M2M Leadership Christmas Party

The M2M Leadership Team celebrated a great session and the Christmas season with our annual Christmas party last week. Thank you to Marcy for hosting! We enjoyed a yummy potluck of appetizers and desserts and a fun ornament exchange! Great to see everyone and give God the glory for everything He is doing through this ministry!

~ Catherine ~ Debbi ~ Melissa ~

~ Rhonda ~ Kameron ~

~ Jackie ~ Jane ~ Kristen ~
~ Marilyn ~ Phyllis ~ Jan ~
~ Holly ~ Crissy ~ Jessica ~
~ Kerri ~ Raylene ~ Marcy ~
~ The maddness of the ornament exchange ~ The picture doesn't do it justice... ~
~ Yay for ornaments!!! ~

Cookies with Santa / M2M Business Fair!

Our Cookies with Santa event was a success!! We ended up having lots of moms with their kids upstairs to enjoy a morning of coffee, cookies, Santa, stories, pictures, singing and fellowship with our friends that we've missed for the last couple of weeks. Santa did a great job with the kids (thank you Mr. Moot!) having his picture taken over and over, reading them stories and singing a few Christmas songs. Thank you also to Crissy to leading that with Santa!!


We ended up having 7 of our M2M gals showcase their business info at the business fair portion of the morning also and that turned out great! It's fun to see everyone's different talents/interests/hobbies, etc., that we normally don't have a chance to during a regular session of M2M.


It was a great morning and a great way to catch up during the middle of break from M2M. I know we're all missing each other and can't wait for our winter session to start up!! Also, thank you to Michelle and Genny for taking/sharing pictures with me :) I'll remember to bring my camera next time!! Preggo-brain? I think so...

Hope everyone is enjoying this Christmas season and finding a little time to relax in the midst of the busy busy time.

Love & Blessings,
Holly

Cookies with Santa

Hi Ladies!!!

I hope everyone have a nice Thanksgiving weekend with your families!!
The Christmas season has officially begun and what a better way to kick it off with Cookies with Santa on Wednesday!

Here are the details of the morning:

When: Wednesday, December 2nd
Time: 9:00-11:00
Where: Mom2Mom room

• We will be having story time with Santa at 9:30am
• Please bring your own camera for the Santa pictures - we will have one also if needed.
  
• Bring a plate of cookies/snacks to share
• Reminder: Your children are coming upstairs with you - there will be no childcare.

See you on Wednesday!!
Love & Blessings,
Holly

Holiday Crafts & Christmas Traditions

I can't believe our session has already come to an end. This one seemed to FLY by for me, and that's even considering we took a week off for Veteran's Day... I can't believe it! We had a great, last morning spending time with the ladies at our tables, hearing praise of what God has done in our lives during this session, and hearing from many of our moms and mentor moms about different way to incorporate some traditions and family time during this Christmas season.

Our very own Shanda Stansberry shared 5 crafts with us that are easy enough to have our kids make (even for us with little ones - with our help) and give as gifts this Christmas season. I love how crafty she is and how easy she makes it all look!! I'm excited to try out a couple of them myself! Here's a glimpse and some short, brief instructions I managed to get during her presentation:

1. Storage Box - Pick up a photo box at Michael's or any other craft store. You can decorate the top of it by making photocopies of pictures or by going to a hardware store and picking up the paint sample papers for your kids to cut out and make pictures/designs. Glue them on and then decoupage "Mod Podge" over the top of it to seal it in. Then put your kid's handprint with a little message or date or whatever else the occasion might be for the recipient to treasure and hold on to for years to come.

2. Greeting Cards - Shanda picked up a pack of 25 white cards with envelopes from Michaels for just a few dollars. She has her kids decorate the cards with their fingerprints and hand prints to make a certain themed design and then puts a few of them together with ribbon to give as a gift. Cute idea and I'm sure the grandparents LOVE this one! She'll put a little thumbprint on the back and write "Thumbprint by ____" or "Made by ___" and also have the kids decorate the flap of the envelope to coordinate with the card. Michael's carries little ink dots that are perfect for doing the little fingerprints too.

3. Bath Salts - Find a jar at Michaels or another craft store and put a vellum stick on the front of it. Fill jar with salt recipe (below) and you can even add a little tag saying something along the lines of "Add 1-2 teaspoons to your bath and relax"
Recipe:
1 C Epson salt
1 C Kosher/Sea salt
Mix together and add food coloring
Spray in perfume or add essential oils
Set out on a paper towel to try overnight.

