Boo hoo... our last MOPS meeting!

Hey ladies...


It has arrived... our last MOPS meeting of the 2010-2011 year! Whew, this year has flown right on by. I guess it is true what they say, "time flies when you are having fun!"

This will be an awesome last meeting! We will celebrate you for mother's day with giveaways galore, look back at our year, and look ahead to the fall! Don't forget to invite mom friends and get here on May 3rd & 4th!!!

Speaking of giveaways, our first one will happen at exactly 9:30 am. The first person, who is NOT a dgl or steering or on the set-up crew , to meet me (Kelly Gooch) on the stage at 9:30am will get a special gift!! (if you mob me, I will have to resort to protection! :o)

Also, don't forget that this is your last opportunity to participate in our last outreach! This is our last week to save lives by bringing in change (or check) for Embrace infant warmers!  You girls have already exceeded my expectations, and I can't wait how much more you will bless these moms this coming meeting!

We will also have some time at the end of our meeting for registration for the fall! Come, bring your check book or CC, fill out the form, pick your day, and register at the end of the meeting so you can start getting your MOPS benefits and reserve your spot for the fall! If you can't attend this meeting, let us know and we can send you a registration form to fill out, send a check , and either mail it to or drop it by the Real Life office , C/O Amanda Mcknatt at your leisure... (don't' forget, registration is $21.95 before June 1st)

It is has been an exciting year!!! Changes, growth, and excitement are brewing!!! See you THIS tues or weds!!!!!!!

Blessings,
Kelly Gooch
Lydia Todd
Amanda McKnatt

Happy Easter from MOPS!

Hey girls...
Just wanted "hop" on in and wish you a very blessed Easter!!!

Don't forget you are ALL invited and welcome to attend one of 4 weekend services at our chartering ministry, Real Life Christian Church, to celebrate Christ's resurrection!!!! It is going to be amazing!

Saturday 6:00pm
Sunday 8:00am
             9:30am
            11:15am

Have a great weekend and see you all on May 3rd & 4th for our final meeting of the year!!!!

Blessings,
Kelly Gooch
Lydia Todd
Amanda McKnatt
MOPS at Real Life
mopsatreallife@yahoo.com

Ready for Easter -MOPS style?

HEEELLLOOOO Ladies!!

The weather is beautiful, summer is almost here, and MOPS is THIS Tuesday and Wednesday!! Life is good!!!

Yes, MOPS time is here... JOIN us April 19th & 20th as we celebrate Easter! I hear their might just be an Easter egg hunt just for us moms! I am a little excited to have one for just me and not have to push my kids out of the way for the eggs!!! LOL No, I would never do that! :o)

We are also honored to have Real Life's Family Ministries Pastor, Dustin Todd, come and talk with us! It is going to be a great day! You don't want to miss it!

Our outreach for the month is loose change to purchase Embrace Infant Warmers for moms and babies in third world countries! This is one great way we can extend MOPS international's mission to make sure NO MOM IS ALONE overseas!

Also... don't forget that Easter weekend is coming up the weekend of April 23rd & 24th. We would LOVE to personally invite you to Resurrection Weekend  at Real Life on those dates! On Saturday night at 6 pm-- Sunday morning at 8 am, 9:30am, and 11:15am!! Hope we see you there!!

Have a great weekend and we will see you ALL tues. or weds.!!!
Blessings,
Kelly Gooch
Lydia Todd
Amanda McKnatt

This Week At MOPS!

MOPS this TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY, April 5th & 6th- 9:30am! We will be sharing our last MOMOLOGY session!

We are coming down the home stretch!! Only 3 more meetings left in the 2010-2011 MOPS year! OH NO!!!!
Don't fear... we will have plenty for you to do this summer. I know some of you go into MOPS withdrawl through the summer, so we have your back!!!
Don't forget about our outreach for April/May!! This is our last one of the year so let's rock it!!
Bring in any loose change you can find!! We are collecting to purchase Embrace infant warmers for moms/ babys in third world countries! $25.00 purchases one warmer which translates into 1 life saved.  We can accept checks made out to Real Life Christian Church as well.

See you on Tuesday or Wednesday.

NO umbrella? No problem!

Are you looking for any excuse to sit home for the next few days to avoid the pouring rain?  The bad news is that there's no MOPS this week.  The good news is that it's supposed to rain all week and you have a perfect reason to sleep in, take extra naps and stay in your pajamas.  Okay, I realize we're all moms so the extra sleep part might not be possible but staying in your warm, dry house might be. 

