Celebrate the Spring Equinox
Saturday, March 21, 2009: Welcome Spring Festival
at Circle Sanctuary Nature Preserve
near Barneveld, Wisconsin
Come celebrate the first audacious green shoots of life coming up from the Earth! At Spring Equinox we mark the balance between light and dark, turning our faces to the waxing solar light - - turning our hearts outward to our Tribe.
More about Spring Equinox traditions:
http://www.circlesanctuary.org/pholidays/springequinox.htm
| Welcome Spring Events Schedule | |
| 10 AM: | Open for Arrivals - Resource shop open. |
| 11 AM - Noon: | Spring Equinox Customs & Traditions - with Selena Fox Learn about old and new ways to celebrate Spring Equinox and explore approaches to developing personal and household Spring Equinox traditions. |
| Noon - 1 PM: | Egg Hunt, Egg Divination & Social: Egg Hunt open to all ages. Bring food for the snack table. Bring a hardboiled egg to mark and use for personal egg divination. |
| 1 - 2 PM: | Spring Music - with Michael Doran. Also, Egg Prizes. |
| 2 - 3 PM: | Awakening the Earth & Awakening the Spirit - with Shel Skau. Join in an educational and experiential workshop exploring different ways honor the Earth and ourselves. During this time of the year, we celebrate Nature's rebirth cycle. We will look at ways in which we can encourage and honor the journey towards Spring and enhance the awakening. We, as individuals, often mirror within that which is occurring outside of and around us. So in addition to awakening the Earth, we will also look at ways to identify what might need to be awakened and rebirthed with in us. |
| 3:30 - 4:30 PM: | Spring Equinox Ritual - with Selena Fox, Joey Bunbury, Shel Skau, Michael Doran, and others Celebrate the arrival of Spring, connect with the greening of the Land, and align with renewal of self, community, and planet. |
| 5 - 6 PM: | Spring Equinox Potluck Feast |
| 7 PM: | Cleanup and Farewells |
Items to Bring
- A contribution for potluck feast to feed at least two dozen people. If your contribution is to be served hot, it should be in a microwave or oven reheatable dish and not require more than 10-15 minutes of reheating, otherwise, bring it in a crock pot. Contributions that do not need reheating should be ready to serve. Fruit should be pre-washed and cheese pre-sliced. There is no kitchen space to prepare or cook contributions on site, but refrigeration space is available for storage. Please label contributions with ingredients and serving instructions.
- A hard boiled egg or egg shaped object prepared for ritual divination as instructed on the Egg Divination page.
- Wear something green to celebrate the Spring.
- Fresh flowers to decorate the Temple Room (we have some vases) or to leave as offerings on the land (optional)
- A shoulder bag or knapsack for carrying items in the ritual. (optional)
- Veggies, dip, crackers, other treats for snack table and/or a personal sack lunch for mid-day nourishment (optional)
- A stone to donate to the Stone Circle. (optional)
- A drum or rattle (optional)
- A basket for gathering eggs during the egg hunt (optional)
- Seeds for Spring planting to be blessed during the ritual. Bundle seed packets together and mark them with your name. (optional)
You may register online (paying via check or credit card) by clicking the button below.
Otherwise, please contact the Circle office by emailing events@circlesanctuary.org or calling (608)924-2216.