Course: Being a Confident Christian Single Mother

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Being a Confident Christian Single Mother
Taught by Professor Brian DeCook and Rev. Henry Reyenga and presented by Haley Johnson
Single motherhood is a meaningful calling that shapes both your children and the woman you are becoming in Christ. It also brings moments when you may need added encouragement, practical support, and confidence in the choices ahead. Being a Confident Christian Single Mother is a practical Christian Growth Mini-Course that helps women strengthen their faith, lead their children with wisdom, build greater stability at home, develop healthy boundaries, and move forward with confidence and hope in Christ.
Outcomes
By completing this Mini-Course, participants will:
Strengthen their identity and confidence in Christ.
Grow in faith through prayer, Scripture, and Christian community.
Lead children with greater wisdom, stability, love, and consistency.
Develop practical rhythms that support a healthier home and family life.
Practice healthy boundaries and wise relationship discernment.
Move forward with greater courage, self-respect, purpose, and hope.
Requirements
Participants will complete assigned video presentations, readings, Growth Stories, Bible studies, reflection activities, worksheets, and learning quizzes focused on faith, parenting, relationships, and everyday growth.
Grading and Completion
Pass/Fail System: A course average of 60% or higher is required to successfully complete the Mini-Course.
- Select activity Announcements
  
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Select section Topic 1: Beginning With Grace, Honor, and Hope

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Topic 1: Beginning With Grace, Honor, and Hope
- Select activity 🎥 Welcome to Being a Christian Single Mother
  
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- Select activity 📖 Reading 1.1: Starting Where You Are
  
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- Select activity 🎥 Grace Before Pressure
  
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- Select activity 📖 Reading 1.2: Christian Single Motherhood Without Shame
  
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- Select activity 🎥 You Are Not Alone in Christ
  
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- Select activity 🧪 Growth Story 1.3: I Thought Everyone Was Judging Me
  
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- Select activity 📝 Worksheet 1.4: Starting Point, Support Circle, and Grace Covenant
  
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- Select activity 📖 Bible Study 1.5: God Near to the Weary Mother
  
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Select section Topic 2: Stabilizing Daily Life

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- Select activity 🎥 When Everything Feels Urgent
  
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- Select activity 📖 Reading 2.1: Naming What Needs Stability
  
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- Select activity 🎥 Stabilizing Before Solving Everything
  
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- Select activity 📖 Reading 2.2: A Seven-Day Life Stabilization Plan
  
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- Select activity 🎥 One Faithful Step for the Next Seven Days
  
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- Select activity 🧪 Growth Story 2.3: Three Kids, One Job, and No Margin
  
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- Select activity 📝 Worksheet 2.4: Safety, Support, and Seven-Day Stability Map
  
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- Select activity 📖 Bible Study 2.5: Daily Bread and God’s Care Aim
  
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Select section Topic 3: Identity in Christ as a Mother and God-Designed Woman

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- Select activity 🎥 When Life Tries to Rename You
  
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- Select activity 📖 Reading 3.1: More Than a Marital Status
  
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- Select activity 🎥 You Are a Daughter Before You Are a Provider
  
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- Select activity 📖 Reading 3.2: Motherhood, Womanhood, Calling, and Belonging in Christ
  
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- Select activity 🎥 Rebuilding a Truthful Story in Christ
  
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- Select activity 🧪 Growth Story 3.3: The Form Asked for Father’s Name
  
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- Select activity 📝 Worksheet 3.4: Identity Inventory and Christian Hope Statement
  
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- Select activity 📖 Bible Study 3.5: Chosen, Loved, and Called
  
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Select section Topic 4: Loving and Leading Your Children

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- Select activity 🎥 Parenting as Daily Discipleship
  
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- Select activity 🎥 Discipline, Affection, and Emotional Safety
  
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- Select activity 📖 Reading 4.1: Loving Children Through Change
  
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- Select activity 🎥 Faith Practices in Ordinary Home Life
  
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- Select activity 📖 Reading 4.2: Grace-Based Structure in the Home
  
