Information About Mom's Night Off Meal Exchange & Stroller Club

Due to a lack of interest (and many moms still trying to catch up with their summer meal exchanges!), we have decided to suspend Mom's Night Off until later in the year.

We did have loads of interest in walking at Little Mulberry Park after dropping the kids off at preschool, but we are trying to come up with a way to organize this!  Last time we started this, we had two days that worked for the majority of our participants, and this time we have moms interested in walking every day of the week.  We are going to give preschool drop-off a week or so of getting into the routine and then try and get a list of interested moms together for each day.  Look out for a post in the next week or so asking for days you would be interested in walking!

Topic for 9/1 Meeting

We will be discussing the Nine Characteristics of Biblical Fellowship from Rick Warren's The Purpose Driven Life at our next meeting on Wednesday, 9/1.

We will also be distributing copies of the book Mothers of the Bible for those of you who indicated that you wanted to participate in the book study.  If you are not going to be able to attend the next meeting and are participating in the book study, please contact Heather Korey to arrange a time to pick up your copy.  If you would like to participate in the book study and have not filled out the registration forms, please contact Heather Korey.

Recap from 8/25 Meeting

Just a few announcements/reminders from our last meeting:

*If you haven't reserved childcare for Wednesday nights, please email Amy Stokes (3 and under) or sign up for TLC (4 and up) on the HMUMC website.

*There is a Family & Young Adult Cookout scheduled for Sunday, August 29 from 5:30-7:30 @ Duncan Creek Park.  Come hangout and meet some other young families in an informal way.  If you would like to know more about LifeGroups, Sunday School or Bible Studies, leaders will be at the cookout to answer your questions.  Bring a side, salad or dessert to share.

*The HMUMC Women's Retreat is scheduled for January 28-30 at Unicoi State Park.  The cost is $150 and the church is offering a payment plan.  If you have any questions, please talk with Heather Korey!

*Time Out! is now on Facebook!  Click here to link up with other members.

Playdates Announced

We decided that our playdate scheduled for Friday, September 10th would be play time & a picnic at Duncan Creek Park.  Since many moms have kids in school on Fridays, we decided that would make it easy to bring the little ones to play and be close to pick up the older kids from preschool.  We are going to meet up at 10 and picnic under the pavilion.  An evite was sent earlier today (Friday) for this outing; if you have been following Time Out! on the web and haven't made it to a meeting yet, please email Erin Clary to get on the evite list!

For our playdate on Monday, October 11, Jamie Bouchard has volunteered her backyard for an outside playdate at 10 AM!  This is a GCPS/HMUMC school holiday, so if you are wondering what to do with the kids, please come and play with us!  Look for an evite for this event in a few weeks.

Meeting Reminder

Our next meeting will be on Wednesday evening, 8/25, from 6:45-8:15 in room A-1 in the modular.  We will be continuing with getting to know you activities, so if you missed the first meeting, please join us this week! 

If you haven't been to a meeting yet, please print the Registration Forms and bring them to your first meeting (download them from GoogleDocs, link is 2 posts down).  Also, for first timers, if you need child care, please make sure to email Amy Stokes and/or sign up for TLC so that the church can have enough workers present on Wednesday evening to care for our kids.

Don't forget a picture for your name tag/table tent!

Zaxby's Food Drive to Benefit The Pantry @ HMUMC

I just saw this on Facebook!

On Saturday, August 21st Zaxby's Hamilton Mill will be joining HMUMC in a can drive for the food pantry! Bring two non-perishable items to Zaxby's open to close and receive free chicken fingers!

Thanks Zaxby's for supporting HMUMC and the food pantry in helping us help our community!

Time Out! Registration Forms

I finally figured out how to post a document on the blog!  If you still need to print & complete the Time Out! registration forms, you can click here to get them from Google Docs.  Please complete them and bring them to your first Time Out! meeting.  The page is formatted a little differently from the original attachment on Shutterfly, but this is much easier to locate online.

Meeting Topics Page Added

We've added a page with all of the year's meeting topics so you will know exactly what is going on every week at Time Out! .  The page can be located under the email subscription box under the heading "Meeting Topics".  If you are opting out of the book study, this page will be helpful in planning which meetings you may want to skip.

Frequently Asked Questions Section Added

We have added a FAQ section to the blog for new members, located on the right hand side of the page, under the email subscription box.  Feel free to refer new moms to this part of the webpage to learn more about our group.  Please let Erin Clary know if you can think of other FAQ that should be included!

Time Out! is on Facebook

Time Out! has created a group page on Facebook to link our members!  Click here to be added as a member.  As we are a new group and in the process of adding new members, this group will be an open group, so be careful in posting personal information on the wall.

Keep in Touch with Time Out!

Please make sure that you sign up to receive email announcements from Time Out! by entering your email address into the subscription box at the top right side of the blog homepage.  When you enter your email address and complete the accompanying form, it will automatically generate an email to address you listed.  Please make sure to click the link in the email to confirm that you want to join our email list and activate your subscription (you can unsubscribe at any time).

We will not be sending evites for weekly meetings after the first week, so blog updates are the way to keep up with meeting topics & group announcements. 

We will be sending evites for play dates, field trips, Mom's Night Outs and other events.  Don't worry, your email address will be kept private and topics containing personal information will not be shared via the blog, but we do use the subscription list to make up our email & evite list, so don't get left off!

Time Out! Child Care

If you will need child care on Wednesday evenings to attend Time Out!, please follow the directions below, depending on the age(s) of your child(ren).

If you have a child 3 or under, please email Amy Stokes at amy.stokes@hmumc.org .  Please give her your name, the name and age of your child, the names of anyone authorized to pick up your child, your contact information and anything she needs to know to care for your child. 

If you have a child 4 or over, please complete the sign-up form for TLC (Teaching the Love of Christ; formerly J-Towne) found here to reserve your child's space at TLC on Wendesday evenings.