4. Ouch Box - What a great idea to give to the grandparents to keep at their house! Shanda got her plastic container at the dollar store (or you can even use the storage box listed above) and her kids decorated the front of it with the paint pens and stickers. She then put all kinds of stuff inside that grandparents don't usually have at their house all of the time: bandaids, tylenol, bug spray, benedryl, dum dum suckers, thermometer, etc.

5. Prayer Journal - Get a plain journal (again Shanda picked one up from the dollar store) and decorate the front of it with stickers or markers or whatever. Inside she cut out pictures and put the small picture on the top, right corner of each page for that to be their prayer page. Great family idea too!!

TRADITIONS:

Here are just a few of the traditions that were mentioned as mic was passed around to our wonderful mentor moms and also a few of our fellow moms as well:
Shanda: Adding your kids hand prints to your homemade tree skirt each year. On Christmas morning the kids open up stockings, eat breakfast, read the Christmas story and then, once all of that is done, they open gifts, 1 at a time - it's not a free for all!
Jane: No presents or tree until late Christmas Eve - oh the anticipation!
Marilyn: Christmas ornament each year with the date on it - Great to save the child's collection for when he/she gets married!! Also waiting until the Thanksgiving dinner and dishes were done to play any sort of Christmas music!! I agree with Marilyn that we're so bombarded with the Christmas season before Halloween is even here yet - good to cherish and remember what the real meaning of Thanksgiving is before moving on to the next one.
Nancy - As kids get older and start to open presents and sneak them from under the tree, give each kid a reindeer name so they don't know which ones are there's. Allowing the kids to open 1 gift on Christmas Eve and it's always PJ's. Picking out 1 Christmas card from the basket that they've received so far and praying for that family before dinner.
Jan - I love the way Jan talked about the real meaning of a tradition for those of us who don't think we're great and crafty at coming up with all sorts of creative things. She reminded us that "Whatever you do, keep doing it. Those are the things kids remember." So true!
Ruthie - Making and decorating sugar cookies one day during the Christmas season. Watching "It's a Wonderful Life" at some point during the season also!
Phyllis - Always having her traditional Christmas Eve fondue dinner. Making a birthday cake for Jesus. Playing the same "record" or CD every year.
Jackie - Playing games as a family after dinner. They love to play Charades and make up the cards themselves to pertain to a certain theme and make it age appropriate for the little ones. Also making up questions and putting them in a basket to go over when everyone is stuffed from dinner and sitting around the table (Most embarrasing moment? When did you give your life to Jesus? Favorite movie? Show? etc)
Hailey - Hailey started the Advent tradition in her house last year and it was a hit! You can read the details about how it all works on her blog here.
Bridgette - Having a white elephant gift exchange with the family. Saying a popcorn prayer before the meal. Santa gifts are only in Santa paper, with a Santa tag and bow and everything - there isn't Santa anywhere else under the tree.
Melissa - The adults playing Yhatzee (or any other game) and the kids having to wait until they were a certain age to join in - anticipation!!
Misty - The kids only getting 1 gift from Santa and it always came late at night on Christmas Eve. Sometimes they had to search for the Santa gift (in another room, outside, etc.) Misty also reminded us that sometimes you'll try traditions and they won't work out, and that's fine! - we'll just leave it at that!

And something to remember ladies...
"Tradition lives because young people come along who catch
it's romance and add new glories to it."
- Michael Novak

Be sure to check your emails and be on the lookout for Evites on fun events happening during our winter break!! Hope to see all of you throughout the break!!

Jan Boydstun "The Gadget Gal"

We had the wonderful opportunity of hearing Jan Boydstun's testimony on Wednesday and how her journey began here in the desert back in 1989. She shared how she was only going to be coming out to the desert, leaving the beautiful beach behind, for 4 months while her parents transitioned in opening their new store in Indian Wells. She ended up meeting her husband Gary at Gold's Gym, which was also a funny thing the way that came about. Jan shared how she knows without a doubt that God orchestrated the entire plan of getting her out here to the desert, saving Gary and the situation he was in, and also saving herself. After the birth of their second child, Gary and Jan both agreed that they wanted to get back in church and check out 3 different churches here in the desert. Southwest Community Church (back when it was at Hovley) was one of them and they instantly felt at home and loved it. 9 years ago Jan was asked to be a part of the "Guess the Gadget" segment on The Discovery Channel's "Home Matters" show. That opportunity has since spiraled into Jan doing gadget demos and seminars for all types of different churches, group, non-profit organizations, the list goes on.

