Thursday, May 12, 2011, 7 p.m.

Arrowbrook Baptist Church, Xenia Ohio

We welcome you to come join us in supporting and encouraging our children in their God-given talents and abilities. Students will perform musical instrument pieces, display art, history and science projects. Following the presentations, we will enjoy fellowship with a dessert reception.

Note: Active Members, voting for next year’s officers will be held first from 6:45 p.m. until a little after 7 p.m. Please come out and cast your vote.

Hope to see you there.

Please join us for an encouraging evening with Shelley Noonan of Pumpkin Seed Press.  March 10, 7 p.m. at Arrowbrook Baptist Church, Xenia OH.

Taken from her Facebook Event page:

“Is your daughter prepared for life? No matter what your daughter’s age, you know that your daughter’s transition from beautiful girlhood to beyond beautiful girlhood can be the most frightening and exciting of times. Discover how to prepare your daughter in three key areas of her life.

Shelley will give you encouraging examples and practical application to equip you to prepare your daughter for the day when she will manage her home, her life, and her spirit! For mothers all aged daughters.”

Hope to see you there!

THURSDAY, January 13, 2011, 7:00PM at Arrowbrook Church
Doors open at 6:45 for Fieldtrip Sign-Ups, Directory Pick-Up and Fellowship

This month as we get back to the homeschooling routine, we are blessed
to have Barbara Jenista speak for our monthly meeting. Barbara lives in
Cedarville where she works at Cedarville University with students in
the Academic Enrichment Center, particularly Freshmen in transition ,
through teaching and mentoring.
Barbara will be sharing with us about different learning styles and how to
teach them, and about various learning environments.

You can see Barbara’s Cedarville Bio at this link:
http://www.cedarville.edu/Offices/Academic-Enrichment/Staff.aspx
And you can read more about Barbara in the newsletter coming soon!

We look forward to seeing you all there as we refresh and refuel for 2011!

Our December PEACH meeting is a fun night filled with homemade crafts, goods and yummy treats made by our very own PEACH kids! Please come out and support our kids on Thursday December 9th from 7-9 p.m.

*More information to come soon!

We welcome Brian Rohrig, The Fizz Bang Scientist, to our November PEACH Meeting, Thursday, November 11, 7 p.m.

Brian is a high school science teacher from Jonathan Alder High School in the Columbus area. He and his wife have four children. Brian has written 9 books on hands-on science experiments. Brian is a popular speaker at local, state, and national science conventions and has spoken at homeschool conventions.

Brian is actively involved in his church and enjoys camping, reading, hiking, crossword puzzles and running–including marathons.

This will be a fun and ‘explosive’ evening for you and your kids, so bring them all!!

Dr. Karen Holinga is our speaker for the October 14th PEACH Meeting. Dr. Holinga is a reading specialist, and she works full time tutoring children with reading difficulties and counseling homeschool families in curriculum development. Her topic for our meeting is…Keep the Main Thing the Main Thing!
When God calls us to homeschool we are frequently overwhelmed with all the choices and decisions we have to make.  Questions addressed will include:

* How do I balance between the spiritual and the academic?
* How much time every day should we do school?
* What if we don’t get science (or something else) done?

Dr. Holinga will help you clarify how to determine your current goals while staying within the confines of The Ohio State Regulations and help you look toward the future.*

You are welcome to ask all the questions you want answered.  If you know your question(s), please email them to me before the meeting (by October 10) and I will forward them to Dr. Karen so she can prepare answers for them.  If you have a question arise at the meeting, you will be able to ask it.

Doors open at 6:45 for sign ups for field trips, homeschool portraits and care groups.  And after the meeting there will be another opportunity for sign ups and to talk a little with our guest.

Please make plans to join us.  Remember our meetings are held at Arrowbrook Baptist in Xenia on the second THURSDAY of the month.

We look forward to seeing you all there!!

John and Carmen Mattson

*Taken from The Reading Doctor website

Todd Wilson spoke last night at our monthly PEACH meeting. He was fantastic!! We welcomed several new PEACH members as well as many visitors. Thanks everyone for coming out and I trust you were encouraged by Todd’s talk.

I was encouraged but also challenged to work with my husband to have an unbeatable team! Here are some notes I jotted down as he was speaking:

Husbands: lead your families *You are the “Lead Dog”

Wives: let your husbands lead *Follow the “Lead Dog”

Husbands: Listen to your wives–be concerned about the things that concern her.

Wives: When you ask for your husband’s advice, say “thank you” and take his advice.

Husbands: encourage your wives

Wives: encourage your husbands; encourage his dreams and big ideas

Husbands: understand your wives

Wives: desire your husbands *don’t forget your husband in the midst of homeschooling

Husbands and wives: pray for each other

Enjoy your children.

The evening ended with us listening to a song called “Don’t Blink” by Kenny Chesney. Here is the link to the YouTube of the song.

Please feel free to add your comments about the meeting in the comments section.

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Please join us for the first meeting of the 2010-2011 year! Thursday, August 12, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. (Doors open at 6:45 p.m.)

7:00-7:30 p.m. Notification Information

7:30-8:30 p.m. Main Speaker

8:30-9:00 p.m. Cookies & Fellowship

Meetings are held at Arrowbrook Baptist Church, 1124 Upper Bellbrook Road, Xenia OH 45385

Meetings are free and open to the public.