We are MOPS at Night!
We are single moms, married moms, working moms, stay at home moms.
We are starting our own business moms. Work from home moms.
New moms, old moms.
What do we have in common?
We are MOMS!
We can all agree that as moms there are good days and there are bad days. Days when you are singing your child's praise and days when you just have no idea what to do. MOPS at Night is a group of moms getting together to share in the joys as well as the lows. We pray for each other and encourage one another to look to Jesus.
We typically meet on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday from September through May at First Presbyterian Church in Lawrence, Kansas. Our meetings start at 6:30pm and end at 8:30pm. We provide dinner for the moms and childcare for your children.
For the 2017-2018 year our theme is:
The
Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach
good news to the poor, he has sent me to proclaim release to the
captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free those who are
oppressed, to proclaim the favorable year of the Lord. Luke 4:18-19
Is it possible that your deepest desire is to be free?
Free from worry.
Free from feeling stuck.
Free from hustling to be loved.
Free from a heaviness you can’t put your finger on.
Free from thinking you should be someone other than exactly who you are.
At the core, maybe what we are all longing for is to be Free Indeed.
Choosing freedom is a deeply spiritual act, one that our souls long
for. That is why this year, we choose wild, unexpected freedom; the kind
that brings more laughter and less worry, more contentment and less
hustle. Freedom that is so contagious, the people around us are
compelled toward their own liberation.
In order to unfold our wings this year, we will …
Let Love Be The Loudest Voice
Proclaim Favor
Sometimes, especially as moms with young kids, life can sneak up on
us, and we don’t realize that we have gotten stuck. Stuck in patterns of
thinking or habits that are holding us captive. This is the year that
changes, this is the year we will stop settling for what simply gets us
by and do the work to get to what’s best. We will examine our worry and
not believe everything we feel. We will bask in the freedom of living
loved by understanding who God is, and who we are because of it. We will
be free from the need to hustle for our worth, and we will live in the
truth that we are already loved and lovable, without all the striving.
We will parent with fresh perspective and will treat ourselves with
tenderness, because love is the loudest voice we hear, and it is
proclaiming freedom and favor.
Be Gutsy
Proclaim Release
Sometimes we don’t take responsibility for our lives. We carry the
weight of expectations, feeling out of control over the pace and
trajectory of our days. Being gutsy is about realizing that you get to
decide how busy you are, what you say yes to, what is best for your
family and what you make a priority in your mothering. If you need to
slow down your life – you can do that. If you feel like you don’t have
any friends – go out and make some. This is the year of release from
believing life has to look a certain way, and isn’t there so much
freedom and audacity in that? The truth is, we have more authority to
shape our daily lives than we think we do. Your life can match your
values and your passions, it will just take some guts to make it happen.
Go First
Set Free
It is a fact that freedom is contagious. That is why we are choosing
to go first in order to spark a revolution of women who are choosing
freedom over fear. Going first is about being courageous enough to take
steps before you are ready, to share the details of your journey, to
extend invitations and conquer fears, and lead the way for friends and
kids and family. In fact, one of the best ways to advocate for others’
freedom is to go first ourselves, and then we can share with courage and
honesty because we have found the keys of freedom. We will go first so
that we can set other captives free.
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