Evite List Update & Directory Publication

We are going to be updating the evite list for future events.  Please make sure that you have paperwork on file with us to continue receiving invitations for future events.  If you have been to a meeting, you have completed the registration forms; if you have not yet been to a meeting, please complete the registration forms found here and turn them in to Heather Korey or Erin Clary.  You do not have to commit to evening meetings to be active with this group, but for housekeeping purposes it would be very helpful for us to have an information sheet filled out for everyone that is going to participate in group activities.  We are also trying to get everyone's information compiled in order to publish our directory of contact information for members.  We cannot publish your contact information without your permission on the registration form, nor can we distribute the contact information of others to you until you have completed the paperwork.  Please print a copy of the registration forms and hand them in at the next Time Out meeting or event that you attend.  Thank you so much for your help with this!

Meeting Topic Change

We are going to change the topic for our October 20th meeting to Couponing 101: Grocery Stores.  We have been trying to get a representative from Safe Kids/Gwinnett County to come out and do a presentation on child safety & do car seat checks, but we can't get them to contact us back and confirm a presentation.  We are going to continue trying to get a safety presentation lined up for later in the year, but we know that we have lots of new mommies interested in learning more about coupons, so we decided to shift the schedule a bit.  Please feel free to invite your friends or anyone else you think is interested or could benefit from learning about extreme couponing!!

Another Pregnant Mommy!

Congratulations to Jessica Cole, one of our newest additions to the group who is also expecting a new addition herself...a baby boy due in December!  Please add Jessica to the list of mommies that we are going to be celebrating at our upcoming family cookout on September 26th at Erin Clary's house.  In addition to Jessica, we have four other expecting mommies in our group: Jenn Samonsky, Karen Hay, Jamie Bouchard & Beverly Prickett! 

Next Meeting Topic

Just a reminder that our next meeting is Wednesday, September 8th and our meeting topic will be a discussion about our first book chapter on Eve from Mothers of the Bible.  Don't forget to print out and bring the list of the discussion questions posted last week!  If you missed last week's meeting and do not have your book, please come anyway, you will be able to participate without having done the homework!

New Evites are Coming

Apparently the "new & improved" Evite is not so user-friendly (hooray!  it is not just me!), so we are going to cancel the original evite and re-do them under the "old & superior" version!  If you have already replied, please re-RSVP when you get the new invitation.  Sorry for the confusion and pray that the new version of Evite doesn't completely replace the old version anytime soon...at least not while I (Erin) am in charge of sending invitations!!!

Mom's Night Out: Thursday, 9/16

Just a reminder that we have a Mom's Night Out on the calendar for Thursday, September 16th.  If you have any ideas or activities in mind, please email Erin or Heather!  Look for an evite by the end of the week.

Save the Date!

Look for an evite later this week for our Time Out! family cookout on Sunday, September 26 from 5-7 at Erin Clary's house.  We had a family dinner after our Easter Egg Hunt last spring and had lots of fun with the whole family, so we hope you will be able to join us!  We are also planning to celebrate Karen Hay, Jenn Samonsky Jamie Bouchard & Beverly Prickett's babies that evening with a small baby shower.  Karen, Jenn & Beverly are having boys and Jamie is having a girl!

Time Out! is going to pay for fried chicken from KFC, Erin is going to supply paper products and Heather is going to supply drinks.  Please bring a dish (appetizer/side/dessert) to share!

Important Documents to Print

We will begin our book study, Mothers of the Bible, next week.  If you are participating in the book study, click here to print a copy of the reading guide & study questions.  You can also access this document on the Shutterfly website. 

You can find the handout from tonight's meeting on the Nine Characteristics of Biblical Fellowship here.  This document can also be found at the Shutterfly website.

If you would like to participate in the book study and have not already done so, please contact Heather Korey immediately to order a book!

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.