This year's theme is "Be You, Bravely"
Isaiah 43:18-19 (NIV)
Forget the former things;
do not dwell on the past.
See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up;
do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the wilderness
and streams in the wasteland.
This year, we will be focusing on being our true selves, bravely. We've hand selected relevant speakers to enlighten us on how we can be more genuine and courageous.
We meet 10 Thursdays in the Fall:
September
18-First Day of MOPS Welcome! SPEAKER: Kathleen Chapman
25-SPEAKER: Michelle Sullivan / Get your Secret Pal Moms
October
9-SPEAKER: Amanda Anderson www.scrapsofsoul.blogspot.com : Friendships/ SECRET PAL GIFT
16- CRAFT DAY: BRAVE DAY!--What do you Fear?
23-SPEAKER: Edie Gilligan: Love Languages
November
6-SPEAKER: Shanna Cartmell www.TeaHealthHoney.com : Nutrition and health
13 -BUNCO: Donations to help FAM! / SECRET PAL GIFT
20-SPEAKER: Melissa Miller:The Courage to Love Extravagantly
December
4- CRAFT DAY: BRAVE DAY! --Feather Pairings-20 Questions
18-Social Day Last day of Fall MOPS/ SECRET PAL GIFT AND REVEAL
We meet 10 Thursdays in the Spring:
January
8-First Day of MOPS Welcome! SPEAKER: Jaimie Bowman Fear Less & Love More
15-SPEAKER: Karen Wood : Marriage
February
5-BUNCO: Donations to help FAM
19-SPEAKER: Liz Adle: Child Psychologist
26-CRAFT DAY: BRAVE DAY! No Make-up Day Captured
March
12- SPEAKER: Jenn Jones: Growing through life's greatest changes
26-SPEAKER: Julie F
April
16 -CRAFT DAY: BRAVE DAY!
30-Social Day-Brave and not so brave mom moments and more
May 7- Our LAST day-Tea and Treasure- How has MOPS touched your life
Be you, Bravely is designed to help us focus on making the choices that could create the most good in our lives, help us to step into healthy risk and to do it in the context of community where we can cheer one another on.
Sometimes, good people wait patiently for God to intervene when what he is wanting is for us to act bravely and do something. Being a follower of Jesus calls for courage. The journey feels unexpected and unconventional. It requires bravely playing hide and seek in the dark, confronting the fears that scare us and holding the hand of a redeemer-guide who calls us to courageous acts of risk and trust. It means coloring outside of the lines. Dreaming bigger than we ever have before and getting swept up into the plans of a God who leaves us breathless with wonder.
It takes courage to ask brave questions and even more courage to search for the answers. We are so excited to journey alongside you this year as we ask one another what it means to “Be you, Bravely”.