Illinois Christian Home Educators
ICHE's 2012 State Convention June 7-9! Register online!
The theme for 2012 is "On Christ the Solid Rock I Stand", taken from Matthew 7:24-27:
"Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods cam, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the wind blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it."
Speaker and workshop information is now available for viewing. We will be adding further details as we move closer to the dates.
feeling weary as you reach the end of the school year?
Keynote Speaker Norm Wakefield has provided ICHE with an article to uplift and encourage you. Norm helps us see that homeschooling is so much more than academics. We hope you enjoy reading this article. You can learn more about the power of hope in parenting by attending Norm’s workshop at this year’s ICHE convention.
The Power of Hope
by Norm Wakefield ~ 2012 Keynote Speaker
Promises are important. They are important because of the hope they foster in our lives. Without promises, our hearts have nothing in which to hope. Promises provide hope for the future. It is important for children to learn to think ahead to the future when considering their actions. Read more . . .
excited about convention time? Read this article!
How to Enjoy Your State Convention
by Vicki Bentley ~ 2012 Convention Speaker
If this is your first or second (or tenth!) homeschool convention, it is easy to be overwhelmed by the enormity of the exhibit hall and the long list of workshop choices....
Welcome to ICHE.org!
Greetings and Blessings to you from Illinois Christian Home Educators! We are so excited that you found us, and we hope you stop to look around and make yourself at home. ICHE exists to come along side families who want to see Christ glorified from one generation to the next. It is our sincere prayer that God will use every aspect of our ministry, including this website, for that purpose in accordance with His will. We long to see Jesus Christ exalted as one generation proclaims His great mercies to the next. ICHE believes that homeschooling is uniquely suited to this purpose, and we pray that the Lord would find us faithful in that task.
With that in mind, we invite you to spend some time exploring our website. It is our prayer that this website will quickly become a valuable resource in your homeschool toolbox. The resources in these pages have been carefully chosen to encourage and assist families in educating, discipling, and building relationships among parents, children, siblings, and extended families. The modern day homeschooling movement has clearly demonstrated its ability to achieve academic excellence, and ICHE has a wealth of resources available to help parents in this process. However, Illinois Christian Home Educators sees homeschooling as so much more than textbooks, arithmetic problems, and spelling bees. We pray that everyone who visits this website will see more clearly the vision of what it truly means for each generation to know the praiseworthy deeds of the Lord, and to teach them to their children, and to their children’s children (Psalm 78:4-7).
To learn more about what homeschooling means to ICHE, take a minute to look at our Mission Statement. You can also learn more about that vision in our About Us section. Want to know even more? Be sure to attend our Annual State Convention, or check out some of the speakers from our Past Conventions. There is much here to explore, and if you cannot find what you are looking for just click over to our Contact Us section and ask!
The mission of ICHE . . .
is to call, encourage, and assist Christian families to trust our trustworthy God through practicing a home-based, family-funded, multi-generational, life-long discipleship that builds Christian character, pursues excellence in academics, nurtures an ever-deepening faith, and impacts our world for Jesus Christ.
