Hi Ladies ~
I hope you're having a great week! I'm using this rainy day to get caught up on some housework, hope you are able to do something fun today!!
We're really excited about our last MOPS meeting of the year - this coming Tuesday, May 11th. As always, arrive anytime after 9am, early bird prizes will be drawn for anyone here by 9:15. We're planning a day for you to be able to relax and enjoy the company of the friends you've made this year in MOPS. We'll also have a freshly made breakfast feast (kinda like last year), so don't eat before you come!! We'll be doing video and board games, have a manicure/pedicure station, and also are going to be doing a really cool craft! We'll also take some time to do a year-end survey, talk about next year's MOPS and recognize the ladies that have worked so hard to make this year's MOPS really great!
With all that said, here's where the homework comes in...
In order for the craft to really be the best it can be, it'll be really helpful for you if you have a little time to think about it in advance. Gretchen has posted on our group's blog (http://springcreekmops.blogspot.com) a series of pictures to help you see what we'll be doing. If you have time to think on it in advance, and even print out some words to use, it'll probably make it fit better within your home and will make it go more quickly too! (For those of you still intimidated by the "blog" thing, I'm attaching the blog post at the end of this email, so you can also just read through it on this email.)
We also received a really nice thank you card from the ladies at Bethany Christian Services for collecting mother's day gift baskets for their birthmoms. The banquet is tomorrow and they're looking forward to using the great stuff that you ladies brought. Thanks so much for really pitching in and making that service project something significant in the lives of these really special women!
And last of all...have a happy Mother's Day on Sunday!! But know that the celebration won't be over on Sunday...our kiddos have an especially neat surprise for you on Tuesday, we can't wait for you to see it! As always, if you have any questions, send me an email or give me a call.
Looking forward to seeing you on Tuesday!
Thankful to be a MOPS mom,
Amy Gruetzmacher
SCC MOPS Co-coordinator
amygruetz@hotmail.com
414.791.3512
Showing posts with label Meetings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Meetings. Show all posts
Friday, May 7, 2010
Monday, April 5, 2010
REMINDER FOR OUR NEXT MOPS MEETING
At our last MOPS meeting, for those that weren't there, a representative from Bethany Christian Services was there and spoke about Bethany and the services it offers concerning adoption and pregnancy. MOPS has decided to do a service project to help
recognize birth moms and the great sacrifice they have made in giving their children up for adoption. We want to assemble 40 care packages to donate. Each small group discussed who is bringing what so please touch base with your DGL and bring your items to our April meeting.
Some sample items include:
body lotion
body wash
body spray
lip balm
journals
bible
inspirational book
jewelry
candy
gift cards for groceries, gas, Walmart, etc.
Anything that would help these birth moms to feel pampered and appreciated. Feel free to bring extra items to perhaps add to other bags. Thank you!
recognize birth moms and the great sacrifice they have made in giving their children up for adoption. We want to assemble 40 care packages to donate. Each small group discussed who is bringing what so please touch base with your DGL and bring your items to our April meeting.
Some sample items include:
body lotion
body wash
body spray
lip balm
journals
bible
inspirational book
jewelry
candy
gift cards for groceries, gas, Walmart, etc.
Anything that would help these birth moms to feel pampered and appreciated. Feel free to bring extra items to perhaps add to other bags. Thank you!
Sunday, February 28, 2010
February Meeting Recap and Pics
What a great meeting we had on Thursday! LOADS of information on money management, shopping tips and the world of coupons. If you missed the meeting, links to the handouts are on their way. Thank you ladies for taking the time out to join us! See you at the March meeting!
Thursday, February 11, 2010
February MOPS Meeting RESCHEDULED
Hello Moms!
We are going to reschedule our February meeting for the EVENING of February 25th, from 7-9pm. We were originally going to do a 'Mom's Night Out' that night and make some freezer meals together on that evening, which was going to require an additional cost. What we decided to do instead is hold our regular meeting at night, for those who are able to attend, and we'll combine our normal food (we'll do dessert and snacky stuff), fellowship and fun with the topics planned for our meeting (budgeting, saving $$ with coupons) and add in some great freezer meal recipes and tips. We will not actually cook any meals that night (so no additional costs), but we'll give you the tools to do some great freezer meals at home!
We're really excited about this meeting format, because there are many moms in our group who can't make it during the day, and we'd love to have you come and check us out at night! As we look to next year, this might be something we can incorporate into our MOPS program, so we'd like to see what the interest level is in evening meetings. I know that for some of our regular morning ladies, evening just doesn't work well. But if there is any way to make it, we'd love to have you!
So, here's the bottom line:
February MOPS Meeting has been rescheduled for
Thursday, February 25th, 7-9 pm, Rooms 152/153
Cost: Regular meeting fee of $7 or FREE if this is your 1st meeting!
Unfortunately, we cannot provide childcare for this meeting. As always, you are welcome to bring nursing infants in to the meeting with you.
