SunStave Circle

SunStave Circle Imbolc / Brighid

2012-01-28T21:46:00.002-07:00

Imbolc / Brighid Celebration

Saturday, Feb. 4th @ 6 pm

The Sacred Circle Temple
3464 W. 3800 South

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Light a candle for Brighid at SunStave Circle's Imbolc. Your hostesses are Shannon and Maddy!

Come welcome the bride both maiden and mother—Brighid,

Rest and prepare for the time of the seed,

Cleansed and refreshed from labors behind her,

With the promise of spring she lays before me...

“Oh sacred fire against darkest night,

Burn for Brigid, burn bright!

Fire in the head...to quicken us.

Fire in the cauldron...to heal us.

Fire in the forge of the belly and heart…to temper us.”

Please join us as we welcome in the Goddess Brighid/Bridget and seek the turning of the wheel away from winter and into spring.

Please bring a Pot Luck Dish For Imbolc, celebrate with foods that honor the hearth and home -- breads, grains, and vegetables stored from fall such as onions and potatoes -- as well as dairy items.

SunStave Circle Samhain / Halloween

2011-10-13T10:13:00.005-06:00

Visit the Dark Celtic Goddess Cerridwen at SunStave Circle Samhain!

Cerridwen, keeper of the
Cauldron and Underworld
Inspiration and
divine knowledge,
brewed in your pot
The sow, your
holiest totem,
Welsh crone of
fecundity
Mother of Gwion
and Taliesin,
most gifted of the
Welsh poets
Mother Cerridwen,
of the divine cauldron*

Sunday, October 30th
6 pm - 9 pm

The Church of the Sacred Circle Temple
3464 W. 3800 South
West Valley City

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Please bring a potluck dish to share and celebrate the dark half of the year with us!
Your hostess is Lessa

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*Prayer source - http://northernway.org/school/onw/prayers.html

SunStave Circle Fall Equinox

2011-09-20T23:33:00.002-06:00

Bring a dish to share and celebrate the dawning of Autumn with SunStave Circle! We will do some apple magic and feast!

We will honor the dark mother and meditate on finding balance in our lives.

Hosted by Elena Grayowl

Friday, Sept. 23rd
6 pm

The Church of the Sacred Circle
3464 W 3800 South

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Happy 15th Anniversary to SunStave Circle!

2011-06-21T12:37:00.000-06:00

Happy 15th Anniversary to SunStave Circle! Community supported since June 1996! Thank you to all the keepers of the staff throughout the years, because of YOU it is still going strong! Here's to 15 more and beyond!

Here's a small slideshow of SunStave photos for your enjoyment:

SunStave Summer Solstice

2011-06-10T01:47:00.003-06:00

Come one, come all to Celebrate the Goddesses
During the Summer solstice
June 21, 2011

6 pm potluck dinner
7 pm ritual begins

We will celebrate the goddesses

Freya for her creativity

Saravati for her artistic abilities

Lakshmi for her generosity

Venus for her beauty

There will be some white shirts provided but you can wear your own white or light colored shirt if possible, one that is ok to get stained or painted. Very small children may need their own shirt too.
We will be having a pot luck so bring what you wish then the fun will start
Donations accepted for the cost of the supplies.

Your hostess for this event is Shawn

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SunStave Beltane 2011

2011-04-26T07:38:00.000-06:00

Sunday, May 1
5:30 pm

Sugarhouse Park
Lakeside Pavilion
1300 E. 2100 South

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Celebrate the greening of the May with Sunstave, as we join a couple in handfast and dance the pole! Bring a dish to share and dress in your spring finery!

SunStave Spring Equinox / Ostara

2011-03-07T01:11:00.002-07:00

Come out to celebrate the Spring with SunStave Circle!

Saturday,

March 19th

2 pm

Sugarhouse Park

Parley's Creek Pavilion

1300 E. 2100 South

Salt Lake City

We meet at the equinox, the point of equal day and equal night to celebrate the dance between opposites and equals.

Bring a potluck dish for the feasting, dress for the weather (rain or shine, this event will not be canceled!) and contact your hostess Emeralde at emeraldefae@yahoo.com for more info or questions.

Directions:
Sugarhouse Park is located at the corner of 1300 East and 2100 South in the Sugarhouse neighborhood of Salt Lake City. You can only enter the park via vehicle from the entrance on 2100 South.

Parley's Creek Pavilion is the last pavilion as you drive around the one-way loop in the park. After you go down the hill and drive around the sharp left hand curve near the basketball hoops, the entrance to the pavilion will be on your left.