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- Select activity 🧪 Growth Story 4.3: Bedtime Became the Hardest Hour
  
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- Select activity 📝 Worksheet 4.4: Child-Conscious Parenting and Home Rhythm Plan
  
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- Select activity 📖 Bible Study 4.5: Jesus Welcomes Children
  
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Select section Topic 5: Home Rhythms, Work, Money, and Stewardship

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- Select activity 📖 Reading 5.1: A Practical Home and Stewardship Review
  
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- Select activity 🎥 Work, Money, and Household Stewardship
  
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- Select activity 📖 Reading 5.2: Work, Money, Rest, and Asking for Help
  
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- Select activity 🧪 Growth Story 5.3: The Bill Stack on the Kitchen Counter
  
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- Select activity 📝 Worksheet 5.4: Household Rhythm and Stewardship Plan
  
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- Select activity 📖 Bible Study 5.5: Wisdom for Daily Provision
  
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Select section Topic 6: Boundaries, Communication, and Confidence With Men

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Topic 6: Boundaries, Communication, and Confidence With Men
- Select activity 🎥 Boundaries Are Not Bitterness
  
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- Select activity 📖 Reading 6.1: Faithful Boundaries and Womanly Confidence
  
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- Select activity 🎥 Confidence With Men After Hurt or Disappointment
  
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- Select activity 📖 Reading 6.2: Communication With Men Without Fear, Control, or Desperation
  
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- Select activity 🎥 Brief, Clear, and Calm Communication
  
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- Select activity 🧪 Growth Story 6.3: Every Text From Him Changed Her Mood
  
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- Select activity 📝 Worksheet 6.4: Confidence With Men, Boundary, and Difficult-Message Plan
  
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- Select activity 📖 Bible Study 6.5: God Gives Power, Love, and Sound Judgment
  
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Select section Topic 7: Grief, Loneliness, Anger, and Emotional Honesty

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Topic 7: Grief, Loneliness, Anger, and Emotional Honesty
- Select activity 🎥 Naming Grief and Loneliness
  
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- Select activity 📖 Reading Reading 7.1: Grieving With God as a Single Mother
  
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- Select activity 📖 Reading 7.2: Loneliness, Anger, Desire, and Hope Practices
  
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- Select activity 🎥 Hope Without Pretending
  
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- Select activity 🧪 Growth Story 7.3: Sunday Afternoon Felt the Loneliest
  
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- Select activity 📝 Worksheet 7.4: Lament, Trigger, and Hope Practice Plan
  
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- Select activity 📖 Bible Study 7.5: Pouring Out Your Heart Before God
  
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Select section Topic 8: Building a Support Network and Church Belonging

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Topic 8: Building a Support Network and Church Belonging
- Select activity 🎥 You Were Not Made to Carry This Alone
  
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- Select activity 📖 Reading 8.1: Rebuilding Support and Belonging
  
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- Select activity 🎥 Finding Wise Support in the Church
  
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- Select activity 📖 Reading 8.2: How to Ask for Help Without Losing Self-Respect
  
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- Select activity 🎥 Friendship, Mentoring, and Practical Help
  
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- Select activity 🧪 Growth Story 8.3: She Sat Alone in the Back Row
  
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- Select activity 📝 Worksheet 8.4: Support Network and Church-Belonging Map
  
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- Select activity 📖 Bible Study 8.5: The Body of Christ Carries Burdens
  
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Select section Topic 9: Spiritual Growth in a Busy and Tired Season

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Topic 9: Spiritual Growth in a Busy and Tired Season
- Select activity 🎥 Abiding When You Are Tired
  
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- Select activity 📖 Reading 9.1: Whole-Life Recovery One Domain at a Time
  
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- Select activity 🎥 Small Spiritual Practices That Matter
  
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- Select activity 📖 Reading 9.2: Prayer, Scripture, Worship, and Rest for Busy Mothers
  
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- Select activity 🎥 Grace When the Routine Falls Apart
  
