Can you think of a better way to start 2013 than with hope? We sure can’t! Today we have big news! Starting January 7, 2013 Hope for the Weary Mom will be starting a book club using the newly expanded “Hope for the Weary Mom: Where God Meets You in Your Mess.” We are calling it “Hope for the New Year.” It is going to be an amazing time to come together as moms to focus on the hope we have in Christ. You will want to come and bring your friends.
Brooke and I wanted to find a very special person to serve as our hostess for the book club. We found that and more in Megan from House of the Rising Sons. Megan hosted a group during our week long series called “7 More Days of Hope” last June and we were blown away by her passion for this project. She has also been serving for the past few months on our book launch team. Megan is the mother of four awesome boys. But we are going to let her tell you all about that!
We love that having Megan host the book club will allow Brooke and I to focus on encouraging your hearts. Will you please welcome Megan and she will fill you in on all the details!
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Thank you for such a warm welcome Stacey and Brooke. Hi there all you amazing moms! I’m Megan, but first, let me tell you a story because it truly is an amazing one that God has been a part of from day one.
Once upon a time there were two mamas who were friends. Both of them loved Jesus. And each one had big dreams, stories to tell and hearts filled with a deep desire placed there by God to encourage other moms like themselves. Real moms with real struggles. Moms who love their families fiercely. And yes, moms who are weary.
What started out as a series of seven shared blog posts between two friends, turned into a little ebook called Hope for the Weary Mom. Women everywhere were being validated in their hurts, their struggles and in the weariness that often defines those places in our hearts that are so hard to describe.
And then, God did it again. He opened the door for Brooke and Stacey to write more words, add new chapters and fill the pages with even more hope. And this is the very short story of how the new Hope for the Weary Mom, expanded edition, came to be.
I cannot tell you how excited I am to be here and how much I am looking forward to what God has in store for all of us during our Hope for the New Year Book Club. I have no doubt it’s going to be incredible. I’m a regular mom, just like you. My husband and I do have four young boys who rock our world in every single way, on each and every day. I am weary on all fronts! Before having our sweet sons, I thought I knew weary. I realize now, I didn’t…not in the way I do now. I’m sure you feel the same.
I often feel like I don’t know what I’m doing, that I’m completely missing the mark. And in my own mind, I’ve told myself all kinds of lies and believed some pretty ugly ones the enemy has thrown my way. Truth is, in God’s perfect plan, He didn’t give us the gift of motherhood without also giving us the most precious gift of all….Himself. Everything we need is all wrapped up in Him, our Hope.
Hope for the New Year Book Club Details:
1. We’ve made signing up to join us here really easy. Just enter your email address below to receive all of our Book Club updates each week.
2. Grab yourself a copy of Hope for the Weary Mom, available in paperback for only $7.99. Or, good news…the Kindle edition is on sale for two days beginning December 11 through December 12 for just $2.99. (After that, the Kindle price goes back up to $4.99)
3. Join us here each week beginning January 7th for 10 weeks as we seek Hope for the New Year together.
Schedule and Guest Post opportunity
Mondays: Brooke and Stacey will share their hearts (via video) about Hope as they answer some of the book’s questions and offer words of real encouragement. You won’t want to miss this.
Wednesdays: I will pour out my heart here as I reflect on my own weariness and the Hope I find in Christ.
Fridays: Guest Post Day and a link up! If you’ve already read the book and a particular chapter spoke deeply to your heart, we’d love for you to submit a guest post. (700 words or less in HTML format or Word Doc. Include a pinable photo for your post, along with a short bio and photo of you.) Please send your submissions to hopeforthewearymom@gmail.com by January 7th. Along with our guest posts each Friday, we’ll have an opportunity for you to link up your posts on Hope as well.
We hope and pray you’ll join us for Hope for the New Year. We can’t wait!!
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This is so exciting! I can’t wait!!
Shonda, ME TOO!!! I am so excited and cannot wait to get started! Praying in the waiting and looking forward to some serious HOPE for the New Year! So glad you’ll be here. -Megan
I was looking for something like this for the New Year! Thank you!