SunStave Imbolc

2011-02-01T20:07:00.000-07:00

Enter the realm of crystal healing on the eve of the new moon and the Chinese New Year!

Celebrate Imbolc with SunStave Circle on Thursday, Feb. 3rd starting at 7:30 pm.

Held at the Church of the Sacred Circle
3464 W 3800 South

Hosted by Jennifer

SunStave Yule

2010-12-07T01:09:00.000-07:00

Saturday, Dec. 18th

4 pm

Come and join me for a Christmas Carol themed yule party! It's going to be potluck style and it's an open event brought by Sunstave and the pagan community of utah but all people are welcome to come. I'm hosting the event at my church. There is going to be a short production of A Christmas Carol and a few other things happening. This event is family friendly so bring anyone!

By Tif, your event hostess

The Church of the Sacred Circle
3464 W 3800 South
Salt Lake City, UT

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SunStave Samhain - Day of the Dead

2010-10-10T12:59:00.004-06:00

Saturday
OCT. 30th
4 pm

Join Sunstave for a Day of Remembering the Ancestors. We will be making sugar skulls and remembering our loved ones who have passed on. Bring pictures and relics to place on the altar.

Bring a potluck item to share.

Hosted by Elana Grayowl

You can RSVP on Facebook!

LOCATION:
The Church of the Sacred Circle -
3464 W. 3800 South, Salt Lake City, UT

Pacific Island Luau

2010-08-16T21:52:00.000-06:00

Saturday, Sept. 18th
Starting at 4 pm

Come share in the Pacific Island traditions and celebrate the bounty of the second Harvest with a traditional Luau.

Dress in your best Island attire and bring a tropical themed potluck item for the dinner. The main dish will be a traditional pit roasted pig. There will be Traditional Hawaiian dancers and games for the whole family.

We are asking for a small donation to benefit the dancers who are donating their time and expertise to this event.

Hosted by Avalon and Scott.
email starblustar3@yahoo.com for info

SunStave Circle Lammas

2010-07-20T15:03:00.000-06:00

Gather, children, for it is the time of the first harvest.
Bring your wheat,
Baked into bread
To share with the family.

Harvest your intentions, release your regrets and celebrate the bounty of the Goddess by creating corn dollies.

Sunday, August 1st
Gathering at 5:00 pm, ritual at 5:30 pm

Fairmont Park, Main Grove Pavilion
2361 S. 900 East

Please bring something from your harvest to share for the feast.
Children welcome!
You can also RSVP on Facebook!

Please contact Daisy at alea@ools.org with questions.

Hosted by the Order of Our Lady of Salt

SunStave Circle Summer Solstice / Litha

2010-05-12T19:23:00.000-06:00

Monday, June 21st
Gathering at 6 pm

Rice Bowery, Liberty Park
(NE Corner of the park)
700 E 900 South

Wear: red, orange, yellow, sky blue
Bring: Potluck food and drink to share, summer lawn games
Be ready for: Fun, competitive games and battle!

Stay tuned for more details to follow!

SunStave Circle Beltane / Mayday!

2010-04-12T01:08:00.000-06:00

Saturday, May 1
10:00 AM

Sugarhouse Park
Parley’s Creek Pavilion
1330 East 2100 South
Salt Lake City, UT 84106

(Look for the green sign with ribbons that will be on your left as you go around the circle)

This is a community event and all are welcome!
~ Bring flowers if you can! ~
~ Wear traditional renaissance garb if you like ~
~ Bring your own picnic lunch, we will eat together ~
~ Calling the Gates ~
~ Mummers Play ~
~ Beltane Fire Ritual ~
~ Lunch Picnic ~
~ Maypole Dance ~

If you have questions or would like to volunteer please call Apryl @ 801-918-7679

Sunstave Ostara / Spring Equinox

2010-03-13T21:13:00.001-07:00

OSTARA 2010

Persephone, welcome back to the land!

Demeter, rejoice! Your daughter’s at hand.

Isis, Cybele, Astarte, Inanna,

Bachus, Green Man, Janus, we hail ya!

The Sun wakes in Aries, winter has passed;

Wake up ye faeries, lassies and lads.

Kalachakra, Vaisakha, Li Chum, Whuppity Scoorie!

Come Celebrate Spring at SunStave’s Ostara!

