PLAY DATE TOMORROW!

Come join Indian Creek MOPS tomorrow at Mill Creek Park!  

79th and Cottonwood St. 

Lenexa, KS 66215

The play date starts at 9:00, but this is very informal so come when you can.   Bring a picnic and enjoy the beautiful weather!  

 

A Fierce Flourishing Theme Summary

Theme Verse: 

For you shall go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and the hills before you shall break forth into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. Isaiah 55:12

Sometimes we need new eyes. A perspective shift that recalibrates our hearts to the rhythm of God’s goodness surrounding us. To tune our hearts to better hear the music of the divine echoing throughout this world. That we might let that goodness seep into our bones and into our hearts so we can remember what it feels like to flourish.

We think flourishing looks a lot like:

Celebrating Lavishly: Celebrating breathes life into our days. Could it be that commemorating moments might help us to become more alive, to remember what is good and become masterful at recognizing it? How would life change to regularly invite friends into our stolen moments with uninhibited dancing and the best food, while gathered around the biggest table with the deepest conversations? Lavish celebrations can be sacred markers that help remind us who we are.

Embracing Rest: Perhaps it is time to let go of exhaustion as a status symbol and productivity as a measure of worth. What if one of the most life-giving activities that would contribute to our flourishing is welcoming rhythms of rest and play into our lives? Creating healthy rhythms in our life is one way we nourish the weary spots in our soul.

Noticing Goodness: Could it be possible that we don’t need new things but rather new eyes to see what we already have? What if we regained our sense of vision, an acute resolve to find hope in the cracks and mire of the mundane? Noticing what is good gives us the gift of perspective and reminds us the sacred is closer than we think.

We become more ourselves when we celebrate, rest and notice, and that looks a lot like flourishing. But this flourishing isn’t the precious or exhausting kind. This is a fierce flourishing. It is a deep-in-your-guts experience of gratitude and hope compelling you to raise your hands and dance freer than you ever have before. It is a fierce protection of your most important moments, an invitation to rest and an opportunity to enjoy the people who are right in front of you.
This year at MOPS, may we become a home for found wanderers, redeemed prisoners, explorers at the edge of their comfort – all of us who were one-time captives now celebrating our unearned freedom, because we have regained the eyes to see. May this year unfold into radical expressions of your own unique Fierce Flourishing.

My Favorite Things: Movies

Want to try a new restaurant but not sure where to go?

Are you pregnant and not sure what baby products you really need?

Are you unsure of what to cook on a busy weeknight?

What better place to turn than your fellow MOPS moms for ideas?

Our new feature My Favorite Things - will give you some ideas of where to start.

Each month we will feature a different question and recommendations will be listed by other MOPS moms in the group.

This month's feature:

What is your favorite movie?

• The Notebook - Melony S.
• Pride and Prejudice  - Alisha D.
• The Notebook - Ashley C.
• Anything not Cars - Jessica F.
• Pride and Prejudice, BBC version - Jane H.
• Host - Stephanie H.
• Pitch Perfect - Emily H.
• Notting Hill - Katie H.
• The Notebook - Heather J.
• Baby Mama and Juno - Stephanie L.
• The Notebook - Alicia P.
• When Harry Met Sally - Lindsay R.
• Mrs. Congeniality - Amy S.
• Pitch Perfect, Too many to list - Raychel V.
• Jerry Mcguire, Silver Linings, Playbook, Dumb and Dumber - Laura W.
• Mary Poppins - Kelly R.
• The Princess Bride - Erin B.
• Center Stage, Horton Hears a Who - Karla T.
• Legends of the Fall - Julie K.
• Dirty Dancing - Angela A.
• Any movie out of the theater - Sara B.
• Center Stage - Carrie M.
• The Princes Bride - Nicki F.
• When Harry Met Sally - Sara K.
• There's Something About Mary, The Sandlot, Baby Mama - Sarah L.
• The Blind Side, The Proposal - Jessi C.
• How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days - Nicole P.
• Sleepless in Seattle (cheesy I know!) - Lou Ann C.
• Christmas Vacation - only movie I have seen literally every year for at least 20 years! - Rachael K.

Want to contribute your ideas for our blog or newsletter? Check your MOPS folder for the My Favorite Things feature!