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Schedule

2021 Schedule

•   February 14, 2021 : Midland, Michigan (Preaching at New Life Vineyard)

•   March 12-13, 2021 : Lima, Ohio (Couples Retreat | Private Event)

•   March 17, 2021 : Clare, Michigan (MOPS)

•   April 17, 2021 : Niles, Michigan (Summit Church | Women’s Conference)

•   April 17, 2021 : Lake Geneva, Wisconsin (Lake Geneva Camp | Mother & Daughter Conference)

 

2020 Schedule

•   January 17-18, 2020 : Midland, Michigan (Midland E-Free | Rooted Conference)

•   February 1, 2020 : Mt. Pleasant, Michigan (Enneagram Training | Cornerstone Church)

•   February 5, 2020 : Lansing, Michigan (Enneagram Training | Pregnancy Resource Center)

•   February 9, 2020 : Playas del Coco, Guanacaste, Costa Rica (Grow Conference | Mission Activation)

•   February 26, 2020 : Lansing, Michigan (Thrive Moms | Enneagram Intro)

•   March 7, 2020 : Lansing, Michigan (Enneagram Workshop| Trinity Church)

•   March 28, 2020 : Niles, Michigan (Summit Church | Women’s Conference)

•   April 5, 2020 : Midland, Michigan (New Life Vineyard)

•   April 18, 2020 : Midland, Michigan (Enneagram Workshop| Midland E-Free)

•   April 19, 2020 : Mt. Pleasant, Michigan (Cornerstone Church)

 

2019 Schedule

•   January 7, 2019 : Alma, Michigan (Alma Women’s Club)

•   January 26 – 27, 2019 : Midland, Michigan (Midland E-Free)

•   February 13, 2019 : Alma, Michigan (Alma College Study)

•   February 21, 2019 : Midland, Michigan (Enneagram Workshop)

•   March 17, 2019 : Saginaw, Michigan (Juvenile Detention Center)

•   March 21, 2019 : Midland, Michigan (Enneagram Workshop)

•   April 11, 2019 : Holt, Michigan (Riverview Refresh)

•   April 18, 2019 : Midland, Michigan (Enneagram Workshop)

•   April 21, 2019 : Saginaw, Michigan (Juvenile Detention Center)

•   May 9, 2019 : Alma, Michigan (Gratiot Pregnancy Banquet)

•   August 28, 2019 : Auburn Hills, Michigan (Enneagram Training | Woodland Direct)

•   October 5, 2019 : Alma, Michigan (Arise Conference)

•   October 20, 2019 : Costa Rica (Mission Activation Conference)

•   November 2, 2019 : Almont, Michigan (SOZO Conference)

•   November 10, 2019 : Midland, Michigan (New Life Vineyard)

•   November 17, 2019 : Saginaw, Michigan (Juvenile Detention Center)

 

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2018 CALENDAR

•   January 28, 2018 : Saginaw, Michigan (Juvenile Detention Center)

•   February 16, 2018 : Midland, Michigan (Love Yourself | Captured)

•   February 17, 2018 : Midland, Michigan (Arise 2.0 Conference)

•   April 12, 2018 : Holt, Michigan (Riv Refresh)

•   April 14, 2018 : Midland, Michigan (New Life Vineyard | Sat. Service)

•   April 15, 2018 : Midland, Michigan (New Life Vineyard | Sun. Service)

•   May 12, 2018 : Sault Ste. Marie, Canada (Worth It | Women’s Conference)

•   July 6 – 8, 2018 : Manton, Michigan (Whispering Pines Family Camp)

•   October 11, 2018 : West Branch, Michigan (Pregnancy Center)

•   October 27, 2018 : Almont, Michigan (Rooted Women’s Conference)

•   December 2, 2018 : Limo, Ohio (Foundations Couples Gathering)

•   December 30, 2018 : Midland, Michigan (New Life Vineyard)

 

2017 CALENDAR

•   January 29, 2017 : Saginaw, Michigan (Juvenile Detention Center)

•   February 10, 2017 : Midland, Michigan (Shelter House)

•   February 16, 2017 : Holt, Michigan (Refresh Ministry)

•   February 24, 2017 : Midland, Michigan (Captured Class)

•   March 1, 2017 : Lansing, Michigan (Thrive Moms)

•   March 26, 2017 : Saginaw, Michigan (Juvenile Detention Center)

•   March 31, 2017 : Merrill, Michigan (Lettering Class @ Library)

•   April 9, 2017 : Midland, Michigan (New Life Vineyard)

