{in}couraging moms in mentoring teens :: a new community group

UPDATED:

Please note that the first session of Dayspring’s (in)Courage groups comes to a close on December 2, 2012.

The next session will begin on February 2, 2013. 

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Moms of tweens and teens, are you feeling overwhelmed? Tired? Frustrated? Confused?

Do you feel like you don’t have what it takes to parent your DAUGHTER or SON through these adolescent years?

You are not alone. But chances are that you might feel that way, as you run around town with your busy teen, not stopping long enough to connect with another frazzled mom in an authentic way.

The problem is that without community around us, reminding us of the truth of who really are in Christ, we forget that in Him we have everything we need to parent with wisdom, grace, humility, gentleness, patience, and love. We also forget that the Father has made us to need each other as we navigate through these parenting days. He has made us to be His hands and feet to one another, as we partner with Him in the journey of motherhood.

God has designed up to join together, grasping HIS hand while encouraging one another to press on in the sanctifying journey known as parenting teens. That’s why we’re inviting you, a mom of a teen or preteen (son or daughter), to join an exciting new community of encouragement, created by {in}Courage, a division of Dayspring, designed especially for moms of teenagers.

This special group, known as {in}Couraging Moms in Mentoring Teens, seeks to inspire moms of teens in being mentors to their children. Our purpose is to lead moms as they help their children be established in their identity in Christ, discover their God-given purpose, and live it out for His glory. Through finding time to connect using social media, we seek to foster a community of prayer, praise, accountability, and encouraging words rooted in Biblical truth.

We want to be here, in community with you, throwing up our hands to Him and saying we need help, but knowing that ultimately it is to the Lord we will turn — together. We trust that as we seek our Creator God, that He will give to us everything we need to parent our teenage children well.

So come close friend. We want you to grab the nearest comfy chair {even if it means pushing aside the overflowing load of laundry on top of it} and sit right down with us. We want to be with you and the Lord, together. We want to lean in with you, listening to God’s wisdom for our parenting journey. He has given us amazing, beautiful, challenging teenagers to love. And we trust that He, having the instruction manual in His hands, is going to teach each of us how to do it according to His perfect plan.

And to do it well, even if it looks messy while we learn.

Are you with us?

Meet your leaders.

Will you pull up a chair and get to know us a bit?

Elisa is a life coach, mentor, and speaker passionate about inspiring authentic life change in women for the sake of the next generation. She leads More to Be, a ministry committed to impacting teens with the truth and inspiring Christian women to mentor. As a trained and certified Biblical life coach, Elisa enables women to navigate through life’s challenges and discover their God-given passions and purposes. She is also the author of Impact My Life: Biblical Mentoring Simplified, which you can learn more about at www.impactmylife.net. Elisa considers her first calling is as wife to Stephen and mother to her house-full of children, ranging in ages 7 through 21. Her favorite days begin on the porch with the Lord and end on the beach with her family and friends. Connect with Elisa at www.moretobe.com |www.pnpcoaching.com | twitter @elisapulliam

Jennifer, voice finder and wife of a heart-warrior, in N. California, mothers three children and leads My Girls, a group where women gather to remember the truth of their identity, in God’s eyes. A former high school teacher with a heart for helping teenagers discover and claim their identity and voice, she delights engaging in community with other moms who seek God’s truth and desire their children to live in the confidence of who {and Whose} they are. You can find Jennifer writing at You Are My Girls and connecting on Facebook at You are My Girls Community and Twitter.

Michele-Lyn is a wife and homeschooling mama of 4 children, ages 2 to 18 years. When she was 16 and pregnant, Jesus rescued her. Since, she has lived for Him. She hopes to bring encouragement at her blog, A Life Surrendered, where you find her stories of walking by grace in pursuit of God. Michele-Lyn is passionate about purposeful parenting, and believes parents are called to mentor their children. Although motherhood can often be a struggle, she believes while leaning on God’s grace and each other, we can disciple our children as followers of Christ to live out their purpose established in their identity in God. You can also find her on @lifesurrendered on Twitter and Facebook.

It is so nice to meet you. We like you already.

Just to clarify, this new community group is not a part of the More to Be ministry.
Elisa, the founder of More to Be, is delighted to partner with Jennifer and Michele-Lyn
in leading this particular group, sponsored by Dayspring,  focusing on mothers of teens.

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