These conferences we do not charge a fee for. The Lord provides for our travel expenses through two love offering boxes on our book tables. You don't need to be a homeschool group leader to invite us. Usually, our invitations come from families who desire to have us come to their area. The main need is for the coordinator to find a church facility and be willing to spread the word. It is quite simple; it will only require some time investment on your part.
Typically, the weekend conferences begin Friday evening at 7 p.m. and end Saturday about 3 p.m. To view a normal conference schedule including session titles, please see below. We also give one-evening conferences.
Schedule wise, as we have requests, we usually work them into a four to six week trip. To be the best stewards of our resources and time, we like to schedule as many conferences as possible in a specific area of the country. Please contact us if you are interested so that we can begin to work with you on timing. |
| When the Maxwells are invited to speak for a homeschooling convention, the convention has a powerful "package."
With all of the Maxwell adults having workshop sessions, they provide speakers for couples, men, women, and youth, in addition to a family Gospel music session. Steve and Teri, together, speak to couples. Individually Steve shares with men, and Teri encourages women. Their six children at home (two are married), Sarah, 30, Joseph, 22, John, 21, Anna, 19, Jesse, 17, and Mary, 15, talk to homeschooling young people, through a teen track or just teen sessions in general, strengthening them in their personal lives and directing them toward productive years before marriage.
Steve and Teri Maxwell, along with their children, bring a unique blend of homeschooling and parenting experience as they minister to families through writing, speaking, personal encouragement, and music. Having over twenty-five years' of homeschooling experience, having raised six children through homeschooling, and having two children whom they are still homeschooling, the Maxwells understand and speak to the needs of homeschooling families.
Because the Lord has directed Steve and Teri to travel with their family, conference attendees observe a long-time homeschool family in action. Frequently they comment on how encouraged they are to see a homeschool family with older and younger children functioning as they envision it should. It gives them hope and direction for their homeschooling family. The Maxwells have their homeschooling "credentials" with them for others to see, talk to, and interact with.
Through application of the truth of Scripture and a dedication to the homeschool lifestyle, the Lord Jesus enabled the Maxwells to enjoy teens who have not rebelled. Their adult children are loving and serving the Lord while leading productive lives. Steve and Teri’s message does not come from theories and ideas read in books, but rather they come from over twenty-five years of personal experience in the homeschool trenches, including failures as well as successes. |
