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Welcome to MOPS!
Becoming a mother is exciting, but it also means adapting to a big life-change. It's easy to feel unprepared, overwhelmed, unappreciated, and even scared. Heritage Park Alliance Church (HPAC) Mothers of Preschoolers (children who are birth to schoolage) group is a caring, encouraging, and accepting program for today's moms. MOPS is a time of fun and fellowship, discussion, and sharing, inspiring speakers, a relaxing brunch, creativity and crafts. We offer a haven for frazzled nerves, where a mom finds out she's not alone. A quality children's program is provided for the MOPPETS where the kids share in fun, stories, and crafts.
Momology: The Art and Science of Mothering
In 2010-11, MOPS invites you to join in the learning process as together we explore Momology: The Art and Science of Mothering.
Mothering is both art and science. It combines all of who we are to shape healthy, resilient kids. Mothering is so complex it requires both sides of our brain – not to mention our hands and feet, eyes and ears, mouth and (sniff, sniff) unfortunately, sometimes even our noses!
There's the scientific side of mothering where we develop a hypothesis based on certain principles, test that hypothesis in real-time, consider the results and decide what parts worked and what parts didn't. We keep refining our hypotheses until we find what works for us.
Intertwined with the scientific, mothering requires an artistry that shades with our personality, colors with our unique gifts, and blends past and current experiences.
Our theme verse for the year is... "Even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast." (Psalm 139:10)
Anywhere we go, God sees, knows, and guides. So we can lead — and love — knowing God will get us through all the hard spots, all our decisions, all our roles, all our times we can’t hold open our eyelids and the times we’re bursting with joy. God’s hand guides us as we guide our children. As we study Momology together to become better moms making a better world.
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