The meeting started off with everyone watching the "Operation Christmas Child" video while eating breakfast. "Operation Christmas Child" is our biggest Missions project this year. The program involves filling shoe boxes with small toys, school supplies, hygiene items, etc. for needy children all around the world. Shelli LeBret has the boxes for each family to pick up if they are interested in participating. Shelli also has brochures that include helpful instructions on what to pack in the boxes, labels for whether the box is for a girl or boy, and an envelope for shipping donations. Every participant is asked to donate $7 per shoebox to cover shipping expenses. The filled shoe boxes will be collected at the November 18th meeting. For more information, go to www.samaritanspurse.org/occ.
Sonya Dias announced that the Care Team is in need of meals for the Papageorgiou family starting on November 7th. Congrats to Jenny on her new addition!
Kelly Otero spoke about our upcoming trip to Dewberry Farms on Tuesday, October 18th. The deadline to pay for your tickets is October 11th. The cost is $6 per person (ages 2 and up). Children younger than 2 are admitted for free. There will be a group that will meet at CUMC at 9am to caravan to Dewberry Farms together. If you would rather not meet for the caravan, plan to be there by 10am since you will need to get your wristband from Kelly before going in. We are scheduled to have a picnic lunch at 12pm. For more information, go to http://www.dewberryfarm.com. Hope to see you there!
Missy reminded us that the Thirty-One product fundraiser is still going on throughout the month of October. MOPS will receive 10% of the revenue for the items placed during this time. MOPS will also receive $15 for anyone who commits to hosting a Thirty-One party of their own. Additionally, MOPS will receive the hostess benefit, which will be used toward purchasing birthday gifts for the year. There is an ongoing special: if you spend $31, you can purchase an organizer tote for $7. All items will be in well before the Christmas holiday. Happy shopping!
Erin Reed is collecting Christmas cards to send to soldiers currently serving overseas. Many of us had an opportunity to fill out a card at the meeting. Please show your support for our wonderful soldiers!
Kim Garnett reminded everyone about the St. Catherine's Pumpkin Patch that will run from now until the end of October. The pumpkin patch will be open daily from 10am-7pm. St. Catherine of Sienna is located at 4747 Sienna Parkway. The pumpkin patch is a lot of fun for the kiddos and a GREAT place to take fall photos! The proceeds will support St. Catherine of Sienna Episcopal School. For more information, go to https://sites.google.com/site/stcatherineofsiennaschool.
Lauren Merkel reminded all new MOPS to pick up their initial mug if they haven't already done so!
Congratulations to Constance Ritter who won the drawing for the day and scored a copy of God's Devotional Book for Women.
Lauren Helms led a very thought-provoking prayer that started with a scripture reading from Mt 11:28-30. She made us ponder how there is no logic to the mystery of goodness and encouraged us to remember to laugh at ourselves from time to time.
We held the costume exchange at the meeting. Several moms were able to recycle their children's old costumes and some were able to pick up new ones. Missy donated all of the leftover costumes to the East Fort Bend Human Needs Ministry.
Finally, we concluded the meeting with Liz Brown leading us in a craft. We decorated backpacks and loaded them with socks, books, and a water bottle koozie for hospitalized older kids and tweens. Half of the backpacks will be donated to Texas Children's Hospital and the other half to the Fort Bend Rainbow Room. What a fun and creative way to brighten a child's day!
Our next meeting is on October 21st --see you all there!
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