Special Items of Interest

The CHAP Convention needs you to volunteer. We require many volunteers to run the convention. We desire and need your help to make the convention a success. The benefits of volunteering include:

• An opportunity to serve fellow homeschoolers.
• Tuition rebate equal to the tuition of each volunteer.
• Early bird shopping 8:00- 9:30 a.m. on Friday. (Imagine a chance to shop with only three hundred other people.)
• Online orientation, so no early morning orientation meeting to attend.

CHAP's FIRST ANNUAL ESSAY CONTEST

Christ, My Confidence - Hebrews 10:35-36
What does it mean to you, what can it do for others, and how has it changed your life?

The essay contest is open from 1/01/09 - 2/28/09.

PRIZES!

For more information, visit the CHAP Contest Page.

Teen Track

2009 Designed to JUMP! — Parachuting into Your Dreams

You know what you like to do, and where you long to go. But how do you get from here to there? Significant question, right? Join Diana Waring, in her dynamic, often comical, teen seminar to explore your unique wiring, God's distinct call on your life, and the preparation required to JUMP into your future!

On the Teen Track page, there is additional information describing each of the planned sessions and their times. Once again, this year's Teen Track is packed full of information and is limited to the first 225 who sign up. We have allotted time for the teens to spend shopping for curriculum and eating with you. There is a separate line on the registration form for teens registering for the Teen Track due to the additional costs associated with having a teen program. Teens taking part in the Teen Track program cannot also register to be volunteers. The Teen Track registrants will receive a different color wristband that they will need to wear in order to be admitted to the Teen Track program area and the Vendor Hall. The Teen Track wristbands will be included with the family's wristbands which will be picked up as you enter the convention. A parent must be registered for the convention and on the premises in order for a teen to register and attend the Teen Track.

CHAP has undertaken the It Works. campaign. We have purchased removable, 8" long by 2¾" at its tallest point, 1½" at its shortest point, die-cut, vinyl decals, in an effort to spread the exciting word about homeschooling, raise a small amount of money for all the state organizations around the nation and other countries that do what CHAP does, and raise a smaller amount of money for the National Alliance of Christian Home Education Leadership (NACHEL, referred to as the Alliance). The latter group is designed to assist individuals across the nation who run Christian home education conferences and organizations like CHAP.

The website on the decals is sponsored by the Alliance and when individuals look up beginning homeschooling on the web, they often find this site, which has a map of the United States. If one clicks on a given state, he is linked to the statewide Christian homeschooling organization(s) in that state. All these organizations are affiliated with the Alliance and abide by a solid Christian statement of faith.

The Alliance has voted to support this campaign and all its affiliated state organizations have been invited to take part in this. Prayers for this endeavor would be greatly appreciated when the Lord brings it to mind. Ordering information is available on our website.

Join homeschoolers across the nation and beyond in this awareness campaign!

The Truth Project

"Do you really believe that what you believe is really real?"

CHAP is excited to facilitate a partnership with Focus on the Family® to equip members to reach their families and communities with Biblical Truth. We are offering a special track for one or two family members for an additional $79 (cost of DVD set and materials), to equip your family to be The Truth Project hosts. Attendance is limited so you must preregister by April 30, to allow enough time for Focus on the Family to mail you the preparatory materials and your special pass to the sessions.

The Truth Project track at the CHAP convention is the training module a person needs to run a Truth Project session in the future. The DVD set is the curriculum one needs to conduct a small group TTP session in the future. It is a Saturday only feature, and it requires attendance at 3 sessions run during the convention: 10:00-10:45 am, 11:00-11:45 am and 3:00-3:45 pm.

The Truth Project curriculum is a systematic and comprehensive Biblical worldview study that looks at all of life. This conference track will equip you to make a Christ-centered difference in our culture by applying God's principles to daily life.

Highlights include:

• Understanding and living the Christian worldview in daily life.
• Knowing the nature and character of God.
• God's design for all of life: work, science, family, government, art, ethics, and more.
• How to thrive in a hostile culture.
• Participants will receive the complete DVD set of twelve lessons. (These professionally produced DVDs are only available by attending Focus on the Family's The Truth Project training or a small group.)
• Access to our password protected, learning support site that features lesson outlines, bonus multimedia content, discussion forums, worldview articles, and more.

For more information about The Truth Project, see an overview of the lessons on this page or visit www.thetruthproject.org.