Past Revive Retreats
- Revive 2023 Keynote Speaker
- Revive 2023 Keynote Speaker
Melissa Vande Kieft is a speaker and bestselling author of Living in the Wait: How to Use the Delays in Life Differently. She will be the Keynote Speaker at Revive and hosting a Featured Workshop as well! Through her experience, she encourages women to be brave to discover the details God is orchestrating and designing through each life experience. Melissa has been featured on KELOLAND Living and Dakota News Now, and in Gritty Faith and Sioux Falls Woman magazines. Melissa’s a huge fan of encouragement, meeting new people, and thank-you notes. In her spare time, you’ll find her exploring the great outdoors or watching college sports with her husband and daughter.
Revive 2023 Featured Speaker (Virtual):
Kelly Brinkmann
Kelly Brinkmann is a dynamic speaker, writer and artist who uses object lessons to teach tangible reminders of how Christ our Creator is molding and making us every day.
Kelly’s joy for Jesus shines brightest when connecting with women and teaching how Christ is always working for their good with her visual pottery demonstrations. Kelly applies her BA in studio art to use creative thinking and problem-solving skills in a variety of nonprofit and corporate leadership speaking venues. She will be leading a virtual workshop + teaching session for us at Revive 2023 with handouts and resources for women to follow along while she throws clay and chats with us from the big screen! Her writing can be seen in the December 2021 issue of Focus on the Family’s Club House magazine and more at KellyBrinkmann.com/links. Women can hear her speak as the 2022 Podcast Co-host with A Wife Like Me ministry serving 120,000 women at www.awifelikeme.com
Find her on socials at @OfficialKellyBrinkmann
Art speaks with language that cannot be spoken in plain words; rather it taps into the unspoken experiences we all share….Art connects to the Gospel…God uses art to heal us.
Revive 2023 Sessions
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Julie Davis
Erickson Farmstead + Round Barn
Heart + Home Session
Julie is beyond excited to invite you to the Farm for Revive! Hospitality is her thing and she has a knack for making people feel at home and comfortable, no matter the situation. Julie has a love of things with chippy paint and a few years under their belt. This is why she will be leading our Heart + Home workshop here at Revive!
Julie graduated with a BS in Business Administration with an emphasis on Marketing from Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri. Dennis and Julie have been married for over 25 years and have three children, a daughter-in-law and a new grandbaby! Julie has worked in marketing over the years, spent 10 years as a homemaker, opened & ran a successful staging company, and was a substitute teacher at PACT Charter School where their 3 children attended school. With their children grown now, Julie purchased and opened the Round Barn Trading Company with her husband Dennis in 2015. A few years later, in 2017, they purchased the Erickson Farmstead to restore and turn it into a beautiful weddings + events venue!
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Dr. Pete Wurdemann
Revive Chiropractic
Health Session
Dr. Pete is passionate about families and desires to help them have abundant life here on earth. Dr. Pete runs Revive Chiropractic, a busy chiropractic office in North Branch, Minnesota. His mission is to relieve unnecessary human suffering, disease, and early death through teaching the 5 essentials of maximized living: 1. Max mind 2. Max nerve flow 3. Max nutrition 4. Max exercise & 5. Minimize toxins. Join Dr. Pete for his workshop on Stress & Time Management at Revive this year along with his annual workshop on Marriage with his lovely wife, Lisa!
Dr. Pete and Lisa have been married for over 30 years and have seven children ranging in age from 30 down to 10. They enjoy biking, lifting, tennis, Pickleball and teaching others how to make green smoothies (which usually taste good). Their goals are to raise happy, healthy Jesus-loving children, to be as healthy as they were in their 20’s, spend a month by the ocean yearly, visit Israel, and spend as much time together when they are not serving others. Follow Revive Chiropractic on Facebook for more healthy tips & advice!
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Sarah Groen
My Two Cents (@mytwocentssg)
Faith + Finances Session
Sarah is a Christian on a mission to bring what the Bible says about money to light and inspire others to impact the kingdom of God as giving warriors! Giving is a really big deal because we see throughout the Bible that it’s a big deal to God. But God doesn’t want our dutiful, joyless obedience - that leaves us either bitter or proud of ourselves.
Sarah founded My Two Cents to inspire others to trust God with their finances, show off how good God is and how very FUN giving generously can be! She also sheds light on what the Bible says about money, reveals some of the lies woven into the Church today in regards to finances, and helps the Body of Christ take a leap of faith and keep watchful eyes for what God does when they trust Him with their money - 100%.
You can follow Sarah on Instagram and also sign up for her monthly newsletter “Dig Deep” where she shares Biblical wisdom + insight from a fresh, humorous perspective.
