Top Ten Reasons to Join MOPS This Year!

If you are still thinking about whether you should join MOPS this year, here are ten great reasons!  Our fall semester begins September 6, don't miss it!  Register today!

Top Ten Reasons to Join MOPS

10.  You'll get to finish a hot cup of coffee at least twice a month.

9.  Mentor Moms: Perspective, wisdom, and advice on how to get your toddler to pee pee in the potty,  
     already!

8.  No worries about making pies for Thanksgiving.  'Nuff said.

7.  Relevant guest speakers who will show us how to embrace who we are and share ourselves
     authentically with others, along with practical information on how to make our "Beautiful Mess" a
     tad less messy!

6.  Get rid of some of your "Pinterest guilt" by making at least seven cute and useful crafts this year!

5.  Enjoy a yummy hot breakfast at each meeting that you didn't have to make and that no one is
     demanding bites of.

4.  Who needs "Vegas, baby!" when you'll have a chance to win at every MOPS meeting in our raffle!

3.  Great conversation that does not revolve around princesses, Cars, or what happens when you give a
     mouse a cookie.

2.  Would you rather be doing the laundry?!

And the top reason for joining MOPS this year?

1.  Community and friendship with other moms in the same stage of life who get it!

BOZ the Bear, Our MOPPETS Curriculum This Year!

With only a few short weeks until our first meeting on September 6, the Steering Team is busy getting everything ready for a fun year!  We are especially excited about our MOPPETS curriculum this year, BOZ the Bear.  While you enjoy "adult time" and a nice breakfast, your children will be having a blast learning with BOZ!  The lessons value faith, family, education, and positive social behaviors.  The curriculum was developed with MOPPETS in mind and written by Dr. Mary Manz Simon.  Dr. Simon holds a Ph. D in Education and is a MOPS International advisor. 

Here's a little more about BOZ:

BOZ is a whimsical green bear who loves exploring God’s world. A trusted friend, BOZ is loved by the Baxter kids, Drew and Gracie, along with their parents and grandparents, and everyone else in the neighborhood. 

His tree house in the Baxters' backyard is a common starting point for new adventures…and what adventures there are! From running and jumping and dancing, to reading and singing and playing make-believe, there’s always something fun to do with his friends! 

With a spirit filled with joy and a stomach filled with fruit, BOZ knows every day is a gift from God!

Instagram vs. Reality

The ladies at Scottsdale Bible Church MOPS in Arizona created this funny video to illustrate how different reality is from what you see other moms posting online! If you feel like your life is a mess, you're not alone! Come to MOPS this year and join us as we embrace our stories, messy or not, and build authentic friendships!

Park Play Dates and Pardon Our Dust!

Hi Ladies! This coming Tuesday we'll meet at Hillsborough Park
(1001 Hillsborough Dr
Roseville CA ) at 9am.

If you are interested in the remaining play dates, the rest are listed below.

Also, pardon our transition as we update this blog. The new co-coordinators can be reached at:
andria.mops@yahoo.com and this email will be added to the blog soon. Pardon our dust!!


Park Play dates:

Tues	30-Jul	9-10:30am	Whitney Park	1801 Whitney Ranch Parkway Rocklin, CA	This park has a water play area, so bring the swim suits, water shoes, and beach towels.  There is also a very large play structure for older kids and a small play structure for little kids.
Tues	13-Aug	9-10:30am	Mahany Park	1545 Pleasant Grove Blvd Roseville, CA	This is the park behind the library - if you're facing the library, walk around to the left.
Tues	27-Aug	9-10:30am	Madera Park	8048 Wonder St, Citrus Heights, CA	The playground is a great one. It has two playgrounds, one for older and one your younger. It has small and big swings. It has a fence that goes around the playground area, so there are only two ways in and out of the area. It is easy to keep track of your little ones. There is lots of shade at this park, which is great in the summer. Bathroom facilities are across the parking lot next to the tennis and ball fields.

Park play dates!

Hi MOPS moms!
Welcome to summer! Our Valley Springs MOPS group will kick off our park play dates this Tuesday at Maidu Regional Park from 9-10:30am.  
If you've never joined us for a MOPS meeting, please come! We'd love to meet you and let our kids play.
See you there!

New Facebook Page

If you're on Facebook then we need to be friends! It's easier than ever now with our new Facebook Page. Simply follow the link and "like" us. We're now a page rather than a person with the hope that it will be easier for everyone on the page to communicate with each other. The old MOPS facebook page will be shut down in the near future.

https://www.facebook.com/valleysprings.mops?ref=ts&fref=ts#!/vspcmops

Feed My Starving Children

Once again we have the opportunity to partner with Valley Springs and Feed My Starving Children. Our group will be packing meals on Friday, November 16th from 6-8pm. Follow the link and click Join Team to register. You must pre-register in order to attend the event. Please register early as the group organizers will start asking for any open spots as we get closer to the event as these spots are in high demand. https://www.kintera.org/faf/search/searchTeamPart.asp?ievent=1012261&lis=1&kntae1012261=0293615CE8854F7FBCD6069BD690ABE2&supId=369557348&team=5305285 We will see a short clip about this food packing event on Friday at MOPS but here is a run down of what FMSC is all about:

Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) was founded as a Christian nonprofit in 1987 through the efforts of a Minnesota businessman who felt called by God to help feed the starving children of the world during a humanitarian visit to Honduras. He returned to the Twin Cities (Minnesota) to develop a method of large-scale relief.
In 1989, FMSC connected with food scientists from Cargill and General Mills to develop a nutritional product especially for FMSC to feed starving children. This food product included rice, soy, vegetables, a vegetarian-based chicken flavoring, and a vitamin and mineral mix. Food scientists continue to update the formula.
In addition to creating this formula, FMSC sought to develop a cost-effective means of producing the meals in quantities that would make a real difference in alleviating world hunger. Initially, FMSC tested packaging machines, but this method proved to be expensive and cumbersome. In 1993, a church group stopped by the FMSC facility to pursue volunteer opportunities with FMSC. That providential meeting gave birth to FMSC’s volunteer-packing approach.
To distribute the packed meals, the FMSC team began establishing partnerships with major global distribution nonprofits and imbedded missionaries such as Salesian Missions, Love A Child, Cross International, Samaritans International, and World in Need. These partnerships allow FMSC to reach desperately needy children in remote parts of the world by leveraging the partner's in-country expertise. This expertise allows the partner to help ensure that the orphanages, schools and facilities for disabled children are provided hot, nutritious meals—and a ray of hope for the future.
In December of 2003, FMSC’s Board of Directors voted to rededicate the organization to Christ. Since that moment, FMSC’s growth has been virtually exponential. In 2003 FMSC produced 3 million meals with one packing site and 17,000 volunteers. By 2011 FMSC produced over 133 million meals with 6 permanent packing sites, and a nationwide MobilePack program, and more than 565,000 volunteers.