•   April 12, 2017 : Midland, Michigan (Captured Class)

•   April 19, 2017 : Merrill, Michigan (Lettering Class @ Library)

•   April 27-29, 2017 : Rives Junction, Michigan (Youth Haven | Ladies Day)

•   May 2, 2017 : Lapeer, Michigan (MOPs)

•   May 6, 2017 : Owosso, Michigan (Women’s Conference)

•   May 12, 2017 : Lapeer, Michigan (Lettering Class @ Willows)

•   May 19, 2017 : Midland, Michigan (Captured Class)

•   June 22-24, 2017 : Gaylord, Michigan (Big Ticket Festival)

•   July 7 – 9, 2017 : Manton, Michigan (Whispering Pines Family Camp)

•   October 7, 2017 : Alma, Michigan (Arise Conference)

•   November 4, 2017 : Attica, Michigan (LCC Women’s Penduka Conference)

•   November 6, 2017 : Alma, Michigan (Alma Women’s Club)

• December 17, 2017 : Cape Town, South Africa (Mercy Vineyard)

•   December 31, 2017 : Port Elizabeth, South Africa (Fountain Vineyard)

 

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PREVIOUS EVENTS:

2016

•   January 24, 2016 : Saginaw, Michigan (Saginaw County Correctional Fac.)

•   January 27, 2016 : Merrill, Michigan (Girl Scouts)

•   February 2, 2016 : Lapeer, Michigan (Lapeer MOPs)

•   February 4, 2016 : Influence Network Online (Member Class)

•   February 28, 2016 : Midland, Michigan (New Life Vineyard)

•   March 3, 2016 : Holt, Michigan (Riv Refresh)

•   March 12, 2016 : Midland, Michigan (NLV Reach Conference)

•   March 17-18, 2016 : St. Louis, Michigan (Women’s Conference)

•   April 22, 2016 : Merrill, Michigan (Penduka Launch | District Library)

•   April 26, 2016 : Flint, Michigan (Kettering University)

•   May 5, 2016 : Merrill, Michigan (Moms Matter | Merrill Elementary)

•   May 16, 2016 : Merrill, Michigan (MHS Baccalaureate Service)

•   May 17, 2016 : Owosso, Michigan (Penduka Event)

•   June 4, 2016 : Midland, Michigan (Penduka | Captured Studios)

•   June 23-25, 2016 : Gaylord, Michigan (Big Ticket Festival)

•   June 26-27, 2016 : Mackinaw Island, Michigan (Memories on Mackinaw)

•   August 28th, 2016 : Alma, Michigan (Alma Vineyard Church)

•   October 13, 2016: Elsie, Michigan (Chapin UM Conference)

•   October 30th, 2016 : Midland, Michigan (New Life Vineyard)

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2015

•   January 6, 2015 : Lansing, Michigan (Mom to Mom, River Terrace)

•   January 26, 2015 : Freeland, Michigan (Private Event, Lavish Salon)

•   February 11, 2015 : Lansing, Michigan (Trinity MOPS)

•   February 19, 2015 : Jackson, Michigan (Immanuel Lutheran MOPS)

•   February 22, 2015 : Saginaw, Michigan (Saginaw County Juvenile Detention Center)

•   February 24, 2015 : Saginaw, Michigan (St. Paul’s MOMS)

•   March 1, 2015 : Midland, Michigan (NLV Youth Group)

•   March 11, 2015 : Alma, Michigan (Alma College Bible Study)

•   March 19, 2015 : Holt, Michigan (Refresh @ Riverview)

•   March 29, 2015 : Midland, Michigan (New Life Vineyard)

•   April 23, 2015 : Mt. Pleasant, Michigan (CAFE Fundraiser, CMU)

•   May 2, 2015 : Caledonia, Michigan (Brightside Church)

•   August 28, 2015 : Midland, Michigan (Captured Studio)

•   August 30, 2015 : Midland, Michigan (New Life Vineyard)

•   September 19, 2015 : Lansing, Michigan (New Covenant)

•   November 7, 2015 : Attica, Michigan (Lapeer Community Church)

•   December 11, 2015 : St. Louis, Michigan (Resurrection Life Church)

•   December 27, 2015 : Midland, Michigan (New Life Vineyard)

 

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Hello there! I'm Joy. Speaker, designer, author & coach, and creator of the #weROARproject. Welcome to Simply Bloom Co., where passion & purpose collide.

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I am regularly overwhelmed by the kindness of God I am regularly overwhelmed by the 
kindness of God in the small + simple.