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Alyson Zurek
River Counseling
Motherhood Session
Alyson received her Bachelor’s degree from St. Cloud State University in Elementary Education and her Master’s degree in Social Work from the University of Minnesota - Duluth. Alyson has a passion for providing mental health services to people who seek renewal and restoration in their lives. She is the owner of River Counseling in Isanti, MN which employs multiple therapists as independent contractors who provide mental health counseling to community members.
Alyson enjoys writing, remaining active, and encouraging others in God's Word. She writes as a part of a team within our community reaching moms - Mama Soul Care. She also recently launched her own blog called “Dear Aly” where she offers advice to young moms in the season of raising littles. She will be leading a workshop called “Dear Aly” at Revive this year for moms who are looking to bring questions + ask for advice as they go through this challenging season!
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Prayer Journaling with Mary, Rolling Storm Studio
(+$10) - Be sure to add this specialty workshop to your cart with your registration! Limited availability.
Of all the things God calls us to in our lives, the most important thing is a deep and abiding relationship with Him...and journaling is an important spiritual discipline that facilitates and fosters conversations with our loving Father. Each participant will receive a journal with a unique cover design that can be colored during the workshop. As you spend time coloring, we will explore 3 reasons why journaling is an important spiritual discipline, and you will also get tips for creating a life-long habit of slowing down and scheduling time to meet with God each and every day in a tangible way.
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Wooden Planter + Plant with Amy, Rockstad & Co.
(+$15) - Be sure to add this specialty workshop to your cart with your registration! Limited availability.
Come paint and design your own wooden planter and then add your own succulent plant for inside!
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Floral Arranging with Jennie, Fairytale Flowers
(+$15) - Be sure to add this specialty workshop to your cart with your registration! Limited availability.
Join us to learn about decorating and putting together the perfect flower arrangement - a fun spring workshop to brighten up your day! Work with real flowers + bring your arrangement home!
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YogaFaith with Andi, Willowbridge Spa & Salon
In this session, we will start our practice with Scripture that sets our minds and intentions on God, then guided worship through the movement of the body that God gifted to us. We will end with a time of meditation and reflection.
Revive 2022 Keynote + Sessions
Jennifer Dukes Lee,
2022 Keynote Speaker
Jennifer is the author of the newly released book Growing Slow. Her other books are It’s All Under Control, The Happiness Dare, and Love Idol. She will be sharing a message from her newest book, Growing Slow.
So many of us want to slow down, but the idea feels like an impossible dream. Jennifer found the path toward slower living, even amidst all the busyness of life, and she wants to share it with you.
In this talk, Jennifer helps women move from a place of depletion and hurry into a life-giving, sustainable pace. With Biblical truth and vivid storytellling, Jennifer reflects on lessons she learned from living on her fifth-generation family farm — and the insights she gathered from the purposeful yet never rushed life of Christ.
Marriage Session
Dr. Pete & Lisa Wurdemann
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Dr. Pete and his lovely wife of 30 years, Lisa, have seven children ranging in age from 29 down to 7. They enjoy biking, lifting, tennis, Pickleball and teaching others how to make green smoothies (which usually taste good). Their goals are to raise happy, healthy Jesus-loving children, to be as healthy as they were in their 20’s, spend a month by the ocean yearly, visit Israel, and spend as much time together when they are not serving others.
Follow Revive Chiropractic on Facebook for more healthy tips & advice!
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This was a favorite teaching session from 2021 so we are honored to be welcoming back Dr. Pete & Lisa to learn about healthy lifestyle principles for a thriving marriage and family life.
Motherhood Session
Elizabeth & Catie, Mama Soul Care -
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Elizabeth & Catie, founders of Mama Soul Care, are sisters with kids of their own ranging from 2 to 9 years old, and they love to share their experiences (and learned lessons) to come alongside others on the journey of motherhood. Their heart is for women to experience God’s peace and presence within their hearts and homes as they serve Him daily.
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Managing Negative Emotions as a Mama:
Fear, Anxiety, Depression, AngerAs mamas, we know how important it is to teach our children how to manage their emotions, but who is teaching us how to manage ours? Without the tools and resources needed to grow in this area, we could end up either stuffing our emotions so deep that they're inaccessible to us and to others, or constantly simmering with these emotions lurking right under the surface, ready to explode at the first stressor.
Many of us desire to strengthen our emotional intelligence and capacity, but we just don't know how.
Join Elizabeth and Catie of Mama Soul Care to explore this in more detail, to ask questions, and to learn and grow together in this critical, yet often overlooked area, as women and as mamas.
