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Our Coordinator, Liz Brown, got the ball rolling by introducing us to this year's theme: A Beautiful Mess. I think most of us can relate!
Liz Brown then walked us through what it means to be a part of MOPS at CUMC. We constantly strive to fulfill the MOPS purpose, "The purpose of MOPS International is to encourage, equip and develop every Mother of a Preschooler to realize her potential as a woman, mother and leader in the name of Jesus Christ." Amen to that!
Instead of everyone being assigned to a committee this year, we are asking everyone to volunteer where they feel called. This includes not volunteering if you feel you are not up to the task. If you did not get a chance to sign up for a committee at the meeting and you would like to, please see Liz.
Announcements from Steering:
Publicity: Be sure to join our Facebook page so that you can stay connected with everything we have going on throughout the year. Search for "Christ United Methodist Church - Sugar Land MOPS" and any Steering member can add you. The calendar, blog updates, play date info, mommy advice and much more awaits you!
Care Team: Congrats to Anne Leder and the entire Leder family on their newest addition! Be on the lookout from Leah Hammonds for the Sign-Up Genius for Anne's meals.
Social: Our first MOPS social is the PJ party on September 20th at 6:30pm at Liz Brown's house (4410 Balboa Dr., Sugar Land, TX 77479). This is such a great evening, you do not want to miss it! Pizza and soft drinks will be provided, if you would like to bring a dessert that would be most welcome! Definitely get into your pjs and come ready for some fun girl time!
Park play dates will begin next month! On Tuesday, October 1st and Wednesday, October 2nd, we will meet at Castle Park from 9:30am-11:30am. Castle Park is located at 4909 Commonwealth Blvd., Sugar Land, TX 77479. Rain contingency plan is to meet at the Sugar Creek Playscape located at 1333 SW Frwy, Sugar Land, TX 77478. Check FB on those days for confirmation.
Fundraising: On Wednesday, October 9th at 6:30pm, we will host our second annual auction at Shelli LeBret's house. Meredith Canny is currently collecting items for the auction through October 4th. Dig through those closets, ladies. We are looking for gently used or new purses, clothing, jewelry, kitchen gadgets, etc. Then, on October 9th, bring your checkbooks and come shopping! If we can raise $600 from this event, we will not need to do another fundraiser all year! Shelli LeBret lives at 6427 Crystal Point, Missouri City, TX 77459.
Missions: Amanda Gates gave us a brief intro into Young Lives. Next week we will hear much more about this so stay tuned!
September 22nd the MOPS hubbies (or the FOPS, if you will) are going to meet at Stadia in Town Center to watch the Texans game at noon. Daddies need a support group too, encourage your hubby to come out and make some friends!
The Fall Couples Social has been moved from November 8th to November 15th. The calendars in the folders have the incorrect date!
The rest of the meeting was spent decorating our journals that our wonderful Mentor Moms are going to use to communicate with and support us throughout the year. We are so lucky to have these wonderful women as a part of our group!
Finally, meet your 2013-2014 Steering Team:
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| Top Row: Meg Ruffing (Crafts), Kathie Kelly (Publicity) Heather Lovell (Coo-Chair), Julia Steinhaus (Membership), Liz Brown (Coordinator), Cori Atkins (Social) Leah Hammonds (Care Team) Amanda Gates (Missions), Kathleen Randall (Finance), Catherine Kubala (MOPPETS Crafts), Meredith Canny (Fundraising) Bottom Row: Cintia Listenbee (Prayer), Renata Smith (Hospitality)
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Who are we kidding? We all know it's more like this:
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Next meeting is September 20th. Red Table is bringing breakfast! See you there!
I love the blog! Thanks a bunch for the plug :)
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