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Our Headmaster, Troy Wathen, writes about the 2007 Conference : |
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Are You Pursuing Wisdom?
Today is the Monday following our fifth annual Pursuing Wisdom Colloquy. As I reflect on the purpose and value of our gathering, I am encouraged in my reflections. The conference originally began in our first year of existence when we found ourselves running short on funds, as was common...
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Workshop Topics |
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Equipping, not Enabling, Our Children
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Our Over-Mothered, Under-Fathered Generation
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Bach and Bob Dylan, Shakespeare and Grisham: Make Room for Both on Your Bookshelves
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“The Great Books” for the Rest of Us
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A Look into the Human Condition: Informing Character Through Literature
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“Will This Be on the Test?”: Instilling the Delight of Learning
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Meditations on Humanness in Living and Learning
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A Christ-centered Approach to Teaching
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The Power of Story
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Helping Children to Comprehend: Teaching Literature in the Grammar School
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Making History Come Alive in the Grammar School
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Latin in an Hour
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The Pursuing Wisdom Colloquy is a classical education conference approved by the Association of Classical Christian Schools (ACCS). Continuing education credit will be awarded for conference attendance. |
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This Year's Speaker |
Matt Benson has served as the Dean of Spiritual Formation at Bryan College in Tennessee for the last ten years. He also serves as Instructor in Bible. He holds a Th.M. in Theology from Dallas Theological Seminary and a B.A. in History from Piedmont College. Mr. Benson serves on the Board of Directors of Piedmont College Alumni Association and is a member of the Association of Christians in Student Development, the Commission on Campus Ministry for the CCCU, and the Evangelical Theological Society. He and his wife Melody have two children, Joshua and Jonathan. |
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| Conference Overview |
| Colloquy: a conversation or dialogue; an academic gathering for delivery of
addresses on specific topics with opportunity for questions. |
This colloquy is a convocation of classical Christian and home school educators, designed to encourage one another to pursue wisdom above credentials, and to seek beauty and goodness rather than mediocrity and convenience.
Plenary sessions and workshops have been planned with teachers, administrators, parents, and home school families in mind. The plenary sessions on both Friday and Saturday will include a lecture from our guest speaker and a time of contemplation and worship. The theme of our worship this year centers on the history and contributions of the early church and the church fathers.
We have also allotted time in the schedule for conferees to have time for personal reflection, for conversation with other educators and parents, and for shopping at the book tables. |
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Why Should I Attend this Conference? |
As a teacher, why should I attend the P.W.C.? |
To have a place and time in the middle of a hectic school year to have your own soul reordered and refreshed and to have your own vision renewed
To have a place and time for reflection on the purpose of your own profession and the vision of your school community as a whole
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As an administrator, why should I attend the P.W.C.? |
To have a place and time in the middle of a hectic school year to have your own soul refreshed and your own vision renewed: to have a break from the routine
To have a place and time for reflection on the purpose of your role in the school and the vision of your overall school community
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As a parent, why should I attend the P.W.C.? |
To better understand the purpose and vision of classical Christian education
To cooperate in and engage in your child’s education: to learn how parents and educators are involved in the same task
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Why Providence is Committed to this Conference |
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| ... Providence has a desire to provide a place and time in the middle of a hectic school year where we as teachers, administrators, and parents can gather together to catch our breaths and to break from the routine long enough to have our souls restored, our minds reordered, our vision renewed, and our questions addressed by a larger community... |
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