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MOPS: Community Group for Moms

Welcome to MOPS - a place to find friendship, community, resources and support for you as a woman and mother so you're not alone.

MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) groups are communities that strive to meet the needs of every mom with children from birth through kindergarten. MOPS recognizes that urban, suburban, and rural moms, stay-at-home and working moms, single, and married moms all share a similar desire to be the very best moms they can be. [Picture]MOPS groups can help!

MOPS groups meet regularly to celebrate the joys of motherhood and to encourage each other through the challenges by offering:

•Community: MOPS provides an open, caring, and accepting atmosphere where women can come together to share this important season of life.

•Mentoring Relationships: Mature women listen, encourage, and offer information and perspectives gained through experience.

•Practical Instruction: Teaching focuses on areas of common interest, offering inspiration and information that is relevant to the life of a mother.

•Leadership Development: MOPS groups are organized and run by mothers of preschoolers, as well as for mothers of preschoolers. Women who are involved in MOPS gain confidence in their leadership skills through the training and experience they receive from MOPS.

The above principles are carried out through different aspects of a MOPS group:

•Discussion: The intimate and accepting atmosphere of a small group offers moms a chance to share their successes, failures, questions, and concerns. It is during these times that a mom realizes that she is not alone, and lifelong friendships are formed.

•Teaching: Topics presented at MOPS meetings celebrate motherhood and meet a mom's unique needs during this season of life.

•Creative Activities: Through creative projects and presentations, women are encouraged to experience the sense of accomplishment that comes with trying and finishing new things.

•MOPPETS: During MOPS meetings, children are cared for in a program called MOPPETS, where they experience love in a preschool-like setting.

Meetings:

2nd and 4th Tuesdays of each month, September through May, 9:15-11:30 a.m.[Soft Break](except December; meeting only on 1st Tuesday)

Upcoming Events:

 Fall Kick-off, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Come see what MOPS has to offer this year! Meet the Discussion Group Leaders, register and register your kids, do a craft with your kids, get the Bible study book and meet new friends.

Contact the Jenny Sheldon the Coordinator at ejsheldon@frontier.com
 for more information about MOPS at Grace Community Church.

See MOPS.org for more information about MOPS International.