Calling all locals!


I've been talking for a while about my dream to build a new-wineskin model of a hybrid school and the potential of starting an inter-city youth. We're considering both options for the fall and I wanted to make sure you were looped in.

Hybrid Info Night

We are having an info night at our local church here in downtown Athens next Tuesday. I know it is short notice! If we don't get enough interest I will likely cancel it and try for another time (so please register if you are coming and cancel if you are not). With our touring schedule, the next available date for something like this would be July—which would be cutting it pretty close. As we hope to start this end of August/beginning of September, we feel that we have to start having some of these initial discussions to see if it is feasible.

A few notes: please bring your kids and your spouses! I don't just want buy in from you, I want buy in from your kids! I want to give them a glimpse of what this could be. There is a coffee shop on site that makes incredible specialty drinks by donation so there will be time for some milling about before we begin.

Youth

We are seriously considering some sort of youth church and some of you have heard me mention it before so I wanted to bring it up again. I haven't forgotten! If we did something like this, I see the school as being the catalyst as the kids would naturally want more. I don't want the masses, I want a core group that wants to help me pioneer something deeper, something richer, and something completely counter-culture. Come to the info night to hear more.

Rebecca Spooner

Rebecca is a second-generation homeschool mom with five kids who used to review curriculum and now she creates it! Author of More Than Words Bible curriculum and creator of Gather 'Round Homeschool, a kingdom-minded new model of education where the entire family gathers in His name and learns all of the subjects together. Join us for behind-the-scenes updates and news.

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