Tea & Testimony

Every year MOPS has a Tea & Testimony Night, which is basically a fancy tea party where some Mom's share their testimony. Always a fun night. Its fun to dress up for a change. And the testimonies bless our hearts.

This year, we'll be going along with the "Plunge" theme...so think elegant beach party.
A night of Praise, Joy, & Love... Or as the hawaiians would say it Paipai Ka'ana Aloha.

Tuesday, March 19th. 6pm - 8pm.

We will celebrate MOPS, and the impact it has had on our lives.
Several moms will share short testimonies. Luau-themed food will be brought by the members of Beach Blanket Beauties and Starfish Sweeties.

We will be meeting in the Fellowship Hall for this meeting instead of the regular mops room.
And as always, free childcare provided.

So dress up, throw on some lipstick, and join us for another great MOPS event. (high heels optional ;)

Mops Meeting Feb 5th - Creative Activity

Tonight's MOPS meeting is a Creative Activity Night.

We're going to make some fun little "Because I Love You...." frames.

 If you havent seen these before on Pinterest.....here's a couple of examples:

 

 

So cute!!! :)

 

We'll also have the extra glasses and paints left from our last Creative Activity night, in case someone missed it and would like to make one.

 

Our "Trash to Treasure" table will also be set up again. So if you have anything you would like to get rid of/donate, bring it tonight and set it on the table. Other moms will be doing the same. And who knows which other mom is going to say "Oh! I've been needing on of these."

 

We're looking forward to seeing you all tonight. 6 to 8 pm.

Come ready to eat and laugh!

 

Jan. 22nd: Sacred Parenting/Craft

This Tuesday we will continue with our short Sacred Parenting study, followed by a glass painting craft.
We will provide one glass “cup” per mom, as well as providing the paint pens to decorate them. You are more than welcome to bring a couple glasses from home to decorate as well, or a vase, glass frame, etc. The possibilities are endless!



The following tables are providing food:
Mermaid Mamas (Brenda’s table) and Coral Reef Cuties (Coral’s table). The food theme is SUPER BOWL!

Bonus points:
To receive extra points, with the Super Bowl in mind, dress up in any football jersey along with sweat pants and black under your eye. Or you may dress as a cheer leader (complete with pig tails and pom poms…get creative with homemade!)

The Memory Verse: 1 Peter 3:8

We will also start Trash to Treasure this meeting! Please bring a few of your gently used items that you no longer have a use for, so that another mom in the group that has a need for it, can take it home.

See you Tuesday!

Adopt a Family in Need This Christmas

This Christmas season, Lebanon MOPS at SHCC wanted to do something to help out families in need, but rather than seeking out a few families in the community, we decided to look inward, into the normally unspoken needs within our own group. We have 4 families that have filled out our MOPS Adopt-A-Family forms with needs for their children this Christmas, ranging from much needed clothing items to their child's interest in toys, as well as a family in need for a Christmas dinner.

Here is the requested list of all 8 children:

Girls:

• 18 month old: 18 month clothes, shoes, socks and hair items; likes CARS movie items
• 2 1/2 year old: 3T clothes and likes baby doll toys
• 3 year old: 2/3T socks, clothes, hair items and shoes; likes anything Angry Birds and dolls
• 6 year old: loves craft items

Boys:

• 9 month old: 12 month clothes and age appropriate toys
• 1 year old: 12/18 month clothes, any toy that has sound or lights up
• 2 year old: 2T clothes, size 8 shoes, socks and mittens; likes Thomas the Train, CARS and PBS Kids
• 3 year old: 4/5T clothes, size 11 shoes and socks; likes Thomas the Train, CARS and SpongeBob

Family Meal:

• 1 family of 5  

If you are willing and able to assist in any of these areas, please contact Tonya at 533-2485 or email us through MOPS. Names and family information will not be released. New or gently used items only.

Thank you!

Tonya

November...

November Meetings

6pm to 8pm

Tuesday, November 6th, is our Pinterest Night. Crafts/Food

Each mom should bring an old t-shirt and random photos from home. We will create t-shirt scarves and a trivet.

Food Rotation: Surfboard Sisters & Beach Blanket Beauties (If possible please use a Pinterest Recipes, AND please bring/share the recipe!)

