Hey Saturday moms! At next month's meeting on Feb. 12, Kathy Hall will be speaking from a true mother's perspective: "I’ve Got Two Arms – Not Twelve!"
It is a huge issue to accept our limits as mothers; we try to do it all! To accept that we were made with limits, that they are to be respected, and that God views us as beautiful and perfect - without reference to our productivity.
“When my first baby was born, I literally struggled to move at her pace, to match those little steps instead of remaining in high gear and striding quickly to where I needed to be next. The struggle often brought me to tears! So often I wanted to accomplish things but found myself resenting my little ones as a handicap rather than the greatest gift God ever entrusted me with.”
Kathy Hall is mom to three beautiful, accomplished adult daughters – Bethany, Grace and Trisha (our wonderful childcare coordinator!) and is excited about becoming a grandparent in April.
Please join us for this wonderful meeting as this gracious and honest mom tells the truth about motherhood and shares her experiences! As always, there will be a yummy breakfast and free childcare available! Call (408) 378-4900 or e-mail campbellmops@gmail.com with any questions or to register your child(ren) for childcare!
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
The Reason for MOPS: No Mom is Alone
Recently, we became aware that one of our own MOPS moms was going through some extreme difficulties. Her husband was diagnosed with cancer, they have four kids at home, and she is the sole supporter of her family but unable to find a full-time job.
Many of our MOPS moms from both groups rallied together to provide her with much-needed supplies - from laundry detergent to shampoo, clothes for the kids, money for laundry and bills, even birthday gifts for her 11 year old son - you came together to support another mom.
Because in MOPS, you were not meant to walk this journey alone! EVERY mom needs the love and support of friends.
Here is a note from the mom that we helped:
This is just a little note to express my biggest thanks to everyone. You all have helped me in so many ways. I know my family and I have a long road ahead but it is so nice to know that so many people are praying for my husband and family. I feel so blessed to have so many friends :). For the clothing, gift cards, money and so many prayers and much more...... THANK YOU!!!!!! My family and I appreciate your help and prayers through this difficult time, more than you know.
I don't know what else to say but this is for everyone. God Bless all of you.
Many of our MOPS moms from both groups rallied together to provide her with much-needed supplies - from laundry detergent to shampoo, clothes for the kids, money for laundry and bills, even birthday gifts for her 11 year old son - you came together to support another mom.
Because in MOPS, you were not meant to walk this journey alone! EVERY mom needs the love and support of friends.
Here is a note from the mom that we helped:
This is just a little note to express my biggest thanks to everyone. You all have helped me in so many ways. I know my family and I have a long road ahead but it is so nice to know that so many people are praying for my husband and family. I feel so blessed to have so many friends :). For the clothing, gift cards, money and so many prayers and much more...... THANK YOU!!!!!! My family and I appreciate your help and prayers through this difficult time, more than you know.
I don't know what else to say but this is for everyone. God Bless all of you.
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Need help around the house? Help someone in need
Do you need a mother's helper? A little extra help with laundry or other chores?We have a MOPS mom whose husband is struggling with cancer, and who is looking for extra work during the day to help support her family of six. If you need help around the house, in-home childcare, or housekeeping, please email campbellmops@gmail.com for further information!
Thursday, January 20, 2011
21 Projects you can do for anyone in your life!
This month's MOPS speaker Kathi Lipp helped us elevate our thinking about the relationships in our lives as a project: what can we proactively do to help make sure this relationship doesn't go stale? While she spoke primarily about her book The Husband Project, Kathi also spoke about and has done a lot of thinking about how to apply the "project" mentality to other relationships in our lives: how can we bless our relationships with our children, with our friends, with our bosses, with our parents or grandparents?
We want to thank Kathi for providing us with these 21 Projects that you can do for anyone in your life! Maybe one of these ideas is just the thing you needed to help show a special person in your life that you love them and are thinking of them!
• Do a Drive-By—Leave a note under their windshield wiper with a bit of encouragement or a Bible verse that would be meaningful. Bonus—how happy will they be when they realize it is not a parking ticket?!? (If your Project isn’t a licensed driver, put the note in their backpack or room.)
• Tell your Project what first made you want to hang out with them: was it their sense of humor, the way they cared for their little sister, the grace they showed others at work? Let them know how much that meant to you then, and now.
• Look in magazines or on the web for an article that your Project would be interested in. Clip it out or e-mail it with a note—”just thought you would find this interesting…”
• Pray for your Project – find out their schedule and challenges for the day and put a post-it note wherever you’ll best be reminded to pray throughout the day.
• Find a picture of the two of you that you really love. You can either give or e-mail a copy to your Project and let them know how happy the picture makes you feel.
• Brag on your Project. Make sure someone else in your Project’s life knows how special they are to you. Brag to their boss, their mom, their kids or their friends.
• Make sure that your Project’s birthday is on every calendar at your home or office. This year, you will remember to send a card or gift in time!
