phillips Herb Titus BILL POTTER 7:10 - 8:10 Self: Self: Self: The Providence of God on D- Restoring Civil Covenant: The Life of a Christian Soldier

Spouse: Day: Lessons and Legacies of Spouse: Interposition and the Spouse: General Thomas Jonathan

Young Adults: the Last Constitutional War Young Adults: Original Constitutional Text Young Adults: Jackson 8:30 – 10:30 CIVIL WAR BALL in Ballroom upstairs Continued Workshop Schedule Registration is not required for these workshops -- Just come and enjoy!

9:00 Doors Open for Registration and Curriculum Fair

Room 104 Room 105

10:00 - 11:00 Gods Design for your Family’s Health Combining Classical Education, Charlotte Mason, and Unit Studies Dr. Brandon Maxwell, Maximized Living with a Christian Perspective

Jennifer Beck, My Father’s World

1 11:00 – 12:00 Shopping Building for the Kingdom: High School & Beyond Curriculum, College Selection, CLEP Exams

12:00 - 1:00 From the Paragraph to the Essay New Homeschoolers Workshop Part 1 of 3 , June 2 , June David Dye, M.Ed., CreateBetterWriters.com Candy Summers,

1:00 - 2:00 Sam Davis, Patrick Cleburne and John Pelham: Stories New Homeschoolers Workshop Part 2 of 3 of Bravery from Fallen Heroes of the Confederacy Candy Summers Tuesday Samuel Blair Turley

2:00 - 3:00 You Can Homeschool High School! New Homeschoolers Workshop Part 3 of 3 Jennifer Beck, My Father’s World Candy Summers

3:10 - 4:10 Beyond Labels: Understanding Your Child’s Strengths The Civil War: Art Activities that Reinforce Learning and Teach Art and Weaknesses Basics Beth Ellen Nash, Cornerstone Sharon Jeffus, Visual Manna

8:45 Doors Open for Registration and Curriculum Fair

Room 104 Room 105 2 9:00 - 10:00 A Child’s Health Begins with the Parent Occupying Preschoolers While Teaching Older Children Mary Ann Otley, Family Wellness Jennifer Beck, My Father’s World

10:45 – 11:30 Shopping Building for the Kingdom: High School and Beyond Transcripts, Accelerated Distance Learning

11:30 - 12:30 From the Paragraph to the Essay Math-U-See and Understand David Dye, M.Ed., CreateBetterWriters.com Amanda Capps, Math-U-See

1:30 - 2:30 Finance Matters! Live it! Components of a Complete Language Arts Program

Leann Voss Beth Ellen Nash WEDNESDAY, June 2 June WEDNESDAY,

3:15 – 4:15 Teaching Principles of the United States Constitution to What’s most important for your child? Teens Rebecca Hertwig, Gospel for Asia Alan Scholl, MBA, American Opinion Foundation-Freedom Project!

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