MoonFire Calendar
Updated: May 27, 2010
For more information about any of these events, feel free to contact either the person listed below, or any of the people listed on the Contacts page.
We have ritual every 3rd Sunday of the month at the Church. Rain or shine. (Predictability vs. following the lunar calendar: its a trade-off we accommodate by having a 3rd Sunday ritual and then celebrating the cross-quarter Sabbats). (Except this August when we're taking a break)
All 3rd Sunday rituals are followed by a potluck, as are most of our other activities. UUCA is a peanut free zone, please do not bring any peanut products into the building. Also, please bring reusable plates and utensils if you can. They save on paper, plastic, and the earth!
MoonFire welcomes everyone. If you are wondering whether to bring children, are new to Paganism, or plan to take pictures or write about our ritual, check the listing and our new statement on attendance.
For a listing of other rituals and happenings, click here.
Our Social Circle is an opportunity to hang out with our fellow Pagans and do fun stuff. What we do can range from the purely social to rituals, classes, and more. Social circle events are listed below.
Our Paganism as a religious tradition is is now complete. For more information see the class page.
2010
June
June 4-6
Little Bennett Family Campout. Join MoonFire for our annual family campout at Little Bennett State Park near Clarksville, Maryland. This year the cost will be 10$/day and 15$ for the whole weekend (per person). We will have activities, including a night fireside ritual, bamboo flute making workshop, nature walks (there are lots of hiking trails) and a pot luck lunch. Other activities as time and interest allow. For more information about camping and Little Bennett go here. If you have not been before you should definitely read the material about the park before going.
June 9
MoonFire's Monthly Pagan Social: Pagan Swap Meet. We will have a good old fashioned Pagan Swap or Giving Blanket. Daune, who has in the past come to MoonFire Circles, is moving to California and has donated a number of Pagan books, a set of Tarot cards and other items. How it works: for each item you bring you may either donate it to the giving blanket or swap it for an item already there. As people swap out items you may find a treasure you have been looking for. It is a one for one trade so now is the time to hunt down those Pagan re-gift items or I can't believe I bought that - I must have been Moonstruck, or simply Pagan items which have served you well, and now are relegated to some dark corner and could now benefit someone else. Refreshments will provided. 7:15 PM at the Church.
June 20
Third Sunday Ritual. Joint us for ritual 1:00 PM at the Church, potluck afterward.
July
July 14
MoonFire's Monthly Pagan Social: Reiki Lecture and Demonstration. We will be having a Reiki lecturer and practitioner in for a demonstration. 1:00 PM at the Church.
July 18
Litha Ritual. We will have Strega-themed Litha ritual. 1:00 PM at the Church, potluck afterward.
August
August 1
Lammas Ritual. We will celebrate the cross quarter with our usual special ritual. 1:00 PM at the Church, potluck afterward.
August 11
MoonFire's Monthly Pagan Social: Pagan Movie Night. We will be watching some films by Janet Farrar and Gavin Bone: Discovering Witchcraft: Journey Through the Elements and the Mysteries, and maybe others. 7:15 PM at the Church.
August 15
Summer Break: No Third Sunday Ritual. We are taking a Summer Break this third Sunday as many of our members will be away or on vacation.
September
September 8
MoonFire's Monthly Pagan Social: Cooking and Decorating with Edible Flowers. We will learn about using flowers from our gardens in foods and cooking. 7:15 PM at the Church.
September 19
Mabon Ritual. We will celebrate Mabon with a ritual built around a simple Pagan's worship of the Gods and Goddesses.
October
October 13
MoonFire's Monthly Pagan Social: Paranormal lecture and Ghost Walk. A local ghost hunter will talk to us about their experiences and we will participate on a guided ghost walk. 7:15 PM at the Church.
October 23
Samhain Ritual: Mexican Day of the Dead. Join MoonFire for our annual blowout Samhain ritual. This year we will be honoring our sacred dead through a "Dia de los Muertos" themed ritual. Pre-ritual begins at 7:15 PM with the ritual beginning at 8:00. A potluck and social follows. At the Church.
Northern Virginia Pagan Network
A very good resource for other events is the Northern Virginia Pagan Network Yahoo calendar. We will not necessarily repeat events listed there here unless we find something really special about them. To go to the Northern Virginia Pagan Network site and calendar click here:
http://www.novapagannetwork.org/CommunityEvents.htm
Tarot meetup
Many of our members with an interest in Tarot find the Tarot Meetup Group fun and insightful. It is held in the new Pagan/New Age store in Fairfax City, "Sticks and Stones". The web link for the group is: http://tarot.meetup.com/375/
Spiral Ground
Spiral Ground is another eclectic and well organized circle based in Cumberland Virginia. They often repeat our events on their calendar, and we encourage those who are in the area to check out their events. Check out their website here, and their calendar here.
