gracespring MOPS: November 2012

Our November meeting was a lot of fun! We had a much more relaxed atmosphere and lot of time to visit and get to know each other. Melissa had a great fall votive craft for us to do. Below you will find a tutorial if you missed it, or would like to make more at home. A big part of our meeting was letting all of the moms know what is coming up for the rest of the year. We do not have another meeting in November and there is only one meeting in December (December 13th). This will be our Christmas Luau. If you are planning to attend the Luau, remember the following:

Cookie Exchange: Please bring at least one dozen cookies of your choice. You may bring more if you want, just remember to take the same number that your bring. Please bring a separate container to take your cookies home in. We will have zip loc bags if you forget.

Ornament Exchange: Please bring a wrapped ornament under $5. There will be extras in case anyone forgets.

Brunch: Everyone (except steering because they brought the food to the last meeting,) is bringing food. Specific lists went around the tables, so if you weren't there, please get with your table leader to see what you should bring. We always look forward to this meeting to see what everyone brings to eat!

The table leaders are organizing activities with their individual tables this month since we only have one meeting and we don't have a scheduled Mom's Night Out in November. This should be a good way to get to know each other a little better in the small groups. We hope you can attend!

Fall Votive Holder Tutorial:

What You Need:

Glass Votive holder or you could use a jam jar or other small glass jar

Lace, Twine and an assortment of faux fall leaves, pumpkins, flowers, etc.

Hot Glue Gun (hot melt will stick better)

Votive candles

Step 1:

Attach a length of twine around the rim of the votive holder or jar. Use enough twine to wrap around several times. You can either secure the twine with hot glue, or tie it in a bow.

Step 2:

Add your choice of leaves, berries, pumpkins, etc to embellish! This is when you would use the hot glue to attach the lace all the way around if you wish to use the lace.

The finished product! Aren't they adorable?

On November 1st, our MOPS group hosted a community leadership training for all area MOPS leaders. This event was coordinated by our very own, Melissa Molchan, who serves as a MOPS Field Leader.

Melissa and Michelle trained local MOPS leaders on topics such as Investing In Our Leaders, Team Management, and Leading Through Conflict. There was also plenty of time to break into small groups and network with other moms in similar roles.

The event was a big hit and we look forward to hosting something similar in the future. Please enjoy some photos from the event.