Things like twinkle lights + Christmas jazz,
scraping out the peanut butter fudge pot
all by myself while sitting on the counter,
and walking around the corner to find my
loin fruit snuggled up together over tea.

They may fight like cats + dogs at times,
but their bond is deep and true and sweet.
Happy release day, @dralisoncook 💛 Written at Happy release day, @dralisoncook 💛

Written at the intersection 
of faith and psychology, 
this book is yet another 
soul-nourishing,
heart-healing, 
boundary-fortifying 
gift from Alison Cook
(if you’ve had a heart-to-heart
with me in the past two years,
you know how much I loved 
‘Boundaries for the Soul’). 

As an enneagram 2 who was raised 
in the church, this book was a timely
and liberating read. Pure balm for the 
weary, recovering-people-pleaser soul. 

I am beyond grateful for the wisdom, 
compassion + experience that Alison 
brings to all she shares (and it was
such an honor to be on her launch 
team for this beautiful new book).

Need a survival guide for your growth
and healing journey? Here you go! ✌🏼

#thebestofyou #thebestofyoubook #womenoffaith #healthyboundaries #healthyyou #healingjourney
Find yourself a tribe of people who will, togethe Find yourself a tribe of people who will, 
together, spend a beautiful Saturday
morning pulling this workout off:

• 20 mile run
• 340 tire flips
• 2,000 air squats
• 1,000 pull ups
• 1,500 box jumps
• 2,200 pull ups
• 600 devil press
• 3,300 sit ups

Brutal. Amazing. 
Exhausted.
So grateful for these two - their friendship, enco So grateful for these two - their friendship,
encouragement and wise counsel over the
past decade of being our pastoral couple
has been such a gift to our family 💛

Congrats on your retirement, dear friends!!
“Over the years, I have come to realize that t “Over the years, 
I have come to realize that 
the greatest trap in our life is not 
success, popularity, or power, 
but self-rejection.”
 :: Henri Nouwen

Somewhere along the journey of 
life, we start to believe the lie that - 
despite being made in the very image 
of a good and beautiful God - who we 
are is inherently bad and broken, and 
we learn to cover that deep sense 
of inadequacy (and the shame that 
accompanies it) with performance.

Because our visceral 
human response to 
‘bad + broken’ is 
‘reject + conceal’.

We think it’s the rejection of others
that cuts us to the core, but the truth
is…most of us walk around wounded 
by a constant and unrelenting sense 
of self-rejection and self-loathing.

Want to know why we feverishly seek 
out the approval and validation of others?
Why we desperately want others to like us?

Because we’re out of touch with our
inherent value and worth, and we’re
not sure that we even like ourselves.

We resent our weakness,
and abandon ourselves.

/ / /

But this good + beautiful God of ours…
He is drawn to our weakness like a
moth to a flame, swooping in to
bring strength and grace.

Paul writes in Corinthians 12:9 that 
he learned to delight in his weakness 
because it was when he was week that
“His strength is perfected in me”. 

Or, as the Passion Translation so 
stunningly puts it, “my weakness 
becomes a portal to God’s power”.

Precious ones, we can shun our tender
still-in-process places, pretend to have 
it all together, and hustle for our worth…
OR we can drop the masks, offer kindness 
and curiosity to our hurting, broken parts,
and learn to live fully seen and known.

But we can’t have both.

And yes, it’s scary.

Today may we choose
…grace over perfectionism
…curiosity over shame
…acceptance over rejection
…gentleness over judgement
…wholeness over pretense

You are loved.
And they’re off! Alathea is in 10th grade and A And they’re off!

Alathea is in 10th grade and
Aiden is heading into 8th grade.

Here’s to a year full of grace,
discovery, friendship + growth 🙌🏼
"Faith isn't the ability to believe long + far i "Faith isn't the ability 
to believe long + far 
into the misty future. 
It's simply taking God 
at His Word + taking 
the next step."

:: Joni Eareckson Tada
Day 15 | Beach Day + Travel Prep We fly out late Day 15 | Beach Day + Travel Prep

We fly out late tomorrow evening so today
has been a lazy day of laundry, laying in the
sun, a petshop visit (where Aiden fell in love 
with a cute rat + I discovered zebra finches), 
an impromptu stop for bubble tea + stuffed crepes [oh my word, were these delicious!!],
shopping [I found the best, comfiest - Joe
would argue ‘ugliest’ - romper at the thrift
store that I can’t wait to wear on our long
journey home], and Aiden is currently off
doing his thing: fishing right from the pier.
Our view from the lodge last night ✨ Our view from the lodge last night ✨
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