Thanks, and hope to see you there!
Sincerely,
Amy Gruetzmacher
SCC MOPS Co-coordinator
414.791.3512
We are going to reschedule our February meeting for the EVENING of February 25th, from 7-9pm. We were originally going to do a 'Mom's Night Out' that night and make some freezer meals together on that evening, which was going to require an additional cost. What we decided to do instead is hold our regular meeting at night, for those who are able to attend, and we'll combine our normal food (we'll do dessert and snacky stuff), fellowship and fun with the topics planned for our meeting (budgeting, saving $$ with coupons) and add in some great freezer meal recipes and tips. We will not actually cook any meals that night (so no additional costs), but we'll give you the tools to do some great freezer meals at home!
We're really excited about this meeting format, because there are many moms in our group who can't make it during the day, and we'd love to have you come and check us out at night! As we look to next year, this might be something we can incorporate into our MOPS program, so we'd like to see what the interest level is in evening meetings. I know that for some of our regular morning ladies, evening just doesn't work well. But if there is any way to make it, we'd love to have you!
So, here's the bottom line:
February MOPS Meeting has been rescheduled for
Thursday, February 25th, 7-9 pm, Rooms 152/153
Cost: Regular meeting fee of $7 or FREE if this is your 1st meeting!
Unfortunately, we cannot provide childcare for this meeting. As always, you are welcome to bring nursing infants in to the meeting with you.
Thanks, and hope to see you there!
Sincerely,
Amy Gruetzmacher
SCC MOPS Co-coordinator
414.791.3512
Sunday, October 11, 2009
MOPS Meeting Tuesday, October 13th @ 9:15am
Hi MOPS moms!
Welcome to October and fall here in Wisconsin! It's been kind of a dreary week, but we're so excited for this coming Tuesday and our October MOPS meeting at Spring Creek Church! We've got a great speaker lined up to talk through a very important issue for all moms: discipline. Pam Olsen, who teaches the Love & Logic parenting method, will be leading us through a workshop of the basics of Love & Logic. She'll be speaking for about an hour, and then we'll have some time for questions and input from each of you...so bring those parenting dilemmas and let's see how she can help with some fresh ideas! As always, we'll be giving away some great prizes - including a massage and a facial from this month's sponsor - Hand and Stone Salon and Spa (www.handandstone.com). So come early, check your kids into their classrooms, and make sure you're ready to go in Room 152/153 by 9:15 to be eligible for these and other great prizes!
Looking forward to seeing you on Tuesday!
Because we are better together...
Amy Gruetzmacher & Tracy Alexanian, co-coordinators
Welcome to October and fall here in Wisconsin! It's been kind of a dreary week, but we're so excited for this coming Tuesday and our October MOPS meeting at Spring Creek Church! We've got a great speaker lined up to talk through a very important issue for all moms: discipline. Pam Olsen, who teaches the Love & Logic parenting method, will be leading us through a workshop of the basics of Love & Logic. She'll be speaking for about an hour, and then we'll have some time for questions and input from each of you...so bring those parenting dilemmas and let's see how she can help with some fresh ideas! As always, we'll be giving away some great prizes - including a massage and a facial from this month's sponsor - Hand and Stone Salon and Spa (www.handandstone.com). So come early, check your kids into their classrooms, and make sure you're ready to go in Room 152/153 by 9:15 to be eligible for these and other great prizes!
Looking forward to seeing you on Tuesday!
Because we are better together...
Amy Gruetzmacher & Tracy Alexanian, co-coordinators
Sunday, September 27, 2009
STEERING TEAM ONLY...MOPS Fall Council Meeting
Join other Wisconsin MOPS leaders for a fall council meeting!
Saturday, October 24, 2009
9am - 2pm
Spring Creek Church
N35W22000 Capitol Drive, Pewaukee, WI
Cost: $5
Snacks and lunch will be provided.
This meeting is open to all MOPS Steering Team Leaders, Mentors and Discussion Group Leaders. I hope you and your team will plan to attend - it will be a great day! Topics to be discussed include:
Answer the Phone, It’s God Calling!
Leadership Relationships - these are the glue that holds your team together.
Courage - how can we be courageous together?
From the Juice Box to Jesus
There will also be time for networking. Please bring items such as newsletters, group directories, moppets ideas, creative activities, or other items to share on the Show & Tell table. We will also be having great door prizes! Please RSVP to your coordinator, Amy Gruetzmacher by October 13th.
Thanks!
Betsy Gasper
Saturday, October 24, 2009
9am - 2pm
Spring Creek Church
N35W22000 Capitol Drive, Pewaukee, WI
Cost: $5
Snacks and lunch will be provided.
This meeting is open to all MOPS Steering Team Leaders, Mentors and Discussion Group Leaders. I hope you and your team will plan to attend - it will be a great day! Topics to be discussed include:
Answer the Phone, It’s God Calling!
