Holiday Marketplace

This week's meeting was our much anticipated holiday marketplace! We had lots of vendors setup in the great room for some holiday shopping. We were also able to purchase raffle tickets to support MOPS and win some great prizes too!

A big thank you to our vendors for participating! Check out their sites to learn more about each business!

• D. Thornton Realty
• Hope Threads
• Gabi's Grounds Coffee Shop
• BLOOMHERE
• Designed for Joy
• The Green Ruffle
• Crochet My Heart
• Joy Love Create
• Breaking Bread Bakery
• Younique with Lacinda Norman-Melanson
• Birthways and Baby Days with Victoria Brown
• Statement Designs with the Gray's
• Creations from Sarah DeSalvo and family

Announcements

We also announced that we will be providing small Christmas gifts for our MOPS Kids teachers as a way to show our appreciation. Please bring all gifts to the great room during our next meeting on December 10th. We will have bags out with each teacher's name on it so you can place the gift in the corresponding bag. Gift bags will be delivered to the teachers at the end of the meeting.

Below is the teacher list for each classroom:

Cuddlers Suzi, Shirley
Walkers Kaye, Yvonne
Runners Amie, Crysta
lNew 2's Sheila, Courtney
Younger 2's Martha, Margaret
Older 2's Sami, Suzanne
Younger 3's Stephanie, Lydia
Older 3's Glenda, Zaia
Fours Babal, Michael
Five & Up Brenda, Rebecca, David
Floater Rebecca

Our next Fundraiser is providing and working the concession stand at the Crossroads Family Christmas Movie night on Friday, December 13th, from 5:30pm-8pm! Bring the family and let them watch a movie while you give back to our group!

Movies will be shown at both the Millbrook Campus and the Wake Forest Campus so signup to serve at whatever location is most convenient. We also need pizza, hotdogs, candy bars, and baked goods to be donated. It's like a giant bake sale and we need your help!

Food donations can be brought to our December 10th MOPS meeting if you are unable to attend the night of the event.

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

No groups are assigned to assist with childcare next week since we are protecting our last meeting of the year. Enjoy the holidays!

Our last meeting of 2019 will be On Tuesday, December 10th. We will be hearing from Lisa Goldberg at Side By Side Ministry about "Protecting your Marriage from the Thief." It's sure to be a great reminder before you encounter all the holiday stresses that can affect your marriage!

Toy Swap and MOPS Video - We are all Creatives

This week at MOPS....

We had our annual toy swap so everyone went home with some great toys for their kids! The rest was donated to the Missions Thrift Store, which will be reopening soon after the fire this past September!!

We watched a great video from MOPS International about how we are all inherently creative and the world needs what we have to offer! You can watch the video here if you missed it!

We had two craft options, either a yarn wall hanging or a watercolor print. Both will be available at the meeting NEXT WEEK if you missed it today!

Announcements

At today's meeting we had an update from our MOPS Finance department about how we are doing financially and why we continue to do group fundraisers. You can view the complete presentation here. The biggest question we heard afterwards is "What can I do to help?"

1. Participate in fundraisers! We have a Movie Night coming up and we need your help! If we don't have enough people sign up to donate or work concessions we will be unable to participate. See below for more details and how to sign up.
2. MOPS is a non-profit organization so donations are tax-deductible. You may donate to our group here. Ignore the registration part and just select how much you would like to donate.
3.  You tell us - what fundraisers would you like participate in? You may have a fresh, new idea to bring in the money! Tell us here.

Our next Fundraiser is providing and working the concession stand at the Crossroads Family Christmas Movie night on Friday, December 13th, from 5:30pm-8pm! Bring the family and let them watch a movie while you give back to our group!

Movies will be shown at both the Millbrook Campus and the Wake Forest Campus so signup to serve at whatever location is most convenient. We also need pizza, hotdogs, candy bars, and baked goods to be donated. It's like a giant bake sale and we need your help!

Food donations can be brought to our December 10th MOPS meeting if you are unable to attend the night of the event.

Next week at MOPS....

Due to the Thanksgiving holiday we will be meeting next week on November 19th, instead of on the 26th. 

Butterbraids will be delivered during the meeting so please make arrangements if you are unable to attend. Butterbraids must stay frozen so we are unable to store them at the church.

Next week is our Holiday Marketplace where many different vendors will be setup with tables to shop from during the meeting. Each vendor has donated an item that will be raffled off to our group. Raffle tickets will be available to purchase for $1 each, so please bring cash! Feel free to invite any friends who may want to shop the marketplace, but keep in mind that they will be unable to utilize childcare. 

Sasha's group is responsible for assisting in childcare if we have a worker shortage. 

Sarah, Shara, and Torri's groups are responsible for bringing brunch. Get more information and signup for items here.