1. Announcements
MOPS MOMENTS
June 6 - quot;Moving Awayquot; Brunch
22 May 2008
Dena Salazar is moving back to
California in June…. Please join us in This MOPS year has been quite a journey for all of us, each in different ways. We
sending her off at 9:30am at Rachel all started out back in September, in very different places. We each had varying
Dumont's house. Please bring a levels of intimacy with God, different life circumstances, different resources, even
brunch item for a breakfast potluck. children with behavioral issues or special needs. Some of us had marriages that
RSVP to Rachel by June 1. Check were in crisis. We all have different levels of finances. Some of us have extra help
your e-mail for details and directions. with our children, and we differ in the amount of time we spend with our husbands.
June 14 - Women’s Breakfast As the Coordinator of this ministry, I realized that all of these needs are too great
Please join all the women of New for any woman at MOPS, whether leader, mentor or speaker, to meet. We certainly
Hope here on Saturday morning, June are not equipped to “fix” any of these situations that consume you; however, our
14 from 9am – 12pm. The theme will prayer is simply that you would have a personal encounter with the One who can.
be springy and light; we will do a Our hope is that you would not only know Him, but also turn to Him as the only One
gardening craft, and Rachel Dumont who will freely offer His guidance, grace, forgiveness and understanding. I pray
will be giving the message titled that through each speaker and every testimony that you heard this year, you left
“Dwelling in God’s Garden”. Tickets with a renewed confidence that your God is ABLE. In Ephesians, Paul writes about
are $5 and childcare is provided. “Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine” (Eph. 3:20).
Bring a friend! Yes, that is our God!
Summer Playdates at Swansea Park Think about what we’ve been through, collectively as a group, this year… We have
Please join us at Swansea park with a laughed and cried, equally. We have made new, and perhaps, lifelong friends. We
bagged lunch and your children in tow have become pregnant, and we have had babies (and twins, too!). We have lost love
on the following dates at 10am. Also, ones. We have had children in the hospital, and we have been in the hospital
check your e-mail for rain dates... ourselves... We have moved to new homes – renting, buying new homes and building
Thursday, 12 June 2008 new homes. We have worked hard to restore crippling marriages. We have adopted
Thursday, 10 July 2008 children. We have had our children travel outside the country, graduate high school,
Thursday, 14 August 2008 and graduate kindergarten. We have taken on new roles as both teachers and
students. Our husbands have made major career changes, and we have taken new
Vacation Bible School Dates jobs ourselves. We have become business owners, restaurant owners and
Since New Hope is not hosting VBS entrepreneurs.
this year, here are a few options:
All these examples of both joy and sorrow in our lives this year illustrate what it
Grace Gospel Church in Swansea means when the “storms of life” hit us! Yes, the rain will come down and the wind
is hosting VBS July 28 – Aug. 1. Call will blow against your house (Matt 7:24), yet I pray that we have all grown in Christ
508-675-7844 for registration. through it. May we all stand confident and bold in our knowledge of Him. My prayer
for each of you is to recognize that He will always be the One we can continually
Rehoboth Baptist Church is hosting
turn to in times of trouble. In fact, He is the only capable One to meet our needs!
VBS July 21-25. Call 508-252-6437
for registration. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore
we will not fear, even though the earth be removed, and though the
MOPS Registrations for Fall 2008
mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; though its waters roar and
will be mailed out mid-August, so be
be troubled, though the mountains shake with its swelling…
looking out for them. Our first
…Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will
meeting date for the Fall 2008
be exalted in the earth! The Lord of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is
Session will be on September 11. In
our refuge. Psalm 46:1-3, 10-11
addition, if you have a friend you’d like
us to send a registration to, please e- How deeply God cares for us as mothers. Do you think that your Savior, fully God
mail Jennifer Vieira with the details. yet fully man, cannot relate to you as a mother? Do you hold out in the bathroom
Continued on back….

