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A Day of Refreshment, Re-Focus, and Equipping
with ~* BARB SHELTON *~
What is this? / When? / Where?
Price/Contact / Agenda / How to Register
Policy on Children at the Seminar
Write-ups for Newsletters & Newspapers
How to get the most out of this!
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WHAT IS THIS?
You are warmly invited to join us for "A Day of Refreshing, Re-Focusing & Equipping with Barb Shelton" on Saturday, March 23rd, 2002. The event will begin with a general session called "Out of Fear & Burn-out; Into Freedom, Focus, & Refreshment" on Friday evening, March 22, which couples will hopefully attend as it presents the heart of Barb's message, and Dad can thus be aware of what this is all about.
But
she goes far beyond the "why's" and also gives many many
helpful, practical, rubber-meets-the-road tools that you can begin using
now, but mostly your thinking and the way you approach homeschooling
will be transformed. This, in turn, will begin freeing you up in
ways you never thought possible ~ or never even wanted to be free
in, but will now see quite differently! |
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~* WHEN *~ |
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Friday; March 22 Evening: 7:00pm ~ 9:00pm Dads especially are encouraged to come with their wives this evening!
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Saturday; March 23 All Day: 9am~5:30pm Especially for homeschooling moms (See Agenda below)
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~* WHERE *~
Sun Valley Community Church
For Directions click on the stoplight:
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WHO'S "BARB SHELTON" ANYWAY?
Barb Shelton is the author of eight books for homeschoolers including "Senior High: A Home-Designed Form+U+la" and the Homeschool Guide-a-log.
Barb's heart is to inspire parents to pursue God's unique plan for the education of their children, to listen to God's voice amid the many loud voices of the world. And she offers much practical help in doing so. You'll be challenged, irritated, and moved to laugh, cry, think and re-think your views about education, and best of all, get set free ~ or freer ~ in the Lord!
(To find out more about Barb than you ever wanted to know, just click on the above photo.) |
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WHO'S THIS FOR?
Most of this seminar is for all homeschoolers, no matter what the ages of their children. Other parts are just for those approaching or IN the high school years (or those who'd like their fears alleviated NOW), and then yet another portion is for those with children ages 12 and under.
The difficult thing about describing this seminar is that it is multi-faceted, several different topics and focuses for different homeschoolers, depending on the ages of their children. Much of it would certainly be beneficial for all, but someone with a five-year-old does not need the "nuts and bolts" of high school planning at this point.
Therefore, it is important that each one considering coming carefully study the Agenda below, and prayerfully make a decision based on not only where you're at now, but where you're headed within the next two years or so. Here's a breakdown of which sessions are for whom:
with children who'll be of high school age within 2~3 years):
("Tweens" are "in beTWEEN" tots and teens!!!)
Just as a general guideline, my suggestion is that if you have children IN the younger age group ~ 12 and under ~ and within two years of being in high school, you would want to attend ALL of this. |
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From Peg Rockwell the Seminar Coordinator
This is being handled a bit differently than the norm... There will be no charge for this life changing event. Instead, a love offering will be taken at the seminar. This will be used to cover Barb's travel expenses, but more importantly just to show Barb how much we appreciate all she has done to make our homeschooling journey easier and more enjoyable. After the workshop you'll understand Barb's approach to homeschooling based on the verse in Matthew 28:11 where Jesus says, "My yoke is easy, my burden light". Please prayerfully consider what the Lord would have you give to help support Barb's ministry and show your gratefulness.
On a personal note, by the grace of God and Barb's books, we (my 14-year-old daughter and I) are cruisin' through her high school days. We love Barb's ideas!! So many bail out of homeschooling when it comes to high school. Barb makes it so "doable"!! ~ Peg
(Click on the picture of Peg and an email addressed to her will pop up!) |
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FRIDAY EVENING: [11:30 - This is the point at which I suggest those with children age 12 and under (and no high schoolers) join us for the remainder of the seminar.]
*"Tweens" are "in beTWEEN" tots and teens! ;-D ) |
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HOW TO REGISTER
Contact Peg Rockwell, the coordinator of this event, and she will get you signed up and hold a place for you! Even though there is no registration fee, we still very much need for you to sign up, as there is much we need to prepare for. In fact, we will not be providing handouts for anyone unless they have pre-registered. (Peg can also be contacted by voice mail at 888-784-1636 ~ toll free.)
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POLICY ON CHILDREN AT THE SEMINAR
Click
on the little bear-in-the-mug directly above to go the explanation (on
this page) of how we will be handling the matter of "children at
the seminar." We realize this is a sensitive subject for some,
especially since homeschooling is all about children!
