Teaching Homes For Christ

2008 – 2009  Service Opportunities  

Teaching Homes For Christ Registration Form 2008 - 2009
If you join by June 1st you get the discounted rate.
Prices are listed at the bottom of the registration form.

 

Please print the Registration Form.

Mail registration to:
THC
c/o Annette LaPlaca
243 Allen Avenue
West Chicago, IL 60185


Teaching Homes for Christ is an all-volunteer organization with the purpose of providing support for home schooling families.  In order to maintain the large number of offerings for THC members, we ask every member family to participate by serving on at least one service team each year.

 

Field Trips and Activities: Many of our THC families enjoy the variety and number of field trips, classes and activities each year.  In order to continue offering these worthwhile experiences, we ask that each THC family try to plan at least one field trip or activity each year. This is in addition to your service team commitment.  If this is your first year of home schooling, it is fine to pass on this for one year to get a good start at home.  The Field Trip Team has many ideas for field trips, classes or activities and will help you as needed.

 

Regarding Service Teams Openings – This is for everyone!

 

Ø      Please read through this list.  Think about your interests, gifts and time.  Pray about where God would have you serve.

Ø     Pick out three teams that interest you.  Find the teams on your Registration Form and write a “1” by your first choice, “2” by your second choice and “3” by your third choice. 

Ø     You may be needed on more than one team.

Ø      Husbands and/or wives may sign up to help on teams.

 

Regarding Team Leadership Openings – If you have been in THC for a year & can help lead!

 

Ø      A team leader may be any husband or wife who has been a member of THC for at least one year and is actively home schooling.

Ø      All team leaders are asked to sign the THC statement of Faith.

Ø      Team leaders must have served and been active on a team in the past.

Ø      Team leaders must be able to attend the 4 quarterly leadership meetings per year.

Ø      Team leaders are responsible for delegating the tasks needed to complete their team’s goals.

Ø      The Team Leader Openings are listed where you see an opening like this: (                          ).

 

THC TEAM LEADER AND SERVICE TEAM OPENINGS

 

Academic Fair          Team Leaders:  Mary Cipriano & Debbie Gottlieb

Team members will determine what Academic Fair will be offered this year.  Some ideas are Bible, Science, Geography, Literature, or History Fairs.  The team will help organize and run the Fair in February or March.

 

Book Sale Team          Team Leaders:  Nancy Andrews & Donna Siebert

Team members should be available in April to help out on a Friday afternoon and Saturday with the set up, running and take down of the used curriculum book sale.

 

Family Fall Picnic          Team Leaders:  Gloria Valesquez & Carolyn Ruutelmann

Team members will plan and implement an all-family fall activity in mid to late September. 

 

Group E-Mail Alerts:          (                           )

Maintains current address book of all THC email addresses.  Sends email to THC group as requested and according to THC guidelines.

 

 

Field Trip / Activities          Team Leaders: Sheila Urban & (                               )

Field trip team members will provide resource material and ideas for trips, have folders available for organizers, edit and submit field trip articles for the newsletter, remind THC members of field trip policies and train individuals to set up field trips.  If you sign up for this team you will share these many jobs with the other team members under the coordination of the team leaders (no, you don’t have to do all of this!)

 

Initial Contact Person:         Erica Dinsmore

Duties include receiving requests from non-THC members for a sample newsletter and/or THC Registration Form and answering questions about THC as needed.

 

Legislative Liaison          Team Leader: Ann Nelson

Duties involves keeping THC members informed of any legislative issues with regard to home schooling.

 

Library          Team Leaders:  Jennifer Delamater & (                                  )

Team members have two options.  1.  The Library Table Team members need to arrive by 7:00PM for the monthly THC meetings to help people check books in and out before the meeting and work ½ hour after each meeting.  2.  The Library Carrier Team members will need to carry 1 – 2 large Rubbermaid boxes of Library materials to and from each meeting and store them at your home between meetings.

 

Meeting Planning          Team Leaders: (                                ) & (                                  )

This team is looking for people to help decide on topics for programs at THC meetings, schedule meeting programs into the yearly calendar, arrange speakers/panels to present topics.  Team will facilitate/run the meetings ie. set –up and take down, opening prayer, announcements, scheduling and introduction of devotional presenter and speaker/topic. Team will coordinate with Team Leaders of the Curriculum Fair, Recognition Night and Fair teams.

 

Member Care          Team Leaders: Charlene Oh & (                                     )

Looking for people willing to help make THC more user friendly.  Would you be willing to do any of the following: welcome new members at meetings, make welcome calls, be available as a “mentor mom” to answer questions, or help assemble member care packets?  If so, member care needs you.

 

Newsletter Editor & Assistant            Team Leader: (                              ) & (                                     )

This position requires the person to receive newsletter articles throughout the month (e-mail required) and produce the monthly newsletter by the 15th of each month (August-May, excluding December) and pass it to the copy team for dispersal.  Some kind of desktop publishing software is required.  THC is looking for a mature, responsible & qualified high school student to assist the editor.

 

Newsletter Copy          Team Leaders: Robyn Poole

Team members must be available about the 15th of the month to copy the newsletter, stamp, label and mail it to the members before the 4th Monday of the month.

 

Recognition Night          Team Leaders:  Margaret Hoshell

Team members will help organize and run Student Recognition Night sometime in April or May.

  

 

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