January MOPS Speaker - Randy Ferguson

On January 7th, our MOPS group will welcome Randy Ferguson, M.A. as our January speaker.


Randy Ferguson, is author of the book “Outrageously Fulfilling Relationships”: a collection of powerful articles from his syndicated newspaper column “Focus On Relationships.” Randy uses a wry, satirical style in his speaking presentations, which are carefully tailored to your group’s specific interests.


As an International Leadership Trainer, Randy has traveled to Europe, Asia & South America training executive teams. His clients have included Ford, Mazda, Novartis, United Airlines, the U.S. Government and many more.

Steve Vannoy, Founder of “Pathways To Leadership”, describes Randy as “One of the most powerful speakers in America today.” He possesses a lively sense of humor and believes strongly that there is immense potential in all of us and we now have the keys to unlock it. He carries this message to enthusiastic audiences, through both his writing and his speeches, promoting the idea that we each have the capacity of make good lives GREAT!

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For more information, check out Randy's website here

November MOPS Speaker - Ray Lincoln

On November 5th, our MOPS group will welcome Ray Lincoln as our November speaker.

Ray is founder of Ray W. Lincoln and Associates and Ray Lincoln Ministries. His services include Christian life coaching; professional coaching; seminars and workshops on parenting, marriage, personal development and more.

He is the bestselling author of "I'm a Keeper", a book that is being used in 7 countries and is receiving rave reviews from parents, teachers and psychologists and professionals. It teaches parents the most important skill they must have for successful parenting: how to understand your child.

Ray is originally from New Zealand. His has worked professionally in New Zealand and Australia, and he has been in the USA since 1971 because he met Mary Jo in Texas and decided to stay.  He has over 40 years of experience in coaching and counseling. His earned degrees include a PhD in the Philosophy of Religion, a Master of Divinity and more. He has a masterʼs level of training in Psychology, which has been a passion of his for many years as he applied a biblical interpretation (rather than a secular one) to Temperament Psychology and found that this approach is, as expected, much more effective.

Lincoln lives in Littleton, with his wife of 27 years, Mary Jo and comes to our group to give us a helpful approach to “The Art and Science of Mothering” by addressing the subject of PARENTING WITH LOVE AND CONFIDENCE.

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On Ray's website - www.raywlincoln.com - there is a Child Temperment Assesment that may be helpful for you and the Moms at your table to fill out before his presentation on Friday.  Once you get to the website, click on the resources link.  It will say that this tab is under construction, but the link for the Child Temperment Key will be on the right side of the page (as you're viewing it). 

October MOPS Speaker - Jon Holsten

On October 1st, our MOPS group will be hosting speaker, Jon Holsten, veteran polic sergeant with the Fort Collins Police Department.  Jon will be speaking to our group about a very delicate, but important topic - protecting our children from sexual predators, based on his book, "The Swimsuit Lesson".

Jon Holsten is a 15 year veteran police sergeant with the Fort Collins Police Department. As a patrol officer and detective in his agency’s Crimes Against Persons Unit, Jon has helped investigate and prosecute dozens of child sexual assault cases.

Jon is the author of the internationally acclaimed children’s book entitled "The Swimsuit Lesson" -- a resource for parents determined to protect their children from sexual predators.  Both have been featured by local and national media -- including ABC’s Good Morning America. He has also written on the same topic for several national publications.

Jon and his wife, Ceri (Sear-ee) have six children and make their home near Fort Collins.

For more information about Jon or the book, "The Swimsuit Lesson", please click here to go to Jon's website.

Copies of "The Swimsuit Lesson" will be available for purchase at our October 1st meeting.