May 08, 2009

Summit Ministries and Axis

Partner for One Day Family Worldview Conference in Colorado Springs

On Tuesday May 12, High Country Home Educators is hosting a one-day Family Worldview Conference in partnership with Summit Ministries and Axis. This conference, which will feature specialized sessions for parents, teenagers, and pre-teens, will help you equip your families to think biblically in a non-Christian culture.

Only 20% of teens who are highly churched will still be spiritually active by age 29, according to a Barna.org study. Only 9% of Americans have a biblical worldview, according to another recent Barna.org study. This includes homeschool students. Are you interested in encouraging your homeschool families to prepare their college-bound students for the ideas they will face in college? Do you desire to help your homeschool families teach their children how to be like Paul in the marketplace in Athens, quoting the poets of their society to bring people toward Christ? Maybe we can help . . .

The goals of this one day event include:

1. To demonstrate the reality that ideas have consequences — especially ideas from popular culture.
2. To teach parents and their students about the concept of a worldview and the importance of understanding the worldviews that are present in our culture.
3. To convince parents and their students of the necessity of critical thinking through instruction, interaction and modeling between the Axis team members and your students.

John Stonestreet, Executive Director of Summit Ministries will conduct sessions for parents. John is a highly sought after speaker at Homeschool Conventions around the country, and his sessions will include (1) "Why Students Walk Away from Their Faith (and what we can do about it);" (2) "Why a Worldview Education is Absolutely Crucial;" and (3) "The World of Worldviews: Making Sense of Your World."

AXiS will be teaching the students. The Axis style of communication implements an energetic team approach. Each session will be led by one teacher who will be supported by 3–6 team members comprised of alumni from the Focus on the Family Institute and Summit Ministries staff members. The team will perform skits, facilitate small groups, and present current popular culture examples. This engaging, high-energy presentation will be enjoyable for your students and equip them with information that will impact the rest of their lives.

This event is sponsored by the High Country Home Educators Support Group in Colorado Springs and will be held on Tuesday, May 12th at New Life Church in Colorado Springs. It is open to the public, but you must register here.

Please spread the word about this very important event.

To learn more about AXiS, please visit the Axis website.

Plato once quoted Socrates as saying that the "unexamined life is not worth living." We suggest that "the unexamined faith is not worth believing." We would love to help you encourage your families and their students to take their thoughts captive to the obedience of Christ (2 Cor. 10:5) and to live out an examined faith in Jesus Christ.

• Posted at 04:32 pm by John Stonestreet
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