Encouragement Day Highlights For 2025

We’re so thankful for every person who attended our 2025 Women’s Encouragement Day! What a beautiful privilege to serve all you spectacular homeschool moms.

See our Facebook photo album here!

Theme of the day: ‘Ripples of Faith Throughout the Generations’

• Psalm 78:1-8, CSB – “My people, hear my instruction; listen to the words from my mouth. I will declare wise sayings; I will speak mysteries from the past— things we have heard and known and that our ancestors have passed down to us. We will not hide them from their children, but will tell a future generation the praiseworthy acts of the LORD, his might, and the wondrous works he has performed. He established a testimony in Jacob and set up a law in Israel, which he commanded our ancestors to teach to their children so that a future generation— children yet to be born—might know. They were to rise and tell their children so that they might put their confidence in God and not forget God’s works, but keep his commands. Then they would not be like their ancestors, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation whose heart was not loyal and whose spirit was not faithful to God.”
• From the Women’s Encouragement Team: “The women sharing today are just like you – they are women transformed by God and His faithfulness over the years. Today we will learn that generations can be shaped by being faithful to God. And by sharing His faithfulness in our lives with our children, we can ensure that they know that God has a plan for their lives.”

Speakers

• Hannah Cowden
• Amanda Medford
• Marce Meek
• Breanna Borlase

Worship

• Ruth and Hailey, mother-daughter duo, and MacLain Cowden

Brunch & afternoon tea

• Brunch was catered from a local homeschool business, Legacy Homestead, with gluten-free and dairy-free options.
• Homeschooled volunteers and their daughters provided homemade scones for the afternoon tea, as well as personalized notes of appreciation for each mom attending.

Comments from attendees: Most important/valuable aspect of the event

• “Feeling and knowing Holy Spirit was here and speaking the whole time. The encouragement was so personal from Jesus, so many different speakers sharing his heart, which was so great.”
• “Encouragement to remain faithful to God’s plan for our lives. Worship music was lovely and peaceful. The food was so delicious and I was gluten free/dairy free.”
• Amber Marie Herr: “Thank you to everyone who worked tirelessly to make this event a success. It was an incredible day.”
• Melanie Gargus Good: “It was amazing! Thank you so much.”
• Shannon Nicole Hope Smith: “Thank you for serving! Was so wonderful to meet you and some of your kiddos.”
• Hannah Brown: “It was such a wonderful day. Thank you so much. ❤️”
• Jennifer Moreno: “Us moms need encouragement somedays! @mpeinkc put on a beautiful day of encouragement for us homeschool moms. It builds us up to see generations of homeschool moms teach their children and here stories of life. Let’s be real life happens in between it all and it’s great to see there kids all came out of homeschooling thriving. It was great to spend the day with my church girls too! #homeschoolmom #homeschoolinglife #encouragement #mpe”

As always, we’re so grateful for your commitment to your family. As you go forward in this great task, may you feel the smile of the Father in every day. We’ve prayed for each one of you who attended.

Hope to see you at our April 4-5 conference and curriculum fair!

We have updated this blog post, originally published in February 2016, to reflect the 2024 Encouragement Day.

MPE subsidizes the cost of this event because we want as many people as possible to attend. Please consider donating if you haven’t already … it’s always much appreciated!