Raquel Robinson - Living a Balanced Life

Our speaker today, Raquel Robinson, is first a woman of God, wife and mother of three girls and one boy; originally from right here in NC. She is a certified personal trainer and fitness nutrition specialist. She was a volunteer and staff member of Crossroads Fellowship in Children’s Ministry for just under ten years and now worships and volunteers at Elevation Church. Her passion is for women of all ages to learn how they can have a more sustainable healthy lifestyle. Raquel is currently a fitness instructor with the City of Raleigh at the Abbots Creek Community Center. She also uses Facebook & Instagram to share nutrition, exercise and total body wellness tips on her page “Rock Life with Raquel”.

Raquel spoke to us about how to address the imbalances in our lives and she put the knowledge in our hands that should build a confidence to live a well balanced life. All too often an imbalanced life is caused by guilt, too many obligations, seeking praise, comparing ourselves to others, or pride. Pride can be self seeking, exhausting, and dangerous! To get your life back in balance try creating a weekly schedule to prioritize items that are important to you. Identify your priorities, set boundaries, and practice self discipline. She also shared a short home workout that can be done to get you focused. View her presentation slides here.

Announcements

Join us next week for our whole group playdate at Baileywick Park! Bring the kids in costumes and we will have a small Halloween activity for them to do.

Due to the Thanksgiving Holiday our MOPS meetings have been moved to the 2nd and 3rd Tuesdays in the month of November.  There will NOT be a MOPS meeting on November 5th or 26th. We'll see you on the 12th and 19th!

Our next meeting on November 12th is our Toy Swap! Bring any toys you want to get rid of and shop to find some new treasures just in time for Christmas! Any remaining items will be donated to the Crossroads Missions Thrift store.

Butterbraids orders are due November 5th. Share your link with neighbors and friends so they can purchase these delicious pastries and give back to our group. Find your order link here.

All vendor spots have been filled for our holiday market on November 19th. Please pay for your table if you registered for on, or your spot will be given to the next person in line.

Feel free to invite friends to come with you to shop the market, but keep in mind that they will be unable to utilize childcare. We will not have a speaker that meeting and will instead have an extended time of fellowship and shopping!

Small groups have been assigned specific meetings to assist with childcare should we end up with a teacher shortage. Please be willing to serve when it is your assigned time, otherwise children will have to attend the MOPS meeting with their mothers. Each mom will only be called to serve once per MOPS year.

If the assigned moms are not in attendance at the meeting, their small group can cover for them and switch assignments.

Each small group rotates bringing brunch items throughout the year. Next week is Jen, Ayesha/Becky, and Nicole’s groups. Get more information and signup for items here

We hope you will join us for our next meeting on November 12th! Since we will be having our toy swap we won't have a speaker but will watch a short video from MOPS international and complete a fun craft to take home! You won't want to miss this extended time of relaxed fellowship with your small group!