Jan concluded her time with us with our own little gadget demo and little "guess the gadget" game. Some of these gadgets were awesome and I'm sure make things in the kitchen easier and a little more fun! Just a few of them were... the nork, square egg maker, PB&J spatula, banana starter, apple peeler, pineapple corer and the #1 knife!

Kitchen Kitchen has moved locations (same shopping center, just a few doors down) and has a few events coming up that are worth checking out if you're able to make it! Friday, November 13th from 5:30-7:30 is the official ribbon cutting ceremony. Then on Saturday, November 14th, Jan is going to have the 30th Anniversary celebration and Grand Opening of Kitchen Kitchen and the new store/kitchen (God-willing that everything passes inspection). We'll be praying for that Jan!! You can check out kitchenkitchen.com for more info and be on the lookout for cooking classes starting in January.

Moms Night Out - Halloween Style!

Last Friday was our first MNO of the year and we had a great time! Bridgette did an awesome job of organizing everything and incorporating a fun Halloween twist to it! We started out the night by going on a scavenger hunt around Dana's neighborhood and I think we all felt like junior highers again! Just some of things we needed to get: a ghord, mini pumpkin, skeleton tattoo, candy corn, broom... the list goes on! Super creative Bridgette! 2 out of the 3 teams ended up in a tie so we had a fun tie breaker digging through our purses to see which team had the winning items - it was a great time! We also played a "guess what food" Halloween game that was absolutely disgusting. I'm glad that Dana and Bridgette got a kick out of how freaked out I was to touch the items and figure out what they were while I was closing my eyes, haha!!! It was fun to listen to everyone's reactions! At the end of the night we voted on Best Costume and our winner was... Miss America Jennifer Cox!

Our teams before the scavenger hunt...

And a few more pictures from the night...

The Gift of Prayer

We had the awesome privilege of having Tricia Johnson come and speak to us about prayer on Wednesday! It was a great morning and I know that so many of us took so much away from what she had to say through the comments I've heard from you guys and what I've been reading on Facebook - it was great!

It's easy to remember to go to Him during our trials but do we remember to go to Him in the midst of our everyday comings and goings? I know that most of us think we're just too busy to pray, too much going on everyday to stop and go to our Father. Tricia reminded us that "WE ARE TOO BUSY NOT TO PRAY!" Our busyness should be the reason that we come to our Lord. Our craziness, demands, schedules, life, etc. He can be our everything whenever we call to Him in the midst of our day and we should pull from that.

Tricia summed up a day in the life of Jesus and how busy, crazy and hectic it could get. Our days probably aren't like those that Jesus experienced but there is nothing that we go through and experience that Jesus hasn't. He knew he couldn't make it through a day without prayer. Take the time - We can't get through our life without prayer.

Phillipians 4:6 says "Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done." There is nothing that is too big for our Lord. We should be praying about everything, then, God's peace will come among us. Do you need peace in your life? Your home? Your kids? Extended family? Pray! Take the time to slow down your day and go to your Father.

Prayer is a gift. It is something we get to do. We can come before the throne of God with confidence. We are too busy NOT to pray because God values our prayers. He keeps them forever.

James 5:16 says "The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective." Jesus has cast out demons, healed and provided. He is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow. The Spirit of Christ is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow. Through the power of the Spirit of Christ living in YOU, through prayer you too can cast out, heal and provide. It's there, you just have to take it, receive it and use it!

Here are a few things Tricia mentioned we can do to apply all of this to our everyday lives:

• 1 Thessalonians 5:17 says "Pray continually." Our lives can be a prayer. Pray throughout the day and offer our lives up as a prayer.
  
• Be your child's prayer partner. Pray for the decisions they'll make, for their family, their character, future spouse, whatever it is. Be praying for them.
  
• Pray for yourself for your kids.
  
• Pray while you're driving, exercising, sitting at soccer practice or whatever it is your doing. You don't have to close your eyes and bow your head to talk to God!
  
• Try and also find a solitary place to pray (the bathroom, closet, wherever it may be)... Make it your "prayer chamber."

Thank you so much Tricia for coming to share with us and for opening up your heart and your passion of prayer! We all took so much away from it and we are so thankful for you!

Still to come...

Can you believe we're already halfway through our Fall session?! I can't! It's gone by way too fast but we still have a great lineup of speakers for our second half...

