In The L p
September 26, 2008
M O P S
Shannon Clark
MOPS Coordinator
Years in MOPS: 4
Children: Cassie—4 1/2, new
baby—due March 13th
Neighborhood: Fairwood
Special Interests: making jew-
elry (co-name Bling-Bling);
worked for an industrial auction
firm for 13 years traveling about
36 weeks out of the year
My biggest surprise about moth-
erhood was… how hard it is and
how little I accomplish. Praise
God for not answering my prayer
for twins!
When it comes to amusement
park rides… the scarier the bet-
ter!!
Kelly Ulanday
Hospitality Coordinator
Years in MOPS: 5 1/2
Children: Zach—6 1/2, Nick—5,
Jake 3, Olivia—due Oct.
Neighborhood: Coles Crossing
Special Interests: Cooking,
Shopping, Traveling, Pediatric
Nursing
If I had 24 hours to myself, I
would… go to the spa, see a
chick flick, pee in peace, have a
great meal, and miss my family.
My favorite fair food is… Funnel
cakes.
a t C y p r e s s B i b l e C h u r c h
Hang on Tight
Bread. One of the many items that were in flect on the fact that God doesn’t intend my
short supply in the Ike aftermath. In the entire nourishment for life to be bread
grand scheme of things, I guess bread isn’t a alone. That could be a very dull existence.
necessity. Not unless your four-year-old lives
But it also makes me think of how often, in
entirely off of PB&Js with the crust cut off.
the grocery store of life, I come home with
In fact, many of us cut the entire food group
everything on my list except the one thing
out of our diet in an effort to pull the zipper
that really does sustain me—God’s Word. Is
up one last time on some fabulous, pre-baby
my heart a shelf lined with loaves of hidden
outfit. Still, I felt a twinge of panic and won-
scripture, or is it an empty void with one
der when no bread was to be found.
lonely bag of hot dog buns?
As I stared at the empty bread aisles last
Let me encourage you, along with myself, to
week, Matthew 4:4 kept coming to my mind.
put time with the Lord at the top of your
“Man does not live on bread alone, but on
shopping list this week. God’s Word does
every word that comes from the mouth of
not return void, and just like a shopping trip
God.”
with a grasping toddler, you just might end
In one way, it was really comforting to re- up with something special in your cart.
-Margaret Welch
“Survey Says” - I’m excited about getting back to MOPS...
Watch the MOPS blog for more exciting surveys
and ways to interact with the moms from MOPS.
Time flies when you are Look who’s expecting! New attractions
having fun! Happy Birthday Shannon Clark—March 13 Lauren Clackler born June 26th to
to: Margaret Welch—Feb. 28 Renee Clackler.
Adalyne King born June 24th to
Renee Clackler: 9/4
Melody King.
Stacey Cates: 9/7
Tiffany Baca: 9/9
Susana Hersel: 9/14
Shannon Clark: 9/23
Please pray for those that
Marilyn Maddox: 9/27 are pregnant or may be
Katie Rohe: 10/7 trying to get pregnant.
That’s The Ticket
Whether it’s make-up
or crafts, food or jew-
elry, get your home
based business infor-
mation to the registra-
tion table now to be included in this
year’s listing or contact Margaret Welch.
Join other moms from our
MOPS group for the Susan
G. Komen Race for the
Cure on October 4th. See
Brandi Sailors or Lisa
Guerrero for more details.
Save the date for our annual
costume parade at Ainsley
Courte on October 31st.
MOPS has a website! Don’t you just love technology? www.cypressbible.org/mops.
MOPS has a blog! Check it out at www.cypressbiblemops.blogspot.com.
MOPS has a Myspace! Add us as a friend at www.myspace.com/cbcmops.
Cypress Bible Church
11711 Cypress-N. Houston Rd.
Cypress, TX 77429-2817
The Show Must Go On
Small groups will be Week of Oct. 3rd
turning in boxes for
Offsite meetings by discussion
Operation Christmas
groups.
Child on our Novem-
ber 21st meeting, so Oct. 2nd —4th
save those shoe boxes. You’ll buy a
MOPS Convention
pair of shoes between now and then,
right. Oct. 17th
A “Get-to” Heart in a “Have-to”
One woman’s trash
World with Darla Baerg
is another woman’s
treasure. Start Oct. 31st
saving for the MOPS Garage Sale on Costume Parade at Ainsley Courte
March 7th. This is our only fund-
raiser and helps to offset our child-
care costs for the upcoming year of We will be making Superhero capes
MOPS. for the craft at the October 17th
meeting. One kit will be provided
for each mom. If you were not at
the meeting to indicate a boy or girl
kit, or you want to purchase addi-
tional kits for $5,
please notify Am-
ber Stepanik or
Kathy Crosby.