MOPS 2013-2014 A Beautiful Mess

It is time for another year of East End MOPS to start! It going to be a fabulous year. I promise to do a better job keeping this blog up to date and posting more pictures of all the fun our Mops Moms and little Moppets are having. I know that I found East End MOPS via this blog, so my mission to keep it up is a personal one.

The theme for the year is A Beautiful Mess. Its a fabulous theme. In a world of social media, we are all given a snippet into others lives. It is the habit to post the pretty and posed. The clean and neat. I do it, we all do it. In this world it is so easy to believe that we are the only moms/wives/women that have messy houses, whiny children, and every take out restaurant on speed dial.

So, the first meeting of the new year is titled: A Beautiful Mess: Embrace Your Story. When you arrive, you will be given a table to sit at for the year and meet your table leader. We'll have breakfast provided by the Steering Team* for all the moms, and wonderful, trustworthy volunteers ready to take care of your MOPPETS. The first meeting is a beginning of the new year and meeting people. We'll talk, plan, and enjoy each other's company and getting to talk without getting "mom, mom, mom, mama, mommy, MOOOOMMM!!!!"

So, join us, September 11, at 9am in the Life Center at East Union Baptist Church. All are welcome. New faces are encouraged. We are all in this thing called motherhood together.

*Wondering what the steering team is? The steering team is the people that make MOPS a possibility. There are many facets of the steering team and they all come together to make it all happen. Any member of the steering team is available to help/answer questions/just BE there for you. Here is a list of the steering team members. In the future they can be found on the right side of the blog.

2013-14 Steering Team
Coordinator                          Lori Davis (749-6701 or ladaviso@yahoo.com)
Co-Coord/Finance               Michelle Mitchell (350-5032 or ammamitchell@yahoo.com)
                                            -in training-Amanda Thomas (425-9121 or monkeylily@aol.com)
Hospitality                           Sara Qualls (454-1277 or saraquallsrn@yahoo.com)
Newsletter                           Michelle McCon (952-7557 or msmccon@gmail.com)
Publicity                               Laura Begley (326-9725 or laurabegley@gmail.com)
Playdate planner                   Melissa Vogelpohl (454-2671 or meli_art@hotmail.com)

MOPPETS
MOPPET Volunteer Coordinator         Paula Dowler (425-9884 or pauladowler@aol.com)
MOPPET Curriculum Coordinator       Anna Tucker (690-1401 or charlieandannatucker@gmail.com)
MOPPETS Appreciation                     Amber Long (590-8997 or rsaglong@live.com)

Table Leaders                       Amanda Thomas (425-9121 or monkeylily@aol.com)
                                             Jodi Holifield (870-243-8298 or Jodi.Holifield@ymail.com)
                                             Sara Qualls (454-1277 or saraquallsrn@yahoo.com)
                                             Laura Begley (326-9725 or laurabegley@gmail.com)
                                             Lynda Garcia (658-3753 or garciafamily@hotmail.com)
                                             Katie Neel (479-790-5260 or katieep@gmail.com)