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WRITE-UPS FOR NEWSLETTERS AND NEWSPAPERS
If you'd like all the above info in one place for your publication, here are two options for you. The first one is formatted more appealingly, as for a flyer, webpage, or online newsletter; the second one is box-formatted as for a text-only newspaper.
And here's the simpler box-formatted version that's more appropriate for a newspaper:
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HOW TO GET THE MOST OUT OF THIS! ~From Barb~ If you have never heard this message before, you will still get plenty out of the seminar. Anyone is welcome to attend! However, if after spending some time at this website (called "Homeschool Oasis") and the Article Chart, you are sensing that this message is for you, and that God has brought you to this place, you will get the absolute MOST out of our time together if you have read whatever books I have written that are for the level you are at, child-wise.
The Homeschool Guide-a-log is for all, no matter what the ages of your children. (If you read everything in my Article Chart, you will get almost everything in the Guide-a-log.) So this book is for everyone.
Then if you have older children, 11 or 12 and up, you will want to get Senior High: A Home-Designed Form+U+la and have read as much of that as possible BEFORE the seminar.
It is very likely that this is the only time our paths will cross this side of Heaven. I do not do a lot of speaking, and will most likely not be doing another seminar in this area. Therefore it is going to be the most profitable and enjoyable use of YOUR time if you have read as much as possible before the day of the seminar so that you will come prepared to get as much out of me being there in person as possible. If we are only "breaking ground" ~ just becoming familiar with my message ~ you will not get nearly as much out of this as you can.
Many
will hear of this seminar later on, as we get closer to the date of the
event, and will thus not have as much time to go through my books
beforehand, but even a few days of reading will get your mind and heart
better prepared to get the most out of this! And if you are really
unable to prepare yourself in this way, just come with shock absorbers
and be sure to have spent as much time with the Lord so that you are
ready for a greater spiritual and mental jolt than you might have had
otherwise! Go to this page, Books by Barb Shelton, for a list of everything I have written, and pray about where the Lord would have you start. Note: You do NOT need to have read everything I have written to be ready for this! Just the ones mentioned above will be plenty! I will have all my books for sale at the seminar.
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Sun Valley Community Church
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~* NOTE TO PARENTS *~ OUR VIEWS ON CHILDREN AT MEETINGS |
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Please read this before coming to the seminar!
Many
of us have been to meetings where distracting
children keep those present from fully being able to enjoy and get
the most out of the meeting. We who are planning this event for
you have NO desire to be offensive or hurtful to anyone,
And
if a baby is being at all distracting to others (even if they are
smiling), we expect the parent to be considerate enough to promptly remove the child from the room.
This is not all in my mind; many other moms have shared the same sentiments with me. In fact, here is what one mom shared with me:
(If you are offended by or disagree with the above, please click on the smiling face for further explanation of my views and my heart on this matter.)
(Click on your back button to get to the same spot you were just at above.) |
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You are at Homeschool Oasis! While here at our website, you'll want to be sure to check out these places:
Article Chart (120+ articles!)
Main Lobby of Homeschool Oasis This is our "Grand Central Station" where you can see what all we have to offer here at this web site!
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Here is that larger, clearer photo that I mentioned above:
Barb Shelton; January 2002
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Graphics Credits: |
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I got the sunny background and glass of lemonade at:
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...the blinking stoplight, the typing lady, and the animated clock at:
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...the tiny polka-dotted hearts, 9-patch heart at:
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the little blue, gold and green dots at:
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...and the row of teacups, the two-bear tea party, mommy, baby and little girl, all bears, boy with a crayon at:
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(The rest I don't know the sources of as I got them before I knew what I was doing. If you know, please tell me!) |
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"The High School Years: Preparing Heart 'n' Soul 'n'
Guts"
"Hearing God 101; Homeschooling MOM first!"
"Flexible Organizing & Record-Keeping for Tots~'Tweens"
want to stay for the final Q & A
session but do not have younger children,
you are welcome to
peruse the book table during these two sessions and give yourself a
little "reading oasis." Many have enjoyed
grabbing one of my books and retreating to a cozy corner where
they can have a good chunk of time to really start reading
it, with no interruptions. (Bring slippers, a pillow, and
a travel mug of your favorite beverage!)
So we ask that you carefully read this to see how we have decided to
handle this
Those
with children 12 and under will want to get the Jumpstart Navigator and
be as familiar as possible with it. 
