Rituals for 2019 – Save the dates

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Ritual schedule and planning dates for 2019

The Ritual Planning Cell met recently to dream and plan for the year ahead.

After a bit of magic, a review of community feedback, and an examination of our own capacity, we’ve created a schedule for the year that we hope will honor the commitments we’ve made to one another, meet the needs of community, and be sustainable moving forward.

This includes hosting rituals on the Solstices and Equinoxes and holding space for community to gather in other ways. Below are the dates and times for planning meetings, rituals, and events planned for 2019.

Help us plan the rituals

We invite you to participate in ritual planning. Planning ritual is a fabulous way of participating in the magic, and all community members are invited to attend planning meetings at the time listed. Dates and locations are noted below each ritual.

MayDay Gathering

  • Sunday, May 5, Powderhorn Park.  After the ceremony we will gather at the labyrinth on the west side of the park just up the hill from the lake. This is not a ritual but will be a space to gather with beloveds, eat cookies and bask in the joy of May Day.

Summer Solstice

  • Ritual: Saturday, June 22, Gather at 2:30 p.m., Ritual at 3 p.m. Powderhorn Park, just west of the intersection of 14th Ave. S and E 33rd St.
  • Planning Summer Solstice: Saturday, June 8, 4-6 p.m. Contact Galen for location by text at 763-219-9854..

Summer Co-Created Community Collaborative Gathering

  • Details: Saturday, August 3 Noon-4 p.m., location TBD.
    While many of our seasonal rituals and gatherings are generally open to the public, this event is designed for us to strengthen our community bonds and heal as individuals and as a group. We will gather together in community beginning noon and ending at 4 p.m. (Please contact the ritual cell umrr.rituals@gmail.com for location).

Fall Equinox

  • Ritual: Saturday, September 28, Gather at 2:30 p.m., Ritual at 3 p.m. Powderhorn Park, just west of the intersection of 14th Ave. S and E 33rd St.
  • Planning Fall Equinox: Saturday, August 24, 3 – 5 p.m. Contact Galen for location by text at 763-219-9854.

Samhain Co-Created Community Collaborative Gathering

  • Details: Saturday, November 2, noon – 4 p.m., location TBD.
    While many of our seasonal rituals and gatherings are generally open to the public, this event is designed for us to strengthen our community bonds and heal as individuals and as a group. We will gather together in community beginning noon and ending at 4 p.m. (Please contact the ritual cell umrr.rituals@gmail.com for location).

Winter Solstice

  • Ritual: Saturday, December 21,  Gather at 2:30 p.m. ritual at 3 p.m. Location TBD.
  • Planning Winter Solstice: Saturday, November 23, 3-5 p.m. Contact Galen for location by text at 763-219-9854.

Sneak peek for 2020

Bridig/Imbolc

  • A community dinner is being planned by Tree in the Well in collaboration with other local witches. Stay tuned for more details.

Spring Equinox

  • Ritual: Saturday, March 21. Gather at 2:30 p.m., Ritual at 3 p.m. Location TBD.
  • Planning Spring Equinox: Saturday, February 29, 3 – 5 p.m. Contact Galen for location by text at 763-219-9854.

All are welcome

…including children and folks from other traditions.

Reclaiming events are drug and alcohol free.

Please do not use perfumes, lotions, and other scented products to ensure increased accessibility.

Money donations are welcome to cover ritual expenses, but please note that no one will be turned away for lack of funds.

We look forward to seeing you!

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Communications

A full announcement about each event will be posted on Facebook and on our UMRR email list. Each individual announcement will include accessibility information. It is possible that some of the dates and/or times for the events with a location TBD will change based on availability of space. We will inform the community of any changes as soon as the space is booked. Community is invited to organize additional offerings as desired. We believe in the power of co-creation as we continue to nourish our roots and evolve in our practice.

In love and magic

The Upper Mississippi River Reclaiming Ritual Planning Cell

Alan Olson (he/we)
Alison Doe (they/them)
Galen (they/them)
Harper (they/them)
Matt Cross Thiede aka Cerulean Daybreak (ze/zir)
Maxwell von Raven (he/him)

Email: ummr.rituals@gmail.com

Phone contact: Galen via text at 763-219-9854