Wonder What a Titus 2 Vision Might Look Like? Here’s Ours – AND an Easy Way Your Church Can Host a BETTER TOGETHER Conference!

Ever wonder what a Titus 2 vision might look like? Here’s ours! And don’t miss how YOUR CHURCH can HOST a BETTER TOGETHER Conference! Click THIS LINK and find out how! The MOM Initiative exists because moms mold the heart of the next generation and if we can minister to the moms of this generation, we can reach the children of the next generation. As an in-reach and outreach ministry, The MOM Initiative equips and mobilizes local churches, ministries and organizations to effectively mentor moms, not only within the four walls of the church, but also in urban areas, in prisons, …

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How to Make More Out of Mother’s Day

They sat around the living room in various stages of brokenness and healing. Two women had arrived that week, and another one came that morning before I arrived. Some have stayed through low times, angry times, and desperate times. Some are barely recognizable when I think back to their first days at the women’s shelter. Chapel started, and I asked the group, “Why is Mother’s Day so hard?” Murmurs poured across the room with words like, “passed away, shame, failure, abortion, infertility, abandonment, disowned.” You won’t find these themes on Hallmark cards, but it’s the very real experience of many …

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The Voice, The MOM Initiative & Titus 2

“These older women must train the younger women to love their husbands and their children, to live wisely and be pure, to work in their homes, to do good, and to be submissive to their husbands. Then they will not bring shame on the word of God.” Titus 2:4-5 (NLT) Have you seen The Voice. It’s one of the number one shows in the country. Each season they begin the show with blind auditions. The judges face the audience while the signers give it all they’ve got in hopes that at least judge will turn around and pick them to be on …

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Attention Boy Moms! Make Room In Your Heart For Their Special Girl

Copyright: Olena Bilion / 123RF Stock Photo  Attention boy moms, there’s going to come a time when you need to make room in your heart for your son’s special girl. Ouch, I know, that’s a tough one, especially if you have little boys at home right now. As a matter of fact it took me a long time to wrap my head (and my heart) around this, but I’m hoping that through my trial and error your transition might be a little smoother. Over the years it’s not always been easy, as any boy mom can attest to. They are …

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Wonder If Mentoring Matters & How YOU Can Make a Difference?

Have you ever wanted to start a Titus 2 ministry but you weren’t sure how?  Perhaps you have tried to use material that may work for some churches but your church or ministry has a very different volunteer base, skill set, and logistics than where you’ve seen it work before. The MOM Initiative is here to help YOU tailor a Titus 2 Mentoring Ministry specifically for YOUR church and to help you reach out in YOUR community in a very unique way through mentoring moms both inside your church and in your community. We make mentoring moms easy and missional. …

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With LOVE from MOM – #1 Hands Down Best MOM Advice #2 When You Feel Like a Failure as a Mom

Our “With LOVE from MOM” week is here and we are kicking it off with a LIVE CHAT on Facebook tonight at 7pm EST… And we will have great giveaways every day just for you! TODAY’S GIVEAWAYS ARE… Searching for Sanity ebook by Lindsey Bell and The Making of a Mom by Stephanie Shott Searching for Sanity offers moms an opportunity to take a breath, dig into the Word, and  learn from parents of the past. In short devotions designed for busy moms, this book explores the parents of the Bible, both the good and the bad.       The Making of …

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Will You Help Us Minister to Moms Who May or May Not Know Christ?

Guess what? We have a unique opportunity to change the world and YOU are INVITED and NEEDED to help us! This week, my publisher is offering The Making of a Mom ebook for only $1.99 until January 21st and YOU CAN HELP PLACE it in the hands of a sweet mom who either desperately needs some encouragement, direction, or to understand how amazing and significant she really is… or the precious mom who doesn’t know Christ yet but is heavy on your heart… or the ministry leader who is looking for a way to weave mentoring moms into the fabric of …

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5 Things I Wish My Mom Had Told Me

 Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction and do not forsake your mother’s teaching. Proverbs 1:8 NIV   Sweet mamas, oh how I wish we could sit down over a cuppa coffee and talk through these together. I don’t have all the answers, but if you’ll let me, then I’d love to share with you 5 of the things that I wish my mom had told me when I first got married and started having kids.   My “babies” are now almost 21 and 19. By all accounts they are “adults” and so I’m coming to sit alongside you as a mama …

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How to Mentor Your Children Through the Holidays

As we find ourselves full-steam into this holiday month, I am especially sensitive about the opportunity to intentionally mentor my children through the holidays.  I want to help them embrace the fullness of remembering the Christ child’s birth, without heaping on extra responsibilities rooted in traditions that become a drain on their schedules and deplete their rest and joy. The challenge, however, is that my children are in distinctly different developmental stages.   Oh the Teens My oldest, fifteen, is studying for finals while primarily being concerned with seeing her friends as much as possible before the long, family-focused break. …

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Exciting News & FREE Resources for YOU!

Whooohooo! We have some exciting news for all of you! In January, M.O.M. Groups are launching online and across the globe…AND, we are accepting applications for NEW M.O.M. GROUP LEADERS and NEW M.O.M. GROUP REPRESENTATIVES/SPEAKERS! AND…we are working on a date to hold a training webinar for all who join! If you have been trying to begin or expand a mentoring ministry in your CHURCH and/or COMMUNITY, or on the MISSION FIELD, The M.O.M. Initiative is here to help you do just that!  If you’re a mom who is looking for a mentor, that means more M.O.M. Groups are coming …

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