Wednesday, March 3, 2010

February Meeting & Newsletter

Pastor Mark Forrest, the pastor at Lakeside Baptist Church, spoke at our February MOPS meeting on the topic of biblical parenting. Pastor Mark is such an awesome speaker and has a God-given ability to inspire one to dig deeper in our walk as Christians and as mothers. Thank you, Pastor Mark! We also chatted at our tables about the personal struggles and strengths we have as mothers.

It was so fun to be able to get to know many moms a little better with our group ICE BREAKER. We all shared some interesting factoids with our group. It was awesome to realize we have such talented and gifted moms in our MOPS group! God has made each one of us so perfectly and also so unique! We have moms who....
* love to cook
* hate to cook
* love to speak up in groups
* hide at the possibility that they might have to speak up
* were missonaries around the globe
* have amazing testimonies about God's goodness
* were Pine Cove counselors
* love the Dallas Cowboys
* are Aggies
* are Okies
* love little babies
* went and worked in Washington D.C.
* take clogging classes
* are pastor's wives
* were teachers, event planners, counselors, physical therapists, in public relations......the list goes on

After this 'ice breaker' I thought about Romans 12:4-8, where God tells us each one of us is a member of one body and we all have a unique function and have different gifts! How true is this and what an excellent display of His body at our meeting!
vs. 5: " so in Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. We have different gifts, according to the grace given us...."
Sometimes we forget how perfect God made each one of us and how He created us to be unique and desires us to be ourselves. If you ever doubt what makes you special, remember God's word and He will remind you how He designed you and how perfectly you were knitted in the womb!

If you would like to help with next year's MOPS group as part of the STEERING COMMITTEE, contact Shelly Atwood. Shelly will be the director of MOPS next year and is looking for moms who would like to serve in any way through MOPS.

Our next meeting will be on Thursday, March 11, due to the Spring Break holiday.
Hope to see you there!


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