Join us for our Bullet Journal Studio! Wether you've been doing a bullet/dot style journal for years or are curious and new to it, we invite you to come to studio! You will find people working on monthly spreads, thier book or project journals, scrapbooks and more. Its a fun time to be creative!

You are welcome to bring your own supplies to get ready for the month ahead. Or for $10 you can use the supplies we have on hand! New bullet journals cost between $12-$20. Let's get prepped amd creative together!

Supplies on hand to use under that $10 fee include:
•1,000's of washi stickers, planner stickers, etc
•Over a 100 rolls of washi tape
•Scissors & paper cutters
•Glue & Glue Tape
•Wide variety of scrap book paper
•Over 100 stencils for A5 & B5 journals
•Alcohol markers, brush tip markers, dot markers
•FIne liners
•White out tape, white out pens
•Stamps and ink
•Stones/jewels
•Gel pens
•...and more

Looking for Booklovers!
We would love to fill our shop with friends discussing the written word over coffee!
Lisa's book club is every Monday at 5:30 - the current book is "Servant in the lost Realm" by Kay Kenyon. New members are always welcome...even mid-way through the book!

Fishing Nights are now being offered at TLC, from this Thursday the 18th to the end of July! join us on Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. and enjoy two hours of fishing and snacks here at The Leadership Center!

Tickets are $10 per night per child if registered online, and $12 at the door! Tickets for additional children are $8 if registered online and $10 at the door. We welcome kids ages 6-16. Children 12 and under must be accompanied by an adult.

Please arrive 5-10 minutes early so we can get started at 5.

Please bring your own rod! We have limited rods available for rent for an additional $2. First come, first served! While we will be providing tackle, we encourage you to bring your own as well for any tried-and-true lures and bait!

Children 12 and under must be accompanied by an adult!

Fishing licenses are NOT required as this is a catch-and-release pond!

Please note that our property is a private property and is NOT open to open fishing!

Please direct any questions to Rebecca Ford, at Rebecca@tlcaurora.org

Looking for Booklovers!
We would love to fill our shop with friends discussing the written word over coffee!
Maile's book club is every Tuesday at 5:00! Her club's current read, "The Voyage of the Don Treader", a book of the Chronicals of Narnia.
All are welcome!!!

Come and hang out with fellow chess enthusiasts! All levels of experience are welcome and encouraged. Enjoy a drink or a snack while you play a game or two!

MAPS stands for Management + Assessment + Planning = Success! It is all about team.

It is all about team. During MAPS: Youth Team Experience, we focus on communication, planning /calendars, getting to know each other, setting your intentions for the year, assessing the past year and planning for the future they want to build and their responsibility to make that happen, etc.

This event is limited to no more than 3 teams. Each team will get individual time with a Facilitator as well as team work time.

MAPS: Youth Team Experience check-in will begin at 9 a.m. with the conference kicking off at 10:15 a.m. on Day 1. The conference will conclude at 4:00 p.m. on Day 2.

Registration closes 10 days before event. $40.00/$42.50 of your registration is non-refundable. No refunds will be issued 10 or less days before conference begins.

Conference Fee: $160.00 per student/ $170.00 per advisor/coach

*Advisors/Coaches will be housed in hotel rooms.

While you grab a cup of coffee or another beverage and enjoy a little time, your child can join us for for Stories. Adventure awaits, inside the pages of our books. Join us for Stories, and develop a love of books and literarture. Craft of activities will follow the story.

For children, ages 3-8. We ask that children are not just dropped off for storytime as this is not daycare.

Thank you.

"Cain's Jawbone" is a murder mystery puzzle written by "Torquemada"-Edward Powys Mathers. The puzzle was first published in 1934 as part of The Torquemada Puzzle Book. In 2019, crowdfunding publisher Unbound published a new stand-alone edition of the puzzle in collaboration with the charity The Laurence Sterne Trust.

Cain's Jawbone has been described as "one of the hardest and most beguiling word puzzles ever published. This summer, we're hosting "Friday Night Murder Club" at Espressions. Our hope is to transform a shop wall into a crime board as we work to solve the 6 murders in the book. Join us for a cup of coffee and a bite to eat as we move the pages around in this great mystery looking for the solution. Come when you can or come each Friday! We'll see you there.

It is not nessary, but if you'd like to get a copy of "Cain's Jawbone", we have a link below.

We are going on a board game adventure! Come and play a new game or bring an old favorite! Bring your friends and family too!

This event allows us to provide a space for our community to gather, connect, and enjoy some fun over coffee.

