Are you eager to forge meaningful connections with fellow mothers within our parish? We warmly invite you to become a part of the St. Stephen’s Mom’s Group – an inclusive, fun, and supportive gathering designed for mothers from all walks of life.
Our community of mothers is diverse, encompassing working professionals, stay-at-home moms, mothers expecting or adopting, single moms, and those raising children ranging from toddlers to teenagers. Regardless of your background or where you find yourself on your spiritual path, the St. Stephen’s Mom’s Group promises enriching conversations and companionship through both the trials and joys of motherhood. Guided by The MomCo curriculum (short for Mom Community), we delve into topics that resonate with our shared experiences as mothers.
SCHEDULE
Mom’s Group meets every other Wednesday from 6:30 – 8:00 PM in the Chapel. View/print a list of the 2024/25 Mom’s Group dates here.
Let us make dinner for you! Enjoy our weekly Community Dinners beginning at 5:45 PM in the Gathering Space and then spend your evening immersed in fun-filled fellowship while your children enjoy the Wednesday Night children’s (K-Grade 5) and youth (grades6-12) activities.
WHAT AWAITS YOU AT MOM’S GROUP?
Community: Forge lasting friendships with other mothers.
Curriculum: Engage with enriching content tailored for maternal growth.
Crafts & Activities: Unleash your artistic flair through various crafts and activities.
Social: Enjoy fun outings throughout the year.
WILD HOPE – Our 2024/2025 Theme
This year’s MomCo curriculum theme is “Wild Hope”. Imagine hope as a vibrant force that propels us forward, even in challenging times. Let’s embrace Wild Hope together – bold, contagious, and full of possibilities! Scoll down to learn more about this year’s theme.
MEMBERSHIP FEE
The annual cost for the St. Stephen’s Mom’s Group is $75. This includes a MomCo membership and meeting costs.
ABOUT OUR LEADERS
Jessica Thomas has been going to St. Stephen’s since she was 2 years old. After nearly two decades living on both coasts, she and her husband, Patrick, were married at the church in 2018. Rosie (4) was baptized at the church in 2020, and Arnie (2) was baptized in 2022.
Emily Reichenbach began attending St. Stephen’s in seventh grade. She and her husband, Ryan, were married at the church in 2008. Their family returned to the Twin Cities from Chicago in 2015 and each of their children – Landon (12), Julia (10), Harrison (7), and Evelyn (3) – were baptized at St. Stephen’s.
Questions? Contact Jessica and Emily at momsgroup@ststephens.com
MOM’S GROUP 2024/25 THEME
Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.
Isaish 42:18-19, NIV
Do you ever feel like your pilot light has gone out? Like the spark that once fueled your passion, clarity, and energy has been dimmed under the mental load of motherhood? Perhaps it’s the need to make 1 million decisions a day (so many decisions!) that causes you to never really feel confident you’re doing it right. Maybe you are in a season where you feel you are not showing up well for yourself or others; just going through the motions, trying to get to the end of the week.
That is about to change because we’re declaring this the year of new things. A new season needs a new strategy, and we choose wild, contagious hope. Hope is not a passive exercise in wishing; it’s an active approach to living life engaged. Hope is generative. In Proverbs 13:12 we read, “Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fullled is a tree of life.” Hope provides clarity, vision and vitality.
Looking at the adversity and division that seems to be seeping into the fabric of our culture, hope offers another option – the opportunity to see new paths and ways of living that we might not have considered before. It reminds us that we can make a positive difference in our families and communities and that tough times will not paralyze us. Hope requires courage and trust because to see the new thing God is doing likely means going into the wilds – paths that take us through uncomfortable places and challenges that nourish our deepest longing.
God is doing something new, and we can get our hopes up. It’s time for Wild Hope.
