Welcome!! We are gearing up for our second meeting so it seems only right to post about our first meeting right?
We had a wonderful meeting and a great kickoff for the new year! A lot of new faces (WELCOME) and a few older (not in ages) face (Welcome BACK!). We are SO excited to share and be with you all this year.
We had a YUMMY meal provided by Jane (THANK YOU!!!), got to meet some new faces while discussing questions on What Type of Decision Maker are You?, and learning more about our new team leaders this year!
Dyan Nelson also discuss what project we'll be starting off with this year. Shoe Box Christmas Operation. IF you have any shoe boxes we'll take! Also start shopping for supplies to fill the boxes up with! Thank you!
Here the Devotional our Coordinator Lauren Kruszewski shared:
MomSense – Bold – Loving – Sensible (MOPS 2011-2012 Theme)
What does all this mean? Mom Intuition + Common Sense = MomSense
Being a mom is very much like playing board games! Playing games involves being bold and taking risk, loving those in the game with us and being sensible while figuring out what works and what doesn’t.
Growing up I’ve watched my parents have their friends from their childhood over almost every weekend to play board games. They would team up Guys VS Girls and play till 5am. I sometimes got in on the game but really didn’t have a clue to what I was doing since I was just a little girl but they let me join in anyways. For a long time I was the ONLY little girl there in fact I was the only kid around. As time went on their friends had kids and then we all would get in on the games, sometimes host our own games. Then one day I grew up and got married myself! Little did I know those board games they played would soon be part of my life too.
See I hated playing games, especially card games because I was never dealt the hand I wanted - little did I know life would soon be like that. I hated Candyland because of the ups and down and starting over – again little did I know that motherhood would be that way. I hated playing Monopoly because I always ran out of money – little did I know I would soon be unemployed and my husband too. I hated playing physical games too. Like Dodgeball – I mean really who’s idea of fun is getting hit in the face – again little did I know that growing up would be like that too! I hated Red Rover – I could never hear my name and then when I did run over I could never break the human chains – little did I know I wouldn’t always hear God speaking to me and helping me break my own human chains.
However I did love the game of Sorry! I loved pushing those other colors off the board and making them start over! I loved Battleship – I love being able to sink that other boat! Little did I know that these games would prepare me for motherhood, marriage, and friendship. Looking back I must had some anger issues to love those games ;)
But with all those games I’ve played I’ve learned you can’t play them alone. Being a mom you can’t do it alone. Being married you can’t be in it alone. Friendship, are a two way road. Your Faith, you can’t do it alone. Playing games involves being bold and taking risks, loving those in the game with us and being sensible while figuring out what works and what doesn’t. You shouldn’t have to play games alone and I was for many years till we moved out here.
I found friends to help me get though the battleship game, I found god to help me get though the game of Sorry!, my kids are still helping me with the game of Candyland, my husband Dave picks me up after each game of Dodgeball, and my family who is 2500 miles away still support me though the bad cards we get dealt with once in a while but it took me 2500 miles to appreciate it even more.
Pastor Jim said this past Sunday “Church is not a place to run from our problems or to hide from our problems in life. Church is life. It’s where we are to come celebrate life, not hide.” Games are part of life instead of dwelling on if we win or lose, we should be celebrating the joy of having those around us to be part of our game and that’s my goal for this year!
We hope you enjoyed your morning with us and we'll see you again this Thursday 9/22/2012 at 9am at Blue Mountain Community Church!
Few Reminders:
- Steering Team will be serving breakfast at next meeting!
- You have two more meetings to register and make payments If you need help please see one of the Steering Team!
- Bring in your shoe boxes for our project starting in November.
SEE YOU ALL ON THURSDAY!