Samantha,
Absolutely! So glad you’ll be joining us here for Hope for the New Year!
-Megan
Looking forward to connecting with others. Will the book be out on Nook as well?
Not just yet for Nook. But you can download a free Kindle Reader App for your Nook and use the Kindle version. Or you can get the paper back book!
I am really excited about this! The last study I participated in was very helpful. A couple of thoughts though — will this be available as a nook book? Will we get the daily (or tri-weekly) emails with topic/thoughts/links/etc? I find that to be very helpful! I only get on the computer at work, and the email sitting in my inbox really helps remind me of where & when & what we’re talking about!! Also, along with the video message, will there be a written message or transcript? Thank you so much for providing this study with/for us!!
Amy, This weary mama is really looking forward to this study as well. I am so thankful we’ll all be in this together! You brought up some great questions. First, yes, we’ll be sending out one email a week with all the Hope goodness for each week. With each video we will have a written message that ties in. The videos won’t be transcribed, but they will be there to stay so you can watch them at any time. And, the Nook is not available yet, however you can download a free Kindle reader app for your Nook to be able to read the Kindle version of the book. See you back here on Jan. 7. We cannot wait to get started! Blessings to you!
This sounds so wonderful for this weary mom!!!! Thank you!
Crystal,
This weary mom needs this too. So thankful you’ll be here seeking HOPE as well.
I can’t tell you how excited I am for this! I have been feeling a down about mothering a lot lately, so this encouragement will be amazing. Thank you so much for being willing to do this
I think we could all use it Sarah! So glad you will be here with us!
Count me in, I need it!!
Lisa,
YAY!!! Looking forward to hanging out with you here in the New Year!
Looking forward to this ladies! Thanks SO much for all your encouragement!
Shelly, We can’t wait! So thankful you’ll be joining us here too. -Megan
Love this book
Christina, So glad you have your book and will be joining us to go even deeper. God’s got some amazing Truth and Hope in store for us in the New Year.
-Megan
I’m so looking forward to this!
Nancy,
Me too! I am so thankful we will all be starting our year off together seeking Hope!
Yes! I finally got my signup to work. Looking forward to the interaction with everyone.
Chandra,
So glad you’re all signed up to join us here. I, too, am REALLY looking forward to the community and fellowship with y’all. Can’t wait!!!
I am SOOOOOO super duper excited about this… absolutely cannot wait, just read about it and signed right on up. I am going to need to get an email reminder with the timeline or something… hopefully that is doable, and I am working on getting the book right now.
Was amazing to chat with you at the store today, you have no idea how much that meant to me. You are an inspiration to me. <3 Thanks Megan!
Melissa,
You have no idea how much you’ve blessed me. I have no doubt that running in to you at the store last night was set up by God…a divine appointment. Thank you for sharing your heart with me. And then to come home and see that you’ve signed up for this book club!!! You made my week! I’m so glad you’ll be joining me here for this. And yes, once you’ve signed up, you’ll receive weekly emails pertaining to this study. And there will be lots of connection here throughout each of the ten weeks beginning Jan. 7. Praying for you Melissa and SOOOOOOOO thankful to connect with you. <3
I’m trying to sign up to the book club but it only gives me a spot for my email, no submit button or anything. Can you help?
All you need to do is put your email in the space and hit enter. It should take you to a confirm screen and send you an email.
Same as Wendy. Can you help me, too, please?!
But LOVE the idea. Sooo much looking forward to it!!
Simply put your email in the space and hit enter. It should take you to a confirm screen and send you an email. If you still have trouble, we can add you from our end. Just email us at hopeforthewearymom(at)gmail(dot)com and say please add me to the book club sign up!
Thanks, Stacey. Was able to do it. I’m so much looking forward to Jan. 7. Thank you so much for serving God and us always. “Hope for the Weary Mom” has been such an encouragement for me!
