Membership

We have an all-ages fellowship day open to our members and the public on a weekday usually at the beginning of every month in the Antioch/Brentwood/Oakley, California, area. It is a great time to visit if interested in homeschooling and/or our group. Teens often play sports or board games while the younger ones play on the playground and the moms talk. It's a great time to socialize and support each other.

A wonderful benefit of membership is our subgroups. When you join Homebuilders we help connect your students through events in grade specific, member-only subgroups: Shine (K-2nd grade), Rock (3rd-5th grade), Gel (6th-8th grade), or Alive (9-12 grade). Once-a-month subgroup events are a special benefit for members and we encourage each of our members to take a turn hosting (or co-hosting) an event.

Throughout the year we organize large group gatherings for a time of fellowship and fun! It's often roller skating in the fall, ice skating in the winter, and bowling in the spring.

We want a fun, safe, Christian environment to recognize our high school seniors. This is a formal event for grades 9th through 12th that includes a delicious dinner, fun photo opportunities, and dancing. Service opportunities are available for 7th—and 8th-grade students. Alumni are welcome to attend.

This annual, two-day event, helps members sell, buy, or give away educational items, books, and curricula. It is usually held in May and is open only to members the first day and then to the public the second day. 

Be a part of the Homebuilders graduation ceremony and hear the wonderful stories of what God is doing in the lives of our students! We offer high school graduation tailored to our seniors for a fun and memorable event. For qualification requirements, please see our policies and FAQs.

At the close of the school year, we have an end of the year celebration with ice blocking, pizza, and other goodies, as you get to know other homeschooling families! This is open to the public. Invite your friends!

Our Meet & Greet is wonderful, public event where we have a speaker and people come to mingle and learn about and sign up for Homebuilders and the various groups people are involved with in our community. There is a time where we pause to hear a talk from our speaker, select a winner for the free HSLDA membership raffle, and other announcements/games.

If you join in the summer, you'll receive those summer months as a bonus. Our year goes from September-August. So, if you join in June, July, or August of 2025, we'll give you membership through August of 2026!

When our new application comes out for the 2025-2026 year, renew/submit your Homebuilders application and fee by our drawing at our Meet and Greet (in August) to be entered in a raffle for a year of FREE HSLDA membership!** This means expert, homeschool, legal representation (along with equipping and empowering benefits) and is worth over $100.

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** HSLDA has generously given Homebuilders one free membership to give to an eligible Homebuilders family for a brand new membership or a renewal. All Homebuilder application submissions by our Meet and Greet event will be entered and we will contact the winner to see if they or someone they know will use the HSLDA membership. If it doesn't work out for them, we'll pass it to the next in line. HSLDA's skill set and mission are to work on behalf of private homeschoolers, so membership with them is not as much of a benefit to those with all school-aged children in public schools. Please see HSLDA's FAQs on membership eligibility and legal representation notes on HSLDA's printed application form.