We'll see you next week on Tuesday or Wednesday for our first meeting of April.  Remember, it's not too late to invite a friend or a total stranger to MOPS.  We will be getting together over the summer so there's still time to join in on the fun. 

See you next week!

BOYS vs. GIRLS!!! Boys are from mars, girls are from venus?!

Hey ladies!!!

I trust you are all staying dry or perfecting your boat building skills!! I have to admit that my poor lawn is super grateful for all this rain!

Guess what? It is MOPS time again!!! I didn't think it would ever get here! Alas... it has arrived! :o)
Our meeting THIS Tuesday and Wednesday, March 15th & 16th will be so much fun!! Our topic, BOYS Vs GIRLS, will explore the differences, challenges, and strategies for raising kids based on their gender!! Don't forget to represent!!!!!!! Wear either pink or blue! If you only have 1 preschooler then your choice should be easy, but if you have a couple... just wear whatever color represents the child that didn't test your patience that morning! lol

Be creative!

Don't forget our outreach for March... this is the last meeting to bring in items for the Real Help hospitality team! Remember non-perishables!!

Also if you have been taking pics or video of any MOPS event or meeting, pls share!!! Send them to the MOPS email account or put them on a disk for Lydia or Kelly!!

If you are "graduating" or are going to be joining us for MOMSnext this fall, pls let us know so we can start forming our mailing list! We don't want you to miss a single thing!(momsnextatreallife@yahoo.com )

Oh... one last thing.... DON'T FORGET TO SPRING AHEAD THIS Sat. / Sun.!!! Yes, that means we lose and hour of our precious sleep!!! :o( I know, I know... some of you are saying," sleep? what sleep?!!"

I think that covers it for now!!! Can't wait to see you all!!!
Have a great weekend!!!

MOPS time again!!! woo hoo!!

Hey Ladies,
Can you believe it is already February? I blinked and here it is! Oye!!!
It is that time again!!! MOPS at Real Life!!!! Thank goodness because we have really missed all of you! Hey, 2 weeks is a long time in "girlfriend time"!!
:o)

THIS TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY, February 1st & 2nd: 9:30am , we will be going back and visiting MOMOLOGY!! Circle: engaging in healthy relationships that we can understand and invest in to create a web of support through this crazy journey called motherhood!

Our outreach for February is gently used toys and books to bless New Beginnings! So clean out those toy closets and boxes and bring in any gently used toys, games, books, puzzles.... and we will bless our community through that organization!!

Hope you will all plan on joining us and bringing your mom friends!! We have some exciting things happening at MOPS at Real Life and can't wait to share it all with you!!

Don't forget about signing up for the first ever MOPS bible study!!  You can get all the details HERE!!
So exciting!!!
Have a great weekend and we will see you ALL TUES/WEDS!

MOPS Media Fast

Real Life is encouraging a week-long MEDIA FAST this week!  Turn off your televisions, video games, radio, and computers (as soon as you finish reading this, of course.)  Take a week to experience Life Unplugged.  What to do with all that extra time?  Read, pray, snuggle with loved ones...the possibilities are endless!  Take the challenge and experience all the awesome benefits! 

Come on, PULL THE PLUG!

Let's get physical, physical!!!!!!

Hey girls!!!

Hope you all had a great 2 weeks!!! Were you putting into practice some things that Robin shared with us last meeting? I know I have!! It is time now to get physical and explore resolutions for the body!!

MOPS this Tuesday and Wednesday, January 18th & 19th--9:30am. We will welcome a personal trainer, a nutrition gal , and a developmental pediatrician!! Hopefully together, they can all give us some great insight into starting this new year off right physically for ourselves and our families! We have a jammed packed morning so DON'T BE LATE! (and invite all your mom friends! This is one meeting they will NOT want to miss!)

Don't forget to bring a HEALTHY RECIPE for us to share during our ice breaker time!

Also our outreach for this month is diapers and wipes for our local teen moms! This is the last meeting to bless them, so let's make it good!!! :o)

Have a blessed weekend!! Can't wait to see you ALL on Tues. and Weds.!!!

Blessings,

It's MOPS time again!!!

HAPPY almost NEW YEAR!!!!!!!

