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*Children are welcome at the Hometown Tours, but no childcare or programming is provided.
Bonus:
Delaware Home Education Convention
Saturday, March 14, 2026
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.

