Mary Snyder is a slightly frazzled, but usually optimistic dreamer who loves the Lord and life. Wife to her best friend, Vaughn and Mom to two incredible young women – Charity & Paige — Mary is blessed by a fun and funny family. She’s also blessed by a troop of girlfriends that range from women who live down the street to women who live across the country. Mary sees some of these girlfriends almost every day and others she’s never met face to face. These friendships have come from a wide array of places — shared history, Bible studies, blogging world, facebook friendships, and twitter tweets. All are precious and all are girlfriends of grace.

A published author, Mary’s latest work, Girlfriends, God, and Grace: How to Have a Great Girlfriend Adventure is looking for a new home after her publisher canceled the book during a layoff (of employees and books). Mary has written for national, regional, and local print magazines as well as for a variety of websites. She is also the co- author of You Can Afford to Stay Home with Your Kids which appeared in 1999.

Mary is the head Getaway Girl for Premier Christian Cruise’s Girls’ Get A Way Cruise. She writes the blog, interviews the speakers, authors, comedians, and musicians and gives away tons of prizes. Her favorite part is hanging out with all the Getaway Girls on the ship. Mary thinks this is possibly the best blogging job ever!

Mary is the blogger for the brand, new Extraordinary Women Conferences blog and she is honored to be in this role. Extraordinary Women conferences reach thousands upon thousands of women each year. These conferences are life- changing for so many and Mary is humbled to be a small part of this amazing ministry.
A published author, Bible study teacher, adventurer, and engaging speaker, Mary delivers the truth of the hope, joy and adventure in Christ wrapped in humor and love.

Visit Mary at her blog Girlfriend Gatherings and Getaways at www.MaryRSnyder.com.
Contact information: 205-681-2559 or email Mary@MaryRSnyder.com
Travels from – North Central Alabama
Fee details –  varies by event  and negotiable
Ministry since – 2005

August 3-7 2009

What God is nudging us to “proclaim” is that we, the parents, are our children’s primary teachers. It is our biblical duty to “train them up in the way they should go” and that isn’t just for those of us who keep our kids home and teach them the educational basics.

It is the responsibility of all parents whether our children are in public, private, charter, co-op, or home schools. We are still their primary teacher; but many parents in this day and age have become lazy with that responsibility. That is why it must change now.

Parents should be excited about teaching kids to cook, plant a garden, read a story, and most importantly learn about our Lord and Savior. THAT is homeschooling. Every parent becomes a homeschooler the day their child is born. You teach them to coo and ga, how to sit up, how to walk, what to eat, how to dress, and so on.

We invite you to join us online for the second annual Heart of the Matter Online Parenting and Home Education conference. In addition to participating in sessions with all of these fabulous speakers and having a chance to ask them questions directly you will also receive hundreds of dollars worth of free downloads, a chance to win wonderful prizes, MP3s of the sessions (after the event), and lots of fun and fellowship with other parents like yourself.

Speakers currently scheduled are: Andrew Pudewa, Debbie Strayer, Linda Hobar, Sarita Holzmann, Sheila Wray Gregoire, Amy Bayliss, Carol Topp, Sue Patrick, Debbie Maubach, Evonne Mandella, Lee Binz, Belinda Bullard, Paula Winget from Journey Through Learning Lapbooks, Tiany Davis, Dana Hanley, Graham Scharf, Leah Nieman, Anne Elliot, Debra Bell and more!

An online audio conference uses the Internet as a conference venue. What this means to you is that you will be able to access the conference from anywhere in the world using standard browser software which we provide. This software is compatible with all computers including Macs and it is provided by us, to you, with the cost of admission. All you need is a computer, internet connection, and speakers!

The conference will happen in real time but it will be recorded so if you can’t be there then you can still download the sessions to listen to at your convenience.

Visit the offical Heart of the Matter Online Conference site for more information and to register.