Ive been wanting to contact our new church to find out if they had a mom's group but I kept putting it off. Finally a couple days ago I emailed the church. I told them we were new to the parish and I was wondering if they had a moms group? This is the email I received back "There isn’t a mom’s group at this time.Thank you." I was a little bumbed that they didnt have a mom's group, but not surprised. What really annoyed me was how unwelcoming the response was. No - welcome to the parish, no- here is some great mom's to get in touch with, etc.
Tonight I decided to see if there were any church's in the area that had mom's groups. So far I have not found any, just women's groups. I did find a MOPS in Rogers, but it is mainly for SAHMs, so they meet during the day while all the working mom's are at work. There seems to be so much focusing on supporting the SAHM but what about the working mom? What about the parents who only get to see their children 2-3 hours a day.
My old youth minister thinks I should start up a mom's group at our church. Ive been thinking about it today but I dont know if I have the energy for it. There could be so many obstacles I may run into trying to start a group at the church. Some parishes you just need the ok from the pastor to start a new group, others it needs to be in the pastoral council vision, or you may need to fill out paperwork and the pastoral council has to approve of it, etc. I was hoping that I could at least find another mom's group in the area that I could go to to see how they do things.
The realization that there isnt really a lot or anything for working mom's make me think there is a great need for a moms group for all moms but especially for working moms. Now to think about what the purpose for the moms group should be and how to avoid talking to the lady at the church who responded to my email. I feel like having a little talk with her about how to make people feel welcomed in the church and so forth.
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