Sunday, March 21, 2010

Butler Park - behind the

Cottonwood Heights Recreation Center

7500 S 2700 E

09:00 AM

Family friendly – Potluck Feast

Questions: 801-205-6266

SunStave Imbolc / Brighid

2010-01-26T21:28:00.003-07:00

Gather together, the light returns.
Ritual cleansing as the fire burns.
Old ways, cold days, shadows, despair,
Into the flames assembled there.

In with the sun's rays, lengthening days,
Renew life, fertility, hope, thanks and praise!
Gather together, the light returns.
Hearts filled with love, as the Wheel turns.

Goddesses Brigit, Isis, and Ewe,
Initiates three, assemble here, too.
One and all:ritual blessings bestowed upon thee.
Gather for Imbolc and together,
Blessed Be!

Rev. Pamela invites you to gather together in celebration of Imbolc and turn the Wheel of the Year!

For this fire festival smack in the middle of Winter, feed your doldrums to the flames! Bring last year's corn dolly/Brigit's Cross/other amulet to spring clean your spiritual space. Craft a new cross to honor the promise of new life, new ways, new growth. Bring a fresh dish for a potluck feast.

Sunday, January 31, 2010
3-5 pm

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The Church of the Sacred Circle
3464 W 3800 S
West Valley City, UT 84119

Questions?
Rev. Pamela
801-205-6266

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SunStave Circle Yule Celebration

2009-11-24T12:02:00.003-07:00

Come help us welcome back the light and celebrate the Yuletide season with ritual, song and feasting!

Saturday, Dec. 12

1-4 PM

SVUUS

6876 S. Highland Dr. (2000 East)

Hosted by the Order of Our Lady of Salt (OOLS)

SunStave Circle Samhain

2009-10-08T01:06:00.004-06:00

Millcreek Canyon
Originally uploaded by sharpandkeen

The seasons turn and the veil thins, as we advance toward the cold of winter. Our harvests come to a close and we turn inward to contemplate the bitter winds of the dark time of the year.

Join us as we call upon our ancestors and loved ones who have passed in the last wheel.

SunStave Circle meets for the Samhain feast at 7 pm on Saturday, Oct. 31st in the Church Fork picnic area just below Log Haven Restaurant in Millcreek Canyon.

Watch for ribbons in the trees to signal our picnic area. We will be outdoors for this ritual so please dress for inclement weather, this event will NOT be canceled due to weather. Bring camp chairs to sit on and a potluck dish for the feast. If you would like to honor your ancestors you may bring a photo or memento for the altar.

Children are very welcome to attend this ritual but parents must be responsible for the behavior and whereabouts of their young ones. Although this event will be open to children we do ask that parents help their youngsters to understand that they are attending a respectful celebration of the dead.

Your hostess for this event is Heron and she can be reached at 801-613-VENUS

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There will be an adults-only "afterparty" at the Sacred Circle Temple following the ritual. For more details on this event please contact Avalon at 801-661-1710

SunStave Mabon

2009-09-09T23:21:00.003-06:00

Sunstave ~ Mabon

September 20, 2009 5:00 PM

Golden Hills Park
8303 Wasatch Blvd
Salt Lake City, UT

Join Sunstave in a celebration of Mabon
Sunday, September 20, 2009 from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
at Golden Hills Park on Wasatch Blvd. in Cottonwood Heights

Please bring a dish to share, and a chair or blanket to sit on
We will be doing a balancing meditation on the autumn season

Hosted by Leslie

Learn more here:
http://www.meetup.com/utahwitches/calendar/11335659/

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SunStave Lammas - First Harvest

2009-07-29T01:24:00.005-06:00

Join us for celebrating First Harvest
A time of joy and giving thanks to
mother earth for her beauty and abundance!

Friends,
Lammas is a celebration of the bounty of the first harvest of all grains, fruits, and vegetables. It is one of the cross-quarter Sabbaths and is the first of the three harvest celebrations of the Pagan wheel of the year.

Throughout history, Pagan worshippers all over have celebrated their bountiful harvests on this day and offered prayers and sacrifices for the success of future crops. Today, this holiday is still celebrated by many around the world as it marks the end of summer and the welcoming of autumn.

Join us for a community pot-luck feast.

Bring bread and the various fruits of your harvest to share, in this celebration of gratitude on Saturday, August 1st
at Fairmont Park (1049 Sugarmont Dr
With Simpson as a cross street, SLC) at 4:00 p.m.

Wear your best robes in earthy oranges, browns, yellows, and gold. These colors that symbolize the harvest and the sense of renewal that comes with it.

