1. Read through the homegroup vision statements below and choose your first and second choice groups.
2. Email Julie King - with your choices and/or questions and she will contact you with more information and the mailing address of the group of your choice.
3. Download and print the Membership Application.
4. Fill out all three pages and mail with a check for $38 to the homegroup leader.

Charlotte Mason Encouragers

Name of Leader: Elizabeth Smith

Year established: 2001

Size of Group - any openings?: 12 families - 5 openings currently

Age range of children in group: Newborn to 13 years old

General Activities: Field Trips planned as members desire

Day and Time of Monthly Mom's Night Out: DAYTIME Monthly Park Day, 2nd Monday of the month, 1:00 to 3:30 pm

General location of group: Santa Clara to South San Jose

What makes this group unique? We discuss Charlotte Mason's educational ideas mainly rallying around a literature-based education. We meet during the day because many of our moms find it difficult to get out in the evening. We have a wide range of ages of children; the older ones help take care of the little ones as the moms talk. Our children are developing friendships with each other at the park days. The children have the opportunity to present something they are learning to the whole group at the beginning of the park day.

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Living Waters
"If any man is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.
He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said,
'From his innermost being shall flow rivers of living water.' "
John 7:37b-38

Name of Leader: Carolyn Milon

Year established: 2007. A continuation of the group formerly known as Sweet Fellowship which was established in 2001.

Size of Group - any openings? 20. Presently no openings, will know more for next school year by May 1, 2008.

Age range of children in group: Infants to 14 with the concentration between 1st - 6th grades.

General Activities: Once monthly park days which include student presentations, if desired, lunch and organized games. Field trips, holiday parties and annual promotion night.

Day and Time of Monthly Mom's Night Out: 7:00 p.m. on the first Monday of each month.

General location of group: Leigh/Curtner Aves. near Campbell/San Jose border

What makes this group unique? We require each member to take an active participation in some aspect of planning and/or helping with group activities. This is borne of the belief that we all have unique gifts from the Lord and that He will lead us to help each other in support of homeschooling our children.

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South Peninsula Fellowship

Name of Leaders: Margaret Harris & Lori Lytle

Year established: 2007

Size of Group - any openings: 11 families, 5 openings (16 families max.)

Age range of children in group: Newborn - 14

General Activities:
-Monthly MNO for moms
-Activities as organized by members versus regularly scheduled.

Day and Time of Monthly Mom's Night Out:
7 - 10PM; Last Tuesday of month

General location of group:
South Peninsula, Members range from North San Jose to Los Altos

What makes this group unique?
The purpose of our group is to serve families with children of all ages in the South Peninsula communities. We want to build a web of fun, supportive, Christ-centered relationships for moms and their children, deepen our walk with our Lord Jesus, disciple our children's hearts, and advocate a "less is more lifestyle," as we enjoy the privilege of being wives and mothers (I Thess 4:11-12 and Titus 2:3-5)

We are focused more on our own & children's character versus school curriculum, although of course we do discuss school issues amongst ourselves.

Governing verses:

Titus 2:3-5
Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good. Then they can train the younger women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God.

Hebrews 10:24-25
And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another-and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

1 Thessalonians 5:11
Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.

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Name of Leaders: Shannon Stebbins and Carol Presley

Year established: 2005

Size of Group - any openings?: Limited to 15 families. We are currently full for the 2008-2009 school year.

Age range of children in group: Ages 1-16 years

General Activities: We have monthly field trips. For our park days we meet twice a month at the same park within the Los Gatos/South San Jose area, but we choose a different park each month. Every other month we offer a Presentation Day hosted in the home of one of our families.

Day and Time of Monthly Mom's Night Out: We meet the first Thursday of the month, 7-9pm, September through May.

General location of group: We meet in a home near the 101 and 85 connection, Bernal Rd. and Monterey Hwy.

What makes this group unique? Our Mom's Night Out is a time of prayer and fellowship, discussing various topics based on the current needs, requests, and interests of the group. Though each of the families in our group has their own philosophy of education and we have a variety of curriculum being used, we delight in sharing opportunities and personal experiences with each other as a way of enriching our individual homeschool plans.

We stay connected and informed throughout the month via a Yahoo Group, which also serves as an archive for past meetings, maps and useful resources. The majority of our monthly information is sent out via email. Though we offer a variety of activities from which to choose and love to spend time together as a group, we encourage our members to choose wisely and only participate in the areas you feel God is leading… areas that will enrich your homeschool experience, not add stress by keeping you busy.

But He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." 2 Corinthians 12:9a

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