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The Westvon Publishing
Story
The
dream to create and market unique resources for homeschoolers
and to create websites about journaling and other areas
of interest has become a reality for us at Westvon Publishing,
LLC. Little did I know a year ago that I would be part
owner of a company dedicated to marketing products and
publishing ideas of such great redemptive value. At
Westvon Publishing, we embrace the philosophy of redemptive
living on all levels. First, and foremost, we recognize
the redemption given to us through the death, burial,
and resurrection of our Lord Jesus, but from there we
extend it to ALL areas of life. That is the central
idea behind developing a Christian worldview. Christ
redeems us through His sacrifice on the cross, yet that
same redemption is powerful enough to transform all
aspects of life, not the least being education.
The
story begins in 1979, when I first met my now business
partner, Sherri Chekal. She was an eager teenager who
wanted to learn how to play bluegrass banjo, and I was
the staff bluegrass banjo instructor at a local music
store in Northville, Michigan. We became great friends
(not to mention she learned to pick the banjo quite
well) and stayed that way for a few years, but then
as life takes people in different directions, we lost
touch and went our separate ways. About twenty two years
later, I received an E-Mail inviting me to take a look
at a new web site she developed called BuckeyeBluegrass.com.
Guess who is the creator and owner of the site? It's
Sherri, my old banjo student. Her love and dedication
to bluegrass music was alive and well.
It
wasn't long after that we got together to catch up on
a lot of years gone by. We compared notes and discovered
that we had many things in common with regards to business
and goals, and soon, we started crafting some ideas
for websites and products we'd like to create. Sherri
is a dedicated homeschool mom of two girls, and had
already developed a product called The Master Planner,
which gives homeschool parents over one hundred sixty
record keeping forms on one CD. It is the ideal homeschool
planning tool, and it impressed me as something that
needed to be in the hands of all homeschool families.
After
much conversation, prayer and planning, we decided to
put together a company that would be the Mother Ship,
so-to-speak, for the various products and websites we
wanted to offer. Interestingly, I was in a career that
I really didn't enjoy and on April 15th of this year
I was caught in the middle of a company downsizing reality.
We talked about it and decided now is as good a time
as ever to put the machinery in gear and forge ahead.
Westvon Publishing got its start (officially) on April
15, 2004 with the mission and purpose of promoting and
encouraging redemptive living. Sherri is a gifted artist,
designer, and marketing genius with an endless supply
of great ideas. My background is in the academic arenas
of Theology, Philosophy, and History with a strong background
in writing and journaling. The end result has been the
dreams come true of marketing and sharing our passions
and ideas with the homeschool and journaling community.
We
hope that you will enjoy our efforts as we move forward
in
this first year of our new partnership.
Most
Sincerely,
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