So many Christian women today worry that they’re not doing the “mom thing” right and the prevailing secular culture will have undue influence on their children.

Nine years ago, Debra “Deb” Weakly felt the pain of her sisters in faith, and the Colorado Springs mom and grandmother of three opened her heart and home to welcome them into her ever-growing body of knowledge.

Nearly a decade later, The Help Club for Moms is a vibrant, expanding online and in-person worldwide ministry of strength, encouragement and inspiration.

It’s all God, she says, while serving tea in her home to talk about her nonprofit organization, which operates on a half-a-shoestring budget and an all-volunteer force that includes herself as the founder, director and primary author of materials.

Weakly doesn’t do anything without the Big Guy, and the club’s members learn that always seeking God is the best way to not merely plod through life but to enjoy the journey.

“The way the Lord has used our members is amazing,” she said. “There’s no way we could have accomplished anything without him.”

Mothers of all ages and all Christian backgrounds flock to the ministry’s resource materials, devotionals, online advice, videos, podcasts, group prayer, counseling, mentoring and live conferences, many of which Weakly hosts in her spacious home in Black Forest.

“We’re moms encouraging moms to know the love of Jesus Christ, and we walk alongside them in every season of their life and offer them practical help with online and personal groups,” Weakly said.

From her home office, which in the summer is a wrap-around back deck that overlooks tall evergreens and peeks of Pikes Peak, Weakly writes, responds to her online platforms including Facebook, shoots film clips for YouTube, and plans for events and activities — all of which lift the club beyond a one-dimensional product into real-time assistance.

The HelpClubforMoms Facebook group has 9,000 members, and provides prayer, devotionals, mom tips and a Bible verse of the day.

There’s also weekly Monday morning live mentoring on Facebook, and every Tuesday night Weakly leads bedtime prayer on the site. Monthly Zoom chats draw women from around the world.

A Supernatural Mom Mentoring Community is available at https://myhelpclubformoms.com/.

Also, a sister ministry offers monthly “Mothering Kits” at myhelpclubformoms.com and a new school is launching Mothering Courses at mymotheringcourses.com, designed to help women grow in their faith and their role as a mom.

This month’s Mothering Kit focuses on “How to Leave a 100-Year Spiritual Legacy for Your Children — Part Two.”

A new in-person dinner mentoring group that will study “The Radiant Mom” starts Tuesday in Colorado Springs.

Registration is available at https://helpclubformoms.com/new-radiant-mom-mentoring-group-in-colorado-springs-this-fall/.

“This course is a gentle whisper from the Lord, inviting you to pause, breathe and rediscover the deep, abiding beauty of mothering with intention and grace,” according to the flyer.

“We want women to feel at home in The Help Club and feel the love of Jesus,” Weakly said. “He’s real and he has his arms wide open and wants you to come to him and let him lead you. He always loves you; he’s not condemning you or angry with you. You always have hope with Jesus.”

Her creativity has bubbled up, as she’s penned numerous Bible study guides, 11 seasonal books and a pile of devotional workbooks such as “The 40 Day Joy Challenge for Moms,” which she wrote with Tommy Newberry, a Christian entrepreneur and author of seven books.

In using the materials, women can learn how to create a good relationship with their children, how to get organized in their homes and lives, and how to set a pleasing breakfast table, for example.

The ministry has more than 600,000 downloads, Weakly said. Some materials have been translated into Spanish, and there’s a Facebook group for Spanish-speaking women as well as podcasts.

Weakly’s upbringing shaped her desire to help those struggling with motherhood because they lacked a good role model.

Weakly’s mom developed mental illness suddenly when she was 10 years old. “That’s when I lost her emotionally,” Weakly said.

For comfort and clarity, Weakly said she regularly rode her bike 6 miles to spend time in a church, light candles and pray. With the help of her grandma, she attended church and vacation Bible school, was prayed over by other congregants, and joined a church youth group and Alateen for adolescents affected by someone else’s alcoholism.

“I felt those prayers protected me from things that could have happened to me,” Weakly said. “I had some lost years. I made a lot of mistakes. I grew up broken.”

Her mom entered and exited mental hospitals through the rest of her childhood and died when Weakly was 21.

At age 23, Weakly said God led her to an evangelical Christian hair salon, where her life took a turn. She got baptized, met her future husband and married. She became a mom at 27.

“I would go into my daughter’s room at night and kneel by her bed and cry because I didn’t know how to be a mom,” Weakly said. “God mothered me. He taught me how to be a mom.”

Weakly homeschooled her children, who flourished and grew up to find their way. But she descended into depression after she and her husband became empty nesters, and Weakly felt she had lost her purpose in life.

Weakly’s mother had attempted suicide, and Weakly thought about going that route as well. But God intervened.

Weakly had excelled as a sales director for Mary Kay, a skin care and cosmetic company. A work mentor produced a daily inspiration sheet with tips of how to create a loving home and build a successful business, which Weakly thought was clever and useful.

“I had kept all those sheets for 22 years and God said, ‘You need to do something with this.’”

Those snippets became the basis of her journal writings of her devotionals, which she asked 10 friends to read.

“Out of that, they said we’ll support Help Club with you.’”

Since then, it’s become a lifeline for Weakly and many women around the world.

A tip last week from Weakly on how to create a pleasant, spirit-filled morning routine drew this comment from Facebook user Jennifer Ortiz-Correa: “I loved that ‘motherhood is a profession’ — motherhood is a ministry. What we do has so much value.”

The No. 1 thing a mom should keep in mind during a 3 a.m. feeding or fussing about an adult child’s decision is that God loves her, is with her, and will help her raise her children and with anything else she is going through, Weakly said.

“The prevailing wind is fear,” she said. “Moms are afraid of today’s culture ruining our children. But we were born for this generation. We could have been born at any time in history, but God chose this time for us and our children to be alive, so this is his plan.

“This is our time to make a difference in the world,” she said. “We should not be afraid. God will help us.”

Contact the writer: 719-476-1656.