We hope you'll join us!

Join us for our Bullet Journal Studio! Wether you've been doing a bullet/dot style journal for years or are curious and new to it, we invite you to come to studio! You will find people working on monthly spreads, thier book or project journals, scrapbooks and more. Its a fun time to be creative!

You are welcome to bring your own supplies to get ready for the month ahead. Or for $10 you can use the supplies we have on hand! New bullet journals cost between $12-$20. Let's get prepped amd creative together!

Supplies on hand to use under that $10 fee include:
•1,000's of washi stickers, planner stickers, etc
•Over a 100 rolls of washi tape
•Scissors & paper cutters
•Glue & Glue Tape
•Wide variety of scrap book paper
•Over 100 stencils for A5 & B5 journals
•Alcohol markers, brush tip markers, dot markers
•FIne liners
•White out tape, white out pens
•Stamps and ink
•Stones/jewels
•Gel pens
•...and more

Our "Chronicles of Narnia" book club will be held twice a week at Espressions: Coffee & Community! If you miss the Tuesday meeting - no worries! Stop by on Saturday. Both clubs will be following the same reading schedule.

We are eager to connect kids to great books! Participants of all ages are welcome to join as we embark on an adventure to Narnia. We are also still seeking donations of "The Chronicles of Narnia" by C.S. Lewis - each donation makes the book club more accessible to the little bookworms of our community!

We will be reading 3 chapters each week. Show up on the first day to receive the reading schedule!

Join us for Scribbles with Ella at 10:30! Each week you get to learn a new doodle. Stop by to enjoy a free guided drawing lesson.

Many of you know Melinda Montoya as one of our sweet baristas and TLC teammates. She is also an incredibly talented artist with a specialty in pottery. Melinda is offering a 2 part class at Espressions for anyone interested in working with clay!

For this class, she will teach you how to make a coffee mug. How fitting?

In the first class, you will get your hands dirty making a mug. Then in we'll take it away to fire in the kiln. In the second class (August 24 from 1 p.m.-3 p.m.) you'll get to paint it. This mug will be able to be used to enjoy...say a cup of coffee....

No previous experience is needed. No supplies either! Melinda will provide it all.

We hope you'll join us for some creative fun.

Many of you know Melinda Montoya as one of our sweet baristas and TLC teammates. She is also an incredibly talented artist with a specialty in pottery. Melinda is offering a 2 part class at Espressions for anyone interested in working with clay!

For this class, she will teach you how to make a coffee mug. How fitting?

In the first class, you will get your hands dirty making a mug. Then in we'll take it away to fire in the kiln. In the second class (August 24 from 1 p.m.-3 p.m.) you'll get to paint it. This mug will be able to be used to enjoy...say a cup of coffee....

No previous experience is needed. No supplies either! Melinda will provide it all.

We hope you'll join us for some creative fun.

In partnership with BeNt Shadows House Concerts & Cindy McClellan, we area house concert at Espressions: Coffee & Community featuring the ever-talented MIke Vitale.

The show begins at 7:00 p.m. - the entire shop beverage and meal menu will be open to order from! There is a suggested donation of $10-20.00. All funds collected at the door will go to the artist.

Our menu has plenty of plant-based and gluten-free options available for those who need or prefer them. So, if you are so inclined, please come enjoy a meal along with the beautiful musical stylings of Mike Vitale.
At intermission, we'll offer a selection of tasty baked goods (including a few gluten-free ones) and coffee or tea for all to enjoy. featuring the ever-talented Mike Vitale.

At intermission, we'll offer a selection of tasty baked goods (including a few gluten-free ones) and coffee or tea for all to enjoy.

Now more about Mike Vitale:

Mike Vitale is a singer/songwriter based out of Los Angeles, CA. He is currently out touring the United States in support of a full length album called φ: 12 new songs written by Vitale over the course of the past several years, as well as 11 new singles he is releasing over the course of 2023, that will eventually lead to a complete 12 song album called DESERT DOGS.

The third single from DESERT DOGS was released on May 27th 2023 and is entitled "Coyote." It's a tip of the hat to the great cowboy country writers of the 1940's and 1950’s, to Mark Twain (quite possibly one of the funniest people I have ever read), and to the end of a long pandemic—finally being able to appreciate the fact that I can tour again, and to count the many blessings of good health and the freedom to roam that which has never been explored by me. I am so very lucky. We are all so very lucky to live in such a beautiful country full of natural splendor.

Again, suggested donation at the door for Mike Vitale is $10-20.00. All funds collected will go to the artist.