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December 9th Newsletter

This Week's Speaker: Christy Englehart-Hope Anchors the Soul   Christy Engelhart has been happily married to her “exceptionally good looking” best friend, Chad, for ten years. She is a mom to three wonderfully rambunctious kiddos that keep her on her toes, and also clambering for a cup or two of coffee every morning. She loves any excuse to go out with friends, especially if there is food involved. Most importantly, she is a passionate follower of Jesus Christ.   Christy earned a Bachelor’s degree in Communication and a Master of Christian Education from Bethel University and Seminary in St Paul, MN. For eight years, she served as the middle school youth pastor at Oak Haven Church in Ham Lake, MN. During that time she developed a love for speaking to youth (and adults) about the love and grace of Jesus.  In 2011, with the pending birth of her second child, she made the difficult choice to step down from full-time Church ministry to focus primarily on raising her childr

November 25th Newsletter

This Week's Speaker: Carol Edwards: Thanksgiving My name is Carol Edwards. I've been the mentor for the New Ulm MOPS for many years. I've been married to my husband, Rod for 38 years and we have 4 kids who are your age; 2 boys and 2 girls. They are all married and have given us 6 grand-babies, 4 of whom live in Oklahoma City with our 2 daughters. I know about long-distance relationships. One of our sons and his family live in Inver Grove and the other lives near home. My husband is a trucker so I can identify with raising kids alone. I was a full-time stay-at-home mom until my kids got older. Then I got a part time job at a local independent, family-owned, manufacturing jewelry store and have been there almost 20 years. There is more to learn in that industry all the time so it continues to be interesting and I like waiting on people! I also have a sewing business and recently took up painting as a hobby. I have an artist's page on Face Book: caroledw

November 11th Newsletter

This Week's Speaker: Peggy Benicke: Robbinsdale Women's Center Robbinsdale Women's Center (RWC) provides free services to crisis pregnacies including: lab-quality pregnancy tests with immediate results, confidential pregnancy consultation, and ultrasound services to women and couples who are making decisions about unintended pregnancies. Peggy will be sharing what RWC is and what their vision is in helping women through a crisis pregnancy.  Website -  http://www.mychoicetwincities.com/services This Week's Reminders: Don't forget your new (NOT used) donation(s) for the baby shower for RWC.  They are in need for all areas: bathing, sleeping, eating, diapering, clothing etc.  Here is a short list of ideas: Bibs Baby bottles Pacifiers Wipes Fleece blankets Sleepers and Outfits in Boy and Girl  (Newborn to 9 Months) Notions (Baby wash, Baby shampoo, Baby powder,  Diaper rash cream) Onesies  (Boy and Girl in sizes Newborn t

October 28th Newsletter

This Week's Speaker: Pete Larson: Love Often, Laugh Much: Making Marriage All it Can Be Pete grew up in Minneapolis, Minnesota as the 9th of 14 children. After graduating from St. John’s University in Collegeville, MN, Pete began working with youth and families at St. Patrick’s Church in Edina, MN. Following ten years of youth and family ministry, Pete began working at Youth Frontiers, where he led over 600 retreats, speaking to over 100,000 kids in grades 5-12. He was also a host on The Wishing Well T.V. show at the Minneapolis & St. Paul Children’s Hospitals. Pete is the co-founder and Executive Director of Family Fest Ministries, Inc., which seeks to strengthen families in the Christian Faith through weeklong and weekend retreats for families and couples. Pete often speaks at church youth groups, conferences, and retreats. Pete also writes blogs for myfaithradio.com and 1st Corinthians 13 Parenting . He lives in Bloomington, Minnesota with hi

October 14th Meeting

This Week's Speaker: Caroline Mandich: Jesus in your Mothering My husband, Danny and I are both from Canada. I graduated from the University of Western, Ontario. Danny graduated from Ohio State and played hockey for the Minnesota North Stars from 1982 to 1986. when he retired due to an injury, we stayed because we loved the lakes, the people and the way they celebrated family and the seasons. We have been married for over 30 years and have 3 children; Danielle 27, Josh 26 and Grace 21. We are empty nesters (Boo hoo) and are just learning to cook for two again. I love Jesus, great conversations, the outdoors, making family memories and hope to someday have all my photos out of containers and into frames and albums. This Week's Reminders: You have until Monday night to subscribe to the blog to be entered in to our drawing for Jen Hatmaker's revised edition of "Interrupted".   If you still have not paid your MOPS dues for the semester or year,

September 23rd Newsletter

a symbol of courage , a feather enables flight a feather was chosen as a symbol of courage because feathers enable flight.  they are a building block of risking heights. a first flight requires bravery to jump from the nest. a bird will fail to experience all it was made for it it fails to fly. and the same thing is true for us. we each have the need for adventure written into our DNA, but we must step into the places that make us uncomfortable in order to become all that we were created to be. May this coming year change your life. May you hear whispers of hope stirring in your soul. May you find courage to become more yourself. This year at MOPS, may you find the courage to  Be you, bravely!   This Week's Speaker: Jackie Alvarez Video: Jackie works with MOPS international and is part of the Be you, bravely campaign this year.  In the video, Jackie introduces us to this theme for our year and encourages us to step outside our comfort zone

Summer Potluck

The summer is quickly flying by for most of us and crazy enough,  we are already in July!  This blog post is simply a reminder of our Summer Potluck coming up July 29th from 10:30-12:30, with lunch being at 11:00. Weather permitting we will be outside.  Be on the lookout for an evite headed your way.  This will give more details and when you respond you can let everyone know what you are bringing so we don't double up! Looking forward to reconnecting and catching up!  

May 13th Newsletter

This Week's Speaker: Kristen Armstrong Video This is our last week of MOPS for the 2013/14 year!  We found a short video to use in place of a speaker to increase the time for discussion and wrap up with your tables.   This Week's Reminders: Robbinsdale Women's Center:  This week we will be collecting monetary donations for the RWC Walk for Life.  This money goes to raise funds to reach women in crisis pregnancy situations.  Any amount would be a blessing! Steering Team Positions:  Our MOPS Steering team still has some positions open for the 2014/15 MOPS Year.  Hospitality (both for meetings and events), discussion group leaders and finance coordinator positions are still needing to be filled.  If you feel this is a way in which you would like to serve, please contact Kelly at kiki3979@gmail.com or Jen at jenheupel@gmail.com           Registration is now open for our MOPS 2014/15 year.  In the past we have filled our seats fairly quickly and have maintaine