The WCFS Family Leadership Conference is a whole family event designed to keep the family together for encouragement and edification in your home school adventure.

At WCFS, we Treasure God's Design for the Family. We value the family unit as a special center designed by God for teaching and training children. God has a purpose for placing children in families, and that purpose should be the highest objective of every home.

The WCFS Family Leadership Conference is designed with the family in mind. We have sessions and activities for the whole family together, and we have special sessions with a distinct focus on the needs of moms, dads, and children. Child care with a purpose is provided for general sessions.

2012 Family Leadership Conference Theme

The 2012 Conference theme is to be announced. The Conference theme for 2011 was Surpassing Excellence, taken from Proverbs 31:29 - Many women have done excellently, but you surpass them all.

Happy homes are homes that bustle with productivity and purpose.  Home economics is the foundation of functional skills and knowledge that begin at home.  The godly Christian home is the place where there is no lack of gain -- a center of good and not harm.  Discerning and meeting needs of the family itself is the very foundation of a true Christian education.

Home industry is God's first design for economy and purpose in the world at large.  Our conference this year will focus on the discovery and practice of Biblical Home Economics as the underpinnings of a complete and thorough curriculum and education for your children.

Topics will include translating operational home economics into creating clear plans and objectives for your home-education curriculum.  Key concepts will include developing trust, defining gain and goodness, training willing hands, motivation for early rising, strengthening weak arms, need meeting, prudence in planning, families of influence, kind instruction, and banishing idleness.  In short, our goal will be to stir up your desire to raise a godly seed whose beauty rests inwardly, not outwardly.

Registration

Note: We will accept registrations after these dates, but accommodations fill up quickly and we will not be able to provide a written confirmation! Campers will select their campsites upon arrival.

Conference Fees

Admission - Enrolled Family: Free
Admission - Non-Enrolled Family: $85 (for entire conference)
Lodging and meal fees may be found on the registration form.
We require $20 minimum nonrefundable deposit to register for accommodation and/or meals. The balance is due upon arrival at the camp by check or cash, no credit cards are accepted.

Arrival

Registration opens at 3 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon, and the conference itself begins Wednesday evening at 7 pm. Upon your arrival at the camp, please be sure to register at the Registration Office.

Dining Hall and Meals

Dinner (our main meal at noon) and Supper (our lighter meal at 5:30 P.M.) will be offered for a modest fee to families who desire the convenience of this service. Please review prices and properly register for each meal. Breakfast is not offered.

Many cabins have a kitchen (these are noted on the Registration Form). Cabins with the more suitable kitchen accommodations will be assigned to families who prepare all their own meals.

Campers or others using dorm rooms or accommodations without kitchens may utilize the camp’s walk-in freezer and refrigerator. Picnic tables are available by request and the pavilion behind the dining hall may be used by any of our families.

Accommodations and Camping

Several types of accommodation are available for varying prices.

• Cabins vary in condition and furnishings and are typically very rustic.
• Rooms are dorm type sleeping areas, usually bunk styled beds.
• Campsites have water and electric and a few sites have sewer hookup.
• The C.B.Byers Conference Center has hotel-like rooms. Each room has a private bath, one or two double beds and are fully air conditioned.

Please carefully review the registration form to make your selection accurately. Please do not expect to be assigned exactly what you requested.

Why miss the Conference when...

• Day attendance is free for WCFS members and only $85 for all other homeschoolers.
• It is a good time for vacation.
• It is a great time of fellowship and encouragement before the beginning of the school year.