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!

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.

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!

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.

Bring Your Own Project! It could be anything: knitting, painting, scrapbooking, sketching...anything!
Take some time to work on one of your crafting projects.
Order a drink and make some new friends as we create.
We'll see you there.

The Leadership Center food truck will be serving at Poco Creek Golf Course from 5:00 - 8:00 p.m. on August 1st! Stay tuned to our Facebook and Instagram for our menu to release!

Set goal. Set Plans. Set Sail.

Set your SAE, work-based learning project, or business, up for success!

Who is this for?

High school students who are interested in strengthening their Supervised Agricultural Experience, work-based learning project, or business.

What do Sailors get?

Sailors will receive intentional, goal driven mentorship by crew directors from The Leadership Center, record book experts, and successful students to strengthen new or existing SAE's or work-based learning projects and learn how to keep records, set goals, and other skills. PLUS network and meet other students and have tons of fun.

When is it?

Sail is a 1 day conference with options for lodging before and after for individuals or groups!

In life, we will take part in many journeys: some big, some small, some hard, some easy, some challenge us, and most form us. Some journeys are designed to be taken alone; you are the captain, the skipper, the navigator, the engineer, and everything in between. Some journeys, though, are not meant to be that way.

One of these is the search for a fulfilling career.

The Leadership Center is seeking students who are not afraid to take a new route, not afraid to try a new destination, and who will commit to the journey. It’s okay if you’ve never captained anything like this before, that’s why we are here!

If accepted to set “Sail” with The Leadership Center, students will remain the captain of their journey, but we will join their crew. Sometimes, the student needs an engineer to help solve problems, a skipper to double check their safety, or help reading the map: where should they go next? More importantly, where could they go next?!

**If students have a computer, please bring it with.

"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.

Imagination Bacon is an annual event hosted by the Heartland United Way. It is a fundraiser for Dolly Parton's Imagination Bacon.

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!

It's time for Second Saturday Flights where we serve themed Coffee Flights all day! This month's theme is the Dog Days of Summer. We'll be offering really fun Dog Days of Summer themed drinks.

Scribbles with Ella at 10:30 a.m. will be Dog Themed.

We hope you join us!

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.

We are hosting another Patio Polka Party with none other than Angie Kriz & the PolkaToons!

The evening festivities include a polka inspired buffet of abundant deliciousness, including but not limited to sausages, kraut, kolaches, and so much more! We are charging $20 p/p and $10 for 10 & under online! PLEASE RESERVE your tickets by 5:30 the Wednesday before the event! If you need help registering online for the Polka Party, please call 402-694-3934 and our friendly staff will help you register.

We also have Polka Only tickets available if you do not want to enjoy the meal!

A portion of the funds are going to support our Summer Food Service Program that will be wrapping up its 8th year in service. We love getting to feed our local youth throughout the summer!

Here is the menu from the last Polka Party. We will be serving something very similar. The official menu will be listed closer to the date.
•Brats
•Executive Chef John's Homemade Sauerkraut & Dumplings
•German Potato Salad
•Bavarian Soft Pretzels and Beer Cheese
•Deviled Eggs
•Salad
•Kolaches
•Water & Iced Tea

We'll also have a cash bar!

Angie Kriz & the PolkaToons go on at 7:00 and will play until Aurora's noise ordinance goes into effect at 11 p.m.!

***Please note, if there is inclement weather, we will move the festivities inside!