Maple Grove MOPS

This Week's Speaker:   Beth Beebe--: "Handling the Holidays" Beth grew up in St. Louis Park, MN in a strong Christian family. She is currently am a member of Bethany Church in Bloomington, MN and helps coordinate the curriculum for the Children's Ministry for elementary children.She has been involved with MOPS since 1995, when her oldest son was 1 year old.  She had long term medical complications and even severe post-partum depression following the births of both of her boys.  MOPS  was a lifeline for her during this time.  She received so much love, encouragement, and a sense of hope in mothering through MOPS.  God has given her such a heart for Moms and MOPS that she just love to give back to MOPS.  This Week's Reminders: Robbinsdale Women's Center donations : RWC is in need of infant sleepers sizes newborn to 6 months, newborn hats and baby wipes.  Please remember these are to be NEW items. We will be collecting these items at...

This Week's Speaker: Embracing your Mess: Avoiding Mothering Comparisons *Video segment with Shauna Niequist Shauna Niequist is the author of  Cold Tangerines, Bittersweet , and Bread & Wine . Shauna grew up in Barrington, Illinois, and then studied English and French Literature at Westmont College in Santa Barbara. She is married to  Aaron , who is a pianist and songwriter. Aaron is a worship leader at Willow Creek and is recording a project called  A New Liturgy . Aaron & Shauna live outside Chicago with their sons, Henry and Mac. Shauna writes about the beautiful and broken moments of everyday life–friendship, family, faith, food, marriage, love, babies, books, celebration, heartache, and all the other things that shape us, delight us, and reveal to us the heart of God. This Week's Reminders: Robbinsdale Women's Center donations: For our next 3 meetings we will be collecting any of the following to RWC:  Infant Sleepers:...