Summerfest!

We will celebrate Summerfest on Sunday, June 29th. We will meet at Guide Chandonn's at 2 PM to hold our annual meeting (usually very short) and celebrate the arrival of summer.

Our theme this year is change. This is a current buzzword in the political world, but its meaning goes far beyone this year's election. Nature changes every day - the seasons change, the weather changes, living things are born, mature, age, and die. We change our roles in the world - child to parent, fast food employee to business owner, single to married to single again... our possibilities, and the variety of life directions are endless.

If you need a more humble set of directions, namely those to the event, please contact Guide Chandonn. Our fests are pot luck and, while not required to attend, bringing food or beverages to share is always appreciated.

Summerfest 2007

On June 23rd, the Path of the Personal Divine members held their annual meeting. At that meeting, the board was chosen and their offices were selected.

This year's Board:

Janeene Rowenashadi-Kirsch - President
Hypatia X - Vice-President
Sophia X. Pharou - Secretary/Treasurer


Summerfest 2007 is the year we multitasked. We elected our Board and discussed our individual approaches to prayer as we built rattles. Jan was kind enough to provide us with gourds and materials for rattle construction.


We all enjoyed the workshop. Each attendee put a lot of work into his or her rattle. While we chose beads and attached our decorations, Jan also gave us a short lesson on the esoteric purpose of rattles.



By this time, we were ready for a nice meditation and mind clearing. Karen led us through an excellent one, and has been drafted to teach us more!



Afterwards, Sarah gave a short lesson on basic astrology. She provided handouts (Oooh! Powerpoint handouts!) with descriptions of the signs.



Finally, it was time for ritual. Chris led us in a celebration of our life journeys. The ceremony was short, and followed by comfortable fellowship.

Summerfest!

Summerfest is coming up fast!

Our annual business meeting will convene at 12 PM on Saturday, June 23rd. We will be choosing the board and church officials for the coming year.

Afterwards, the fun will begin!

Location for the meeting: Hypatia and Sophia's house. Please email Hypatia if you need directions.

Note Bene: The ritual feast this year will be ice cream. Please bring toppings, fruit, cones, waffle bowls, root beer for floats, etc. We have 10 pints of ice cream in a variety of flavors. If you think that's not enough... bring some more with you!

Finger foods and other beverages would also be appreciated. Pagans do not live on ice cream alone.

Preliminary Schedule:

Church meeting

Jan’s rattle workshop

Discussion - HypatiaX

Sophia X. Pharou – Astrology lesson (Journey through the Signs)

Karen’s meditation (Body as Temple)

Ritual – Chandonn and Sophia X. Pharou

Drumming?

See you at Summerfest,

Sophia X. Pharou

Meeting Sunday

We’re meeting again after a two-month hiatus. Chandonn will be our host this Sunday, April 29th, from 1 PM to 4:30 PM. We will be conducting a collective ritual where different people bring in their own talents and ideas together in what should be an interesting, if eclectic, whole.

We will also be talking about this year’s Summerfest: when will we celebrate it, and what will the theme be this year?

Come join us!