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Due to spring break, our next MOPS meeting is Friday, April 25. MOPS Mom Jen Wolf, who is also a Certified Parent Coach, will be talking to us about “Parenting with Strength and Stamina” and how we can incorporate our parenting strengths into our relationships with our children.
“MOPPORTUNITY”
We need 2 moms willing to watch the children of the steering team in the church nursery during our planning meeting on Wednesday, April 16, from 9:15-11:15 a.m. Your children are welcome, so think of it as a playdate with an additional purpose. Let Becky Dykhuis (531-1343) know asap if you’re available to help.
Our next Ladies Night Out will be Tuesday, April 29 at 6:30 p.m. at the Panera Bread located at the corner of 44th & Kenowa Ave. in Grandville. Join us for dinner and conversation with your fellow MOPS moms. Sign up at the food table today or at our April meeting and mark your calendars!
Thank you to all our MOPS moms for your generous donations at each meeting. We appreciate your support as it helps us stay on budget and enables us to provide quality speakers, delicious food, and crafts & snack for your children each meeting!
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See you at our meeting this Friday morning! Don’t forget to bring your MOPS cook-off item and a copy of your recipe if you signed up. If you’d like to participate, but didn’t sign up, just bring your breakfast dish and recipe when you come.
Love In The Home
If I live in a house of spotless beauty
With everything in its place,
But have not love, I am a
Housekeeper – not a homemaker
If I have time for waxing, polishing,
And decorative achievements, but
Have not love, my children learn
Cleanliness – not godliness
Love leaves the dust in search
Of a child’s laugh
Love smiles at the tiny fingerprints
On a newly cleaned window
Love wipes away the tears before it
Wipes up the spilled milk
Love picks up the child before it
Picks up the toys
Love is present through the trials
Love reprimands, reproves and is responsive
Love crawls with the baby, walks with the toddler,
Runs with the child and then stands aside to let
The youth walk into adulthood
Love is the key that opens salvation’s
Message to a child’s heart
Before I became a mother I took glory
In my house of perfection
Now I glory in God’s perfection of my child
As a mother, there is much I must teach my child,
But the greatest of all is love
~ author unknown
Urgent “MOPPORTUNITY”
We need 2 moms willing to watch the children of the steering team in the church nursery during our planning meeting this Wednesday, March 19, from 9:15-11:15 a.m. Your children are welcome, so think of it as a playdate with an additional purpose. Let Becky Dykhuis (531-1343) know asap if you’re available to help.
Our next MOPS meeting is Friday, March 28. Local author Lorilee Craker has been rescheduled to speak, and we will be having our First Annual MOPS Cook-off. If you signed up to share one of your favorite breakfast dishes with us, on March 28 bring your dish, as well as a copy of the recipe. We will have hungry judges on hand to award the best entries! Happy cooking!
There were 9 of us at our Ladies Night Out last week at Olive Garden and we had a great time. We will be scheduling another night out this spring, so stay tuned!
Please note: we only meet once in April, due to spring break. Our April meeting will be Friday, April 25.
