Charlotte Mason Conference- this weekend!

Back to School - the Charlotte Mason Way

Everyone is invited to attend a mini-conference which will explore
the gentle teaching methods of Charlotte Mason.
If you could use some encouragement in your home-schooling journey,
you don't want to miss this!

When: October 1 & 2
Where: Cornerstone Reformed Church
801 N. Almond St., Carbondale
Cost: Donation (suggested donation, $5 each day per family)

Speakers:
Sue Pruett, homeschooling mom of 5, from the St. Louis area. Her passion is to encourage others in their homeschooling and introduce weary families to the joys of Gentle Learning. More information at http://www.thecharlottemasongirl.com

Caroline Ferrell, married to Roger Ferrell. They have 4 children- Bennett (16) Sam(13) Emmie (8) and Isaiah (9mos). Caroline and her husband have served as Missionary/Church Planters for 12 years and Roger is now the Director of Missions for the Clear Creek Baptist Association in Anna. They have been homeschooling off and on for 16 years, but totally on once they discovered Charlotte Mason about 5 years ago. "Homeschooling is the heartbeat of Christ in our home, and Charlotte Mason has set us free to enjoy that!" Caroline blogs at http://www.alongobedienceinthesamedirection.blogspot.com/


Schedule:
Friday evening:
6:30-7:15 - Intro to CM / Atmosphere of the Home - Caroline Ferrell

7:15-7:30 - Break- concessions available downstairs (Girl's Sunday School class providing food as a fund raiser)
-book table (Sue will have school materials for sale)

7:30-8:15 -Living Books (What qualifies a book, do text books ever qualify?) -Sue Pruett

8:15-8:45 book sales, concessions, visit


Sat. morning:
9:30-10:15 - Teaching Language Arts (narration, writing, grammar) -Caroline Ferrell

10:15-10:30 - break, concessions, book sales

10:30-11:15 -Sciences and/or Math -Sue Pruett

11:15-11:30 -break, more concessions, more book sales

11:30-12:00 -Q&A with both speakers

You don't have to be using Charlotte Mason methods to benefit from this conference.
Pass the word along to your friends, everyone will leave with new ideas for instilling a love of learning in their homes.
Hope to see everyone there!

Emmie's Baptism

It's Not about Hymns...but about Heart!

The kids and I are learning about and singing "I Sing the Mighty Power of God" during our hymn study in school. The hymn was written by Isaac Watts in 1715. At the time that he was writing hymns, Isaac was considered to be very controversial because he was introducing a "new" way of worshiping in church. Hymns were beginning to take the place of singing the Psalms. Churches all over England were having troubles over this and many churches divided over it, including the church once pastored by John Bunyan. By the way, Watts also wrote "Joy to the World"! It's not about style, but substance. And it's not about preference, but hearts bowed before him with undying gratitude for what He has done. If we truly understood worship- we wouldn't be able to get off of our faces. Oh to have that kind of heart of worship!

Psalm 33

The Steadfast Love of the LORD

¹ Shout for joy in the LORD, O you righteous!
Praise befits the upright.
²Give thanks to the LORD with the lyre;
make melody to him with the harp of ten strings!
³Sing to him a new song;
play skillfully on the strings, with loud shouts.

⁴For the word of the LORD is upright,
and all his work is done in faithfulness.
⁵He loves righteousness and justice;
the earth is full of the steadfast love of the LORD.

⁶By the word of the LORD the heavens were made,
and by the breath of his mouth all their host.
⁷He gathers the waters of the sea as a heap;
he puts the deeps in storehouses.

⁸Let all the earth fear the LORD;
let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him!
⁹For he spoke, and it came to be;
he commanded, and it stood firm.

¹⁰The LORD brings the counsel of the nations to nothing;
he frustrates the plans of the peoples.
¹¹ The counsel of the LORD stands forever,
the plans of his heart to all generations.
¹²Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD,
the people whom he has chosen as his heritage!

¹³The LORD looks down from heaven;
he sees all the children of man;
¹⁴from where he sits enthroned he looks out
on all the inhabitants of the earth,
¹⁵he who fashions the hearts of them all
and observes all their deeds.
¹⁶ The king is not saved by his great army;
a warrior is not delivered by his great strength.
¹⁷ The war horse is a false hope for salvation,
and by its great might it cannot rescue.

¹⁸Behold, the eye of the LORD is on those who fear him,
on those who hope in his steadfast love,
¹⁹that he may deliver their soul from death
and keep them alive in famine.

²⁰Our soul waits for the LORD;
he is our help and our shield.
²¹For our heart is glad in him,
because we trust in his holy name.
²²Let your steadfast love, O LORD, be upon us,
even as we hope in you.

ESV

Summers End