Speaker for Women & Moms - Karen Hossink

Testimonials

Karen’s openness and honesty, and her willingness to share from her heart about her struggles - and the hope she’s found - have made her a popular speaker for womens and mothering groups. She has an engaging style and effectively mixes humor with deep sharing to elicit both laughter and tears from her audiences. You can view Karen's schedule HERE.

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Topics for Women and Moms Groups

Are You Sure It's Time, Lord?

Mary gave birth to Jesus in a lonely stable, in an over-crowded city, far away from home and all things familiar. Did God really know what He was doing when He set this plan in motion? Have you ever wondered if God had His wires crossed when He was orchestrating the plans for your life? In this Advent message, Karen will remind and assure you God knows what He's doing and His timing is perfect.
Target audience: Women of all ages

But How Can You Understand Me?

We've all heard that God understands everything we face. But He was never a mom. How can He possibly understand what it's like to be us??? Spend a few "days" with Jesus in the Gospels and you'll see that He really does understand what moms face every day. You'll be amazed. And wait until you see what we can learn from Him!
Target audience: Mothers

Confessions of an Irritable Mother

Though she once thought her children were destined to ruin her, Karen now knows God is using them to make her into a holy woman. In Confessions of an Irritable Mother, Karen shares what she has learned about God and herself by going through hard times. You will be encouraged to consider how God is using the hard times in your life for His good purposes.
Target audience: Mothers

Delighting His Heart

God's perfect love flows through us and to us. In this message Karen shares her experience of being an instrument of God's love to others, as well as her discovery about His love for us. God delights in loving us, just as much as He delights in using us!
Target audience: Women of all ages

Don't Make Decisions While You're Running Uphill

Have you ever had the best of intentions to attain a goal, but found yourself wanting to change your plans when the going got tough? Join Karen on her morning jog and find out why you shouldn't make decisions while you're running uphill.
Target audience: Women of all ages

Finding Joy

Being a mom is hard. It can be boring, tiring, frustrating and simply overwhelming. But when you discover the presence of God, you will find that in each moment – even the most mundane – you can find joy.
Target audience: Mothers

Quiet Time? What's That??!!

Before you had children did you enjoy quiet, uninterrupted devotions? Daily? And now that you have kids running around, constantly needing something from "Mooooommmmyyy!" have you succumbed to the feeling you'll never have decent "time with God" again? Prepare to be surprised as you discover you can have delightful fellowship with God in the midst of the chaos.
Target audience: Mothers

Surviving Motherhood

Who knew being a mom would be so hard? There's so much to do and so much to know. How can one woman possibly do it all? When you begin to understand grace, you'll discover "doing it all" doesn't matter. Fall fully into the arms of God and trust Him to carry you through.
Target audience: Mothers

That's Impossible!

Have you ever faced a situation which seemed completely impossible to you? Karen will lead you through a close look at The Feeding of the Five Thousand and show you - with Jesus our impossible situations are not impossible.
Target audience: Women of all ages

Who Is God to You? And What Difference Does it Make, Anyway?

It makes all the difference in the world! Take an in-depth look at Psalm 22 and discover how both your relationship with God, and the object of your attention impact your ability to navigate through life's trials.
Target audience: Women of all ages

Testimonials

From Lori H., Safety Harbor, FL

Karen touched the heart of each mom as she told stories of her own struggles with irritability in raising her kids. She shared a message of hope and brought encouragement to moms who thought they were alone in their struggles with frustration and anger. Her gentle message broke through the barriers that often prevent us talking about this 'taboo' subject.

Our group has many unsaved and searching moms. Karen was the perfect venue to bring the hope that only comes from knowing our personal Savior- Jesus Christ. We had the best participant feedback about any of our speakers thus far.

I would highly recommend her for your consideration of future speakers. She was a pleasure to work with, extremely professional, yet fun and great to get to know- not only as a sister in the Lord, but also as a friend.

From Jessica B., Winona, MN

Karen Hossink spoke for our MOPS group and brought us an amazing message which touched many of our moms. She provided God's hope to moms in need, and touched us with her beautiful voice. I highly recommend this wonderful speaker. Your group will be inspired and given hope through her message of God's grace to the Irritable Mother in each of us.

