2012 Family Economics Conference

Our family had the great privilege of attending the 2012 Family Economics Conference hosted by Generations with Vision.  What a wonderful weekend of learning about family economies, studying the Law of God, gaining practical advice from panelists, being surrounded by families who strive to honor God in everything they do, strengthening friendships, celebrating liberty, etc. etc.!!

We all took a lot of notes.

A panel discussion on how to choose the optimum business.

R.C. Sproul Jr. speaking on the issue of money.  Short version:  all wealth is God’s.  He has called us to be stewards of his gifts and blessings.  Are we using them for His glory as he has commanded or for our pleasure and benefit?

Discussions with friends over supper.

Friends are such a blessing!

A few times during the conference, polls were taken from the heads of households in the audience.  Kevin Swanson, Eric Weir, Doug Phillips, and R.C. Sproul Jr. interpreted the results and set some goals.

It was interesting to learn about the audience.

This one was fun!  (There was some negotiating going on in the audience:)

I love this one.  Christians should not live to retire or relax.  We have a job to do until Christ returns!

We listened to a panel of young entrepreneurs which was very interesting.

The conference ended on Saturday night with a wonderful celebration!

We enjoyed some fun music

and singing.

Mr. Phillips gave a talk on the importance of the very small island of Iona on the formation of America.  To learn more, go here.

Mr. Phillips also posted his thoughts about this conference on his blog which you can view here.

The famous meeting of the 2nd Virginia Convention was reenacted with the burgesses sitting among the audience.  It was dramatic and very well done!Here, Mr. Edmund Pendleton explaining his stand against declaring independence and taking up arms.

Mr. Robert Carter Nicholas was Kyle’s new friend:)

Patrick Henry giving his famous speech.

To read his whole speech, go here.

Alright sir, I get the point:)

Afterward, we danced some Virginia reels and other period dances.  People of all ages joined in.  This was our first experience and we loved it!

We finally convinced our brothers to join us.  After the 1st dance, they were hooked!

Here they come!

We had so much fun!