Our Church and MOPS

Yet again to get caught up on my posting, it has been so busy this past week I really can't get upset with myself I really have had little time to sit at the computer for more than 5 min at a time.  Andrew is feeling a bit under the weather so I am taking this time to catch up on blogging.  So here goes :)

Thursdays our my MOPS days, well at least every other Thursday is, so we head out the door pretty fast and early for us to try and make it to the church by 8:45.  MOPS days are both wonderful because I get to spend the morning with so many wonderful moms and new friends and Hannah is finally not crying at all (yes that means not even a tear) when I drop her off at MOPPETS, it is GREAT!  But little miss Felicity does not really get to nap, unless it is in the BJORN (which when she does is only for about 20-30 min).  So when we get home we have a few little ones melting down and we hurry with lunch and off to naps (sometime for the entire house).  I do love MOPS and can put the non napping and meltdowns aside to spend time with my other fellow moms.  Back to MOPS though.  On this particular Thursday we got called on like 8th graders and told we were being to loud by a group of other parents that were learning about raising adolescents in the conjoining room.  Now mind you we had already gone thru the issue of not having the rooms for the kids me needed and our room not set up for us, so we were a bit on edge already. We were also being very quite all things considered.  My Co-coordinator got called in by Father Greg to have a talking to and in the end asked us to move rooms (because we don't pay to use this room and the other group did).  We graciously obliged, but realized how little stock the church is actually taking in our group.  I mean we are raising the future church are we not and offering a community for fellow moms to build their faith.  We have been left off the schedule, not had things set up for us (so we had pregnant moms moving tables and chairs to get the room set up), asked to move and be quiet because we don't pay and not given the space to provide adequate care for our children.  I have to ask, what is going on with our church/staff.  Is this something we should take personally or do they do this with other groups?  We are trying to grin and bear it, but each week it seem to be getting more and more difficult and we are feeling more and more like a burden and unappreciated.  We acknowledged that the staff is overworked and underpaid but at some point when we have confirmed and confirmed again the blame has got to go somewhere else.  I am wrong in feeling this way about my church?  They do offer so much to me and my family.  I guess the reality is that I need to look at the big picture and look at how much our Lord took in terms of being ignored, pushed to the side and under appreciated and give it all up for HIM.

I pray little ones that you know how much I appreciate you and that you one day will understand and appreciate all I have done for you.

All my Love,
Mom