Please join us

• First Sundays at noon at a local restaurant
• 2nd, 3rd and 4th Sundays at noon in the large parish hall
• Fifth Sundays – no meeting
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Band of Moms is a group of mothers of every age group – babies, toddlers, tweens & teens, young adults, failure to launch…it’s for all moms. As joyous as the season of raising children is, it is also one of the most challenging times in a woman’s life. For that reason, a safe space is provided for moms to communicate with each other.

Potluck

At Band of Moms, childcare is always provided. Each meeting includes a potluck & discussion. Bring a brunch dish to share if you can, come anyway if you can’t! There is always enough food! We’ll sit & talk about everything and anything and we’ll listen to one another. Sometimes as moms, all we really want is adult conversation and someone to listen. We always end in prayer. Come as you are. We form strong friendships as we grow together in faith and support one another on this walk.

Discussion

We really strive to make this a safe place for moms to pour their hearts out to and feel comfortable in knowing that they are never alone. We eat breakfast, drink coffee, then talk about about the Gospel for the week. We talk about our own experiences & how we get through them, and celebrate the blessings and wins, which are many!

Support

We have seen each other through cancer, surgeries, behavioral diagnoses, anxiety, depression, pregnancy, birth, the loss of loved ones, and the list goes on. The big thing we always remember is that what happens in our group, stays in our group, and we all are fiercely committed to protecting the privacy of one another.

Meetings are on Sundays at noon in the Large Parish Hall and at a restaurant once a month. Our annual celebrations, Christmas parties and special occasion dates will be determined as a group.

Questions? More info? Contact Liza Goodner, liza.goodner@stmartininthefields.org.

About Sisters of the Spirit

Sisters of the Spirit (SOS) is for women who are interested in exploring their faith through book discussion. The group meets on Mondays from 1-2 pm in the small parish hall or by Zoom. SOS also occasionally goes to the movies together in place of a weekly meeting, or even has the occasional outing or party!

Kerry Angle, the group’s leader, sends out weekly emails to the SOS group regarding upcoming events. To get on the group email, send Kerry a message at kkangle@prodigy.net.

The focus of Sisters of the Spirit is around the book that the group is reading. Sisters of the Spirit does not have a designated facilitator, but the group reads and discusses chapters at a mutually-determined pace. Anyone who finds they would be interested in the book that is going to be read is encouraged to get a book and join in. Not everyone is on board for every book, and the group loves to have new people and to hear new points of view.

Due to COVID-19 restrictions, we ask everyone to mask up for the meeting. Or you can join the conversation on Zoom! Please email Kerry Angle at kkangle@prodigy.net & she’ll add you to the call.

Meeting on Zoom these days!

Sisters of the Spirit invite you

Movie outing!   

Books are determined by a recommendation by group members, and the group votes on which book to read next. Books range from those found in the theology section of a bookstore, to fiction or non-fiction that might be on the New York Times best seller list. All of these books have something to teach, and members share their understanding with one another as to what they mean to them. Some books are very light reading, some delve into deep and emotional subjects and some are classics that were read many years ago, but were felt to probably have a different lesson to teach as they are read now.

Let the wise hear and increase in learning, and the one who understands obtain guidance.
Proverbs 1:5

Email Kerry for our current book!

SOS has previously read: 

The Giver of Stars by JoJo Moyes, On Gold Mountain by Lisa See, The Woman in the Window by AJ Finn,  The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah, Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult, Rich People Problems by Kevin Kwan, She Walks These Hills by Sharyn McCrumb, The Shadowland by Elizabeth Kostova, The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown, The Goldfinch by Donna Tart, Allie and Bea by Catherine Ryan Hyde, News of the World by Paulette Jiles, Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate, China Rich Girlfriend by Kevin Kwan, The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew and the Heart of the Middle East by Sandy Tolan, The Chilbury Ladies’ Choir by Jennifer Ryan, Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah, Right Ho, Jeeves by PG Wodehouse, A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving, Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan, The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, Caleb’s Crossing by Geraldine Brooks,  A Wolf Called Romeo by Nick Jans , Hillbilly Elegy by JD Vance, A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles, A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’Engle, The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson, Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie, My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry by Fredrik Backman,  The Girl Before by JP Delaney, The Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson, The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin, The Rose Re
nt by Ellis Peters, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon, The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead, A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman, Blood and Silk: The Hidden Love Story of Mary Magdalene and Jesus of Nazareth by Carol McKay, A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler, The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins, All the Light we Cannot See by Anthony Doerr, Compass and Stars by the Rev. Martin L. Smith. The Sunday Philosophy Club  by Alexander McCall Smith, Flunking Sainthood: A Year of Breaking the Sabbath, Forgetting to Pray, and Still Loving my Neighbor by Jana Riess, The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman, A year of Biblical Womanhood by Rachel Held Evans, Heft: A Novel by Liz Moore, Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee,  To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom, The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion, Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver, The Giver by Lois Lowry,  White Lilacs by Carolyn Meyer, The Fault in Our Stars by John Green,  Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline, Zealot by Reza Aslan,   It’s Really All About God by Samir Selmanovic, Snow in August by Pete Hamill,  Small Victories: Spotting Improbable Moments of Grace by Anne Lamott

Have questions? Please email Kerry Angle at kkangle@prodigy.net. You can also ask Kerry to put you on the SOS email group to get news from the group, book updates, prayer requests, and more!