ONLINE: Avoid the Slippery Slope with INTEGRATE

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Featured speakers Christy Hemphill and Kendra Terpstra

ONLINE: Avoid the Slippery Slope with INTEGRATE

10November

Date and Time:November 10, 2020 — 7:00 PM to 8:15 PM undefined

Location:Online

Organizer:BioLogos

10November

As critical thinkers, we want to be willing to consider new or different perspectives with humility. But we also want to hold firmly to the essential beliefs of the Christian faith. We don’t want to become so rigid in our beliefs that we won’t even listen to other views or allow ourselves to ask questions or voice doubts. On the other hand, we also don’t want to become so open to different ideas that we uncritically accept questionable or heretical ones. As homeschool parents, how do we help our students strike the right balance? Seasoned homeschool moms Christy Hemphill and Kendra Terpstra, members of the team that developed the BioLogos INTEGRATE curriculum, will guide participants through Unit 1: Faith and Science Foundations.

In this webinar they will (a) highlight the benefits of using INTEGRATE with homeschool students, (b) demonstrate the flexible, open-and-go format, and (c) address some common misconceptions that arise when teaching students about science and faith, including the idea that studying certain areas of science will open the door to atheism. Attendees will have an opportunity to participate in a break-out session, meet other homeschooling parents, and get advice about science/faith integration that honors the Bible and takes science seriously.

Join us for this FREE virtual event on Tuesday, November 10, 2020 at 7:00 PM (ET). Registration is required. (Classy account creation is not required.)

Featured speakers

Christy Hemphill

Christy Hemphill and her husband Aaron work as linguistic consultants on a minority language Scripture translation project in southern Mexico, where she homeschools her three children. Prior to her work in Mexico, she worked as an educator for eight years in various contexts including high school, museum education, college, and adult education. Christy has a master’s degree in Applied Linguistics/TESOL from Old Dominion University, and a master’s degree in Applied Linguistics/Bible Translation from the Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics at Dallas International University. Christy serves on the curriculum development team for BioLogos Integrate and on the BioLogos Advisory Council. She has also served as a moderator on the BioLogos discussion forum since 2015, and you can often find her there sharing her pursuit of good biblical exegesis and good science with anyone who wants to join in.

Kendra Terpstra

Kendra Terpstra is a homeschool teacher with 15+ years of experience in education. She earned her degrees in Secondary Education, English and History at Central Michigan University and began her career teaching at a large urban high school in Michigan. For the past 8 years, Kendra has homeschooled her 3 children which has involved researching the varying curriculum options and approaches as well as modifying and supplementing curriculum to fit the needs of her children. In addition to her teaching experience, Kendra has worked on a variety of curriculum development projects, including BioLogos Integrate.