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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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May you remember that God is not only the God of d May you remember that God is not only
the God of destinations, but of detours.

When life takes you somewhere you never intended to go,
may you recognize that you have not been forgotten.

May you have eyes to see the people in front of you,
hands willing to gather the sticks,
courage to shake off the snakes,
a heart willing to welcome and be welcomed,
and faith to believe that even here,
especially here, God is at work.
What if the place you keep calling a detour is act What if the place you keep calling a detour is actually part of the story?

Paul was headed to Rome. Instead, he ended up shipwrecked on Malta.
It wasn't the destination. But it mattered.

A reminder for all of us: don't waste the waiting,
the detour, or the place you didn't choose.

🎙️ 042 | Make Malta Matter | Finding Purpose in Divine Detours
  The latest Oh, Good Grief Podcast episode is out now.

#OhGoodGriefPodcast #MakeMaltaMatter #SimplyBloomCo
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What if the years you thought were wasted… weren't What if the years you thought were wasted…
weren't wasted at all?

In Part 2 of my conversation with Leah Harvey,
we go deeper into what it means to trust
God when the outcome is still unknown.

Leah has spent years carrying the ache of infertility,
and she doesn't offer a tidy answer or a spiritual shortcut.

Instead, she talks about restoration.
About eternity.
About choosing Jesus over her preference.
About looking for treasure in the middle of the story.

And about the surprising realization that there
may not have been wasted years after all,
because God was present in every one of them.

He is.
Even here.
Even now.

🎧 Part Two with Leah Harvey is live now.

#OhGoodGriefPodcast #StruggleWell #StayRooted #SojournTogether
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What if trusting that God is good doesn't mean bel What if trusting that God is good doesn't mean
believing He will give us everything we ask for?

That's one of the questions my friend Leah Harvey
and I wrestle with in this week's episode.

Leah and her hubby, Jake, have walked through years
of infertility and the kind of unanswered prayer that
doesn't just hurt once—it asks you to keep
trusting God over and over again.

We talk about grief, surrender, the questions we sometimes feel afraid to ask, and what happens when we stop trying to put tidy answers over messy pain.

This is a tender conversation about choosing Jesus over our preferences, embracing the mystery of God, and learning to believe that His goodness doesn't depend on whether He gives us the thing we're asking for.

Part One of my conversation with Leah Harvey is live now
🎧  040 | The Goodness of God in the Waiting

#OhGoodGriefPodcast #StruggleWell #StayRooted #SojournTogether
Before the world told you who you needed to become Before the world told you who you needed to become...
Before fear taught you how to survive...
Before shame convinced you to hide...
God looked at you and called you His own.

Not because you had healed.
Not because you had figured yourself out.
Not because you had become your best self.
Simply because you were His.

You are still becoming.
And you are already loved.

Keep coming home.

#OhGoodGriefPodcast #SimplyBloomCo
What if the goal isn't to become a different type, What if the goal isn't to become a different type,
but to become more fully yourself?

We've spent the last several weeks exploring the Enneagram:
our gifts, wounds, coping strategies, and the stories we
learned to believe in order to survive.

Now it's time to come home.

Episode 039 closes this Summer Series by asking
what happens when self-awareness becomes surrender.

The Enneagram can help us understand our patterns.
But it was never meant to become our identity.

You are not your number.
You are not your trauma.
You are not your coping strategy.

You are a beloved child of God.

🎧 Oh, Good Grief — Episode 039 is available now.
Sitting on the front porch with a cup of coffee, m Sitting on the front porch with a cup of coffee, my Bible and a book of maps in my lap, and the sun on my face, has me thinking about how strange and beautiful life can be.

It’s no small honor to be given the opportunity to preach at our church from time to time. Had you told the broken, shoplifting, lying, giving-her-body-away-for-free teenage girl I once was that one day she’d stand in a pulpit and talk to people about God’s goodness and grace, I would have laughed at you.

But maybe that’s exactly why God delights in using the messy, the unlikely, the misfits. Because these are the stories that make His redemption impossible to miss.

One of my favorite lines from The Chosen, spoken by Mary Magdalene, sums it up perfectly: “I was one way, and now I am completely different. And the thing that happened in between was Him.”

That’s my story, too.
And if I were to hazard a guess, it's yours as well.

It’s one of my greatest joys to dig into God’s Word, share what He’s laid on my heart, offer some encouragement and conviction, confess the uncomfortable things, and ultimately point people back to Jesus.

Because there’s no denying the extraordinary power of redemption when you’ve lived it yourself.
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