Bring a joyous heart on this day of celebration, and see you there!! Your hostess for this gathering is Elena Gray Owl.

Photo is courtesy of Ben Northern via Flickr

SunStave Circle Summer Solstice 2009

2009-06-11T03:33:00.003-06:00

Celebrating 13 years of SunStave!
Blue Planet Productions presents
SunStave Circle Summer Solstice 2009
Sat. June 20th - Gathering @ 7 - Ritual @ 8

Join us as we come together in voice, rhythm, movement, energy and intent to dance the Fire.
Please bring: Feasting food, utensils and cups, camp chairs and DRUMS!

Directions: Take I-80 east to Highway 40 South (to Heber)
Go through the1st stop light (River Rd.) and then watch for Potters Lane on your right.
It is directly across from the Kingdom Hall.
Turn right onto Potters Lane, then take your first left 600 W. and then the first right. 2400 N.
Drive to the end of the road and look for the gate to your right.

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Camping information: Dogs are welcome with responsible owners (clean up and leash)
Small dogs are at risk from birds of prey
Children welcome but MUST be supervised.
No culinary water or electricity.
Tents, campers and trailers welcome.

SunStave Circle 13th Anniversary

2009-05-18T20:33:00.000-06:00

The staff was passed at Beltane to Blue Planet Productions! Join with your community for a celebration of the 13th anniversary of SunStave Circle, hosted by Blue Planet. Stay tuned for details as they are available!

Utah Stories Article

2009-05-18T00:16:00.000-06:00

by Jacob Hodgen

"Blessed be."

The sacred rite is about to begin. A woman wearing a white robe and a pentagram necklace rings a chime and invites those in attendance to join her in a magical ceremony celebrating the coming of spring. She is joined to by two men wearing black robes. The ritual will take about half an hour and will involve the conjuration of multiple elemental forces. First, the three begin a multi-tonal chant and an invocation of benevolent spirits in Hebrew. They turn and face each of the four cardinal directions and make various hand gestures. Each direction is affiliated with a specific alchemical element and is called upon for blessings.

I am about to take part in the Sunstave Circle at the Odd Fellows lodge in Sandy, and the purpose of tonight's ritual is to seek balance between the spiritual and physical form and celebrate the spring equinox. The event is a unique Utah tradition that has been taken place in Utah since 1996 and happens about every six weeks, corresponding with various solar calendar events.

Read the whole article here

SunStave Circle Beltane / Mayday Celebration!

2009-04-14T16:26:00.000-06:00

Join SunStave Circle in a celebration of the great MayDay Holiday - Beltane!
Bring a potluck dish to share for lunch and your own utensils, plates and a blanket or chair for sitting. We will dance the Maypole and bless the land with abundance and joy!

Saturday May 2nd
1 pm

Fairmont Park
1049 E. Sugarmont Dr

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Hosted by the Church of the Sacred Circle

SunStave Ostara / Spring Equinox

2009-03-08T21:45:00.000-06:00

Come and join Sunstave in the celebration of the Spring Equinox presented by:

Luman Sagus
March 21st 2009 at 6:00p.m.
Odd Fellows Lodge Hall Murray 33
8698 South Center Street
Sandy, UT

CLICK HERE FOR A MAP TO THIS LOCATION >>

Two blocks north of Historic Sandy Traxx station. All faiths are welcome. This ritual is intended for a mature audience, quiet and mature children are welcome. Wearing ritual attire is encouraged but street clothes are ok. Come early and bring a dish to share in the Potluck. Blessed Be!***

Grantchester Meadows
By: Roger Waters

Icy wind of night be gone this is not your domain.
In the sky a bird was heard to cry.
Misty morning whisperings and gentle stirring sounds
Belied the deathly silence that lay all around.

Hear the lark and harken to the barking of the dog fox
Gone to ground.
See the splashing of the kingfisher flashing to the water.
And a river of green is sliding unseen beneath the trees
Laughing as it passes through the endless summer
Making for the sea.

In the lazy water meadow I lay me down.
All around me golden sun flakes settle on the ground.
Basking in the sunshine of a bygone afternoon
Bringing sounds of yesterday into this city room.

Hear the lark harken to the barking of the dark fox
Gone to ground.
See the splashing of the kingfisher flashing to the water.
And a river of green is sliding unseen beneath the trees.

In the lazy water meadow I lay me down.
All around me golden sun flakes covering the ground.
Basking in the sunshine of a bygone afternoon
Bringing sounds of yesterday into this city room.