October 28th: Tricia Johnson - Prayer

November 4th: Jan Boydstun - Kitchen Kitchen

November 11th: Veteran's Day - NO M2M

November 18th: Homemade gifts and holiday traditions

REMINDER: Walk for Life

Hi Ladies!!
Just a reminder that the Coachella Valley Walk for Life is this Saturday!! This is an amazing event and one of the main fundraisers to raise money to help support the Crisis Pregnancy Center. You can find out more information here but registration starts at 8:00 and the walk starts at 9:15. Bring your kids for a fun morning out and it's sure to be a great time with the bounce houses and games that will be there too! Even if you don't have the form filled out with sponsors and money they would still love your support of walking with everyone for the event! I hope to see you there!
Love & Blessings,
Holly

Discipline (part 2)

What another great morning we had! Ruthie concluded her talk on discipline and focused her discussion on "Correcting with Consequences" this morning. I think we would all agree that we could listen to her talk to us week after week with all of the wisdom she provides! I just love it!

A great verse to remember during these preschool years comes from Hebrews 12:11 "No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained in it." Look it up and mark it in your bible. How appropriate for everything Ruthie talked about today! Discipline is not fun but let's look to the future and it will all be worth it in the end.

What DOES NOT work...
Nagging, Getting angry, Yelling, Giving the silent treatment, Lecturing and Scolding.
All of us tend to resort to these things but none of them are going to achieve lasting results.

What DOES work...
CONSEQUENCES!
They develop responsibility in my child, Are effective in causing my child's behavior to change, Eliminates power struggles, Reduces complaining and arguing and Builds my child's self-esteem and self-control.

There are 2 forms of consequences:

1. NATURAL: This is when parents get out of the way and let nature take it's course.
Here's the sequence of events in a natural consequence:

• Child chooses to ignore responsibility or directly defies parents' direction
  
• Child experiences pain
• Parent allows child to experience pain
• Child complains to parent
• Parent gives sympathetic response
• Parent asks what child will do next time
  

A few examples that were shared this morning were the child wanting to go to the park wearing inappropriate clothing (tank top and shorts) and then having to leave after only 10 minutes - and the other about running through the house repeatedly and bumping into something and hurting themselves. I'm sure there are a million others we could have shared that we all experience on a daily basis but the point of natural consequences is that your child is learning to trust your word. It's a life teaching situation. Take them in your arms and empathize with them.

2. LOGICAL: Parent intervenes with a consequence that is logically related to the misbehavior. Logical consequences can be decided ahead of time by the parent, child, or parent and child together. The Key Factor is that they must be painful - not in the sense of harm to your child but in leaving a lasting, unpleasant memory.
Here's the sequence of events in a logical consequence:

• Clearly communicate the expectation to child
• State consequence
• Let child choose - do not intervene!
• Apply consequence
• Child complains
• Parent reminds them it was their choice and empathizes with their feelings
• Parent asks what child will do next time

One of the key things I took away from the logical consequences was empathizing with your child during a time that can be so stressful after they've chosen not to obey and listen several times. I finally got it when Ruthie used the example of us and how we like to be talked to and listened to after having a rough day or week or whatever the situation may be. It's so true and the same goes with our children.

The conversation surrounding the situation is very important. EMPATHIZE with them. Your child needs empathy and sympathy from mommy. Use serious speech and tone and let them know you have no intention in giving but all the while you can be empathetic to their situation. You must apply the consequence. It's the certainty, not the severity that has results.

You have a creative mind and a great God that will help you when you're having hard days and aren't sure what to try or where to go next in your discipline journey. Pray about it and God will give you ideas to use and try out.

One last thing to remember: You're the leader and it's your job to guide your child into a disciplined life that will result in righteousness and peace.

Discipline (part 1)

We had a wonderful morning yesterday and got to hear all about the wonderful world of DISCIPLINE from our very own Ruthie Thune!! I love her charismatic style and the way she completely engages us while she's speaking with all of the great information and stories to go along and help us get it!!

The 3 parts of discipline:
1. Instruction: Happens in many different ways - modeling being the most common. Here are a few questions to ask yourself and the way you look as a model in front of your children: "Do I have a relationship with God and do my children see it?" "Do I model the behavior I want my children to have? (loving, patient, kind, etc)" "Am I acting in a loving way toward my spouse, family and friends?" And then there is the formal instruction. The time we spend with our children physically teaching them something. This could be in Sunday School, Summer Spectacular, family devotion time at home, during rides in the car, etc.
2. Training: Guided practice (along the same lines of what Cynthia Moses shared with us last week).... The time you work with your children teaching and training them in different areas. You can't expect your child to know things you haven't taught them.
3. Correction: Taking action to ensure the child follows the training and direction that's been given. Key Question: Have I made myself clear?

