Walt and Glenda Grayum led a Considering Homeschooling? Seminar hosted by the Friends of Grace support group on March 28th at 7 pm at Immanuel Church in Chelmsford. There was a brief time of fellowship at 7:00 before the seminar started, and time to ask questions and visit afterwards. The Grayums' seminar was geared toward giving families a vision for home education. Come and see them at the MassHOPE convention on April 25 & 26 where they also do a Beginning Homeschooling workshop (both Friday and Saturday mornings this year.) Thank you to the Friends of Grace support group for a fine job hosting this for MassHOPE.
New York City, January 18, 2008
A group of forty two homeschoolers took part in a field trip to New York City on January 18, 2008. Arriving at Grand Central Terminal, the group went to beautiful Plymouth Church in Brooklyn Heights for a tour of the "Grand Central Depot" of the Underground Railroad. This was the church of Henry Ward Beecher, one of the most prominent abolitionists, and brother of Harriet Beecher Stowe. Crowds came from near and far to hear Beecher's sermons. Many other prominent figures in the abolitionist movement spoke there such as Sojourner Truth, Frederick Douglas, and William Lloyd Garrison. This was the only church in New York City ever attended by Abraham Lincoln. His famous Cooper Union speech was originally scheduled to be given at Plymouth Church but was moved to Manhattan because of fears concerning the winter weather. The group was shown the basement of the church where escaped slaves that had come from the South on ships docked at the Brooklyn waterfront would hide, unknown even to many church members, before continuing their journey to points north, often Canada. Secrecy was necessary even after reaching the North because of proslavery sentiment and the Fugitive Slave Act that made it illegal to aid escaped slaves. 
The sunset and the views of the city were spectacular from the "Top of the Rock", the observation deck at the top of Rockefeller Center. The evening was spent skating at the Rockefeller Center ice skating rink. 
Stay tuned for future events.
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