Saturday, August 30, 2014

First Moms (formally Skiatook Mops) has a NEW BLOG!!!

Hi everyone!!!
Skiatook Mops has morphed into First Moms!!!
We are very excited about this upcoming year.
To help streamline things,
we have a new blog for First Moms
 
So pop on over there to see all the
latest news and updates with
First Moms!
 
First Moms first meeting is
Thursday September 4
8:45am-11am
in the gym area of
First Baptist Church
Skiatook
 
We hope you can join us!!!
 
 

Wednesday, May 7, 2014

A Thank You From Our Mops Leader


Firstly I want to say what an honor it has been being the leader of MOPS this past year.  When I took this on last May I was absolutely terrified. I had no idea how this was going to go, I had big changes that I wanted to make and didn’t know how it would be received by our past members as well as our new ones. I was in constant prayer throughout this whole year and God has shown favor on this group, He has blessed us tremendously and I give all the credit and glory to Him and also the amazing leader’s team we had this year. I have never looked back nor have any regrets about taking this on, God called me to this and I feel privileged that I am a part of this wonderful group for moms. Mops for me as always been my outlet,  my comfort,  my joy,  my encouragement,  and my peace. When I needed something, advise, a friend to talk too, a much needed break, or just the feeling of being around woman who understood exactly what I was going through, I knew I always had my Mops group to turn too. It has been an unfailing wave of love and support and I will always be grateful for that. Reaching woman is my passion; I want to reach those moms sitting at home feeling like giving up because they feel so utterly alone. I want them to know that they are not in this mom thing alone, we all go through struggles and times of feeling like a failure but we all agree that we would never trade our jobs as moms for anything. I want to encourage moms to get out there, to know that there are other moms who want to know them, who want to fellowship with them, love and support them.

Now with this group changing to “First Moms” my mission is no different. I ask that you join me in this new venture, to reach even more moms of the community and be an encouragement to them as well as to you. Coming to a First Moms meeting you will feel recharged, encouraged, supported, learn helpful tools to walk in your journey of motherhood, relax by making fun crafts and most importantly leave feeling loved. Loved by fellow mothers and also by our amazing God who has given us the best gift anyone can ever ask for, He gave us the gift of motherhood. Our job at First Moms is to help you be the best mom you can be for you children and your family. I am so looking forward to next year, and can’t wait to see all of the familiar faces as well as new ones.

Thank you so much for supporting me as your Mops leader and also as I take on “First Moms”, looking forward to another amazing year!

Heidi Gerard
Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves. (Romans 12:10 NIV)

Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Introducing : First Moms!


We had a great meeting yesterday to close out the 2013/2014 season of Mops. We missed all those who weren’t able to attend and hope that you will keep up with our activities we have planned throughout the summer! We wanted to let you all know about the changes that will be taking place within our group.

FBC Skiatook has decided to take on the moms group as a ministry and outreach for the community. What that means for us is that FBC will take on all of the fees for each mom, so our membership throughout the year will now be offered for FREE to everyone who wants to attend our group! Also, we are opening it up to moms with older kids. This will be a group for moms with children from pregnancy all the way through middle school aged children. We want to reach as many moms as possible, going through every stage of motherhood with them!

We will strive to have everything we have had at the meetings this past year, speakers, amazing crafts, discussion and most importantly fellowship with other moms.  The most important change will be the name. We will now be known as “FIRST MOMS OF SKIATOOK”. That name will be changed on our Facebook page as well as our blog to reflect the new change starting tomorrow, May 8th.

So mark your calendars and tell all your friends about this amazing group for moms, we would love to see you at the start of our new year coming in August. You will not want to miss out on the chance to be a part of this group, it’s going to be a fantastic year!