MOPS Christmas Celebration

What a great Christmas celebration we had!  Christmas Caroling, fun festive crafts and a Cookie Exchange!  Thanks so much to everyone who made this meeting such a wonderful and memorable one!  All the moms did a great job signing! 

Thanks to all the moms who participated in our 'Ugly Sweater' contest!  Many of the sweaters were too cute to be considered 'ugly'!  Congrats to the winner! 

Moms had fun coming up with lyrics for our 12 Days of Christmas Song!  Such creative moms! 

Thanks to MOPPETS for the wonderful Christmas performance!  The kids were ADORABLE! 

Our next MOPS meeting is on January 19.  No meeting on the first Thursday of the month. 

Radiant table is hosting at our next meeting. 

Thanks to the Heart table for hosting a wonderful breakfast! 

We hope you all have a wonderful and blessed Christmas and Happy New Year. 

How to be a HELPER....

Happy Holidays.  Many of us are preparing for Christmas, putting up the Christmas tree, shopping,  and planning family and friend gatherings.  We hope you all have a wonderful holiday season! 

Thanks to all the moms who attended today's wonderful meeting.  What a meeting!  We were fortunate enough to have Terry Rosello as our guest speaker.  She did a great job explaining the important and valuable role of women as "helpers" to their husbands.  She gave us some great examples of scripture as it applies to women and their role as "helpers". 

Thanks to the Baguette table for hosting. 

•  Our next bible study meeting is Thursday, Dec. 8 at 9:30am.  It's not to late to join us, we are working on week 4. 

• We are having a Farmer's Market outing scheduled for Dec. 10.  If you would like to carpool, meet us at the Laveen Baptist Church parking lot by 8:30am.

• Next meeting is our MOPS Christmas party: Dec. 15th:  we are having a cookie exchange (see Evite for more info), Ugly sweater contest, also, please dress kids in red or green for their "performance". 

We hope you have a blessed week!

Operation Christmas Child

Thanks to all of the moms who helped in assembling Operation Christmas Child (OCC) boxes.   You all did a great job, and we were able to donate many boxes to OCC. 

Moms were given the opportunity to discuss and reflect on the scripture John 6:1-14. 

Moms had a great time playing our 'What's Cooking' game.  Thanks Becky for the recipe! 

Thanks to the Trillion table for hosting a delicious breakfast!  There was so much food!  You all did a great job! 

Upcoming events:

• APS Electric Light Parade on Dec. 3 at 7pm along Central Ave., from Montebello to Camelback, east on Camelback to 7th Street, south Indian School.  for more info 602 534-FEST. 
• Trip to Farmer's Market Downtown Phoenix 9am on Dec. 10
• Guest speaker Terry Rossello (Marriage Counselor)

Who is in your Circle of Relationships?

Our cooler weather has arrived and the holidays have officially begun!   What a relief to finally have such wonderful cooler weather!  Time to spend as much time as we can outdoors. 

At today's meeting moms watched a video on "Circle of Relationships".   The video emphasized the importance of a mother's support network.   A mother who feels supported and with strong relationships is a "better mother" for her children.   A mother has a several layers in her circle of relationships, ranging from her inner circle of closest friends and family, to her outer circle of physicans, and teachers. 

Thanks so much to the Emerald table for hosting today's delicious breakfast! 

We hope you can join us this Friday, Nov. 4 for our 'Frugal Movie Night' at Monica's home.  Please see Evite for more information.

Laveen Baptist Church will be a drop off site for Operation Christmas Child (OCC).  Please sign up to help us out during the week of Nov. 14-Nov. 21.  Thanks! 

At our next MOPS meeting on Nov. 17, we will be hosting a packing party for Operation Christmas Child.   Hope to see you then!

How to be a Smart Shopper!

Our guest speaker Margaret Kirkland showed us some savvy ways to save money while shopping!  She gave us some great tips on what websites to use and how to make the most out of using coupons.  Margaret uses her talents as a coupon expert by donating many of the items she purchases to those in need.  

Moms were given the opportunity to discuss and reflect on Matthew 6: 31-34 encouraging us mothers to trust in the Lord who will provide what we need. 

Thanks to our Princess table for hosting.   

• Our MOPS garage sale will take place on Saturday, Oct. 22 from 6:30-11:30am. 
• Our Walking Club will be walking this Wednesday, Oct. 26 at 9am at Cesar Chavez Park all are welcome!
• Laveen Baptist Church is hosting a Harvest Carnival on Oct. 31 from 6-9pm, all are welcome!
• Our next meeting will be on November 3rd. The Emerald table will be hosting.
• Frugal Friday Movie will be on Friday, November 4.  We will be watching "The Proposal". 

Have a blessed week! 

Stress discussion and Accessory Swap

Moms were treated to a yummy breakfast by the Marquis table!  Thanks for the delicious food ladies! 

Moms participated in an interactive Bible study regarding 'stress'.   We were given the opportunity to discuss how stress impacts our lives as mothers and how we respond to that stress.   Each group was given a chance to reflect on Mark 4:38.  Thanks discussion group leaders for leading a great discussion.

Our  Accessory swap was lots of fun and a huge success!  Moms were asked to bring in some of their gently used accessories and 'swap' them for some different ones.   Many of us walked away with some different accessories to add to our wardrobe! 

Our walking club will begin its morning walks on Wednesday, October 12 at 8am.  Meeting location will be at Cesar Chavez Park by the playground.  We hope many of you can join us! 

Our next meeting will take place on October 20th, we will have a speaker who will talk about Smart Shopping.   The Princess table will be hosting this meeting. 

We hope we can count on you to support our upcoming Garage Sale on October 22nd.  The garage sale will be part of Dobbins Point Community wide sale.  We are in need of donations.  Please contact us if you have items to donate!  We would really appreciate it! 

We are in the process of planning a 'Frugal Friday Movie Night' stay tuned! More info to come! 

See you soon!

Women of Wisdom Panel

Thanks so much to our wonderful WOW (Women of Wisdom) Panel who shared some very important advice and experiences with our moms.   Our moms presented a series of questions relating to discipline, husband/marriage, values/teaching and some general parenting advice.  You helped many of us reflect about how we could implement some of your ideas.  

Some of the books that were referenced during our discussion by one of our Mentor Moms are:
1) Creative Correction: Extraordinary Ideas for Everyday Discipline by Lisa Welchel
2) Dare to Discipline by Dr. James Dobson
3) Shepherding a Child's Heart by Tedd Tripp

Thank you to the Brilliant table for hosting our yummy breakfast!

Our bible study is beginning this Thursday, September 22 at 9:30am.  We will be using Beth Moore's Believing God study guide!  We hope to see you there! Childcare is being provided. 

We hope to see many of you for our play date at Chuck E Cheeses (Ahwatukee) on September 29 at 10 am.

The Marquise table will host at our next meeting on October 6! 
We hope you can join us for our October 6 meeting during which we will be hosting an "Accessory Swap".  If you are tired of using your same accessories over and over, here's your chance to get some different ones.  Bring in the items you would like to swap and choose some different ones! 

See you soon!