2008 Steering Committee

I wanted to take a moment and introduce our 2008-2009 Steering Committe. These are the names of the ladies who can answer any questions you may have.

Jesica Pehlert - MOPS Coordinator

Allison Martino & Heather Polcaster - Hospitality

Jen Thomas & Shannon Lohrentz - Publicity

Jen Frahm & Thiele Generous - Finance

Nichole Larvick & Tricia Van Tuinen - Creative Activities

Katie Smiljanich - MOPPETS (childcare)

Robbie McWherter - Mentor Mom

Erin Sanders (that's me!) - Administrative Coordinator

Hopefully you will have or have had a chance to meet all of us. Until next time, blessing to all!

Happy Halloween!

It's just one week until Halloween! You know what that means...a chilly night outdoors, dressing up in crazy looking outfits, knocking on friends' and neighbors' doors, and dealing with children who have had waaaaaay too much candy.


We wanted to get the word out about a couple of events going on with New Life Lakeview & New Life Lincoln Park.


New Life Lakeview will NOT be having their Harvest Party indoors this year. Instead, they will be outside with hot chocolate, apple cider, cookies, candy, face painting, and some fun stuff for the kids.


New Life Lincoln Park is teaming up with Park Community Church for an outdoor block party celebration! The address is 1110 W Lill (near Sheffield & Fullerton). There will be games, candy, hot drinks, and much more. In the event the weather is bad, this will be held indoors at New Life Lincoln Park.

I'm sure there are several other events going on in the community, these are just 2 options for you to check out.

Be blessed and we'll see you in November at our next MOPS meeting!

DoxaSoma

I hope everyone is enjoying this crisp, fall season! I know I am.

We were blessed to have had Nadia come speak with us last week about nurturing our children's spirits. She gave us some wonderful examples, insights and ideas. If you'd like to learn more about Nadia and check out some of the tools she spoke of at the meeting, her website is in the previous post below.

This coming week, Oct 23, we will have Kim Sopata leading us in a beginners introduction to DoxaSoma. What is DoxaSoma? The word DoxaSoma is comprised of 2 Greek words: Doxa, meaning "praise or honor"Soma, meaning "body". DoxaSoma is the a physical practice which incorporates elements of stretching and strength building with prayer, worship, and reflection upon the Word of God. Want to learn more? www.doxasoma.com

Dress in comfortable clothing and if you have a yoga mat, please bring it. We will have some available, but we have a limited supply. Also, please arrive on time, or early even, so we can start promptly at 9:30am.

I look forward to seeing everyone again! Be blessed!

Nurturing Your Child's Spirit

Hello Mommas!

We are so excited to have Nadia Swearingen-Friesen come speak to us this coming Thursday, October 9th! She will be speaking to us on a topic near and dear to my hear: Nuturing Your Child's Spirit. Nadia will be giving us simple, applicable ideas and tools to help our little ones learn about God and to grow into a real, life-long relationship with Him.

If you would like to learn more about Nadia and her relationship with God and her family, check out her blog: http://NadiaSwearingen-Friesen.blogspot.com

Hope to see everyone this Thursday!

Digital Scrapbooking

Greetings!
Our first MOPS meeting of the year was great! It was so wonderful to see so many familiar and so many new faces! I look forward to seeing everyone again soon.

Our 2nd meeting of the year is This Thursday, Sept. 25th. We will have a guest speaker from Creative Memories talking to us about the joy and simplicity of Digital Scrapbooking.

Do you know what digital scrapbooking is? I'm not 100% sure what it is, but I'm familiar with traditional scrapbooking...the painstaking process of getting all my paper, photos, stickers, cutters, trimmers, croppers, etc. out and having it consume my kitchen table. Let's face it, there has got to be a better way! Maybe this is it...we'll find out Thursday.

Look forward to seeing everyone there! Our next meeting will be October 9th - Nurturing Your Child's Spirit with guest speaker Nadia Swearingen-Friesen. Check out her blog at: http://NadiaSwearingen-Friesen.blogspot.com

God bless and we'll see everyone soon!

Just 1 Week Away!

The start of our New Year of MOPS is just 1 week away!
We will have a short meeting and introduce the 2008-2009 Steering Committee followed by an indoor picnic where you can socialize with other moms and also with the Moppets workers. We will begin our meeting at 9:30am.
We meet at New Life Community Church - Lakeview. (2958 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60618) Enter through the side doors on Wellington Ave.
We look forward to seeing everyone that can make it!

The Start of a New Year

Summer is almost over here in Chicago. School begins in just 2 weeks! For those of us who are mothers of a preschooler that also means the return of our regular MOPS meetings! Hooray!

Our first meeting of the 2008-2009 MOPS year will be September 11. Come meet the Steering Committee, our fantastic Moppets (children's) team, new moms, and visit with returning mothers. We'll begin the meeting at 9:30am, with an indoor picnic following at 11am.

We have a fantastic group of speakers and creative activiities lined up this year! Digital Scrapbooking, Nuruturing Your Child's Spirit, Cooking Demonstrations, Going Green...
The calendar will be posted soon, so be on the look out!

To end the summer we will be meeting at the Lincoln Park Zoo on August 28th for a fun day with the animals! We hope you can join us!