North Texas Pagan Pride Day 2007

Unitarian Universalist Church of Oak Cliff

3839 W. Kiest  * Oak Cliff TX

www.oakcliffuu.com

                   September 29th, 2007

                                                                                11am—5pm

 

Join us in celebrating diversity!  

Come together for dancing, drumming and fun! There will be vendors, workshops and lots of fun! We will be hosting a Chili Cook-off.  If you think you have the best chili in North Texas, bring a pot for tasting and sharing. We will be taking donations to support Adopt a Soldier Now and North Texas Food Bank. So bring your donations, open minds and fun loving hearts.

If you are interested in vending, conducting a workshop or have questions please contact the local coordinator RavenMae at rayvnwytch@yahoo.com

 

For more information on our charities visit their websites.

Adopt a Soldier Now

www.adoptasoldiernow.org

North Texas Food Bank

www.ntfb.org

 

reply to: betwixt@betwixt.org / 214-821-3340, or

reply to: Elemental Magick Shop / 281-554-9304 or write to gabbysue1950@yahoo.com.

RHYTHMS OF SPRING

March 30 – April 1, 2007

$22 for Adults;
$11 suggested donation for children under 18,
$5 suggested donation for children under 5.

Betwixt & Between Community Center and Temple of Elemental Magick invite you to experience the Rhythms of Spring in Red Moon Grove at the lovely Circle Star Retreat. Feel the pulse of the Land as it manifests in drumming and dancing and chanting (oh, my!) as the first community village to arise in this Grove comes together under a waxing moon amidst the awakening rhythms of Spring!"

We invite you to be a part of this inaugural impromptu village; meet us at our hearthfire, let us guide you through the moonlit camp sites, join with us in our common area, our forest floor café, lend us your special skills and talents in one of our volunteer opportunities. 

Join us on Saturday for a lively town meeting, morning meditations, and afternoon workshops on toning, drumming, and past-life regression.  Be entertained by an enchanting hafla during dinner.  Walk the Witches Way at dusk with the Professor of the Wyld, and a trail lighting ceremony with the younger ones.  Gather in the evening for  Ritual, Feast, and Revel.  Sunday we will gather for coffee and what’s left breakfast, have our closing ritual at noon, and pack out by 2pm. 

Festival gates open at 3pm on Friday March 30 and will remain open until midnight. If you show up before then, please wait outside the gates until the registration booth is open. When you pull through the gates, proceed to the registration booth which will be clearly marked on the right hand side of the drive. Our registration/Hearth Fire team will greet you and ask you to sign a festival registration form and waiver. If you prepaid, your name will be on our Festival list.  If you are paying at the gate you may pay with cash or check only. 

Each person with you will be required to sign a festival registration form and will be issued the appropriate festival badges. We ask all festival camping attendees to volunteer two (2) hours of time to contribute to the cooperation of the camp. If you pre-registered you have already chosen your volunteer department. If you are paying at the gate you may choose a department to help out with. The registration team will give you a list of departments to choose from.  Each person in your family should commit to a department for two (2) hours, including children.  We have special projects two and tasks for the younger children to help out with. 

Fire tenders and woodcutters are asked to check with our Fire Lead and volunteer for the Fire Team.  We also have a special need for juvenile lamp lighters. 

We have other volunteer opportunities in these departments:

Kitchen (cooks, helpers)

Hearth (watchers/guardians)

Trash/Recycling (setup, supervise)

Kiddie Campers (entertainment and workshops)

Please let us know if you have a special skill and need a volunteer opportunity  we haven’t thought of. 

Everyone should wear their festival badges/wristbands for the duration of the event for identification purposes. When you have completed the registration process, please pull forward to the camp area to unload your camping gear.  Our hearthfire team will assist you in setting up. When you have unloaded your camping gear, please park in the designated parking area facing outward. If you did not receive a map of the appropriate camping and parking areas prior to arriving, you may request  one at the registration booth but we will have guides there to direct you.

Some things to consider:

1) No firearms are allowed on the Festival grounds.

2) No illegal substances allowed (if you wouldn't do it in front of the police station- don't do it here)

3) No RV's or generators.

4) A biological or adoptive parent, no exceptions, must accompany children under age 18.

5) No loud electronic music.

6) Pagan standard time does not apply to festival schedule! Please expect all activities to be on time.

7) Perfect Love and Perfect Trust is our motto, but please be prudent and keep up with your belongings.

8) Our enjoyments can be offered to the holy beings, who will bless those enjoyments and return the blessings to us.

9) Camping events are clothing optional. Please be respectful of everyone’s personal space. No means NO! 

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Betwixt & Between: a destination for those who dare to swim out past the mainstream.