Hear the lark harken to the barking of the dark fox
Gone to ground.
See the splashing of the kingfisher flashing to the water.
And a river of green is sliding unseen beneath the trees,
Laughing as it passes through the endless summer making for the sea.

SunStave Imbolc / Candlemas

2009-01-22T01:13:00.000-07:00

Friday, Jan. 30th
Starting at 7 pm
Odd Fellows Hall
8698 Center St. Sandy Utah

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I am Clove, this is the pagan that took the staff for the 2nd
Midwinter Sabbat that is usual held around January 31 to Feb 6. I have
rented the Odd Fellows Hall in Sandy, for Friday January 30th at 7pm.
We will be giving honor to Winter & the weather god/desses, at the
end of ritual acknowledge the coming of spring. Volunteers and the
loan of decorations would be very welcomed and needed. For decorations
colors of winter not Yule~~ think dark blues, the colors and symbols
of snow and ice, bare trees, animals of the season, rain, thunder and
lighting, finally caves, shadows and the occasional star filled sky of
late winter. Or what I like to call Deep Winter.

I am a solitary Hedge Witch (with Druid leanings) that celebrates the
seasons I am in, not the ones coming up. In my path I give thanks and
Honor to the current cycle of seasons. The pagans of old were Turning
the Wheel ~ which is wonderful. I know that many pagans still Turn the
Wheel which is great. However many in the world not, just pagans, are
so focused on what is next that I feel moments and energies are rushed
through, dealt with or ignored like Dark Winter. The season of cold
and storms, death, transformation, rest, candlelit rooms, fire warming
our homes, slowing down and introspection, incubation…
I will share more soon about the ritual, volunteer activities and
would love input. So please if you can help or would like to volunteer
reply here or email me clove@hipplanet.com
Peaceful Deep Winter,
Clove

The Staff has been passed for Imbolc!

2009-01-07T01:28:00.000-07:00

Information regarding the Imbolc festivities will be posted here when available!

2008-11-23T21:52:00.000-07:00

Sunstave - St Nick Day - Yule
Saturday December 6 at 6:30pm
South Valley Unitarian Universalist Society
6876 South Highland Dr.
Presented by Avalon Starr and Friends

2008-11-23T18:30:00.000-07:00

"The Stave has Been Passed "

SunStave Yule / St. Nick Day

2008-11-23T11:10:00.000-07:00

Join us this night in Celebrating a tradition known throughout the world,
Come learn about the Origins of Santa Claus, Sinterklaas,
and the man who goes by many other names.

This is a Family Event !!Children of all ages welcome !!

Avalon is of German Heritage and also lived in Northern Germany
when she was young, she will be sharing her memories of being
a child during the Yule season.

We will also be turning the Wheel with the guest appearances
of the Oak and the Holly King.

There will be feasting after, so bring lots of food to share. This
is part of the great tradition of December 6th in Europe, everyone
indulges in many foods to be thankful, for the harvest that has
passed.

Go to sunstave.org for more info about sunstave.

You may contact Avalon at 661-1710 or starblustar3@yahoo.com
if you would like to volunteer or lend a hand in any way.

This will be a big event , we will need help decorating and being part
of several parts of storytelling.

RSVP http://witches.meetup.com/1473/calendar/9142057/

SunStave Samhain - A ritual of the dead

2008-10-22T00:53:00.000-06:00

Come and join SunStave Circle in the celebration of Samhain

presented by Luman Sagas,

on Sunday, November 2, at 7 p.m. at the
Unitarian Universalist Church on
6876 South Highland Drive (2000 East)
Salt Lake City, Utah 84121.
All faiths are welcome.

Wear ritual attire or dark street clothes.

Come early and bring a dish to share in the
potluck.

Blessed Be!

SunStave Circle Samhain

2008-09-23T10:44:00.001-06:00

The staff has been passed!

Please contact Mark for info or if you would
like to volunteer to help with the Samhain
sabbat! 708-2410

SunStave Fall Equinox / Mabon

2008-09-18T22:28:00.000-06:00

Sunday, Sept. 21st
1:00 PM
Liberty Park

East side of the park , toward the north end pavilions.
Look for the purple fairy and celtic tapestries!

Please bring a potluck main dish to share, additional
side dishes or beverages and your own plates & utensils
to cut down on waste.

You might also want to bring drums, noisemakers, camp chairs
or blankets and other circle necessities!

See you there!

Your hostess for Mabon is Shannon

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