Career + Calling Session
Dennis & Julie Davis
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Julie graduated with a BS in Business Administration with an emphasis on Marketing from Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri. Dennis and Julie have been married for over 25 years and have three children. She worked in marketing for Maximum Promotions and Swiss Miss before starting a family and spending 10 years as a homemaker. Once their kids were in school full time, she opened and ran a successful staging company from 2006 until 2011, called Rediscovered Interiors LLC, with a partner. In 2010 she started substitute teaching at PACT Charter School, where their 3 children attended school, and continued teaching until purchasing and opening the Round Barn Trading Company with her husband Dennis in 2015.
Dennis is an uncanny antique finder, loves the Vikings, and loves to swap stories with friends old and new. A handy-man extraordinaire, he can build or fix just about anything. When not tinkering or picking antiques he can be found in “Blue” his ‘59 Chevy pickup. Dennis worked for Walmart Stores Inc. for almost 30 years, working his way up from Hourly Sales Associate to Market Health and Wellness Director. He has extensive experience managing small and large teams, collaborating to achieve organizational goals. With over ten years in HR, his knowledge of recruiting, retaining and employment law is extensive. He and Julie purchased the Erickson Farmstead in 2017 and have been restoring and bringing it back to life ever since.
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Ever thought of starting your own small business? Perhaps you've had a dream in your heart and you've been wondering about next steps. Join Dennis & Julie Davis, owners of Round Barn Trading Company and Erickson Farmstead to discuss some of things to consider when launching and maintaining a successful small business. Learn from their many years of experience and receive some helpful tips and resources to bring home with you as well!
Faith + Finances Session
Sarah Groen, @sgfinancialcoaching
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Sarah is a passionate follower of Jesus and a Certified Financial Coach. She loves sharing her knowledge and resources to help others develop a healthy relationship with their money & possessions.
In 2013 Sarah married her handsome, hard-working husband and they now has two redheaded, freckle-faced, boys (6 & 3).
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At this workshop, Sarah will be going over different budgeting styles to help you figure out what works best for your lifestyle -and even how to begin teaching young kids or teenagers how to manage money wisely.
Stress & Time Management
Dr. Pete, Revive Chiropractic
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Dr. Pete Wurdemann, DC. runs Revive Chiropractic, a busy chiropractic office in North Branch, Minnesota. His mission is to relieve unnecessary human suffering, disease, and early death through teaching the 5 essentials of maximized living: 1. Max mind 2. Max nerve flow 3. Max nutrition 4. Max exercise & 5. Minimize toxins.
Follow Revive Chiropractic on Facebook for more healthy tips & advice!
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Dr. Pete Wurdemann, DC. is passionate about families and desires to help them have abundant life here on earth. This workshop in particular will focus on stress & time management.
Wholly Alive: The Art of Becoming Vibrantly Healthy
Donna Neumann
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Donna Neumann is a wife, mother, grandmother, and child of God. After spending years working as an RN and teaching basic nutritional concepts to patients with illness, Donna is now enjoying exploring nutrition from the vantage point of health and wellness. She loves sharing her knowledge and cooking with family and friends.
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We want to be healthy but with an overabundance of often contradictory information, we almost don’t know where to start.
Join Donna Neumann as she explains nutrition and exercise in a way that is fun and practical, while incorporating aspects of Holistic Health and the interaction of the Mind, Body, and Spirit.
YogaFaith
Andi, Willowbridge Spa & Salon
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Andi received her certification through YogaFaith, a Christ-centered teacher training program. I wanted to not only develop my own yoga practice centered on my faith, but I also wanted to help others see that the movement of the body through yoga can be centered on Christ and be beautiful in His eyes.
When we do all things in the right heart and for the glory of God, He is pleased. Colossians 3:17 and 1 Corinthians 10:31 are my Scripture verses that keep me motivated to continue this journey that God has been guiding me though.
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In this workshop, we will start our practice with Scripture that sets our minds and intentions on God, then guided worship through the movement of the body that God gifted to us. We will end with a time of meditation and reflection.
Relax, Release, Restore
Jackie Badger Movement
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Jackie Badger is an experienced fitness instructor who has always had a passion for fitness and movement. Jackie is a firm believer in being devoted to God and spreading the message of Jesus first, nurturing our husbands and family next, and that fitness needs to fit into our lives in a reasonable way. She is a Level 4 Essentrics Instructor and Roll Model Practitioner, and teaches restorative movement that enables us to honor our bodies and do all the things we need to do in life with comfort and ease. Jackie is a former elementary teacher with a Master's degree in education, and lives and teaches in the North Branch area with her family.