I hope you all enjoyed your Christmas! It was a great holiday! And... in my personal opinion, if it is going to be THIS COLD... it should be snowing!! Geez... got my long johns out! :o)

I know it feels like forever since we have been together-- wait no longer!! MOPS is THIS tuesday and Wednesday! January 4th & 5th at 9:30am This meeting we are starting our month long look at resolutions!!! First meeting is "resolutions for the soul" where we will explore what biblical parenting looks like with the help of our very special guest , ROBIN MILLER!!

Our outreach for this month is a continuation of loving on our teen moms! Bring in any diapers or wipes to help bless them!! Any brand, size, or color will help them have a great start to the new year!

I hope you were blessed and refreshed this Christmas season!!

Have a great weekend and we will see you ALL this TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY!!!

Blessings,

Kelly Gooch

Pam Amaral
Amanda McKnatt

This Week at MOPS

It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas...For Florida anyway.  Don't miss our last official meeting of 2010 this week, December 7th and 8th at 9:30 at Real Life.  Join us for brunch and a small gift exchange.  Please bring a festive mug with something in it.   Real Life East's very own Pastor Mitch McKinney will be joining us, too.  You won't want to miss it.  Food! Gifts!  Be there! 

Don't forget that our Outreach Program for this month is Spare Change.  We'd like to bless the teen moms with some gift cards so empty your pockets, sofa cushions and piggy banks...

See you on Tuesday or Wednesday.  Oh, and don't forget about BELIEVE, the event sponsored by the Real Life Women's Ministry.  This is a don't miss event.  Real Life is blessing some special women with gift cards in addition to a night of yummy treats, uplifting worship and moving testimonies.  The cost is $10 and it starts at 7pm.  Click here for more information. 

 

Christmas Brunch THIS tues/weds!!!!!

Hey ladies!!
I trust you all had a great Thanksgiving!!! So how much did you eat? I ate till I couldn't eat any longer! My food induced coma only last a few days, so I am ready for MOPS!!!!

MOPS Christmas Brunch is THIS tues/ weds. December 7th & 8th-- 9:30am!!! Do NOT be late!!!! Christmas is in the air!! What a great way to start the season off right!! (also a great time to invite your mom friends-- let's pack the place!!)

Don't miss this meeting... we are honored to have our lead pastor from Real Life East Mitch McKinney join us!!! You will really enjoy him!

Also... don't forget to bring a Christmas coffee mug for our mug exchange! You can fill it with anything you desire, however... please try and keep it to $5.00 or below-- including the mug!! I was looking through the ads this weekend, and the dollar store has great mug sets! Yes, they are $1.00 ! :o) If you have extra mugs... bring them too. We want everyone to go home with a mug!! There is bound to be someone that forgets!

Our outreach for this meeting is spare change! So dig into those pockets, washing machines, and cracks in the sofa!!! Bring in all your spare change so we can fill up a jar and fill up a teen mom's heart!!

Can't wait to see you all THIS week!!! Get ready... the Christmas season has begun!!!

It's MOPS time!!!!!!

Well, Yee Haw!!! I am still coming off our fun trip to the farm!!! If you missed it... the weather was beautiful, the animals were friendly, and we missed YOU!!!!!! :o)

That is okay... because we will see you ALL at MOPS this TUES/ WEDS!!!!! Yes, it is here! November 16th & 17th at 9:30 am!! Call your mom friends, bring them along, and don't forget to come ready for a great morning! We will be exploring the subject of forgiveness! We have 2 wonderful ladies who have amazing testimonies of forgiveness! You DO NOT want to miss this!!!

Our outreach for the Real Life Food Pantry is still going on! This is your last meeting to bring in dry goods to help bulk up the food pantry to prepare for a season of giving to our local community! Are you starting to collect all that loose change you pull out of the dryer? We will be collectiong that during our Christmas brunch meeting on Dec. 8th & 9th to help make Christmas a little brighter for our local teen moms! You girls are always so faithful in outreach!! Love it!! Oh, and don't miss some awesome stories about how God is using our HCPs to bless our community and bless our hearts in the process! The stories are posted here on the blog!

Can't wait to see each and every one of you on Tuesday and Wednesday!!!
Have a great weekend!!

Blessings,
Kelly Gooch
Pam Amaral
Amanda McKnatt

MOPS Reminders

Don't forget about Real Life's Fall Fest, tomorrow October 29th from 4-10pm.  Admission is free or you can purchase an unlimited ride bracelet for only $6 at http://www.getreallife.com/ .  Come join us for music, rides, food and fellowship.  For more information, click here. 