Ruthie went on to discuss the aspects of Direct, Assertive Communication, otherwise known as "Leadership Speech." Being a leader is a calling and God has called you to be the parent of your child. Leadership speech is clear, concise and commanding.

• 55% of our communication is nonverbal! A few things to take notice of while communicating: Eye Contact - your child needs to be looking into your eyes when making leadership speeches, Body Posture - lean towards your child, Bodily Distance - hold/touch your child softly and with a loving touch, Facial Expression - Relaxed, has eye contact but is serious.
  
• 38% of our communication is our tone of voice! We need to be firm but not harsh. The tone comes out with much more pronunciation. It should be evident that we expect them to obey us the FIRST time.
  
• Only 7% of our communication are the actual words! Pretty astonishing!! Make a command, don't state wishes or desires. Describe in detail what you want. Don't beg, plead or count. Make statements, don't use rhetorical questions. Make your request once and expect change. State the action you will take if behavior doesn't change and then follow through. Don't make empty threats, take the actions. Don't give choices or consequences you don't really mean - Be realistic. Don't argue or reason when trying to get your child to do something - Good reasons come in the instruction and training phases.
  

Ruthie ended her talk with a very funny story that had me laughing so hard my eyes were watering like crazy! It came from "Parenting by the Book" by John Rosemond and I think we all related to some extent with what the story was saying, good or bad.

The time flew by as usual but I can't wait for her to talk to us again next week and continue on to "Part 2!"

Intentionality

Cynthia Moses was back by popular demand this morning and shared with us on the subject of Intentionality. The morning absolutely flew by and before we knew it, it was time to head down to pick up our kids. I think we all could've listened to her ALL day!

Here are 3 things that Cynthia says our children NEED to know:

1. WORK - Every child is part of a family unit and needs to feel important and have something that they're responsible for. Whatever you are doing, give them a job. Whether it be wiping down the refrigerator while you do the dishes, carrying their diaper bag if they're big enough or helping unload the car and bring items in when you get home. Teach work as being a privilege, not something you get allowance for.

2. DELAYED GRATIFICATION - Our children need to learn how to wait. Stimulate their thinking and help them begin to sequence. Let your explanation have a sequence for them to watch for. If your child asks for the crayons on top of the counter while you're doing the dishes, tell them you'll be happy to get them their crayons as soon as you're finished with the dishes. We also need to let them know when we're delaying our own gratification. Let them know what we're thinking. Cynthia used the example of also stimulating our child's thinking by asking them "Should we go to the park now or wait until after the baby takes a nap?"

3. SEXUALITY - Talk to your children about what a privilege it is to be a girl and what an equal privilege it is to be a boy. They need to have it in their head what a privilege it is to be a boy or a girl. Be open about how wonderful it is to be what they are and communicate this to them. Intentionally teach them gender specific roles at home and be thinking about ways to champion them to be a boy or a girl. We're too easy on American children these days. We're going on the third generation of "entitlement" thinking. Do intentionality intensively with a purpose. Have explicit instruction. Cynthia mentioned a book "Do Hard Things" written by 2 teenage boys, Alex and Brett Harris, that she suggests all of us read.

EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION - GUIDED PRACTICE -
IMMEDIATE FEEDBACK - SELF REGULATION

God has given you the authority to teach your child to learn how to live for Him!

Thank you for coming back to share with us again Cynthia! I know I had quite a few "ah-ha" moments this morning and wrote notes like crazy on things to start doing with my 2 year son. We love all of your wisdom and advice that you bring to our group!! Hopefully we'll have you back again in the future!

The Big Picture

We had the wonderful pleasure and opportunity of having Allie Black come and speak to us this morning. She shared about "The Big Picture" and Advancing God's Kingdom Through Your Ministry of Motherhood.

God has called us into the calling and ministry of motherhood. He chose us to be the mother's of our children and there isn't another mom on the planet cut out and more capable to do so than us! What a blessing and reminder that is!

Allie talked about how she got "The Big Picture" concept and described it as when you take your eyes off of what's right in front of you and put them on the horizon, you get the big picture. When you keep the horizon (eternity) as your main focus then everything will fall into place.

