Changes for the 2010-2011 Year

Hey gals!

We had an amazing Steering Team meeting on Saturday, August 7, and amazing plans were made for the 2010-2011 year. Here are some of the upcoming changes you need to be aware of ...

• Our new name "MOPS & Beyond" is for ALL moms from pregnancy through sending their children off to the college or the work force. You do not need to be a member of Zion Community Church to come.
• Our first meeting with start with the night group on Thursday, September 16 at 7 PM. The first AM meeting with be Thursday, October 7.
• The morning meeting will be from 9:15 AM to 11:15 AM.
• The night meeting will be from 7 to 8:30 PM.
• MOPS International Memberships will be available for purchase. Click here to read about the benefits. You can register online or at the meetings.
• For the entire year, we are asking for moms to pay a $10 membership fee. Half of the membership fee will go directly to A Women's Concern Parenting Group (a group of ladies who have chosen life, given birth, and are involved in a support group). The other half will go towards helping moms within our group who could use financial support in time of need. Our chartering church, Zion Community Church, has blessed us with a wonderful budget to totally support every meeting. We are excited to reach out to the community in this way.
• Visitors are always welcome to a meeting for free and the joining fee will be discussed in the 2nd or 3rd meeting.
• A jar will be placed on each table each meeting for loose change. We will be collecting this also for AWC Parenting Group. Details of what we are doing will be announced from time to time in meetings.
• A pre-registration packet will be mailed out late August full of information about our meeting, asking for an updates to your contact information, and cards to invite moms to our group!
• We are introducing Care Circle this year. This is a small group each lady will be involved in at each MOPS group. When you arrive, please sit where you like. Then during the meeting, we will break off into Care Circles to discuss the topic of the meeting. Each Care Circle will also be assigned breakfast and clean up. More will be talked about at the first meetings.
• We will have a Prayer Request Box. Our mentor mom, Judy Rice, is a prayer warrior and would like to pray for you and your loved ones. Look forward to this new feature!
• Check back to this website daily for updates.

So this is just the beginning to an exciting year!

In Christ,

Sarah Tevis

M&B Coordinator