2. Announcements, Cont. 22 May 2008 Devotion, Continued…
Invite a Friend to MOPS for a moment of peace, just as Jesus escaped on a boat, seeking solitude? He understands
Do you have someone in your life the constant need that people, who are in our care, have. He knows what it is like to
that you feel would be greatly constantly have people trying to touch Him. He knows.
encouraged by this MOPS
ministry? Please consider inviting Our mission field during this season of life is right in front of us. We don’t need to make
them to join us next year! any travel arrangements, get vaccinated, pack any bags, or pray for God to put us in front
of someone who needs to hear His Word. Our children need to hear about Him from us.
Mom’s Birthdays in June Our children, our husbands, our families; this is our mission field! God may choose to use
Brooke Wyman – 6/16 you above and beyond even that, but first, we must get our primary ministry in order – our
Love Fragola – 6/22 families. After this is flourishing, we then can be ready for the next opportunity that God
Jen Mathias – 6/30 has in store for us.
The task of motherhood is a noble one. There is a high calling on your life as a mother.
The world has a constantly changing view on what is, and what is not important, including
what is right or wrong for our children. Trying to keep up with what the “experts” are
MOPS Steering Committee
currently saying will cause your head to spin! But our God is faithful to always give us
Fall 2007 – Spring 2008
sound, unchanging, just, upright, and compassionate guidance. For the Lord is good and His
Coordinator love endures forever. His faithfulness continues through all generations” (Psalm 100:5).
Jennifer Vieira
I pray that we will turn to Him, seek His face, trust Him, and surrender to Him all these
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things in our lives that consume us. For me, it has been an absolute pleasure to serve you in
e. djv82@verizon.net
this ministry for past year, and I look forward to the adventures that lie ahead – all while
Discussion Group Leader / we keep our eyes on Him as we serve those whom He loves. –Jennifer Vieira
Prayer Box
Rachel Dumont
Want to serve in MOPS next year?
Are you looking for a place to serve in our MOPS ministry without the full-time commitment to the
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Steering Committee? If so, we have a few needs for next year that you may want to consider.
e. rachelgdumont@gmail.com
Would you like to play a more active part in MOPS hospitality? If so, you could volunteer in two
ways. One way is that you could be the “hospitality” contact person in charge of signing women up
Creative Activities
to bring food to our meetings, including giving them a reminder call a few days before. Or, you
Jessica Cook could actively participate with the Steering Committee in set-up and clean up before and after our
t. 508-674-2969 meetings. If God is pricking your heart, please prayerfully consider filling any one of these roles.
e. jmf111575@hotmail.com As our ministry continues to grow, this would a great way to become involved! Please see Jennifer
Vieira for details.
Suzi Hull
t. 508-673-3858 MOPS of NEW HOPE Facebook Launch (Starts TODAY!)
e. whull99@comcast.net We are very excited to announce that we are launching a Facebook profile for our local MOPS
ministry at New Hope Christian Church. For those of you unfamiliar with Facebook, Facebook is an
Finance Internet site that is used to connect a group of people socially and much more interactively than basic
Sarah Duboyce e-mail. On it, you will find helpful resources like our calendar of events, our newsletters, photograph
t. 508-994-2075 albums of our MOPS moms and children, mp3s of our speakers (when recorded), a place to post prayer
e. sardub@yahoo.com requests, a discussion board to chat about topics relating to our ministry, a recipe exchange… Not
only would you have the freedom to post comments all throughout the MOPS profile, but we will also
Secretary be able to chat with each other through the Facebook “WALL” – just like we would in a room together.
Winnie Lee
Our main purpose in launching this profile is for all of us moms to connect more fully with each other,
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in addition to our meetings and play dates. We also want to invite any other women you may know that
e. leewinniepooh@yahoo.com would be encouraged by our resources. For privacy purposes, we do ask that any women not a part of
New Hope or our local MOPS ministry specifically write us a brief note stating how they know about
MOPS Mentor our profile (i.e. who they know) when sending us a “friend request”. To create a Facebook account,
Cathy Bringhurst simply go to www.facebook.com to create your own profile. You can then search for our profile and
t. 508-324-4500 send us a “friend request”. Our profile name is: MOPS at New Hope, and our e-mail address you can
e. cbringhurst@nhcc.ws use when searching us out is: mopsatnewhope@gmail.com. Please, check it out – it should be a blast!!