SunStave Midwinter Solstice Celebration

Monday, December 9, 2013

 

Come Celebrate Midwinter with Sunstave!

Join us on the longest night of the year to sing, drum and dance back the sun.
Please bring a dish for feasting after the ritual.

Silent night, Solstice night

Silver moon shining bright

Snowfall blankets the slumbering Earth

Yule fires welcome the Sun's rebirth

Hark, the Light is reborn!

Hark, the Light is reborn!

Hosted by Leslie Hugo and the
Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans

Friday, Dec. 20th

7:00 pm

South Valley Unitarian Universalist Society

6876 S Highland Dr,
Cottonwood Heights, Utah

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SunStave Circle Samhain Ritual

Monday, October 7, 2013

Hosted by The Church of the Sacred Circle   - this family friendly Samhain ritual will honor our sacred dead and the Guardians who speak to us through the veil.

Please bring a dish to share for feasting and dress warmly as we will be spending some time outdoors.

Friday, Nov. 1st
6:30 pm 

3464 W. 3800 South
Salt Lake City, UT 84119

RSVP on Facebook or Meetup

SunStave Circle Lammas Feast

Thursday, July 25, 2013

Sacrifice to Vesta - Sebastiano Ricci, early 17th c.

Daughter of Saturn, venerable dame,

Who dwell'st amidst great fire's eternal flame;

In sacred rites these ministers are thine,

Mystics much-blessed, holy and divine.

In thee, the Gods have fix'd their dwelling place,

Strong, stable basis of the mortal race.

Eternal, much-form'd ever-florid queen,

Laughing and blessed, and of lovely mien;

Accept these rites, accord each just desire,

And gentle health, and needful good inspire.

-Orphic Hymn to Vesta

Partake in the sacred feast at Lammas and give honor to the Goddess Vesta, she who protects hearth and Home. Please bring offerings to Vesta (food or flowers) to place on the altar, and a Main dish to share for the potluck feast. 

Saturday, August 3rd

6 pm

901 W. 230 North, Orem, UT 

Your hostess for this event is Tiffany. 

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SunStave Circle Summer Solstice

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

The SunStave Summer Solstice Ritual will happen during the Summer Solstice Campout, hosted by Gypsy Wagon. The ritual is at 2 pm on Saturday, but you are welcome to camp out the whole weekend! Your hostess for this ritual is Molly.

We will try to organize carpools from Salt Lake to go down to the ritual, so please post on the SunStave Circle Facebook Event if you can drive or if you want to participate!

For more information, please join Gypsy Wagon's Facebook group for the campout.

Driving Directions:

When starting from north or south I-15 you’ll want to take exit 250 in Payson. If you are traveling from southern Utah you’ll turn right on to SR 115/ Main ST… If traveling from the north turn left on to SR115/Main St in Payson. Travel Main st .8 miles til you come to the first light or 100 N turn left. Go .4 miles to the next light 600 E. turn right. There is a sign posted right before the light on 100 N just before 600 E that reads “MT. Nebo Scenic Loop”

Travel along 600 E. This is a residential area This is the road that leads into the canyon follow it 1.4 miles and you’ll see the entrance to the canyon DO NOT GET OFF 600 E!!

You continue to drive 16.5 miles through the canyon it’s a beautiful drive with tons of wildlife and many butterflies. You should come to a sign at 16.5 miles that is marked Santaquin Canyon, Camp Koholowo, and Tinney Flat. Turn right at this sign and follow this road til you see our banner about 2-3 miles down the road. If you hit Camp Koholowo you have gone to far. OR, if you take the Santaquin canyon road up,we are just past the camp.

SunStave Beltane

Monday, April 22, 2013

Join SunStave Circle for a traditional Beltane Maypole! 

Gathering at 3 pm, ritual at 4

Bring a potluck dish to share, bring drums and rattles to dance the maypole with.

Gather at the back pavilions in Fairmont Park in Sugarhouse.

Your hostess for this gathering is Clove, you can contact her at cloveneville@gmail.com


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SunStave Imbolc

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Photo Credit: Angie Latham

SunStave Imbolc / Brighid 

Saturday, Feb. 2

5:00 pm

The Sacred Well arises within us as we approach the time of Imbolc. Come to SunStave circle and be at one with the sacred waters of our Land. We ask the Lady for Her blessings and join together in Community.
Please bring a potluck dish to share with Imbolc themed foods, dairy, grains, etc.

The Sacred Circle Temple
3464 W. 3800 South

Your hostess is Lady Avalon Starr
801-661-1710

RSVP on Facebook or Meetup

SunStave Samhain

Monday, October 15, 2012

The wheel has turned and Samhain, known to non magical folks as Halloween is upon us. The Celtic new year is a time for renewing commitments, setting goals and honoring the dead.

This year’s Samhain is a special one since UUPS picked up the Sun Stave Staff and will be hosting Sun Stave for Samhain. Part of this year’s Samhain will consist of drinking to the new year, a druid rite, wiccan death ceremony of Cernunnos, and calling in the dead or ancestors to deliver messages from the other realm, help their living loved ones improve and move forward in their lives.

Please bring an item or photo of a loved one that has passed. There will be a separate ancestral table to set them on. This ritual will included heavy emotions, be prepared to see those beyond the grave. Feast will be after as usual. Dress warmly and if able, please bring a seasonally appropriate dish.

Saturday, Oct. 27th
6 pm
7455 Parkridge Cir, SLC 84121

Contact Daniel Cureton for more information - 801-709-4632 or uofupagansociety@gmail.com

SunStave Circle Lammas / Lughnasadh

Saturday, July 28, 2012

Blessings of the First Harvest!
Ring in the First Harvest with a feast! Bring a potluck dish to share and celebrate the Corn King at Lammas!

Saturday, Aug. 4th, 5 pm
Your host is Josh

532 Julep Drive (460 East), Murray, UT 84107

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SunStave Circle Samhain / Halloween

Thursday, October 13, 2011

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

Map & Directions

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 Beltane / Mayday!

Monday, April 12, 2010

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 Mabon

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

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

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

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