Advent Conspiracy

If you were at our last meeting you heard a little bit about Advent Conspiracy.  Here is a link to their site and a video that you can watch and then share with others:

What does my child do at Moppets?

If you have never brought your child to Moppets you might be wondering what goes on while you are having fun in your MOPS meeting. For the babies in our class they are simply loved on and cared for by some of the most caring childcare workers around. We usually try to play a "Hide Em in Your Heart" CD because of the wonderful melodies and great message.

In the older classes though, we try to have some scripture based lesson that we share with the children.  In the past months we have covered three topics:

• God made you
• God made everything
• God made your hands for helping and serving

When you pick up your child at Moppets we will have a report of what they did as well as suggestions on extending what they learned at home.  Here is what the report looked like for our last meeting:

This Moppets Report is for: ________________

Today at MOPPETS I learned:

God made me, and more specifically, God made my hands to serve and help others.

Bible Verse:

Luke 10:27b “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

We read this story:

The Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37) from the “Little Kids Time” bible

Questions to ask your child:

• Who made you? (A: God)
  
• What else did God make? (God made all things!)
  
• Why did God make your hands? (To help and serve others)
  
• Who should you help? (Anyone that needs help)
  
• What did the “good Samaritan” do?
  

Family Fun:

Tonight we learned that we should love our neighbor as ourselves. We should always be helping those in need. In this season of Thanksgiving try cleaning out the house (or your child's room) and taking things to the less fortunate. Also, consider carrying food or food gift cards in your car to give to those who are less fortunate. Our children will learn much more from what we do than by what we say.

Special notes and comments about your child: 

We hope that your experience at Moppets is always a delight, but if you ever have questions or concerns please contact Bridgette Boudreaux or our co-leaders Hedy Collins or Christa Margene.  We do ask that if you plan on bringing your children to Moppets that you make reservations by clicking on the link at the top right hand side of this page.  Reservations close at 10am the Monday before the meeting and are emailed out to all registered MOPS moms a couple of weeks in advance. 

Moppets Reservation for Meetings

If you plan on coming to our next meeting please complete a MOPPETS registration form to reserve a spot for your little MOPPET! This form can be found on the right hand side of this blog and must be filled out for each of your children.

Thanks for reserving a spot for you child in MOPPETS so that we can better plan for workers and supplies!

Our Kick Off Meeting

Thursday, September 9th we had the kick-off meeting at Central Baptist. Great food was served and we all enjoyed meeting with our new evening small groups.

We have small groups for moms of school aged children, stay at home moms, working moms, and moms of special needs children.

The decorations around this years theme of "Momology" were so cute!

Our children also had a great time. Here is a picture of just one of the crafts that are MOPPETS made:

Our morning kick-off meeting will be next Friday on September 24th at 9am. After eating brunch on this day we will have a craft project. To see a list of our other meeting dates please see our Meeting Dates page.

Kick-Off Tomorrow

Moms, we are so excited that our Fall Kick-off is tomorrow! After dropping your "moppets" off in the rooms down the preschool hallway (in the west wing of the main building) please join us for pizza and sides upstairs in room 332 at 6pm. We can't wait to start off this year of MOPS and we look forward to meeting some new faces.

If you have questions about the childcare during MOPS please read our Moppetts page or email Bridgette Boudreaux.

Our 2010-2011 Leadership Team

Hedy Collins - Co-Coordinator

Christa Margene - Co-Coordinator

Janet Morgan - Finance

Jenny Roberts - Hospitality

Brandi Major - Publicity

Bridgette Boudreaux - Moppets (activities)

Holly Shanklin - Moppets (snacks)

Brook Hanks - Crafts

Meg Brown - Small Group Leader (Thurs.)

Jeannie Goodman - Small Group Leader (Thurs.)

Janet Lawlor - MomsNext Leader

Lora Langlois - MomsNext Leader

Diane Schmeider - MOPS Mentor

Marie Carroll - MOPS Mentor

Elaine Williams - MOPS Mentor

Linda Guy - MomsNext Mentor

What comes with my membership?

The annual fee for Central Bearden MOPS is $35. This covers your MOPS International fee and costs associated with the meetings. Central Baptist Church of Bearden has generously covered the cost of childcare for you.

After your payment is received and we register you online MOPS International will also send you:

• MomSense magazine bi-monthly for a full year of mothering expertise, parenting tips and fun things to do with your preschoolers.
  
• MOPS logo “Friends don’t let friends mother alone!” reusable shopping bag
• MOPS bumper sticker
• No Mom Alone 2-in-1 frame magnet
• And a bag tag that can be used on luggage, diaper bags or even your gym bag!

Scholarships are available. For more information please email us at centralbeardenmops@gmail.com

MOPS Kick off September 9th at 6pm

Who Can Join MOPS?

MOPS is designed for moms from the time they are pregnant until their youngest child completes kindergarten. This is a very special and sometimes trying time for moms when they need extra support and encouragement. MOPS is for you, regardless of what adjective you put in front of Mom: stay-at-home, working, single, or married. You can learn more about MOPS International at www.mops.org.

Welcome!

Thank you for viisting our MOPS site! We're looking forward to a great year!

Our kickoff meeting is Thursday, September 9th at 6pm. Dinner will be provided for Moms. We meet in room 332 at Central Baptist Bearden (across from Krispy Kreme on Deane Hill Dr).

Childcare is available for children 6 weeks - 5 years.

Please register at the link on the right-hand side of the page. The annual registration fee is $35. Central Baptist graciously provides quality care for our children.

If you have any questions, please contact us by email atmailto:centralbeardenmops@gmail.com or
phone at 450-1000 ext 130.