A few things to help us refocus on "The Big Picture" are:

Rear-View Mirror - Keep our past in perspective. Don't always look in the rear-view mirror. We all have issues but we don't want to focus on that or we'll crash.

Side-View Mirrors - When we're comparing ourselves and looking too much at what other people are doing, we're going to crash. Galatians 5:1 says "It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery." We all need to be freed up from what others think of us and grab on to that freedom!

Dashboard - It's very important that we check out the dashboard for lights that come on (our emotions!). If something comes on we need to investigate it and see where it's coming from and how we're doing.

Running on Empty - Make sure we're not taking on too many things. Stop at a rest stop! Resting is not a suggestion from God - He demands it. If you're going in the wrong direction and taking on too much, stop and back up.

Stuck in a Ditch - Sometime we get stuck in a ditch on our journey. Usually what gets up stuck most of the time is unforgiveness and we miss out on the blessing of prayer.

R.T. Kendall writes a checklist in his book "Total Forgiveness" on how to know if you've completely forgiven someone.

Let's take inventory:

1) If you've truly forgiven someone, you're not going to tell anyone, even the person who hurt who in some circumstances.

2) Don't make them feel afraid, uncomfortable or intimidated by you.

3) You won't let them feel guilty.

4) When someone has wronged you, you will help them save face.

5) You'll protect them from their darkest secrets.

6) You'll bless those who have hurt you.

Pretty powerful stuff... It was an eye opener to me! I know I've done one or more of these things to someone I had thought I had truly forgiven. I am so thankful to have a Heavenly Father who will forgive me, going above and beyond everything listed above, and we must do the same.

Allie did such an amazing job of reminding us that when we stick to the vision of the calling God has for us, we'll see the big picture. We need to be faithful to our calling and we will see the results of our hard work.

When you're in the throws of motherhood and all of the hard, tiring, tedious, exhausting days, God sees EVERYTHING. Every diaper change, every load of laundry, every tear you wipe away and every Candyland game you sit down to play. The Lord will reward you and you will one day see the reward too! This is where God has called you and will bless you.

Courtney (Allie's daughter) and her husband, James, concluded Allie's talk with a few songs of worship and they did amazing. Thank you so much for sharing your gifts with us this morning and leading us into the Lord's presence with beautiful worship!

M2M Fall Session '09 Begins!

What a great morning!! Lots of energy, rooms were packed with our kids having fun downstairs, full tables upstairs - it was awesome!! It was great to see many familiar faces we've missed over the summer and quite a few new faces as well!!! Welcome to those of you who joined us for the first time!! We hope it was everything that you thought it was going to be, and more! I hope that everyone enjoyed the time at their tables as much as I did and that you're just as excited to come back next Wednesday!!

Bridgette hosted a fun "Getting to know ya!" game and other than that there was just a lot of catching up, meeting new women and taking care of all of the "housekeeping" items that needed to be addressed on the first day. It was so good to see everyone and I can't wait for next week!

And last but not least, we wanted to add a huge THANK YOU to all of the childcare volunteers who came to help us today!! Last I heard there were 35 - God is so good and we thank you for serving the Mom2Mom ministry! Without you, it wouldn't be possible.

Love & Blessings,

Holly

M2M - Bulletin Correction

Hi Ladies!!

Some of you may have noticed an error in the wording about Mom2Mom in the church bulletin last Sunday... It had mentioned that M2M was only for Moms with children ages 0-5 and as you know, this is not the case!!! We would love to have ALL moms join us on Wednesday mornings. The childcare provided during our session is only for children ages 0-5. Hope that clears it up!!

There is also still some space available in childcare so please invite your friends!! This year is going to be great!!

Can't wait to see you all soon!! 1 more week!

Love & Blessings,
Holly

Registration Reminder

Hi Ladies!!!

The fall session of Mom2Mom starts up in just less than 2 weeks - September 23rd!! The summer flew by and I'm so excited to get back into the swing of things and see everyone again!

I just wanted to remind those of you who haven't already, be sure to register and save your spot! You can print the Mom2Mom brochure here and either mail it into the church or drop it off at the church reception desk or purpose center on the weekends.

Looking forward to seeing everyone again SOON!!

Love & Blessings,
Holly

Shadow Ridge Pool Day

Bridgette organized a fun M2M pool day at the Marriott Shadow Ridge Villas yesterday.
There was a good turnout and it was so good to see those of you who were there!