MOPS

MOTHERS OF PRESCHOOLERS (MOPS)

Whether you are a soon-to-be mom, first-time mom or seventh-time mom, you are welcome here. Whether you are an adoptive mom, young mom, seasoned mom, foster mom, stepmom or any other type of mom, you are welcome here. 

MOPs believes in the simple but revolutionary idea that remarkable things happen when moms come together. The acronym stands for “Mothers of Preschoolers” because it began in 1973 when a group of moms with young children banded together to share their lives and parenting journeys. Over the past 48 years, MOPS has expanded to include all moms.

Experience encouragement and solidarity in your vocation of motherhood within a community of other women in the same stage of life.

Morning Session: Thursdays 9-11:30 a.m. (Meeting Room 5)
Includes Mass, breakfast, lessons with discussion, take-home crafts, and fellowship.
Childcare is available for all the sessions at no additional cost for children ages birth to 10 years old. 

Note: Mass is optional but childcare is provided during Mass.  We officially begin at 9:30 a.m.

If you are interested in an evening session or have questions, Liz Lockhart at liz.lockhart@churchofsaintpaul.com or (763) 777-8556.

2024-25 Dates: Sept 12/26, Oct 10/24, Nov 7, Dec 12, Jan 9/23, Feb 13/27, March 13/27, April 10/24, May 8/22

Cost: $59 (includes the MOPS membership fee which COSP will pay to MOPS on behalf of each mom)

This year's theme: Wild Hope

Do you ever feel like your pilot light has gone out? Like the spark that once fueled your passion, clarity, and energy has been dimmed under the mental load of motherhood? Perhaps it’s the need to make 1 million decisions a day (so many decisions!) that causes you to never really feel confident you’re doing it right. Maybe you are in a season where you feel you are not showing up well for yourself or others; just going through the motions, trying to get to the end of the week. That is about to change because we’re declaring this the year of new things. A new season needs a new strategy, and we choose wild, contagious hope. Hope is not a passive exercise in wishing; it’s an active approach to living life engaged. Hope is generative. In Proverbs 13:12 we read, “Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fullled is a tree of life.” Hope provides clarity, vision and vitality.

Looking at the adversity and division that seems to be seeping into the fabric of our culture, hope offers another option – the opportunity to see new paths and ways of living that we might not have considered before. It reminds us that we can make a positive difference in our families and communities and that tough times will not paralyze us. Hope requires courage and trust because to see the new thing God is doing likely means going into the wilds – paths that take us through uncomfortable places and challenges that nourish our deepest longing. God is doing something new, and we can get our hopes up. It’s time for Wild Hope. 

Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.” ISAIAH 43:18-19, NIV