The Mom Community — MomCo for short. The MomCo by MOPS International is a global program that has been alive and growing since 1973! The program has grown to include moms with kids of all ages. It holds the mission: To encourage and equip moms of young children to realize their potential as mothers, women, and leaders, in relationship with Jesus and in partnership with the local church.

2025-2026 SMLC MomCo Dates
1st & 3rd Wednesdays, 7:00-8:30 PM

September 3 & 17
October 1 & 15
November 5 & 19
December 3 & 17
January 7 & 21
February 4
March 4 & 18
April 1 & 15
May 6

The SMLC MomCo chapter began in Fall 2022 and is thrilled to have grown to a community of over 50 women at all ages and stages of mothering. Our group includes a great mix of mamas currently with infants, preschoolers, grade schoolers, and teens. Our group also includes a strong group of Mentor Moms who typically have adult or young adult children. Our group includes stay-at-home moms, many working moms, single moms, and adoptive moms. Please join us no matter which groups you identify with. Saint Matthew enjoys hosting this bimonthly evening MomCo group and welcomes moms who attend other area churches or no church at all. We especially want to welcome working moms with this evening time. Along with our bimonthy gatherings, the group includes occasional service projects and social events.

This is an evening especially for moms. Unfortunately, at this time, we cannot provide childcare, but we hope you can join us!

Each week usually includes a 10-20 minute panel, guest speaker or video speaker, followed by facilitated table discussion with questions related to the speaker’s topic. Tables will also typically share about their lives with each other and give support and encouragement. Some weeks the evening might also include a creative project, or an activity to facilitate moms making connections and getting to know each other. Every week also includes a generous snack table!

Table Groups: The second week all moms will be assigned to their table group for the year. Each group is typically 7-9 women, which includes a Table Leader and a Mentor Mom. During registration you can indicate if you have a preference of being with a table of moms in your same mothering stage, versus a table of mixed mothering stages. Table groups sit together each week, might have occasional meet-ups with or without families, and are generally an ongoing support to each other throughout the year. We are not meant to mama alone!

In a world that values polish over vulnerability, we’re reclaiming the power of awkwardness. Why? Because awkward is authentic and charming. It’s a breath of fresh air. Sometimes in our quest to be seen as competent, professional and sophisticated, we forget the value of being real. Isn’t it interesting how we love and appreciate awkwardness in others yet fight it off when we feel it in ourselves? Moms self-report loneliness in staggering statistics, probably because they feel no one truly knows the truest version of themselves. And there’s one way to make that happen—by getting awkward.

It’s simple but powerful: Once you give yourself permission to be awkward, fear loses its edge. This is when growth happens, relationships deepen, and obedience moves us from frustration to abundance. Perhaps, awkwardness isn’t a weakness but your greatest asset. What a liberation!

We’re entering a new era of earnestness. It’s about showing up as awkward as necessary to express real kindness to other moms. We will be wild, weird, fun, authentic and a little freer. We will become comfortable embracing our unique spark because denying it leaves everyone around us starving for warmth and light.

This year is about to get awkward … in a good way.

Contact Kari A at karicecilia@gmail.com.

Fall 2025 registration opens August 1st. Return to this website then and look for the registration button.

Registration is encouraged by Monday, September 8 to help with table group placement.

We do not want cost to be a barrier to attendance. Please contact Kari A at karicecilia@gmail.com if scholarship funds are needed.