Registration for on-site Welcome Fall:  https://circlesanctuary.org/event-6810704

Registration for Selena Fox livestream only:  https://circlesanctuary.org/event-6810713 

 Registration closes at midnight on Thursday, September 17th. 

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

9:30am              Gate opens for arrivals

10:00am           Welcome Circle  - Marshall

10:30am           Fall Equinox Mindfulness Nature Walk -  Dennis

Harmonize body, mind, and Nature at this Mabon time with a mindful walk to Spirit Rock.  Brisk walking and climbing a steep hill are involved, so dress accordingly with solid foot gear.  Four benches are available along the route at various points if you wish to stop and mindfully connect with Nature while sitting.  It is not required or expected that you complete the entire walk to the top of Spirit Rock.  

10:30am           Nature Gratitude Gathering with Rev. Sharon and others

To express our gratitude toward nature, we will gather outside and use the elements, nature, and mediation to find balance, joy, and harmony in ourselves. Please bring offerings of songs, poems and chants to share to show our heartfelt appreciation of Mother Earth’s abundant gifts.

10:30am           Apple Head & Yarn Dolls - Family Programming with Rev. Florence and McKenzie in the Summer Kitchen

Children will craft simple dolls using carved apples and yarn, traditional harvest crafts made from the season's gifts. As the apple heads dry and wrinkle over the coming weeks, they become a keepsake of the harvest and help us prepare for Samhain, while yarn dolls echo the old custom of shaping figures from the year's gathered materials.

Noon                   Community Harvest Lunch in the Temple Room

Sharing food with community is a beautiful way to honor the harvest spirit.  Please bring a sandwich to go along with a Root Vegetable Soup provided.  Please no peanut products.

1:00pm                Pentacle of Wellbeing Workshop with Selena Fox in the Temple Room

Explore some ways to work with Pentacle imagery to enhance harmony, balance, and wellbeing of body, thoughts, actions, feelings, and soul.  Learn about incorporating Pentacle rites, gestures, and symbols as part of spiritual practice and home blessing.  Bring journal and pen for noting insights.  If you have one, wear a Pentacle pendant.   This workshop will also be livestreamed from the on-site festival.  

 Registration for livestream only:      https://circlesanctuary.org/event-6810713

 1:00pm              Meet a Tree & Balance Games (Outdoor Time) - Family Programming meet in the Summer Kitchen with Rev. Florence & McKenzie

Families head outside for a playful partnered adventure that invites children to slow down, trust their senses, and get to know one of the trees growing on the land. We'll follow this with balance games in honor of the equinox, when light and dark stand in perfect balance.

3:00pm              Balancing Your Energy with Rev. Sharon in the Temple Room

Just as the equinox balances day and night, Mabon is a time to seek balance in our lives. During this workshop we’ll do an exercise to find what depletes your energy, and what builds you up.   How that is associated with your chakras and what tools you can use to help you restore and maintain your balance and harmony.  Exercise will be followed by a short crystal bowl sound bath.

3:00pm              Family Equinox Ritual - Family Programming in the Summer Kitchen with Rev. Florence & McKenzie

A short, gentle ritual invites children and grown-ups to give thanks for the harvest and to welcome the coming of the darker half of the year. Together we'll mark the balance of light and dark and share gratitude for what has grown.

4:30pm              Welcome Fall Ritual with Rev. Sharon in the Temple Room

Harmony comes from intentional and consistent rituals and practices that calm your mind, energize your body, and nourish your spirit.  During this ritual, we’ll work on balancing and harmonizing your mind, body, and spirit to carry you through the upcoming dark time.   

5:30pm              Clean-up and Final Departures

The day is not done until all tasks are done.  Please consider staying to help us with take down! 

Cancellation Policy:   Written cancellations with refund requests received five days before the event will be issued after the event, less 15% fee for processing.  No refunds will be granted for cancellations made less than 5 days before the start of the event.