Essential Church School

BHC Easter Park Day
2024-03-29 13:00 - 15:00 (America/Chicago) | Cahaba Lily Park, 3200 County Road 52, Helena, AL, 35080, United States
*RAIN PLAN* If it is actively raining or if there are thunderstorms, we will cancel this event. Please watch our social media posts on Friday morning. Someone will be at the park at 1pm – just in case.
Join us for a traditional Easter egg hunt as well as spring fun! Bring plastic eggs (with or without goodies inside) and baskets for the egg hunt, and bring a prepackaged spring treat/drink to share (or bring your own snack for your children). Teens and older students can help with egg hiding if they prefer. Dads often join us on this day too!
Bring kites and sport equipment for free time. Hopefully, we will have beautiful weather, but we will meet drizzle or shine and hide eggs under the pavilion if needed!
For those who haven’t joined us in the past, we do hide tickets in eggs to redeem for prizes after the egg hunt. And here is our normal schedule:
1-1:30 pm – Families arrive and drop off eggs at designated area.
1:30-2 pm – Teens/Dads hide eggs at a designated location while children play or eat.
We gather in grade level groupings for the egg hunt at 2pm.
After the egg hunt, students look through their collected eggs for tickets and goodies. Empty eggs can be donated to BHC for use in the next year’s hunt, or you can take your collections home. The tickets are marked, and students will return to their age/grade level egg hunt area with their tickets to claim their prizes.
This is a monthly group event, and we hope you will come and meet new friends. All the families and people may be overwhelming, so look for our BHC team (with lanyards or t-shirts) to help you make connections.

Homeschooling Workshop
2024-03-23 10:00 - 15:00 | North Shelby Library, 5521 Cahaba Valley Road, Birmingham, AL, United States
Whether you have just started homeschooling, are investigating homeschooling, or just need encouragement for your current homeschool journey, this workshop has proven to encourage and educate!

Schedule

10 am Know Your Why
10:45 am A Homeschool Story
11 am How You Con Homeschool
11:45 am A Homeschool Story
12 pm Lunch Break onsite
12:30 pm How To Teach
1:15 pm A Homeschool Story
1:30 pm What to Teach
2 pm Planning
2:30 pm Q&A Panel

To Attend:
Please let BHC know you are attending! You can simply RSVP on their website and attend for FREE. This event is open to the general public.
The Suggested Donation covers the printed materials and the lunches for our workshop speakers.
We are planning to have pizza delivered for our lunch break, and you can also participate in the Lunch with us.

Navigating High School
2024-03-14 19:00 - 20:00 | Virtual
We are offering an online workshop focusing on the high school journey. This is only open to Essential families, because we will be discussing procedures specific to Essential enrollment and Essential’s diploma requirements. Best for families with students in grades 8-12.
Use online form below to RSVP for this workshop. You must be logged in to complete the form and receive the workshop access information.
After you complete the RSVP, please check all your email folders for an email with subject line “Your Tickets from Essential Church School.” It can take up to 30 minutes for the link to process and be emailed.
The virtual link gives you access to the Microsoft Teams meeting. Microsoft Teams is available as a free app, and you can also access it through Google Chrome as a weblink. Plan to log onto the meeting about 5 minutes before the workshop begins. We won’t be able to help with log on issues during the workshop.

Black Aviators Tour & Documentary
2024-02-27 09:00 - 13:30 | Southern Museum of Flight, 4343 73rd St North, Birmingham, 35206, United States
We are excited to be invited to join the Southern Museum of Flight for a FREE tour and screening of a historical documentary about Black Aviators.
9:30- “The Space Race “ Film
10:45- “The Space Race” Q&A
11:15- Black Aviators Tour
But, we need your RSVP today – by Friday, February 23rd.
This tour is appropriate for students in grades 3-12. FREE for those participating in both the tour and screening.
Younger siblings may need to stay with parent and explore the museum independently if they must attend with older siblings. This could involve museum admission.
