Are you pregnant?

Do you have kids birth to kindergarten?

Then MOPs is for you!

What is MOPS?

• Celebrating motherhood
• Meeting needs
• Making connections

MOPS stands for Mothers of Preschoolers. MOPS International exists to meet the needs of every mom - urban, suburban and rural moms, stay-at-home and working moms, teen, single and married moms - moms with different lifestyles who all share a similar desire to be the very best moms they can be! MOPS recognizes that the years from infancy through kindergarten are foundational in a mother-child relationship and are filled with unique needs.

When? The 2nd & 4th Fridays of the month (9:30 am -11:30 am).

2008 Schedule

Where?  At Lakeshore St. Andrew's  

Cost: $30.00 a semester (semester runs from September to December and January to May).

MOPPETS Childcare: Drop off begins at 9:15 am and is free for children birth to kindergarten.

Information about MOPs International can be found at www.mops.org. Or contact us by email at lakeshoremops@yahoo.ca or by phont - Julie eveson at 519-728-9364.

THE HOME FACTOR

Begin Here...Go There!

In our homes of origin many of us learned the deepest lessons about relationship, developed life routines and acquired our tastes and preferences. And now, as moms, we long to create homes where our families can thrive and grow — and we can too.

Our homes must be safe places – physically and also emotionally safe. In them we bond, we eat and play and rest together, we decorate and provision our special home spaces. The theme the HOME factor: BEGIN HERE … GO THERE enriches our perspective and hones our abilities to create a cocoon of home.

But at its healthiest, our home experience should fill us and launch us into wider circles of investment and influence where we interact with our world. We return HOME to reconnect and refuel — but we’ll move from the HOME outwards to make a difference.

The heart of the HOME is also a picture of God’s desire to interact with us and deeply love us where we really live. He desires to make his home in our hearts. He expresses it this way in the theme verse: "...he lives with you and will be in you." John 14:17

Three key elements of this theme to explore throughout the year:

• Our homes are where we bond, cocoon, and build inwardly.
• Our homes are where we refuel so that we can live fully in the world beyond.
• Our homes are a picture of Jesus' dwelling within us.

Article from MOPs International website.