A friend-to-friend text chat...
Nydia: Gotta call you still...
Nancy: K. In all ur spare time. Maybe after your bubble bath and before your mani & pedi.
Nydia: Crying... Those look NO where on the horizon for this mom - lol!!! I know you know that ;-)
Nancy: It's ok. Your nails may look like garbage but you are inwardly one of the loveliest friends I have!
Nydia: You're a treasure to me!!! <3
Nancy: Actually, I can't see your nails. Maybe they are miraculously lovely, too! I was looking at mine! Pretty scary!!
Nydia: Wow, you really can see mine! Except for I did finally file that triangular one yesterday...
Nancy: Darn. You can add that to your newsletter. The rewards of being a mom FAR surpass having nice nails. I finally took the 3 month-old smudge of polish left on my toes this morning...
Area 24F Updates:
It's Back-to-MOPS time!! Most of you have already had your first meeting of the school year, and a couple have posted updates on our Area 24's Facebook page:
- Heather @ MOPS of Shore Fellowship: "We had our first meeting of the year today & had 36 moms & 43 kids!! (Our "norm" is 15-25... we were expecting 25-30 moms today). We had to pull out extra chairs & a few of the older moms helped the MOPPETS... definitely more than we were expecting but its a good thing! Every mom got a welcome gift bag with a "Mom's survival kit" in it (a cute little thing we found on Pinterest), a newsletter, & some information cards. The steering team had framed pictures of a giant mess in their house & shared that as they introduced themselves. It really broke the ice & we had a lot of laughs. A lot of new moms came out, & many were very excited to be a part of MOPS. It's gonna be a good year!!!!"
- Dominique @ MOPS of Lincroft: "We had our first meeting yesterday. 14 moms and 20 children! Any ideas to get more volunteers for watching the kids? I thought it would be easier. I don't want to have to turn away moms if we can't get teachers and helpers."
- Please update us on YOUR 1st MOPS meeting of 2013-2014! Add it to the comments window at the bottom of this blog post.
MI (MOPS International) Updates:
- MOPS Concert of Prayer ~ YOU ARE INVITED to join in a Concert of Prayer for MOPS. Leaders, Volunteer Staff, Board, Friends of MOPS and all Staff will be joining together for 21 Days of concerted prayer for MOPS moms, leaders and churches. Will you join us? We start on September 5th at 12:00 Mountain with a special webinar with Sherry Surratt, MOPS President and CEO. Then every Thursday in September we'll share encouragement, scripture studies and prayer prompts as we all pray together. Will you commit to praying with us? Find info on the webinar here: www.mops.org/concert-of-prayer.
- MOMcon is NEXT MONTH: October 17-19, 2013...and it's not too late to register! Our special guests include: Lysa TerKeurst, Beth Moore, Ken Davis, and more! This is another opportunity to receive training and encouragement for MOPS ministry & life. See the box on the left for the link to register. IMPORTANT: all New Groups at New Churches started between January 1, 2013 and August 31, 2013 will receive on FREE registration to MOMcon 2013. If you fall into this category, let me know!!
- NEW titles for MVS (MOPS Volunteer Staff) ~ If you scroll down to the "Coach Corner" of this blog, you'll find that I am now your Ministry Coach! Along with a fabulous new website, great new renewal packages, etc, MI has made changes to the titles your MVS hold. Our responsibilities have not changed, but MI felt the changes better describe our relationships to you. FYI - Christy Molnar, formerly our Community Developer, is now our Community Coach.
Prayer Requests:
I'm pretty sure each of us MOPS Leaders can think of one mom we've met, if not ourselves, that motivates us to do what we do through MOPS. For me, that woman is Geri... Geri was a MOPS-hopper: every Tuesday she visited a different group in our area. At that time in her life, she and her family did not attend church regularly, and God used the weekly meetings to feed her hungry heart. Let's pray that this next month would bring another "Geri" to our Area 24F groups. Keep us posted, & encouraged, via the comment box below. Thank you!!