• Buy a bag of your Project’s favorite bite-sized candies. Leave the treats in surprising places (coat pockets, desk drawers).
• Make a list of 10 reason you love your Project. Leave it somewhere that they will find it.
• Do a chore that your Project hates. It could be anything from putting gas in their car to emptying their waste basket if you work together.
• Send an e-mail encouraging them in some way today.
• Let your Project know what you admire about them physically. Is it their hair color, their eyes, or even the way they dress.
• Buy a gift card for your Project. It can be as simple as $5 for coffee. Write a little note along with it to let them know why they deserve a break today.
• Post-it. Leave a little note somewhere that they will find it. Keep it brief (five words or less) to give them a short-and-sweet boost.
• What is one of your Project’s favorite foods. Today is the day to make that happen. Whether you have to make it, bake it, or take it (out) make sure they get some today.
• Pray for your Project’s other relationships. Is there one that is strained or distant? Pray silently and often throughout the day for that person.
• Be a resource. Find or purchase a resource for your Project. If they are into knitting, maybe it is a new magazine or a small gift card to a local shop.
• The gift of time. Would your Project like to take a walk with you, but you are always too tired or too busy? Today is the day to strap on those walking shoes—or go for a Starbucks run, or go see that chick flick she has been dying to see.
• How creative can you be for five bucks? It’s time to find out because that is all you have to bless your Project today. Maybe it is buying a cute plate at the dollar store and topping it with homemade brownies. Or five dollars of grocery store flowers that you turn into a charming small bouquet (arranged in a shabby chic tea cup).
• Time to take something off your Project’s to do list. Take their dry cleaning in or pack their lunch for the next day.
• OK—an e-card may not be the most thoughtful thing to send someone on a special day (just ask any wife who has received one on a 10th anniversary…) but they are perfectly acceptable for a not-so-important-day. You can find some fun cards at Hallmark.com
• Pray once again—this time for your relationship. Spend one minute thanking God for all He is teaching you though your Project.
Have any other ideas? Please share them with us on our facebook page or in the Comments section below!
We want to thank Kathi for providing us with these 21 Projects that you can do for anyone in your life! Maybe one of these ideas is just the thing you needed to help show a special person in your life that you love them and are thinking of them!
• Do a Drive-By—Leave a note under their windshield wiper with a bit of encouragement or a Bible verse that would be meaningful. Bonus—how happy will they be when they realize it is not a parking ticket?!? (If your Project isn’t a licensed driver, put the note in their backpack or room.)
• Tell your Project what first made you want to hang out with them: was it their sense of humor, the way they cared for their little sister, the grace they showed others at work? Let them know how much that meant to you then, and now.
• Look in magazines or on the web for an article that your Project would be interested in. Clip it out or e-mail it with a note—”just thought you would find this interesting…”
• Pray for your Project – find out their schedule and challenges for the day and put a post-it note wherever you’ll best be reminded to pray throughout the day.
• Find a picture of the two of you that you really love. You can either give or e-mail a copy to your Project and let them know how happy the picture makes you feel.
• Brag on your Project. Make sure someone else in your Project’s life knows how special they are to you. Brag to their boss, their mom, their kids or their friends.
• Make sure that your Project’s birthday is on every calendar at your home or office. This year, you will remember to send a card or gift in time!
• Buy a bag of your Project’s favorite bite-sized candies. Leave the treats in surprising places (coat pockets, desk drawers).
• Make a list of 10 reason you love your Project. Leave it somewhere that they will find it.
• Do a chore that your Project hates. It could be anything from putting gas in their car to emptying their waste basket if you work together.
• Send an e-mail encouraging them in some way today.
• Let your Project know what you admire about them physically. Is it their hair color, their eyes, or even the way they dress.
• Buy a gift card for your Project. It can be as simple as $5 for coffee. Write a little note along with it to let them know why they deserve a break today.
• Post-it. Leave a little note somewhere that they will find it. Keep it brief (five words or less) to give them a short-and-sweet boost.
• What is one of your Project’s favorite foods. Today is the day to make that happen. Whether you have to make it, bake it, or take it (out) make sure they get some today.
• Pray for your Project’s other relationships. Is there one that is strained or distant? Pray silently and often throughout the day for that person.
• Be a resource. Find or purchase a resource for your Project. If they are into knitting, maybe it is a new magazine or a small gift card to a local shop.
• The gift of time. Would your Project like to take a walk with you, but you are always too tired or too busy? Today is the day to strap on those walking shoes—or go for a Starbucks run, or go see that chick flick she has been dying to see.
• How creative can you be for five bucks? It’s time to find out because that is all you have to bless your Project today. Maybe it is buying a cute plate at the dollar store and topping it with homemade brownies. Or five dollars of grocery store flowers that you turn into a charming small bouquet (arranged in a shabby chic tea cup).
• Time to take something off your Project’s to do list. Take their dry cleaning in or pack their lunch for the next day.
