Maple Grove MOPS

This Week's Speaker:  Sharon Sheppard Sharon Sheppard is the mother of a son and a daughter and is grandmother to 5 boys. She taught English to college students for 18 years, and currently works as a freelance writer. Her articles have appeared in Focus on the Family magazine, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, Today's Christian Woman, and dozens of other magazines. She and her husband did 3 short-term missions in Latvia. She spends summers in Minnesota and Winters in Seattle so she can be near her children there. She is on the MOPS speakers list in both locations. This Week's Reminders: We are collecting diapers (size 1 and newborn) to donate to Robbinsdale Women's Center.  Thank you to all who remembered at our last meeting.  We will be delivering them after this week's meeting.   Don't forget to appreciate your MOPPET workers.  We want to let them know how grateful we are for their service to us!  This Week's MOPPETS...

This Week's Speaker: Alisa Palmer-- "Training your Children to Work" "I am a writer and speaker who is passionate about intentional parenting. I believe we don't have to wait until our children are "of age" to train character, relationship skills and life skills. It is the ins and outs of the "daily grind" where we forge the character and skills in our children. I fully believe that training kids doesn't have to be like pulling teeth but should be injected with lavish amounts of creativity.  I believe that great parenting is 1 part creativity, 2 part consistency and 3 parts wisdom." This Week's Reminders We will be taking table pictures at this meeting for a MOPS directory.   We are collecting both Newborn and Size 1 diapers to donate to Robbinsdale Women's Center.  Please bring donations to our next MOPS meeting.  Friendly reminder, if you haven't already paid please bring your membership paym...