Virtual Meeting - April 14th

This week at MOPS.... This week we tried something different and had our very first virtual MOPS meeting on Facebook! We hope you were able to join and chat with your friends, and gained some fun and encouragement along the way!

Let us know on Facebook or email us at CrossroadsRaleighMOPS@gmail.com if you are interested in joining our PenPal program starting now and running through the end of May (or as long as you want 😉)! We will pair you up with another MOPS family so you and the kids can send letters, gifts, or just chat virtually! Your kids will love sending and receiving snail mail with their PenPal, and maybe you can even setup a video chat! Moms can reach out and encourage each through this time at home, and/or send small gifts to bring some happiness into your day. We hope this will be another activity to keep you and the kids busy and connect you with other MOPS moms going through the same thing as you! We're all in this together!

It's a whole group MOPS Mom's Night In game night! We will all gather together virtually to play a variety of fun, easy to play party games! The specific games we play will depend on the number of people who join, but we may ask you to draw weird doodles, write the best inside joke, or answer trivia questions. Either way it will be lots of fun and should give us lots of laughs! All you need to play is a phone or other web-enabled device to use as your game controller. Stay tuned for all the details on how to join and play with us next week!  We will have our next Virtual Meeting On Tuesday, April 28th. We're playing around with different formats so it may look different than our last Facebook event. Email us at crossroadsRaleighMOPS@gmail.com if you have any comments or suggestions for virtual ways to connect! Stay tuned for updates!

MOPS International has released the theme for next year and in 2020 we will Decide to Rise! Registration is now open for the MOPS 2020/2021 year!  If you know that you will be joining us this fall, please register now in order to hold your spot! We are doing things a little differently this year and having you register directly with MOPS international and pay the $31.95 fee directly to them. This will also subscribe you to the new quarterly MOPS magazine that will be delivered directly to your door! Plus, for every 10 members that register in April or May we can earn a scholarship for those in need! Our Crossroads MOPS local dues have also changed this year and will be a flat $100 per semester for all MOPS members. We had to increase dues this year due to losing our subsidy with the church last year that covered most of our childcare bill. This only comes out to $6.25 per hour of childcare no matter how many kids you have, so it's still a fantastic deal! These local dues also cover all operating costs such as meeting materials, speaker gifts, MOPS kids craft supplies, plasticware, coffee, etc. For more information about dues please visit the membership tab. Scholarships are available for those in need. We can't wait to meet again with you in-person next year!

We hope you will join us for our next virtual meeting on April 28th! Social distancing can't stop us from connecting and encouraging one another!