Navigating how to plan and pay for college can be a challenge. College-bound students and their families will learn: Value of college and having a plan, basics of financial aid, tips to lower the cost of college. Chris, a Thrivent financial advisor, suggests the College Planning Guide as a digital resource for attendees to explore their own situation and encourages further conversations with a financial advisor.

This workshop, for high school students who are college-bound (and their parents), gives you the benefit of recent experience from a homeschooler who has launched one child to the college campus and is actively preparing three others. You'll learn about making an effective four-year high school plan, the college application process, strategies for building a strong transcript, and other ways to equip students for both the academic classroom and the cultural environment of the campus.

There have been many news articles about unrest and political activism in the public university. There have also been many stories of students leaving the faith after attending public universities. What are Christian homeschoolers in for when they embark on attending such a place? After numerous years of teaching in public colleges and universities, I will lay out the challenges that Christian homeschoolers will face, as well as biblical strategies for preparing them for those challenges.