| This year our Welcoming Ritual will be lead by
"The Weavers" http://fullcircleuuca.org/ The ritual description will be posted shortly The Weavers are a component of Full Circle, which is a participatory,
spiritual practice program of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Annapolis
(UUCA) that integrates a variety of earth-based traditions with the
principles of Unitarian Universalism. UUCA’s Full Circle hosts a variety of
public programs each year including solar circles for men, women and
children; full moon circles for women; and children’s workshops. The Weavers
could be considered the steering committee for Full Circle. Weavers is an
opportunity for these women to delve into their souls, and find their
voices, explore and release their own power. A main goal for Weavers is to
empower strong women to enjoy power with—rather than over—other women and to
develop ways to create welcoming, safe, and sacred space for all ritual:
personal, public and private. Weavers is a diverse group coming from several
faith traditions both in- and outside of pagan/earth-based spirituality. A
non-hierarchical group, all members take on leadership roles. The group
opens periodically to welcome new members. Harvest Ritual lead by the Mountain Mysteries planning committee If you don't already know who we are, this will be a great time to get to put some faces with the names and spend some time in the sacred circle with us.
Farewell Ritual led by Lisa Starnes Lisa (Adams) Starnes has been practicing witchcraft since 1989. She began her career in Holistic Health as a Massage Therapist in 1995, continuing her studies by becoming a Reiki Master and obtaining certification as a Holistic Health Practitioner, where she learned to work with herbs, homeopathics, energy, TCM and more. To ritually affirm her desire to help others, she became ordained in the Order of Melchizadek in 1996, eventually becoming legally recognized by the State of Virginia as clergy in 2002. Lisa dedicated herself to the Goddess after re-locating to Charlottesville from the Northern Virginia rat race in 1998. Shortly thereafter, she met and fell in love with her hunky warrior husband –at the Charlottesville Beltane Festival. The following year, they and a group of friends, became involved with the festival, moving it to Heavenly Acres Campground. Lisa continued on the Beltane Festival committee until 2005 as workshop and ritual coordinator, and as treasurer for the Blue Ridge Pagan Alliance. Lisa and her husband are working partners in Celtic Faery Wicca as Second Degree High Priestess and High Priest, although their true paths are much broader including yoga and buddhism. Lisa has attended several of the Mid-Atlantic Pagan Leadership Conferences, and went on to organize the Central Virginia Pagan Community Conference in 2004, carrying forward the spirit of community organization she learned from the MA-PLC. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from James Madison University with a Bachelor’s in Religion and Women’s Studies in 2004. Lisa lives with her wonderful husband, Mark, their two cats, and three horses in the National Forest.
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