Friday, July 26th

Noon Open for General Arrivals

Please register at the gate as you come in, and sign up for community service shifts and various weekend activities.

2 pm Workshop: Creating Magickal Talismans with Aviel and Raven in the Temple Room

We will use seasonal correspondences in herbs, stones, and colors to create intentional talismans for magical uses. If you have herbs and stones to use, bring them. We will also provide materials. Family Programming: Wildcraft Game with Mandie and Rev. Florence in the Summer Kitchen

Join us for a game of Wildcraft, a board game about herbs and herbalism for kids.

4 pm Green Spirit Opening Ritual with Judith Willowind and Rev. Selena Fox n the Green

Come join with us to kindle a first harvest fire with the Celtic nine sacred woods. Learn more about the first nine trees of the Celtic Tree Calendar and the ritual uses of their woods as we build our festival fire and bless the festival. Tattoo Scavenger Hunt Kick-off with Nate and Rev. Jake

Grab a hunt game sheet and identify the owners of as many tattoos as you can throughout the weekend. Turn the sheet into Nate or Jake whenever you’re finished.

4:45 pm Newcomer Meet & Greet with Jim Blechschmidt, Rev. Messina, and Rev. Jake in the Temple Room

5:30 pm Dinner behind the farmhouse

7 pm Drumming Circle with Laurie Blue Heron in the Temple Room

We will start with a bit of instruction, and move into a short facilitated community rhythm making, then have unstructured, Spirit-led drumming for the rest of the time. All are welcome: players, dancers, chanters, and watchers. Let’s have fun!

8 pm Tavern on the Green with DJ Rev. Jake and MC Rev. Messina on the Green

Bring your dancing shoes, your karaoke voice, and your best air guitar for a dance party and talent show extravaganza. Sign up with Jake or Minerva if you want to perform.

Saturday, July 27th

7:30 - 9 am Breakfast in the Summer Kitchen

9 am Hike to Spirit Rock with Heather, conditions allowing

This is a brisk and strenuous walk over uneven ground, potentially encountering briars, and climbing a very steep final assent to an absolutely transcendent view. Wear sturdy shoes and long pants, and take drinking water.

10 am Workshop: Medicinal Trees and Shrubs with Erin LaFaive in the Temple Room

Learn about herbs and some of their many uses. If weather permits, we will take a short and easy tour of Circle environs and learn to spot trees and shrubs with medicinal value. Family Programming: Lemonade and Tea Making with Mandie and Rev. Florence in the Summer Kitchen

Help us create lemonade, teas, and other beverages infused with herbs we can harvest together. We’ll offer the resulting drinks to the community at our first-ever Green Spirit Lemonade Stand over lunch.

Noon Lunch behind the Farmhouse Green Spirit Lemonade Stand with Rev. Florence, Mandie, and the kids

Come sample the beverages made by the family program with some harvested-from-the-land ingredients, with proceeds going to get supplies for family programming at future festivals.

1:30 pm Workshop: Working with Green Spirits with Rev. Selena Fox in the Temple Room

Learn about developing and deepening spiritual relationships with herbs, trees, and other plants. Explore work with chants, meditation, rituals, and Nature communion. Bring a basket and hand clippers as part of a guided Green Spirits attunement walk and harvest. Family Programming: DIY Fieldguide to Trees with Mandie and Rev. Florence in the Summer Kitchen

Learn to identify some of the common trees at Circle, and collect leaves to make your own field guide using leaf rubbings.

3 pm Green Spirit Games for all ages on the Green

Some athletic, some silly, some requiring epic teamwork, most just requiring your willingness to jump in – come and have fun on the Green!

5 pm Raffle / Silent Auction Drawing with Niki behind the barn

5:30 pm Dinner behind the Farmhouse

7:30 pm Green Spirit Main Ritual with Rev. Shel Skau

Let us gather together as tribe and celebrate the abundance in our lives. In this first of the 3 harvest holidays we will begin to embrace all that the Earth has to give while focusing on fostering further growth. A magical working with the Spirit of the Green will be just the bridge building we need not only for the harvest festivals but also between our spiritual and mundane lives.

8:30 pm Green Spirit Summer Singalong with Rev. Jake, Rev. Messina and Amanda on the Green

Bring your hearty singing voice, and anything you can shake, pluck or strum to sing songs of summer, fun and togetherness. Lyrics booklets will be provided.

Sunday, July 28th

7:30 - 9 am Breakfast in the Summer Kitchen

10:30 am Workshop: Herbalism through a Plant Priestess Perspective with Erin LaFaive in the Temple Room

This workshop includes working with the cycles of nature, seeing plants as alive beings that are not just here for humans, and adding magic to herbal practice. Family Programming: Dangerous Plant Walk with Mandie and Rev. Florence in the Summer Kitchen

Not all the plants in our ecosystem are safe to handle. We’ll take a walk and identify some of the plants we need to avoid while enjoying outdoor activities.

11:30 am Closing Ritual with Judith Willowind and Rev. Selena Fox in the Temple Room

Noon Lunch and Final Departures