Leadership Relationships - these are the glue that holds your team together.
Courage - how can we be courageous together?
From the Juice Box to Jesus
There will also be time for networking. Please bring items such as newsletters, group directories, moppets ideas, creative activities, or other items to share on the Show & Tell table. We will also be having great door prizes! Please RSVP to your coordinator, Amy Gruetzmacher by October 13th.
Thanks!
Betsy Gasper
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
September Meeting Recap In Pictures
Guest Speaker Betsy Gasper
Top: Amy Gruetzmacher
Bottom: Wanda Leffel
Top: Catrina Stover and Jamie Poelzer Bottom: Jessica Merrill and Jeanne Pacetti
Top: Amy Mealey and Ruth Sohre Bottom: Mentor Mom Michelle Gruber
Having fun at their "Time Out" table: Anna Herman, Crystal Topp and Joy Buntrock
Art and craft time: Carrie Lavin and guest
Friday, September 4, 2009
MOPS Meeting Tuesday, September 8th @ 9:15am
Hi Ladies~
I hope you all have a fabulous Labor Day weekend planned - whether it's heading up north for the last camping trip of the year or just relaxing around the house with your family - I hope you have lots of fun and good time with your loved ones!
We're very much looking forward to our first MOPS meeting of this school year next Tuesday, September 8th - the day after Labor Day. So, get the older kids on the bus and come on out to MOPS -- it's going to be a great time! We have a fun speaker lined up - Betsy Gasper, the head of the SE Wisconsin MOPS Council, and she'll be introducing our theme "Together on Planet Mom". Our hospitality girls have done a great job preparing the room, favors, and fun extras for you, and we'll have lots of stuff to give away too. As always, we'll be doing an "early-bird" prize drawing for those of you arrived and checked in before 9:15 (we've got restaurant gift certificates so you can enjoy a date night on us!) and we've also got four family 4-packs of free admission, tokens and dinner to a fun new play place in Sussex, as well as coupons for everyone who attends the meeting!
We'll begin our meeting in Room 152 promptly at 9:15 to maximize our time together, so please plan to arrive early to get your kiddos checked in and give you some time to grab some food, relax, and be ready to go. You'll find the nursery workers and check-in kiosks set up and ready to go by 8:45 am, so come early!
Some of you have already paid for the year, but for those of you who are interested, we now have available payment options online on our page of the church website. Check out the link below to see a video introducing our theme, as well as the opportunity to register for the upcoming year online using a credit card. http://www.springcreekonline.org/site/cpage.asp?cpage_id=10294&sec_id=3128&nc=1252089646671
Otherwise, bring a check (payable to Spring Creek Church) or cash with you and we'll get you signed up with MOPS International ($24) - which includes some cool extras this year - and with our program ($7/month).
As always, please feel free to invite moms you meet to join us! Their first meeting is absolutely free. We'd love to have the opportunity to encourage them too -- as we all walk through the craziness that can result from being mothers of young kids.
Looking forward to seeing you soon!
I hope you all have a fabulous Labor Day weekend planned - whether it's heading up north for the last camping trip of the year or just relaxing around the house with your family - I hope you have lots of fun and good time with your loved ones!
We're very much looking forward to our first MOPS meeting of this school year next Tuesday, September 8th - the day after Labor Day. So, get the older kids on the bus and come on out to MOPS -- it's going to be a great time! We have a fun speaker lined up - Betsy Gasper, the head of the SE Wisconsin MOPS Council, and she'll be introducing our theme "Together on Planet Mom". Our hospitality girls have done a great job preparing the room, favors, and fun extras for you, and we'll have lots of stuff to give away too. As always, we'll be doing an "early-bird" prize drawing for those of you arrived and checked in before 9:15 (we've got restaurant gift certificates so you can enjoy a date night on us!) and we've also got four family 4-packs of free admission, tokens and dinner to a fun new play place in Sussex, as well as coupons for everyone who attends the meeting!
We'll begin our meeting in Room 152 promptly at 9:15 to maximize our time together, so please plan to arrive early to get your kiddos checked in and give you some time to grab some food, relax, and be ready to go. You'll find the nursery workers and check-in kiosks set up and ready to go by 8:45 am, so come early!
Some of you have already paid for the year, but for those of you who are interested, we now have available payment options online on our page of the church website. Check out the link below to see a video introducing our theme, as well as the opportunity to register for the upcoming year online using a credit card. http://www.springcreekonline.org/site/cpage.asp?cpage_id=10294&sec_id=3128&nc=1252089646671
Otherwise, bring a check (payable to Spring Creek Church) or cash with you and we'll get you signed up with MOPS International ($24) - which includes some cool extras this year - and with our program ($7/month).
As always, please feel free to invite moms you meet to join us! Their first meeting is absolutely free. We'd love to have the opportunity to encourage them too -- as we all walk through the craziness that can result from being mothers of young kids.
Looking forward to seeing you soon!
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