• OK—an e-card may not be the most thoughtful thing to send someone on a special day (just ask any wife who has received one on a 10th anniversary…) but they are perfectly acceptable for a not-so-important-day. You can find some fun cards at Hallmark.com
• Pray once again—this time for your relationship. Spend one minute thanking God for all He is teaching you though your Project.
Have any other ideas? Please share them with us on our facebook page or in the Comments section below!
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Post-It Encouragements
Still have your Post-It notes from this month's meeting with Kathi Lipp? Here are 21 Post-It-sized encouragements that Kathi has provided to us to help get you thinking about how to use a Post-It to encourage your spouse. Does another special person in your life need encouragement instead? Read over her suggestions below and use your creativity to tweak them to apply instead to your child, your parent, or a good friend who could use some encouragement!
• Praying for you today.
• Those jeans are really working for you…
• I love you.
• You are the best dad!
• You’re the kind of husband that makes the other wives jealous.
• You rock my world!
• Can’t wait to see you tonight – meet me upstairs…
• Thanks for working hard to provide for us. I appreciate all that you do.
• You make me feel beautiful.
• I thank God for you everyday.
• How did I get so lucky, being married to a guy like you?
• You’re great!
• You make everyday more fun.
• Have a great day.
• You’re hot!
• I feel so safe with you.
• Smart and good looking – I’ve got the whole package in you!
• You can be very distracting, you know…
• Our kids are so blessed to have a dad like you.
• That smile I wear – it is all because of you.
• God have blessed me in big ways by letting me be your wife.
Have even more ideas that aren't listed here? We'd love to hear them! Drop a note on our Facebook page or leave 'em in the comments!
• Praying for you today.
• Those jeans are really working for you…
• I love you.
• You are the best dad!
• You’re the kind of husband that makes the other wives jealous.
• You rock my world!
• Can’t wait to see you tonight – meet me upstairs…
• Thanks for working hard to provide for us. I appreciate all that you do.
• You make me feel beautiful.
• I thank God for you everyday.
• How did I get so lucky, being married to a guy like you?
• You’re great!
• You make everyday more fun.
• Have a great day.
• You’re hot!
• I feel so safe with you.
• Smart and good looking – I’ve got the whole package in you!
• You can be very distracting, you know…
• Our kids are so blessed to have a dad like you.
• That smile I wear – it is all because of you.
• God have blessed me in big ways by letting me be your wife.
Have even more ideas that aren't listed here? We'd love to hear them! Drop a note on our Facebook page or leave 'em in the comments!
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Unfinished Objects: January 27!
Do you have any UFOs in your house?
You know, Unfinished Objects!
Crafts, crocheting, quilting - that scrapbook you started but never finished...
It's more fun when you're not alone!
Bring your UFO and join other (crafty) gals the last Thursday of the month from 6:30-10pm. Make new friends and make progress on your UFO!
But what if I'm not crafty?
Come anyway! Work on your baby book, organize your photos, write a letter to a friend! Bring a project you've been wanting to work on, but haven't had time to finish with the kids around. Come see what we're working on and get inspired!
Next meeting is Thursday, January 27 in the Oak Room of the Campbell Church. Email campbellMOPS@gmail.com for more information!
You know, Unfinished Objects!
Crafts, crocheting, quilting - that scrapbook you started but never finished...
It's more fun when you're not alone!
Bring your UFO and join other (crafty) gals the last Thursday of the month from 6:30-10pm. Make new friends and make progress on your UFO!
But what if I'm not crafty?
Come anyway! Work on your baby book, organize your photos, write a letter to a friend! Bring a project you've been wanting to work on, but haven't had time to finish with the kids around. Come see what we're working on and get inspired!
Next meeting is Thursday, January 27 in the Oak Room of the Campbell Church. Email campbellMOPS@gmail.com for more information!
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Saturday MOPS: Who is Kathi Lipp?
We are so pleased to have Kathi Lipp with us this coming Saturday morning, January 8! We invite ALL MOPS moms (whether you normally attend on Saturday or Wednesday) to join us for this great session starting at 9:30am. As always, free childcare is provided.Kathi Lipp helps women renovate their life with projects for the soul. She is a national speaker and author who inspires thousands each year to take beneficial action steps in their personal, marital, and spiritual lives. Her wit and wisdom will give you new ways to:
•Avoid settling for less than God’s loving plan for your life.
•Develop new levels of warmth and tenderness with your spouse.
•Return fun and flirting to your marriage.
•Boost your confidence to follow God-given dreams and goals.
•Create an environment of encouragement in your friendships
Kathi is the author of The Husband Project: 21 Days to Loving Your Man on Purpose and with a Plan and The Marriage Project: 21 Days to Reigniting Your Relationship. In addition, her articles have appeared in Today’s Christian Woman, Bay Area Parent, Focus on the Family, Discipleship Journal, and Christian Parenting Today.
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