October 18, 2009

Mommies Night Out

You asked for it; you've got it! A chance to go enjoy adult food at a restaurant without a playground or ketchup. We will be meeting at The Melting Pot on Haywood Road in Greenville Friday, November 20 at 7:30. We will enjoy cheese and chocolate fondues. RSVP by Wednesday, November 18- post a comment or send an e-mail to acmops@gmail.com.
This will be a great time of fun, food, and fellowship- invite a friend who needs some girl time!

October 07, 2009

2009 MOPS Convention

The MOPS International Convention was in Nasheville, TN September 24-26. Eight of our MOPS members were able to attend. We truly had a great time of fun, fellowship, and spiritual growth!

October 06, 2009

October Events

October 10 ~ Monthly MOPS Meeting ~ 9:30-11:30 ~ Woods Chapel Methodist Church
October 18 ~ Pumpkin Patch Trip ~ 3:00-5:00 ~ Mini Miracles Farm Taylors, SC
October 23 ~ Crafting Social 6:30-? ~ Woods Chapel Fellowship Hall (Sponsored by AC Women's Ministry)
October 30 ~ Mommies Night Out 7:30-? ~ The Melting Pot on Haywood Rd
October 31 ~ Fall Festival ~ Abner Creek Family Life Center (Sponsored by AC Children's Dept.)

WELCOME TO AC MOPS!!

This year we are celebrating Life on Planet Mom. It’s a great place to be, don’t you agree? We have all kinds of different activities and discussions planned for this year. We’ll be focusing on the various relationships we have as a Mom — including our relationships with Christ, ourselves, husbands, children, parents, friends and the community at large.
I am very excited about our upcoming MOPS year! We have a record breaking number of moms, a Steering Team, great outings (such as Ladies Night Out), and will be discussing a topic we can all relate to —being ME!

Life on Planet MOM

Relationships. Such an integral part of who we become. When we enter life on Planet Mom, the look of our relationships — our community — changes. What they look like in our every day lives changes. We are now a mom, as well as a woman, a friend, a sister, a daughter, a wife. Relationships are where we experience the greatest joy, as well as the greatest pain. When we consider the most infludential experiences in our lives, the most often include some aspect of a relationship.
There is a reason for this: God values relationship. That is why he is the personal God that he is. He is not distant and uncaring. He wants to be involved in our lives. We are created to be in relationship with others, and with our ever loving God.
Our theme verse is in the 18th Chapter of Matthew, a discourse or long instruction by Jesus on how our relationships give depth to our lives through community. How to live in it. Well. Contendedly. Redemptively. Jesus describes how we are ultimately to be in relationship, in community with other people. Our theme verse is in the center of this teaching on community and relationships.
What does this mean? In context, this verse does refer to the gathering of Christians as a community as they seek God’s direction. But I think the verse is also the fulcru, or center, of the teaching Christ gives on community. It is an application of the importance of being in relationship, and the importance of God being the midst of true community. We are together with him in our midst. It is where we look at others through his eyes. Where we desire for others what God desires for them.
A community, humble, forgiving together with God in our midst, together in our new roles as moms, Together on Planet Mom.

By Liz Selzer, Director of Ministry Engagement MOPS International