Classical Fellowship Marion, IL

Becky Phillips and her husband have spent two decades raising six curious, inspiring children. Military life and a few career pivots carried them around the globe — and through every move, every new place, every new community, they kept returning to the same question: What does true education and a rich community look like?

She earned a B.S. in Psychology from Troy University — and then began what she would call a truer kind of education when she became a mother. By homeschooling with Classical Conversations, she began to recover what she had missed in an assembly-line approach to learning: rekindling wonder, deepening faith, and strengthening her pursuit of truth, goodness, and beauty. CC didn't just give her a curriculum — it gave her the answer to the question she had been carrying for years.

Classical Fellowship in Marion, Illinois is a weekly, in-person community for Challenge IV graduates — a place where the classical conversation that began in Challenge continues, deepens, and takes root in whatever calling each student is pursuing. As her own children step into adulthood, Becky is passionate about offering purposeful, classical community alongside — or beyond — a conventional degree. Whether your graduate is in online college, an early career, or ministry, Becky is building a community in Marion where the Great Conversation keeps going.

"I am delighted to offer Classical Fellowship for young adults in online college, early careers, and ministry — a companion community to carry the Great Conversation forward."

— Becky Phillips

Classical Fellowship Site Director — Marion, Illinois

What is Classical Fellowship? Classical Fellowship is a weekly, in-person community for Challenge IV graduates — a place where the classical conversation that began in Challenge continues, deepens, and takes root in whatever calling each student is pursuing after graduation.

When can my student start? Classical Fellowship is designed for students who have completed Challenge IV. When your graduate is ready, the path is waiting.

No matter what your student's calling, pairing SEU Online with Classical Fellowship means

that your Challenge IV graduate doesn't have to lose classical community and Christian

formation that has been built.

Classical Fellowship is where those fifteen skills keep being practiced — in community, with

a Site Director who knows the CC model, alongside peers who share the same classical,

Christ-centered foundation — while your graduate pursues wherever God is leading them.

You don't have to watch it stop at graduation. There is a place for it to keep going.

FALL 2026 REGISTRATION OPENS SOON

Sites: Melbourne, FL | Tampa Bay, FL | Atlanta, Georgia
Marion, Illinois | Indianapolis, Indiana | Dallas, Texas
Georgetown, Texas | Culpeper, Virginia

Four seminars. Two years. Weekly community. Classical formation.

Classical Fellowship Information Meeting - Challenge IV Grads & Alumni | Rising Challenge III & IV

CC Plus Programs Information Meeting - Foundations | Essentials | Challenge Families

Registration link: Now Open
Questions: fheil@classicalconversations.com