vision

Café Mom came as a result of me searching for my place. Jeremy and I set out to plant this church about three years ago. There were several natural areas for me to fall into as a minister’s wife. I’d already chosen to be a stay-at-home mom. We were having our second child. But I couldn’t figure out exactly why I didn’t feel called to lead the children’s ministry. This would have been a natural place for me to squeeze myself into. I love kids – I love my own like crazy. But it didn’t quite fit – it wasn’t my passion. I continued to fill in where I was needed but really longed for something that I was passionate and somehow made for.

I started the realKidz playgroup last year as an outlet for moms (and their kids). A place for us to come to, giving the kids a chance to play and make new friends, while us moms did the same. There is something life-giving in getting together with people that are going through the same thing – sharing stories and struggles. Café Mom has seemed like the next step, in giving moms a place to come and breathe and recharge. Every week we’ll have time to step a way from the kids, sit across from one another, listen and get to know each other and to hopefully become more of what God intended us each to be – uniquely ourselves.