Also....please note: we'll be taking pictures! Props & a painted frame and will take pics of moms holding up the frame and posing in front of a beach background. The pics will be printed and placed in the nets! AND on FB.


Sat Nov 17th: Christmas Parade

Starts at 11am, line up on Kent at 10-10:30. Graven is providing a truck for us, driven by Rae, and the moms and kids can sit in the back to wave. Open to all members. If you want to walk and hand out fliers beside the truck, GREAT! We will purchase some candy to give out.


Tuesday, November 20th will be a super-fun Photo Scavenger Hunt!

PLEASE NOTE: we are starting AT 6pm! We will break into small groups and will be leaving at 6:30 with a list of things to take pictures of, taken by a camera phone. There cannot be 1 photographer, all most rotate and be in the photos. There are points awarded by the difficulty of photo (you will see on the list). Be back by 7:30 and your photos will be counted up. The winning 4 will get a prize. And it will be worth it!

Food Rotation: Starfish Sweeties & Coral Reef Cuties (Theme: Comfort food – think Thanksgiving!)

Community Fall Fest Events

I have been online all day trying to come up with this list! Crazy the lack of advertising in this little town...;)

Some Trunk or Treat/fall fest places to check out:

Southern Heights Christian Church 7pm
Faith Baptist on East 32 5pm - 7pm
First United Methodist 5:30pm
Cross Creek Church - 5:30 - 8pm

Also "rumored" that the following are having something, though they dont have anything on their websites.

Real Life on South 5
Heritage Baptist
Hillcrest Baptist

If you have more details on any of these...or know of other churches to add to our list, please email me :)

Julie Y
publicity@lebanonmopsatshcc.com

Camera Shy

How many of you read or heard about the huge article last week "The Mom Stays In the Picture"?

Published in the Huffington Post on October 6th, it was written by Allison Tate. Allison Tate is a regular mom..thirtysomething, mom to four, freelance writer, school volunteer, car-pool driver. Usually late to arrive. Still carrying extra baby weight. Sometimes awkward, tired, and rumpled.

Her post is honest, vulnerable. Profoundly moving.

And steps on toes. Mom toes.

Last week, she shared a story that began with an object of dread: a photo booth at a party. Her 5-year-old son wanted her to join him in it. She hesitated, really wanting to avoid it.

"It seems logical. We're sporting mama bodies and we're not as young as we used to be. We don't always have time to blow dry our hair, apply make-up, perhaps even bathe (ducking). The kids are so much cuter than we are; better to just take their pictures, we think.
But we really need to make an effort to get in the picture. Our sons need to see how young and beautiful and human their mamas were. Our daughters need to see us vulnerable and open and just being ourselves -- women, mamas, people living lives. Avoiding the camera because we don't like to see our own pictures? How can that be okay?......."

"I'm everywhere in their young lives, and yet I have very few pictures of me with them. Someday I won't be here -- and I don't know if that someday is tomorrow or thirty or forty or fifty years from now -- but I want them to have pictures of me. I want them to see the way I looked at them, see how much I loved them. I am not perfect to look at and I am not perfect to love, but I am perfectly their mother."

"The kids are so much cuter than we are...."
 

That’s certainly what I think.

 

I mean, why would I want documentation — evidence — of all my faults?

 

Behind the camera is where I feel safest.

 

Lately, though, I’ve been reconsidering this policy.

Not because of Tate; because of one of my daughter's.

She has recently become very camera-shy, too.

 

I wonder: Is this my influence?

 

Conversely, Tate’s influence has been positive: As of today, her essay has 521,332 “likes” on Facebook; it has been shared 151,400 times; it has prompted 805 comments.

 

As the picture-perfect post went viral, the Huff Post created a gallery of submitted images where readers — moms like me — have stayed in the picture. Their comments, about themselves and their children, are so powerful:

 

“No makeup, an extra 100 pounds, and grey hair. Look how much my kids love me anyway.”

 

“After reading this article, I realize, I must be in the pictures, she must see me, for who I am today. She loves me just as I am, so why shouldn’t I do the same?”

"I've decided the measure of a pic with my kids is not if I look "good", but if I look happy. Then it's a keeper! Flat hair, double chin, crazy eyebrows, whatever, if you can tell how much I loved my kids in that exact moment, well it's perfect."

 I encourage you to read Allison's entire article.
Julie Y
What are your thoughts?.......