Betwixt & Between is a 501c3 non-profit community center founded in 1997 to provide a meeting place where people could come together to share, celebrate, rejoice and learn in an atmosphere of understanding, civility and respect. Our mission is to build bridges of understanding between all people regardless of political, religious or cultural affiliation.

Betwixt & Between is located at 4409 Belmont Ave., Dallas, TX 75204.  Located on the west side of Belmont near Carroll, and just north of the City Place Loews Theater at Haskell and 75.  For more information about Betwixt & Between and its programs, call 214-821-3340 or visit Betwixt & Between's web site at http://www.betwixt.org.

Temple of Elemental Magick is a registered religious organization with a 501(c)3 status under the Internal Revenue Service. Donations are greatly appreciated and are tax deductible.  Our mission and purpose is to support, publicize, research and teach the religious traditions, practices, beliefs and values of the Craft and the Pagan Community as whole. To join forces with our brothers & sisters in educating the public about our Spiritual paths and belief systems.

For more information about Temple of Elemental Magick and its programs, call Elemental Magick Shop 281-554-9304 or write to gabbysue1950@yahoo.com.

Join Betwixt & Between and Houston's Temple of Elemental Magick for a campout and festival in the woods- our home away from home, Circle Star Retreat. Located just two hours from Dallas- and two hours from Houston.

There will be drumming, dancing, and chanting (oh-my!) workshops. Rituals, Music & Fire Dancing under the stars, trail hiking, community meals, activitys for children of all ages and much more. Just a few great reasons to leave your cares, cell phones, computers and stress behind for a weekend to recharge.

A detailed schedule of events will be coming soon, but mark your calendars *now* for this special one of a kind event.

Where: Circle Star Retreat
When: March 30-31, April 1
Advance tickets are now available $22
$11 minors, $5 children 5 & under (Suggested donation)

Family Oriented- but absolutely NO children under 18 without parent or *legal* guardian.

Native American Purification Ceremony, Friday, March 2, 2007, 8pm.  

Artist and storyteller, Standing Bear, who specializes in Lakota legends and stories, will perform a Purification Ceremony at 8pm this Friday evening at Betwixt & Between, prior to the Friday night drum jam.  This ritual cleansing of the spirit is typically used to prepare oneself to receive information from the divine, your ancestors - for any magical working.  Done in a traditional Native American tradition, no preparation is really needed other than an open mind and a desire to learn.

After ritual Standing Bear will play the traditional Courting Flute, and tell the story behind it.  If there is time left you may get lucky enough to catch a few more stories from this excellent and enchanting storyteller.  He will also answer some questions at the end about Native American Tradition.

reply to: Nikki Redfeather at fire_rhavyn@yahoo.com Full Moon Ritual - March 3rd Wren’s Nest Wren’s Nest came into being, as a study group, in 1998, after starting life as Hearn’s Wood, in 1996. Charles (Acorn) and Janet Mars (Wren), Priest and Priestess of Wren’s Nest Coven, formed in 1999, are the authors of The Seeker’s Bill of Rights.

Wren’s Nest brings the simplicity of the Old Religion, from the West Country of Great Britain, and melds traditional practices with life today. We practice an unsophisticated, green wicca, with a touch of the ceremonial wizardry, thus adding mystery and spark to our circles.

Members progress through their magical studies, via dedication and three degrees. We seek balance in both our spiritual, and mundane life, and meditate on what will be.

Our circles form at the new and full moons, in Fort Worth. Festival moons are open to seekers.

“A thing is complete, when you can let it be”.

Wren, Priestess to Wren’s Nest Coven

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A note from Betwixt & Between: We gather at 7:30- Ritual begins at 8:00 PM. Rituals are always free and open to the public. Donations and something for Feast is always welcome and appreciated. Children are welcome but we need a volunteer to supervise children in the library during circle. There are fun (& quiet) projects available to entertain them. There is also a celebration/circle planned for Friday night prior to drum jam that is a Native American tradition share/purification ceremony and flute & story presented by Standing Bear- see more on that in the calendar- Friday March 2nd. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Betwixt n Between Community Center is located at 4409 Belmont Ave Dallas TX 75204

Behind the Loew’s City Place Cinema on Haskell and US 75/Central Expy. Turn on Capital, take 1st left and then 1st right on Belmont

Phone:214.821.3340

Web: www.betwixt.org

Betwixt & Between is a come-unity center founded in 1997 to provide a meeting place where people could come together to share, celebrate, rejoice and learn in an atmosphere of understanding, civility and respect. Our mission is to build bridges of understanding between all people regardless of political, religious, or cultural affiliations.