Friday Fun!

Wishing you a VERY merry Christmas and a prosperous new year!
See you "next" year on January 5th for our first meeting of the new year!!

Baby News!!!!!!!!!!

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Tracy Lawlor had Little Hal on the 19th at 12:39pm.
He weighed 8.15 and is 21.5 inches long.
Baby and MOM are doing great!!

Nicole Russell gave birth to Jordyn Celeste on Dec. 17th at 11:30 pm.

She weighed 7 lbs 8 oz and 20 inches long!

Both are doing great!

What an awesome Christmas present!

Congrats from your family at

Meeting Re-cap Dec. 15th-- Craft Day!

Crafts with Kids!!!!

I hope you were able to come out and make some fun christmas crafts with your kiddos! We had several different crafts for the kids and moms to make! We saw some pretty unique ones being born out of awesome imaginations too! BIG thanks to our Craft Ladies for putting this together! Thanks to our MOPPET workers that helped out too!
We also had a great selection of christmas cookies to eat and milk to drink! If you aren't in the Christmas spirit by now... well... I hope you are! :o)
Here are some pics from the event:

In closing:
One of our dear MOPPETS workers wanted us to share a special Christmas Blessing with you via a christmas card she gave us to share! In it is Luke 2:1-7
In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. ²(This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) ³And everyone went to his own town to register.

⁴So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. ⁵He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. ⁶While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, ⁷and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

She writes to ALL MOPS MOMS:
"The Savior of the the world has come. Rejoice and be glad! Hope you have a blessed Christmas. Thank you for letting me watch your precious child. It has truly been my joy! Merry Christmas, In His Love, Vicki Rector and Family"

Thanks back to you Ms Vicki and ALL our MOPPET workers who are so dedicated and faithful to our children! Have a Merry Christmas!!!! We so appreciate and love you all!

Compassion for Christmas!

Hi Ladies! This is a guest post from Jeri Stone, a Mentor Mom for the FUMC MOPS group in the area. She's an ambassador for Compassion International and wanted to share some information with us about the Child Survival Program. MOPS International supports Compassion as well, and it is such a SOLID organization that feeds, clothes, schools, and shelters struggling children and shows them the love of Jesus in their everyday life. Compassion gives these children a true shot at not just living, but thriving in their surroundings. My husband and I have sponsored Kennedy Wafula for over 4 years...check out the links below!! ~ Amanda

MEANINGFUL FAMILY CHRISTMAS GIFT IDEA

There's no greater gift than the life of a child! Yet too many children enter the world sickly and malnourished. Every year nearly 10 million children die from preventable causes before they reach their fifth birthday. Often they're not even given names, because they'll only live just a fraction of that time.

To combat this horrendous problem, Compassion International's Child Survival Program works with expectant mothers and their babies in the most impoverished areas of our globe. The program supports and feeds malnourished children, while training mothers to sustain the growth and development of their little ones.

It provides prenatal care and basic nutrition for the expectant mothers. Later it ensures health care for both mother and child : treatment of infections and diseases, and regular health check-ups. It also teaches moms by giving them infant survival training and stimulation techniques for mental, emotional and social development. Caregivers are given the opportunity to learn to read and write and develop a trade skill to help them provide for their families. All these benefits are delivered through a local church in a developing country, because it knows where the greatest needs in the community lie. In addition, the church wants to show these mothers and children that God loves them.

You can help too! You can help save these little ones for their desperate, heartbroken moms! What better "love gift " for Christ at this most holy season of His birth! If you'd like to make a special gift from your family this Christmas or New Year to Compassion's Child Survival Program please call Jeri Stone at 352-243-1479 or 616-437-5460 or head over to http://rescuebabiesnow.org/ for more information

Friday Fun!

Best Christmas decoration EVER!! or is it MY house?
Have a great weekend!!
See you Tues. for Crafts with Kids!!