Find Out How to Attend for FREE Below!
Special Guest Speaker - Attorney Scott Woodruff, HSLDA
Scott Woodruff is the Legal Director at Home School Legal Defense Association and handles the legal issues for HSLDA members in five states (including Maine!) and two U.S. territories.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
YOU! You lead the way for your children, family, in your support group, church and in your community!
Join us to be uplifted and encouraged on your journey! Come learn from those who have gone before you. Find out how you can serve your family and homeschoolers in your community in small ways and in big ways.
Are you already serving your homeschool community in one of the ways listed below? Are you serving in another way? If the answer is yes, then join us for LeaderConnect!
- Support Group Leaders
- Mom's Night Out Coordinators
- Co-op Leaders
- Field Trip and Activity Coordinators
- Facebook Group Leaders
- Dads and Teens
- Homeschool Bloggers
- Maine Legislators
- Teachers and Tutors Working with Homeschoolers
- Librarians Working with Homeschoolers
- Church Leaders Working with Homeschoolers
- Leaders from Neighboring States
- All Others Interested in Growing, Leading and Serving!
Join fellow homeschool leaders, potential leaders, students, and community influencers in Manchester for a very important LeaderConnect!
We want ALL those who serve (or wish to serve) homeschoolers to benefit from this unique opportunity to sharpen the skills needed to grow and strengthen our homeschool community!
We'll come together to learn more about the homeschool threats we face, share ideas and resources, encourage one another, and hear from inspiring speakers about the importance serving in our families and communities during this critical time in history.
COME LEARN AND GROW!
LeaderConnect Details
Date: Saturday, February 22nd, 2025 (snow date, March 1st)
Time: 8:30am - 3:30pm
Location: Hope Baptist Church, 726 Western Ave, Manchester (near Augusta)
Cost: $5 per person or FREE to past LeaderConnect participants, HOME Supporters and HOME Leaders! Includes continental style breakfast and lunch. Pre-registration required. Please pre-register below.
DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR EVENT? Are you wondering if you should attend?
Event Schedule
8:30am - Welcome, Opening Prayer, and Refreshments
9:00 - 10:30am - Defending Homeschool Freedom Amid Current Threats (Scott Woodruff)
What is freedom? Where does our freedom come from? Why is it worth protecting? What are the weighty responsibilities that come with freedom? What is the greatest, current threat to your freedom to homeschool? In this session, you will learn the answers to these important questions!
* You'll also find out how critics want to "make homeschooling safe," as well as how to respond to those who say that homeschool freedom results in negligence and abuse and needs to be restricted.
10:45 - 11:45am - Finding Hope through Adversity (Patricia Hutchins)
Adversity is the good man's shining time! With some of the challenges that may be headed our way as traditional homeschoolers, now is the time to focus on hope and optimism about the plans God has for our families and our state. Trish Hutchins will share a few Bible verses of confidence, security, and hope as HOME navigates through the year ahead.
LUNCH BREAK
12:30 - 1:30pm - Essential Tools for Leadership - First, Be Sober! (Scott Woodruff)
Everyone is a leader! YOU are a leader and a world builder if your life influences even just one person! With that in mind, join Scott as he teaches us how to watch, listen, speak, influence, and ultimately lead by God's grace throughout the course of our entire lives.
1:30 - 2:00pm - Maine Legislative Update
SHORT BREAK
2:15 - 3:15pm - Tools to Tame a Devouring Lion (Scott Woodruff)
Dealing with others can be difficult, especially when they bring harm. Learn how to embrace the pain and hardship that can be brought on by others as an opportunity for growth. Forgiveness is a gift, mercy fosters meekness, laughter melts barriers, and love can conquer all.
3:15pm - Closing Remarks, and Good-byes (Lennie and Robin Charbonneau)
Pre-register Today!
Don't miss this life-changing opportunity to grow and thrive as a leader!
* Homeschool leaders from neighboring states are welcome and encouraged to attend. This event will not be Maine specific.
* Consider inviting your fellow leaders, potential leaders and team members.
* Be sure to bring your spouse and make it a date!
Please help us plan ahead for your presence. Pre-register below, no later than February 19.
Thank You, LeaderConnect Sponsors, Partners and Friends!
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* Please contact Katie Beaudoin at katiehomeadv@gmail.com or 207.217.2315` for more information if you would like to be sponsor for this event!
* To partner with HOME to help make this event possible, simply use the gold MAKE A DONATION button in the right sidebar of this page and note LeaderConnect. Any amount would be greatly appreciated!
* Or mail your donation to:
HOME, P.O. Box, 159, Camden, ME 04843
Thank you, and God bless you for your generosity.
More about Our Speakers
Scott Woodruff
Scott earned his juris doctor from the University of Virginia in 1980. After working as an Assistant Attorney General for John Ashcroft and then working for a major regional insurance company, Scott came to work for HSLDA in 1998.
At HSLDA, Scott has assisted thousands of home educating families in dealings with child protective services investigators, police officers, truant officers, principals, superintendents, and prosecuting attorneys. He has represented HSLDA members in court and testified before many state legislatures on bills affecting the homeschool community.
Scott is a member of the bar of the Supreme Court of the United States and is licensed in Virginia and Missouri. He is a frequent speaker at homeschool conferences and on radio programs across the country.
Scott and his wife, Jane, homeschooled their three adult children and their youngest is enrolled in private Christian school.
Robin and Lennie Charbonneau
Robin and Lennie Charbonneau are HOME board members and veteran homeschoolers who have graduated five of their children, so far. They are still very much “in the trenches” of homeschooling with six children still to go! They have recently celebrated 30 years of marriage and are looking forward to whatever future adventures the Lord has for them and their family.
Trish Hutchins
Trish is a veteran homeschooling mom from the Belfast area. She is a Homeschoolers of Maine Regional Representative for Waldo, Knox, and Lincoln counties. She has also just joined the HOME Board of Directors. Trish has homeschooled her sons from kindergarten through high school, and both boys are currently in college.
Sarah Buchwalder
Sarah is a mother of three. She classically homeschooled her daughters in their elementary school years. She currently serves in several positions in both her parish and at Homeschoolers of Maine. Excellent education and educational liberty are very important to her.