And don't miss the next MOPS meeting this coming Tuesday and Wednesday (November 2nd and 3rd.)  We'll be talking about your mothering styles.  What's yours?  See you there!

MOPS THIS tuesday and Wednesday!

WOW!!! Can you believe it is almost NOVEMBER? That would mean... yes... I am going to say it.... CHRISTMAS IS 59 days away! Where did this year go? Okay, I will stop sending you all into a panic attack... let's focus on the here and now!!

It is time for MOPS !!!!!! Get excited, get pumped, get ready to explore our differing our mothering styles!!! I am so glad we are all different... this world would be SO boring if that weren't the case!!!

Don't forget this TUES./ WEDS. at 9:30 am (6:45 pm for night group) in the MPR!!! Do your best to be on time so you don't miss a single minute!!!

The MOPPETS are going to be making some unique crafts this week , so the team has requested that you bring a 4x6 photo of your toddler (ages 2 and up)!! Any photo will do! I can't wait to see what they have up their sleeve!!!

This month's outreach is helping to "buff" up our chartering ministry's food pantry. As we go into the holiday season, we have a lot of families locally that need a little extra help! So we are bringing in some items that will help our community!!! Last meeting, we started by asking you to bring in a canned food item to help support the MOPPETS in their drive for the food pantry, but since then-- the food pantry has sent out another need! However you can help will bless someone this holiday season for sure!!!

Here is a list of what is needed:

-Peanut Butter & Jelly
-Pancake Mix & Syrup
-Tuna & Tuna Helper
-Spaghetti/Pasta & Jar/Canned Sauce
-Rice & bagged/canned Beans
-Green Beans/Peas & canned Fruits
-Cereal & Oatmeal

-canned foods/soup

Whew... looks like I am going shopping!!!! :o)

Don't forget that tomorrow night... Friday from 4-10 pm is the Real Life Fall Festival at the church. For more information or to register for "ride/game all night" wristbands click HERE!!!!. You will have SO much fun! Come say "HI" at the MOPS game too!! (we will be in the pre-school area!!)

On a quick note! Tis the season to be sicky, fa la la la la la la la la!!! We try VERY hard to keep our MOPPETS area as germ free as possible so your little ones don't take their lessons on sharing too literal and bring home germs to share! That time of the year is here and already running crazy!! Please read over and re-familiarize yourself with our wellness policy HERE! Thanks for helping us all out!!!

We are so excited to see each and every one of you this week!!! Have a great weekend!!!

Blessings,
Kelly Gooch
Pam Amaral
Amanda McKnatt

MOPS this Tuesday and Wednesday!!!

I don't know about you, but I am so excited for fall to come!!  The past couple of weeks were such a tease, weren't they?!  :o)  It will be here before we know it!!  Of course with fall comes those addicting fall treats, namely CANDY CORN!  Geez.... I need help!! :o)

It is time for our Oct. 19th & 20th meetings!  WOO HOO!  I was so blessed at our last meeting by Michele's talk on "soul sista's"!!  I can't wait to explore MOM-ology some more this week, by looking at our personalities and finding out how they fit into our strengths and weaknesses as moms!  If you want to prepare for the meeting you can visit www.personalityprinciples.com to  take your free personality assessment !!  (you can do it after too and apply what you learn that way!)

We are going to have a "dress up" kind of day at MOPS this week!!!  In support of Breast Cancer Awareness month, MOPS at Real Life is going "pink"!!  Find any pink you can find and support the cause!!  Also our MOPPETS team would like your little ones to come in NON SCARY costumes-- their lesson is about not being afraid of people because they are different!  You don't have to buy a costume... show us your creativity from what you have laying around the house!!  :o)

As stated on the blog... we are so blown away by your commitment to outreach and giving back!  Our stash for our Homeless Care Packages is growing, but we still need some more specific items brought in: (this is the last meeting for this outreach!!)

Toothbrushes
Tooth paste
Lip balm
food - stuff that can be kept in the car
sewing kits
band aids

Don't forget ... if you are planning on bringing in some "pre-school" snacks, stickers, etc. for our Fall Festival, this is the last week to bring that stuff in!!

Lastly... I challenge you to be a part of MOPS' mission!!  NO MOM ALONE!!  Invite someone to come to MOPS with you!  It might be the best invite you ever extend and could potentially change someone's life!!

Have a great weekend and we will see you this tues/weds.!!!

Blessings,
Kelly Gooch
Pam Amaral
Amanda McKnatt