Location Options:

  • Monday, March 9, 2026 – Warren Location

  • Tuesday, March 10, 2026 – Pittsburgh Location

  • Wednesday, March 11, 2026 – State College Location

  • Thursday, March 12, 2026 – Scranton Location

  • Friday, March 13, 2026 – Lancaster Location

*Children are welcome at the Hometown Tours, but no childcare or programming is provided.

Warren Location

Monday, March 9, 2026

  • 4:00pm-4:30pm – Registration

  • 4:30pm-6:00pm – The “Well Done” of Homeschooling — Beginning With the End in Mind
  • 6:00pm-7:00pm – Lite Dinner

  • 7:00pm-8:30pm – Charting the Course: Education Independence—A Refuge for Generations to Come

Where?

Calvary Chapel of Russell
8160 Market St
Russell, PA 16345

Cost?

This low cost event includes a lite dinner, with an afternoon and evening session with Lauren Gideon of Education Independence (Classical Conversations).

Pittsburgh Location

Tuesday, March 10, 2026

  • 4:00pm-4:30pm – Registration

  • 4:30pm-6:00pm – The “Well Done” of Homeschooling — Beginning With the End in Mind
  • 6:00pm-7:00pm – Lite Dinner

  • 7:00pm-8:30pm – Charting the Course: Education Independence—A Refuge for Generations to Come

Where?

LifePointe Alliance Church
Franklin Park Campus
2298 Rochester Rd
Pittsburgh, PA 15237

Cost?

This low cost event includes a lite dinner, with an afternoon and evening session with Lauren Gideon of Education Independence (Classical Conversations).

State College Location

Wednesday, March 11, 2026

  • 4:00pm-4:30pm – Registration

  • 4:30pm-6:00pm – The “Well Done” of Homeschooling — Beginning With the End in Mind
  • 6:00pm-7:00pm – Lite Dinner

  • 7:00pm-8:30pm – Charting the Course: Education Independence—A Refuge for Generations to Come

Where?

State College Alliance Church
1221 W. Whitehall Road
State College, PA 16801

Cost?

This low cost event includes a lite dinner, with an afternoon and evening session with Lauren Gideon of Education Independence (Classical Conversations).

Scranton Location

Thursday, March 12, 2026

  • 4:00pm-4:30pm – Registration

  • 4:30pm-6:00pm – The “Well Done” of Homeschooling — Beginning With the End in Mind

  • 6:00pm-7:00pm – Lite Dinner

  • 7:00pm-8:30pm – Charting the Course: Education Independence—A Refuge for Generations to Come

Where?

Cornerstone Bible Church
520 Marion St.
Browndale, PA 18421

Cost?

This low cost event includes a lite dinner, with an afternoon and evening session with Lauren Gideon of Education Independence (Classical Conversations).

Lancaster Location

Friday, March 13, 2026

  • 4:00pm-4:30pm – Registration

  • 4:30pm-6:00pm – The “Well Done” of Homeschooling — Beginning With the End in Mind
  • 6:00pm-7:00pm – Lite Dinner

  • 7:00pm-8:30pm – Charting the Course: Education Independence—A Refuge for Generations to Come

Where?

Hope Community Church
1806 Harrisburg Ave
Mount Joy, PA 17552

Cost?

This low cost event includes a lite dinner, with an afternoon and evening session with Lauren Gideon of Education Independence (Classical Conversations).

Bonus:

Delaware Home Education Convention

Saturday, March 14, 2026

  • 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM

Join our friends with Tri-State Homeschool and visit with CHAP at the Delaware Home Education Convention.

Multiple speakers, workshops, breakouts and panel discussions on a variety of homeschool topics.

Multiple educational resource companies, exhibitors, homeschool businesses and educational organizations, plus a used curriculum sale.

Where?

Bible Fellowship Church
808 S. Old Baltimore Pike
Newark DE 19702

Topics

The “Well Done” of Homeschooling — Beginning With the End in Mind

Jesus tells a story about a master who entrusts his servants with great treasure, departs for a season, and then returns to see what has grown in his absence. What does that story have to do with homeschooling? What does it reveal about trust, responsibility, and faithfulness over time? How does holding the final assessment in view shape the quiet, ordinary decisions of our days? And what might change if homeschooling were guided less by grades and benchmarks—and more by the call to steward souls and raise stewards? This reflective and encouraging talk invites homeschool families to begin with the end in mind—renewing vision, reordering priorities, and finding the confidence and conviction to stay the course with wisdom, freedom, and joy.

Charting the Course: Education Independence—A Refuge for Generations to Come

In today’s fast-changing national and local education environment, the lines of both responsibility and freedom are increasingly blurred. Policies shift, cultural pressures rise, and families may feel uncertain about their authority and direction. This talk invites families and freedom-minded allies to step back and revisit the foundational principles that make Education Independence both necessary and achievable. Together, we will define what Education Independence means, why it matters for the next generation, and what steps are necessary to secure it. Attendees will leave with a stronger framework for decision-making and practical steps to pursue education independence and advocacy with courage, conviction, and consistency—no matter what changes come next.

Presenter

Lauren Gideon

Director of Government Relations

A home educator of nineteen years, Lauren Gideon values her community that is dedicated to education independence. When she isn’t homeschooling her seven children, co-leading classes on civic responsibility, or writing to inspire others to choose independence, Lauren and her husband, Tom, enjoy being outdoors working to build a modern homestead.