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- Select activity 🧪 Growth Story 9.3: Her Bible Was Open, But So Was the Laundry
  
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- Select activity 📝 Worksheet 9.4: Seven-Day Spiritual Rhythm Plan
  
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- Select activity 📖 Bible Study 9.5: Abide in Me
  
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Select section Topic 10: Healing From Hurt Without Losing Womanly Confidence

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Topic 10: Healing From Hurt Without Losing Womanly Confidence
- Select activity 🎥 Hurt Does Not Get to Name You
  
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- Select activity 📖 Reading 10.1: Healing From Male Hurt With Truth and Wisdom
  
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- Select activity 🎥 Forgiveness, Trust, Access, and Safety
  
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- Select activity 📖 Reading 10.2: Desirable in a Godly Way: Confidence, Wholeness, and Hope
  
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- Select activity 🎥 Becoming Confident, Not Hardened
  
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- Select activity 🧪 Growth Story 10.3: She Said, “I Will Never Trust a Man Again”
  
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- Select activity 📝 Worksheet 10.4: Healing, Trust, Access, and Confidence Plan
  
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- Select activity 📖 Bible Study 10.5: The Lord Heals the Brokenhearted
  
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Select section Topic 11: Dating, Sexual Self-Care, Confident Sexual Moderation, Christian Freedom, Life Partner

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- Select activity 🎥 Sexual Desire Without Shame
  
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- Select activity 📖 Reading 11.1: Sexual Self-Care and Christian Womanhood Without Shame
  
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- Select activity 🎥 Confident Sexual Moderation and Dating Boundaries
  
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- Select activity 📖 Reading 11.2: Future Relationships Within Pastoral and Denominational Guidance
  
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- Select activity 🎥 Life Partner Discernment, Children, and Future Marriage Hope
  
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- Select activity 🧪 Growth Study 11.3: Tanya’s Sexual Imagination Became Part of Her Healing
  
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- Select activity 📝 Worksheet 11.4: Sexual Self-Care, Moderation, Red Flags, Green Flags, and Pause Plan
  
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- Select activity 📖 Bible Study 11.5: Body, Desire, Wisdom, and Grace
  
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Select section Topic 12: A Faithful Future for You and Your Children

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Topic 12: A Faithful Future for You and Your Children
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- Select activity 📖 Reading 12.1: Hope and Purpose in a Changed Life
  
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- Select activity 🎥 A Ninety-Day Life, Parenting, Womanhood, and Hope Rule of Life
  
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- Select activity 📖 Reading 12.2: Sustaining Growth and Seeking Help Early
  
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- Select activity 🎥 Commissioned to Walk in Hope
  
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- Select activity 📖 Reading 12.4: As the Father Sent Me, I Am Sending You
  
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- Select activity 🧪 Growth Story 12.3: The Calendar Still Looked Full, But Her Hope Had Changed
  
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- Select activity 📝 Worksheet 12.4: Integration, Ninety-Day Rule of Life, and Support Plan
  
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- Select activity 📖 Bible Study 12.5: Behold, I Am Making All Things New
  
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Being a Confident Christian Single Mother

Section outline

Course Overview

Being a Confident Christian Single Mother

Outcomes

Requirements

Grading and Completion

Topic 1: Beginning With Grace, Honor, and Hope

Topic 2: Stabilizing Daily Life

Topic 3: Identity in Christ as a Mother and God-Designed Woman

Topic 4: Loving and Leading Your Children

Topic 5: Home Rhythms, Work, Money, and Stewardship

Topic 6: Boundaries, Communication, and Confidence With Men

Topic 7: Grief, Loneliness, Anger, and Emotional Honesty

Topic 8: Building a Support Network and Church Belonging

Topic 9: Spiritual Growth in a Busy and Tired Season

Topic 10: Healing From Hurt Without Losing Womanly Confidence

Topic 11: Dating, Sexual Self-Care, Confident Sexual Moderation, Christian Freedom, Life Partner

Topic 12: A Faithful Future for You and Your Children

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