A Homemaking Co-Op – Christian Homemaking

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Last year, my friend Stacy asked me if I wanted to be part of a homemaking co-op she was setting up for a few high school girls in our homeschool group. We aren’t starting the co-op until next school year, so we had a year to think about it.

I couldn’t say yes fast enough!

A few benefits to a co-op

Take advantage of skills other moms have that I am lacking in.
Foster godly friendships between the girls as they bond over projects.
Use the gifts God has given me to bless some kids.
Spend a little extra time with my oldest and her friends!
Encourage our daughters in homemaking.

What’s not to love?

How We’re Running Our Homemaking Co-Op:

There are 5 moms.

Each Mom will teach 3 classes throughout the year in her home. The classes will last about four hours and include a project.

We’ll meet twice a month for most months, taking December off.

We’ll have 15 classes total.

If a girl is using the classes as high school credit, then their mom will come up with work for them to do during the week to add up to the required number of hours.

We’re coordinating our class days with our group’s park days, so the hosting mom will provide lunch and bring all the girls to the park.

Homemaking Topics

Stacy sent us all this list of ideas for topics.

Sewing
Baking
Cooking/meal planning
Scrapbooking
Using coupons/being a good steward of money
Modesty/makeup/dress
Courtship
Housecleaning
Organization
Taking care of our bodies-exercise/healthy living
Spiritual discipline
Friendship/relationships
Hospitality

We haven’t totally settled on which classes we’re teaching, but I am hoping to teach baking, hospitality, and spiritual disciplines.

I don’t know for sure yet if I will teach on those topics, but I do know this: Someone else is definitely teaching housecleaning. Ahem.

As we go through some of the projects, I’ll share some with you. I’m looking forward to seeing what we all come up with.

Have you ever joined a homemaking Co-Op? Or are you dreaming of starting one now? If you did, what would you like to teach? What would you definitely not want to teach?

Angela can be found at Homegrown Mom, home of the 30 Days of Homemaking for Girls Series.

Angela is a wife, homeschooling mom, and proud Jesus-Freak. She is trying to learn for herself what it means to be a godly homemaker as she passes it on to her daughters. She hopes they’ll be better house-keepers than she is, but she knows being a homemaker is about so much more than keeping a house, it’s about building a home. Angela writes about being domestically challenged, creating family traditions, blessing your husband, nurturing yourself, following Jesus, homeschooling, and life as a mom at Homegrown Mom.

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June Fuentes

June Fuentes is the happy wife to Steve and blessed homeschooling mom to nine beautiful children that they are raising for the Lord. She has a heart to see mothers all around the world grasp the vision of biblical motherhood and to see this noble role restored in the 21st century to the glory of God. June blogs at A Wise Woman Builds Her Home to minister to Christian women on how to build up strong Christian homes. She is also the owner of Christian Homemaking, and is the author of the encouraging eBooks, True Christian Motherhood and How to Build a Strong Christian Home, and a consultant for Lilla Rose, where you can find unique and beautiful hair products. She would love for you to join her on the journey to biblical womanhood on Facebook.

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