We started off our meeting with snacks provided by Erin McCoy & Megan Swanson - thank you ladies! And, we had childcare this time, thanks to Elisabeth Chastain and Becky Brown helping out with that.
We began our meeting time with a fun - get to know you - Mom Bingo game! The winners got to add their names in the pot a second time for our first giveaway of the year - an embroidered sign from the Hallmark shop in Blairsville. Congrats to Tami Cook for winning the giveaway! :)
As we settled down we began to discuss Family after reading the corresponding section in our workbook. One major takeaway for me from the discussion was the being a good mom and enjoying our individual passions can co-exist. When we find a way to "flourish" as an individual, our kids will see that and be able to model our behavior.
- Colossians 3:23-24
- 1 Corinthians 7:7
- 1Timothy 4:14
Some announcements to note:
- November 7 -- MOM's Night Out! We will be having our first night out by doing an Arts Party with Ali Dee. Veldia has graciously offered to allow us to come to her house, so if you have not already let me know that you want to go, please do so. We have a max of 25 people, so please let me know asap. The cost is $20 and the instructor provides all materials including the canvas, paints and brushes. You can check her facebook page out for more info on her classes.
- November 23 -- Zaxby's Fundraiser Night We will be hosting a fundraiser night at Zaxby's on Monday November 23. Zaxby's will provide us with a portion of their total sales for the evening if we have a few volunteers who would be willing to come and help out. Please encourage all your family, friends, and co-workers to come out and eat with us that night. As a reminder, the money that we raise through fundraising will help us to buy craft supplies, offer member scholarships, and help out in the service projects that we will be working on this year!
- Christmas Wreath Craft -- Soundra Ball, one of our mentor moms, has offered to help us make our own Christmas wreaths. This will be done at one of our upcoming meetings, so be on the lookout for anything that you might want to put in the wreath. She advised you can take old decorations that you no longer use and break them down to add to the wreath, or be on the look out if you are in a thrift store.
- T-Shirts -- We are still working on these. As soon as we get a design nailed down, I will share it with you!
- Christmas Love -- We had talked about making a craft for each Christmas Love family, so if you have an idea of something that would be easy to make and we could make a lot of them quickly, let me know!
