Encouraging Families
Join us for our next Family Conference
9–12 January 2025
Followed by the Youth Conference, 12–15 January 2025
Family Conference
A Conference for Encouraging Current and Prospective Homeschooling Families
All families welcome!
9–12 January 2025
Foxton Bible Camp
RegisterYouth Conference
Equipping young people with a Biblical mindset
For young people aged 14-25
12–15 January 2025
Beulah Acres Christian Events Centre, Cheltenham
RegisterMatariki Conference
A short mid-year conference for Encouraging Current and Prospective Homeschooling Families
All families welcome!
20–21 June 2025
Starts 9am Friday, finishes 5pm Saturday
Beulah Acres Christian Events Centre, Cheltenham
RegisterFamily discipleship and
Encouragement for the whole Family
The purpose of our Family Conferences is for encouraging current, veteran and prospective home-schooling families to come along and fellowship with like-minded people who desire to train their children in a Biblical worldview.
Our conferences are focused on family discipleship and character building in a way that is designed to help encourage parents in their journey.
This Year’s theme:
Beholding the Glory of God
We see God’s glory displayed in so many amazing ways! His glory declared in the heavens. Psalm 19:1 states: “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.” Observing God’s creation is one aspect of the marvellous display of His glory.
However, the greatest revelation of the glory of God is in the face of His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ! How often do we stop and take time to behold God’s glory? In the challenges and busyness of daily life and work, all too easily we can lose our focus on the eternal.
Our desire is that we would shift our focus from ourselves and our circumstances to the glory and majesty of our Lord Jesus Christ. We become what we behold; what we focus on we conform our lives to. When we behold the Lord and His glory through spending time with Him and seeking Him in His Word, we are changed into His image by His Spirit.
Speakers
Each year we are blessed to hear from speakers who encourage us in our walk with christ and our commission to train our children. These are some of the speakers we have had at previous conferences, check back soon for details on what’s coming up!
Gabriel Cleator
Online speaker
Gabriel (or Gabe) is passionate about living all of life for his saviour, something that he communicates with contagious enthusiasm. He exhorts both young and old to walk closely with Jesus Christ in a way that is clear and animated. Gabe and his wife Sara reside in Big Sandy, Texas, where they are involved in ministries to families.
Pastor David York
Online speaker
A faithful pastor, husband, and father. David York is passionate about using Biblical principles to bring forth God-honouring fruit. He is married to Brenda, his high school sweetheart, and together, they have eight children. God took him through a journey of training from the University of Michigan, to Dallas Theological Seminary and Trinity Divinity School. Today, Pastor York lives in Wisconsin where he pastors a church and loves being a grandpa to 14 grandchildren.