Thank you, Karen, for sharing your story. God is using you to reach so many moms in need of this message.

From Kati R., Autumn Ridge Church MOPS, Rochester, MN

Karen Hossink is a wonderful speaker, but beyond that, she is a godly woman with a wonderful message to stressed-out, overwhelmed moms. We had Karen speak to our MOPS group and so many women have been blessed by her truthfulness and honesty, as well as her ministry. I encourage all moms to hear her message of hope.

From Christine D. – Plymouth, MI

Karen Hossink was great and SO applicable. Every mom at our table spoke about how she could totally relate to the irritable mother syndrome. Karen is an authentic person who was a wonderful encouragement to many. It was a blessing to facilitate her appearance.

From Kathy D., Grand Blanc, MI

Karen Hossink is a wonderful speaker with great information to share. Everyone in our group really related to her message and book. God is working through her to send an awesome, inspiring message of hope to us as moms and as children of God, too. Our group was truly blessed by her talk!

From Melia P and Laurie S, Southridge Reformed Church MOPS, Kalamazoo, MI

Karen Hossink's presentation touched the hearts of many of the mothers in our MOPS group. Sharing the story of her walk with Jesus through parenting trials allowed many of us to see God's hope and to begin to visualize a path for ourselves. She spoke honestly and with levity, making a serious topic touching and enjoyable at the same time. We thank God that she's entering the lives of and sharing this message with so many mothers that need to hear it.

From Stacy S., Midland, MI

Karen Hossink is a very talented and wonderful speaker for any group of moms. As a mother herself, she speaks to every mom's heart. She is real with her message and will have you laughing at one moment and tearing up the next. Karen lets you know that you do not have to be, nor will you ever be, the perfect mother. But that is OK. God is using our children to refine us into His image. Our group was truly blessed by Karen's message, and I would highly recommend her to any group!

From Amber F., Owosso, MI

I’ll confess: Karen Hossink is a top-notch speaker – one with which any mom can relate. With honesty and transparency, Karen relates the story of her motherhood journey. Through her message and music, she shares the real hope for real mothers that can only come from the Father. Thought-provoking and sincere, Karen is a highly recommended speaker!

From Christi H., Holt, MI

Karen, Thank you again for coming to share with us today. Your talk was awesome. It touched my heart and gave me some practical things I can do when I feel overwhelmed. You are authentic and honest and you give hope. Here are some comments I got out of the comment box today…Thought you would like to hear what they said:

The speaker did an awesome job using the image of the silversmith to portray how our God loves us and sees us.

Thank you for your honesty. You have a beautiful voice. Thank you for your courage to share your story.

Awesome speaker. She is the best one this semester. I can tell that she is speaking from the heart. I loved the analogy to silver. Great visual to think of on a daily basis.

Karen – I can so identify with your talk. Thank you for sharing these struggles with us, sharing your heart. Your songs were beautiful. I appreciated the encouragement that this is a process that is being refined. I can look at my trials in a new way.

From Barb Y., Lansing, MI

Two thumbs way up for Karen Hossink's “Refined Like Silver: Confessions of an Irritable Mother”. Karen speaks straight from the heart, providing insight into every mom’s greatest frustration -- challenges with her children. Your group will laugh, cry, and experience some awesome ahh ha moments. The bottom line reminds us that a personal relationship with Jesus Christ is the only answer to understanding (and surviving) our role as mothers. Karen's talk was extremely well received by our group, whether unchurched, investigating the claims of Christ, or believer, as evidenced by our Mid-Year Evaluation. Quite often we will find our more "spiritual" speakers receive a middle-of-the-road rating by the non-believers in our group; Karen was rated "Excellent" as a speaker across the board.

From Lisa A., Fenton, MI

Karen Hossink was the speaker for our February MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) meeting. What a blessing she was to our entire group. She spoke on being a real mom (and not a perfect mom) and what God has been teaching her throughout this journey. She had awesome testimonies of her experiences, beautiful songs to go with it and perfect scripture references to share with us. There was not one mom in our entire group who wasn’t moved by what she shared.

Karen was also very organized and prepared and she stayed on track with the time limitations that we had discussed before hand. She was also willing to stay with our group for discussion afterward. I highly recommend her as a speaker for your group.

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