MOPS Meeting 3/26 Highlights!

Craft Day: Magazine/Paper Necklaces

What a fun meeting today. Thanks Lynn for putting together the magazine necklace craft. It was surprisingly easy and fun. I just had to capture these beautiful moms - they even matched today!

Everyone is asking for the link to the "Potty Talk" clip that was shown today. A special thanks to Rachel Sawhook for sending it to me - I was looking for something funny to share at today's meeting and it fit in perfectly. Here is it http://www.ignitermedia.com/products/sea/singles/1083/Potty-Talk If you have a funny story to share, save it for our next meeting, BUT bring a $dollar$ (or more). We are adding up our Happy/Sad dollars for a special teen mom who needs our help.

Because Mothering Matters,
Heather Steele
MOPS Coordinator

RESURRECTION ROLLS

Submitted by Rebecca Brooks

Yummy & teachable lesson - who could ask for more!

Thought some of you might like to do this with your kids for Easter...

INGREDIENTS: 1 pkg. crescent rolls, large marshmallows, melted butter, cinnamon sugar.

Preheat oven to 350 degree F.

Give each child a crescent roll triangle to represent the cloth Jesus was wrapped in.

Give each child 1 marshmallow to represent Jesus (our sweet Savior). Have child dip marshmallow into melted butter (represents embalming oils).

Next roll the marshmallow in cinnamon sugar (represents spices used to anoint the body).

Wrap the coated marshmallow tightly in the crescent roll and seal the edges (represents wrapping of Jesus' body after death).

Place in the oven for 10-12 minutes (oven represents the tomb). Allow to cool.

Child will find roll is puffed up, but empty. He is RISEN!!

MOPS Service Project – Saturday March 27th 9am to Noon

WE NEED YOU! CAN YOU HELP?

The flowers are blooming, the birds are serenading, and its spring cleaning time around Waxhaw Bible Church.

From time to time moms ask me what they can do to give a little back to our host church. We'll if you have ever thought about that and would like to participate during a church wide church clean up day then get ready because we are going to make it easy for you to help. MOPS is planning to clean the nursery rooms, children's classrooms & the outdoor play yard equipment.

Who: MOPS & MOMSnext

What: Nursery & Children's Classrooms

Where: Waxhaw Bible Church

When: Saturday, March 27^th 9am to Noon

Sign up at our next MOPS meeting on Friday, March 26. Come for an hour or stay the entire time.

Hash Brown Casserole

Served at MOPS on March 12^th by Holly DeMartini

1 (32 ounce) bag of frozen country style hash brown potatoes

2 cup shredded cheddar cheese (I use sharp)

2 cups sour cream

2 (10.75 ounce) cans of condensed cream of potato soup

1/4 cup chopped onion

1/2 cup parmesan cheese

salt and pepper to taste

Combine all ingredients in a large bowl. Pour into greased 9 x 13 baking dish and cover.

Bake at 350 degrees for 90 minutes. Uncover and place under broiler for 2 to 3 minutes to brown top.

MOM’S NIGHT OUT this Thursday! March 18th 6:30 pm

MOM'S NIGHT OUT

Make your own Jewelry Night

Thursday, March 18^th

6:30 pm until

Make Jewelry $30

Snacks $0

Conversations with other moms $Priceless

Make your own Jewelry with Rhea Caldwell

Craft Activities - Lynn Frazier's mom

Snacks Provided!

Invite a friend!

7823 Seton House Lane Charlotte, NC 28277

Make your own jewelry! Choose a necklace, bracelet or earrings to match for $30. Come hang out, have a snack. If the mood hits you, make some jewelry to wear home. Also, there will be pre-made items that can be purchased. No jewelry purchase required to come!

MOPS Meeting 3/12 Highlights!

We had a great MOPS meeting Friday and wanted to share some of the highlights from that day. For those of you that didn't make it – you were definitely missed! Hopefully, now that we can see, feel and smell that springtime is just around the corner more of the children (and moms too) will be healthy again.

Our topic for the day was Living together with God and how becoming a mom changes your relationship with God. Feel free to comment if you want to share anything that moved you during the discussion group time at your table.

I thought it would be fun to see how our MOPPETS would respond to the question:

What are you learning about God
and the Bible?
So, I asked Kate to have a few of our workers write some responses down. We shared these at our meeting, but I didn't want anyone to miss them.

Aidan DeMartini said: "God loves the children"

Garrett Brooks said: "I learned that twins are the same age!"

Alatheia Anderson said: "God made the whole world and the sky! It's in the Bible."

Josiah Anderson said: "Only Daddy reads the Bible. When I'm a good reader I can read it, too!"

Overnight Coffee Cake

Served at MOPS on 2/26 - I can't remember who brought it; anyone want to take credit for this? Leave a comment!

(from Southern Living)

3/4 cup butter, softened
2 cups sugar
2 eggs

2 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp nutmeg - or cinnamon

1/2 tsp salt
1 cup sour cream
3/4 c brown sugar
1/2 c chopped pecans
1 tsp cinnamon

Beat butter & sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time - beating after each. Mix next 5 ingredients in separate bowl. Add flour mixture and sour cream - alternating between the two, starting and ending with flour.

Spread into greased 9x13 pan. Mix brown sugar, nuts and cinnamon & sprinkle over top. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight (8 to 18 hrs)

Bake @ 350 degrees for 35 minutes or until set. Enjoy!