Thank you for WCCE 2026
Rooted Through Generations
Thank you to all who attended the 2026 WCCE “Rooted Through Generations” conference. Here are just a few comments:
‘This was the best conference yet. It is so nice to have something like this in Northern California so that we don’t have to travel.” Legacy Classical Academy
“This is a special community. The people were so connected with one another. It was a pleasure to serve.” Alexis Johnson Events Team member
“The event was so well organized, welcoming, and helpful. The one problem is that more people need to know that there is something happening in Northern California.” Workshop Leader
Get Ready for WCCE 2027!
Pillars Based on Imagination
June 25-26, 2027
Sacramento, CA
Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand. -Albert Einstein
Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning. -C.S. Lewis
From science to apologetics, Albert Einstein and C.S. Lewis concur on the importance of the imagination. However in an era that highlights reasoning and logic, the question arises whether imagination has lost its purpose. The conference speakers and workshop leaders at the Fourth Annual WCCE conference will focus on the imagination as a fundamental foundation upon which the pillars of a classical, liberal arts education are based.
Workshops
- Stay Tuned! Our fabulous Workshop Leaders are Planning new Talks.
Key Note Speakers
- We have many returning key note speakers. Check back for speech topics focused on the imagination.
Conference Fee: $90.00
Register before May 15, 2027 and receive $15.00 early bird discount with code WCEARLY
2027 Conference Schedule
Friday:
- 2:00-2:30 Registration
- 2:30-2:45 Welcome
- 2:45-3:30 Conference Speaker
- 3:30-3:40 Break
- 3:45-4:50 Workshop Session #1
- 5:00-6:00 Socratic Discussion #1
- 6:00-6:30 Food and Fellowship
- 6:45-7:00 Meditative Moment
- 7:00-7:45 Conference Speaker
- 8:00 Doors Close
Saturday:
- 8:00-8:30 Registration/ Continental Breakfast
- 8:30-8:45 Welcome
- 8:45-9:30 Conference Speaker #3
- 9:30:9:45 Break
- 10:00-11:05 Workshop Session #2
- 11:15-12:15 Conference Lunch (Provided)
- 12:30-1:30 Socratic Discussion #2
- 1:45-2:00 Meditative Moment
- 2:00-2:45 Conference Speaker #4
- 2:45-2:55 Break
- 3:00-3:30 Panel Q&A
- 3:30-3:45 Conference Vespers
- 4:30 Doors Close
Location
Christ Community Church
5025 Manzanita Ave.
Carmichael, CA 95608
Presentations and Speakers
Key Note Presentation Focused on the Imagination
Dr. Scott Postma is the author of Becoming Classically Educated: Humane Letters on Education , Culture and the Great Conversation. He is a regular contribute to The Consortium Journal. Dr. Postma is currently the president and CEO of Kepler Education. Inspired by the classical and Christian imagination , his passion is to help high school and college students obtain an Christian liberal arts education. Scott served as a minister for 20 years and an educator for nearly 30 years. He has helped plant two churches and founded two private Christian schools. He holds a doctorate in Humanities with an emphasis in literature from Faulkner University.
Key Note Presentation Focused on the Imagination
Dr. Robert Woods is a longtime teacher, speaker, and advocate for Great Books and liberal arts education. He earned his Ph.D. in Humanities and later completed a Doctor of Arts in Social Sciences. For fifteen years, he chaired Faulkner University’s Great Books Honors College. He now directs its MA/PhD program in Humanities and serves as Dean of Academics for Kepler Education. He is also consulted regularly on the Mortimer Adler Paideia approach to classical teaching and learning. Robert has written several books, most recently The Great Conversation: The Substance of a Liberal Education by Robert M. Hutchins, for which he provided a new introduction and annotations. He lives in Lavonia, Georgia with his wife, Tina, along with their two cats, five chickens, an Anatolian Shepherd, and—if all goes according to plans—some sheep in the near future. There’s usually a seasonal puzzle in progress at their home, and they’re always reading a great book together as lifelong learners.
Key Note Presentation Focused on the Imagination
Dr. Eliot Grasso is vice president and tutor at Gutenberg, grew up in Baltimore, Maryland. Eliot joined the faculty of Gutenberg College in 2012 where he teaches courses on art, music, and aesthetics. Eliot is committed to fostering the intellectual development of his students through discussions centered on primary source readings. He believes that it is important for a Christian to develop the right kind of relationship with the idea of art, and that this can be accomplished through a rigorous analysis of one’s personal beliefs and biases relating to art and music
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Key Note Presentation Focused on the Imagination
Dr. Karla Memmott has a heart to serve the classically educating community in Northern California through an ecumenic mindset. As co-founder of Acacia Classical Academy she and her husband, Kyle, minister the classical education needs in the greater Sacramento area by hosting the WCCE conference, workshops, online book clubs, and consultations. She teaches dual credit classes through Kepler which include rhetoric and speech/debate. She is also active in STOA speech and debate by coaching a local club. She holds a doctorate in the humanities from Faulkner University.
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Workshop Topics and Speaker Bios
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