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Welcome, Pastor!

An Invitation for Pastors

Strong churches make strong families…

As home educators, we have a common interest in strengthening families. We’d love to share the vision of home education and what it can mean for you and for your church.

An Invitation to the 2024 Convention

All pastors are welcome at the convention! If you are a pastor,  you are invited to attend all workshops, keynotes, used curriculum sale, and exhibit hall, plus the special pastor’s workshop—ALL as our guest!

We’re thrilled you want to come to the convention. Just come to the convention and register at the door.

* If the family is attending, the pastor must attend with them for the family to be admitted free.

Are You a Pastor? Register FREE!

Please submit this easy form to claim your comp code. It will allow you and your family to attend convention without cost!*

Note: If your family is attending, you must come with them. The comp code discounts your full registration fee, which includes all regular workshops and keynotes, Special Needs Conference, and Exhibit Hall and Used Curriculum Sale shopping. It does not include optional fee-based add-ons, such as the Children’s Program

Not a Pastor?

Invite them to come to the convention.

Or, let us invite him for you! Tell us here if you’d like us to send your pastor a personal invitation to the convention!

2024 Convention Speaker Sneak Peek

convention speaker

WILLIAM FEDERER

American Minute

speaker keynote 24 Kathy Koch

KATHY KOCH

Celebrate Kids

Wil & Meeke Addison convention speakers

Wil & MEEKE ADDISON

Airing the Addisons

convention speaker 24 Steve Demme

STEVE DEMME

Faith Building Families

Abraham Hamilton, III

The Hamilton Corner

Friday, June 7

SPECIAL Pastor Session

Special Message Just for Pastors

Don’t miss this dedicated pastor’s session from Abraham Hamilton, III. It will uplift you and reaffirm you as a Christian and a Pastor.

Abraham Hamilton, III (Abe) is a husband, father of six wonderful children, homeschool dad, lawyer, Bible teacher and national radio and television talk show host.

He serves as American Family Association’s General Counsel and host of “The Hamilton Corner” which airs on the American Family Radio Network. He also hosts “The Hamilton Corner” television program on the National Religious Broadcasters Television Network. He has an undergraduate degree in New Testament Biblical Literature and a Juris Doctor degree.

Friday 10:45-11:30 p.m.

SPECIAL Pastor Session

Reflections on Relationships

Reflections on Relationships

Steve Demme, a homeschool father who has served as a pastor, youth leader, and school teacher, will reflect on the relationships between home, church, and school. Steve, founder of Building Faith Families and the creator of Math-U-See, has served in pastoral ministry for many years. The father of a son with Down Syndrome, he is also a much-sought inspirational speaker for parents of children with special needs.

Connecting Families in Your Congregation

Parents are critical in teaching and training the next generation.

HEAV would be glad to come alongside you to help parents understand education at home. HEAV can provide the following materials and services:

Support Groups

What about support groups? Often, one of the first questions asked by new homeschoolers is, “Where can I find a local group?” HEAV maintains a listing of homeschool support groups and co-ops across the Commonwealth. Perhaps there is already one in your area!

Check out the Support Groups page here!

Support Group Leader Manual

Stepping into a leadership role in a homeschool organization can be daunting, whether it is an informal gathering of a few families in your church or a formal co-op. 

HEAV’s free “Homeschool Leader Manual: a Survival Guide for Support Groups and Co-ops” contains much-needed information and ideas to help families in YOUR church.

Download the Homeschool Leader Manual here.

Homeschool Information in Spanish

Three recorded “How-to-Begin” webinars for Hispanic homeschool families are available on-demand–and free! Hosted by Karim Morato, these workshops provide the same accurate information provided in the Homeschool Crash Course, optimized for a Spanish-speaking audience.  We can offer these workshops FREE for a limited time. Learn more here.

Additional Help

  • Free copies of our magazine, The Virginia Home Educator, to distribute to parents who may want more information or to parents who already homeschool, but need new ideas and encouragement
  • HEAV’s History of Home Education in Virginia video for group viewing
  • Informative one-hour workshops: “An Introduction to Home Education,” “How to Begin Homeschooling,” and “The Virginia Homeschool Law”
  • Presentations to MOPS groups about homeschooling as a future educational option for their preschoolers

Please let us know how we can support your ministry to families by contacting the HEAV office at 804-278-9200 or e-mailing support@heav.org.

Convention Sponsors

Many, many thanks to our convention sponsors!

They have invested heavily in homeschool families—in YOU—to help keep our convention prices as low as possible and support homeschooling in Virginia. Please join us in thanking them for their generosity!