I am so excited about this study. I appreciated this book so much. EVERY chapter spoke to me. I am excited about the guest posts to hear how this book encouraged other weary moms.
Jennifer,
I’m right there with you…I cannot wait to hear the stories and testimonies of other moms just like you and me. So glad you’ll be joining us here too. By the way, I just visited you blog and can so completely identify and relate with your recent post “The Big Picture”. Thank you so much for sharing your heart.
Thank you Megan for stopping by my blog! So appreciated. I LOVE your iPhone photo journaling. What a year. Hoping 2013 is even better and more blessings for you and your family.
So often I have felt alone and inadequate. I am so lucky to have found this book and site. Prayers have already been answered
I look forward to being ME and telling the TRUTH about being a weary mom, without fear of shame and judgement.
Thank you to all who put this together!!
God bless!!
Kim, Praising God for answered prayers in your life. And absolutely, YES…PLEASE share your heart here with us during the study! There will be NO judgement here! We are all weary and in need of a place like this where we CAN just be who we are without the shame, without the guilt and without the fear of being judged for being honest about our real struggles and weaknesses! THANK YOU friend! You have blessed this momma’s heart today. So thankful you’ll be joining us here.
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I am so excited about this! I can’t wait!!
Jess, I can’t wait either. I’m really looking forward to connecting with all of you amazing moms!
I am so looking forward to this study! I have been bypassing lots of bible study options for the new year since I have been awaiting this one. WEARY is certainly a word that describes this momma of three little boys….my prayer is most often, “help me Jesus”… I need wisdom and strength, because I so often just don’t know how I’m going to make it. It is so encouraging to know I am not alone….and I will make it…
Thanks to all of you who put this book together, what a blessing… I can’t wait to get into it!
Lisa,
I, too, am an all boy momma. Mine are 2, 4, 6 and 8. They are the joy of my life, but also the most exhausting part of my life. I completely relate with you about not feeling like you’re going to make it…even to the next minute. But, we do, thanks to Jesus. I’m so glad you’ll be joining us here. Brooke and Stacey’s book made such an impact on me as well and I can’t wait to go deeper in to it with all of you. See you here on Monday!
I purchased the book sometime last year and when I read it, it hit right a home-run to my heart. I can’t wait to take part in an in-depth study of the book along side some great women. Thanks for offering it when we all so desperately need it! Blessings to each of you!!
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I am SO excited about this. I just started reading this book AGAIN over Christmas break. Christmas was not at all what I’d hoped it would be for our family and I was really disappointed and discouraged. God brought this book to mind – I started reading – and immediately found that sense of relief and encouragement I so needed. This is really exciting!
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So excited!! Weary Mom, Weary Wife, hope to get some clarity and peace!!
Kristy, I can so relate to your Weary Mom, Weary Wife status. Praying this will be a time of real clarity, peace and absolute Hope from the One who is our HOPE, for you. So thankful you’re joining us here.
I cannot wait to start this on Monday!!!
Veronica, So excited it’s only a few days away! Can’t wait! So glad you’ll be joining us too!
Please send me information on signing up for the book club.
Mindy, To sign up, just enter your email address in the space provided in our Book Club announcement: http://www.hopeforthewearymom.com/2012/12/11/announcing-hope-for-the-new-year-book-club/ Hit enter and you’ll receive a confirmation email along with more info about the study and weekly email updates. So excited you’re joining us!
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I am so excited about this book club! I happened to have stumbled apon your book in my kindle just last week and started reading it and was blown away! I was so thrilled after checking out your website that this book club was beginning this week… it is divine timing and much needed in my life right now! This weary momma of one strong willed toddler could use you a little HOPE!
CANT WAIT!
I’m late! Too late? Read your book a while back and loving the idea of a book club! I know that starting off the year rereading this book is just what I need!
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Hi Megan,
I wanted to get a copy of your book on my kindle but sadly, its not available in my location. Furthermore, my credit card won’t accept it either. For some odd reasons.
Well, hopefully some day I’ll be able to get it. Thanks for sharing! *hugs*
Have a blessed day!