Open House and Registration

MOPS will be having an Open House and registration at First Baptist Church from 8:30-10:00 am on September 6th. You may come any time during the Open House and enjoy some light refreshments and meet other MOPS moms. No childcare will be provided during this time. Our first "official" meeting for the 2012-2013 year will be held on Sept. 20th at our normal time of 9:00-11:15am. Childcare will be provided.

Aug. and Sept. Events

*August 2nd will be our last MOPS in the Park for the summer (11:30-1:00 @ McKinley Park)
*August 23rd steering committee meeting at First Baptist, time TBA
*Aug. 30th: We will be distributing MOPS flyers in residential neighborhoods.  Everyone is encouraged to help with this.  Meet at 8:45AM in the First Baptist parking lot.
*Sept. 6th:  2012-2013 MOPS registration open house.  8:30-10:00AM at the church.  Light refreshments served.  No childcare provided.
*Sept. 20th:  First "official" MOPS meeting for the year from 9:00-11:15AM.

May Events

-May 5th-Joy Ranch Field Trip.  If you want to carpool (the ranch is NW of town on Hwy 20), please have your children dropped off in MOPPETS and be prepared to LEAVE the church at 9:15 sharp.  If you're unable to make it by 9:15, you can head out there on your own.  We will leave directions at the church.   No brunch will be served.  If we are done early with our field trip, you are free to go home.  No other activities will be planned that morning.
-May 17th MOPS graduation and wrap up meeting.  Clue is on for brunch.
-MOPS will meet informally in the park this summer.   I'll post about that sometime in May.

April and May Events

-Apr. 5th Topic is Respect in Marriage. Speaker will be Deb Schooley. Brunch: Boggle
-Apr. 12th is our Perkins Fundraiser. Eat supper at Perkins with your family and friends and Perkins will donate a portion of the proceeds to MOPS.
-Apr. 19th Topic is Gardening. Speaker will be master gardener Deanne Shives. Brunch: Stratego
-May 3rd We will go on a field trip to Joy Ranch. Have your children dropped off in childcare and be ready to leave the church at 9:15. Maps will be provided for latecomers. NO BRUNCH.
-May 17th- End of year wrap-up meeting and graduation. Brunch: Clue

March Events

-We will NOT have MOPS on March 15th due to spring break.
-Our annual MOPPET worker appreciation brunch will be Thursday, Mar. 29th from 9:30-? . If you're interested in singing, reading or sharing some other talent for the MOPPET workers, please speak to Angela. Please bring a brunch item to share. No childcare will be offered for this event.
-Mom's Morning Out will be held at Starbucks on Mar. 31 at 9:00. Non-MOPS friends and small infants are welcome to join us for caffeine and conversation.

Feb. events

-Our slumber party and show and tell, previous scheduled for Jan. 19th, has been rescheduled for Feb. 2. Please see the previous blog post for show and tell information. Stratego will be on for brunch.
-The topic of the Feb. 16th MOPS meeting will be "Short Term Mission Trips." Clue is on for brunch.

Jan. 19th meeting

Jan. 19th is Show and Tell for moms. I had this information mixed-up previously. You can bring one or a combination of the following favorite things: 1. sentimental item 2. favorite product (skin care, make-up, cleaning, book, magazine) 3. favorite product as explained in #2 to donate for a doorprize.
All of the previously mentioned choices are optional.
We will also be doing an optional recipe exchange. Cards will be available for you to copy down recipes which interest you.
Finally, we will be making a photo/recipe card holder craft.
This is also our slumber party meeting. You are encouraged to dress casually in pajamas or sweats. MOPPETS may also wear pajamas. Boggle is on for brunch and kitchen clean-up.