You can learn more about Jackie and her classes at her website jackiebadger.com
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Relax Release Restore: Come enjoy this non-impact, gentle, restorative workout that is suitable for all fitness levels.
You will learn techniques in this class that will help to relax tight muscles, release joints, and restore the entire body. You'll feel amazing and refreshed!
Optional equipment: bring a "sticky" exercise mat
Craft Workshop: Prayer Journaling
Mary Johnson, Rolling Storm Studio
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Hi there!
I’m Mary Johnson, or “Mare” as my family and close friends call me. I am a child of God, a wife, a mom to 2 teenage girls, a preschool teacher, an avid “journaler” and an artist!
Ever since I was a young child, art has brought me great comfort...and through the years, I have come to realize that God had given me this gift, most importantly, as a way to draw me closer to Him, but also as a way to draw attention to His glorious creation and bring joy to others.
I currently do all of my creating at our kitchen table but my “studio” is affectionately named “Rolling Storm Studio.” There is a beautiful story behind the name and I would love to share it with you sometime. You can also follow me and my journey on my Rolling Storm Studio Facebook page
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Does the thought of journaling seem daunting...or maybe like something only teenagers would do? Does it bring about thoughts of little pink diaries with locks that got picked by siblings? Do you hear the word, “journal” and think that there is no way you have time to sit still for such a thing? Or maybe you just have so much going on that you wouldn’t even know where to start...so you don’t.
If any of those questions describe your thoughts, then this workshop is for you. Or maybe you are already a “journaler” and just need to be encouraged in your journey...this workshop is for you too!
Because of all the things God might call us to in our lives, the most important thing is a deep and abiding relationship with Him...and journaling is an important spiritual discipline that facilitates and fosters conversations with our loving Father.
Each participant will receive a journal with a unique cover design that can be colored during the workshop. As you spend time coloring, we will explore 3 reasons why journaling is an important spiritual discipline and also get tips for creating a life-long habit of slowing down and scheduling time to meet with God each and every day in a tangible way.
Craft Workshop: Wooden Planter
Amy Rockstad, Rockstad Relics & Wares Co.
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My name is Amy Rockstad, I am the owner of Rockstad and Co Relics & Wares, a retail store in Isanti. I have a passion for painting furniture, refurbishing old dated pieces to beautiful pieces that would look amazing in your home. In addition to my store, I also have a workshop called “ The Creative Corner”, where we host a variety of craft workshops. One of which is a Paint Your Own Piece workshop where I teach you the basics of furniture painting. When I have downtime, I enjoy gardening, hanging out by the pool, and most of all spending time with my granddaughter.
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Come paint + design your own wooden planter and then add a flourish (a plant!) inside. This is new from last year!
Craft Workshop: Card-Making
Julie Fackler
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Hello! I’m Julie Fackler and I moved to Isanti, MN 4 years ago. I have been a stamper for 20+ years. I enjoy making cards, treat holders, scrapbooks, etc. and enjoy teaching others.
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For this workshop, you will be making 2 greeting cards and a treat holder…..plus you will get pre-cut materials sent home with you to make 2 additional cards.
Baking Workshop: Cookie Decorating
Nicole Chandler, The Iced Loon Co.
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Nicole started The Iced Loon in early 2019 and has never looked back. She is a former Family and Consumer Science Teacher but recently transitioned from this 9-5 job to a stay at home Mom.
Baking has always been a hobby for her and now it has become an exciting and empowering creative outlet. She enjoys working with clients to see ideas and visions come to life in cookie form. She loves to bring joy to their events.
When Nicole isn’t in the kitchen, you can find her hauling around her sons (7, 4, and 1) from Target to the park, traveling with her husband or enjoying a relaxing day with friends and family.
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Come decorate + frost custom sugar cookies with Nicole! Learn how royal icing works and practice decorating your own cookies! Receive a small box of cookies, frosting packets, and a recipe to take home with you to continue your skills at home!
Baking Workshop: Cake Pops
Nicole Chandler, The Iced Loon Co.
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Nicole started The Iced Loon in early 2019 and has never looked back. She is a former Family and Consumer Science Teacher but recently transitioned from this 9-5 job to a stay at home Mom.
Baking has always been a hobby for her and now it has become an exciting and empowering creative outlet. She enjoys working with clients to see ideas and visions come to life in cookie form. She loves to bring joy to their events.
When Nicole isn’t in the kitchen, you can find her hauling around her sons (7, 4, and 1) from Target to the park, traveling with her husband or enjoying a relaxing day with friends and family.
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Come create amazing cake pops - leave with 3 decorated cake pops + a recipe for you to take home with you and continue practicing at home :)