SS #107: Building a Community (with Melissa Cummings!!)
Scholé Sisters: Camaraderie for Classical Homeschooling Mamas
Brandy Vencel
4.7 • 540 Ratings
🗓️ 20 May 2022
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
Our special guest this week is Melissa Cummings. Melissa and her husband Steven are second generation Christian homeschooling parents of five. She directs a Classical Christian homeschool co-op in her rural community, and also manages to pull off the annual Paideia Northwest conference for mamas raising kids for Christ. You can find her at JoyfulDomesticity.com.
In today's episode, Mystie and Brandy talk with Melissa about creating and nurturing community. Trust us, Melissa knows how it's done! She built a thriving homeschool community in her own backyard! Building a homeschool community takes time and energy, which is why we don't just ask Melissa about building community – we ask her how to know if it's worth the sacrifice.
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This summer, Scholé Sisters will be hosting some workshops led by Melissa who plans to walk us through what it takes to build a community, whether it be large or small. These workshops will be FREE for Sistership Sophie members! Just go to scholesisters.com/sisters to sign up.
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| 0:00.0 | Well, we actually don't want to collect fees. |
| 0:02.0 | We don't, we just want to be a literal cooperative. |
| 0:05.0 | We don't want to be any kind of organization or official business. |
| 0:10.0 | We don't want any of that. |
| 0:11.0 | Yeah. |
| 0:11.6 | Yeah, we, we want to just work together and have fellowship together and not have to worry about that. |
| 0:27.3 | Yeah. together and not have to worry about that. Welcome to Scalae Sisters, the podcast for the classical homeschooling mama who seeks to learn |
| 0:33.1 | and grow while she's helping her children learn and grow. |
| 0:36.8 | Scalae Sisters is a casual conversation about topics that matter to those of us in the trenches |
| 0:41.9 | of classical homeschooling who yearn for something more than just checking boxes and getting it |
| 0:46.8 | all done. |
| 0:48.6 | I'm your host, Brandy Vensel. |
| 0:51.2 | You can come study Charlotte Mason with me over in the Charlotte Mason Think Tank. |
| 0:55.3 | Go to afterthoughts blog.net slash think tank to learn more. |
| 1:01.0 | My co-host today is Misty Winkler. |
| 1:04.3 | Misty is a homeschooling mom of five, including one graduate. |
| 1:08.3 | She writes and podcasts at simplyconvial.com and is the author of |
| 1:12.5 | The Canvivial Homeschool, Gospel Encouragement for Keeping Your Sanity while Living and Learning |
| 1:18.1 | alongside your kids, now available on Amazon. Our special guest this week is Melissa |
| 1:24.7 | and her husband Stephen are second generation |
| 1:28.3 | Christian homeschooling parents of five. She directs a classical Christian homeschool co-op in her rural |
| 1:33.8 | community and also manages to pull off the annual Pidea Northwest Conference for Mamas |
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