Be You, Bravely!

Your 2014-2015 Leadership Team is officially geared up for the new MOPS year! 

This past weekend we were able to gather for our retreat at the beach and had a great time getting to know one another without all the little ones demanding our attention. We are privileged to be serving alongside these genuinely sweet, hilarious, Christ-honoring ladies. We are all so excited about what this year will bring! 

The theme for the year will be...

 
Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.  

Isaiah 43:18-19   (NIV)

      

At any given moment in our lives each of us has...

Conversations we've been putting off.

Reasonable risks we've been avoiding.

Goals we want to achieve.

Yet often times the more significant an action feels the easier it is to put it off.  We get distracted from the big decisions by the immediate needs of the day. What all of us seem to have in common is that we need a nudge, a nudge to help us get out of our ruts and routines so that we can begin risking bravely.

         Sometimes, good people wait patiently for God to intervene when what he is wanting is for us to act bravely and do something. Being a follower of Jesus calls for courage. The journey feels unexpected and unconventional. It requires bravely playing hide and seek in the dark, confronting the fears that scare us and holding the hand of a redeemer-guide who calls us to courageous acts of risk and trust. It means coloring outside of the lines. Dreaming bigger than we ever have before and getting swept up into the plans of a God who leaves us breathless with wonder.

Our hope is that through our meetings this year, we will remind you, as moms, that it takes courage to ask brave questions and even more courage to search for the answers.

  We are so excited to journey alongside you this year as we ask one another what it means to  “Be You, Bravely”.

Come on in!

We decided to create this blog as an overflow from our MOPS meetings.
There are so many talented moms with so much to share!  We hope to use this blog as a tool to encourage, inspire, and even entertain you.   

You can check here for previews of upcoming meetings and special events, re-caps of meetings you might have to miss, and announcements of dates and times to include on your calendar.   

We will also be sharing tips and tricks that we find useful in the daily work of mothering. We invite you to interact with us in the comment section; please feel free to share your comments and opinions of what works for you.

We hope this little spot in cyberspace will evolve into a source of information and inspiration as we journey together in this crazy adventure called Motherhood.

We are so excited to see everyone at the first meeting on Tuesday, September 9th at 9:30am.
Children may be dropped off in childcare at 9:15 a.m. or later.
Come out to the first meeting and enjoy time with other moms, while we learn how to bravely be ourselves this upcoming year.

If you are new to MOPS, this is a great time to check us out to see what we are all about! Of course, if you can not attend the first meeting, you may join us at anytime during the year. We look forward to meeting you!


You can also stay connected with us at our Facebook page
and our closed Facebook group (search Crossroads MOPS of Raleigh).

See you soon!