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Jacksonville Pagan Pride Alliance is hosting an Imbolc Ritual!
Sunday, February 1st, 10:30 a.m.
Tillie Fowler Park (formerly Westside Regional Park) (across from NAS Jax)
7000 Roosevelt Blvd (aka SR-17)
Jacksonville, FL 32212
Both YahooMaps and Google Maps have good directions. The entranceway to the park is directly across from the Blue Angels Jet on display.
Please come and celebrate with us! Ritual will be at 11:00 a.m. with a potluck brunch following. Bring simple breakfast foods/drinks to share, such as donuts, coffee cake, fruit, orange juice, etc. Bring a chair or a blanket to sit on too.
The whole family is welcome, so bring the kids and friends too, but only pets on leashes are allowed in the park.
Hope to see you there!
Imbolc is a Fire festival and a great time to begin saying goodbye to Winter. We began thinking of the things we wanted to leave in the old year and the things we want to create for the new year at Yule, so at this ritual, we will burn the greens from Yule as a symbol of letting ALL the negativity go. And then we will plant spring seeds to symbolize the growth of good in our future. At any of our rituals, you are welcome to bring an item for the altar. If you have a special Sabbat item that you want to share during ritual or if you have an item that you need charged during ritual, the altar is open to all. Often, Brigid is celebrated at Imbolc and there is MUCH use of candles. So, we will have Brigid's Bed and ONE lucky person will get to take it home with them until Ostara!! (You have to come to see how that will work!) We would like for this item to be JPPA property - something we have on hand to use over and over again, so we would love for everyone to bring something to add to her bed. This can be a scrap of pretty material, some ribbon, silk flowers, silk ivy/greenery, miniature candles, beads, etc... We are creating a Crown of Candles that will be JPPA property to be used when we need it. As always, we will have a potluck and are looking for white and/or dairy items to take center stage. We already know that there will be a Tres Leche Cake! For our activity, we will make candles - and again, this is for kids and adults!
Don't forget the card game table for the kids (and adults) who are interested! (We've noticed a new "tradition" starting at our gatherings - Pokemon, Yu-gi-oh, and Magic The Gathering Games! Some of our kids never leave home without a deck in their pocket and it's starting to spread. After helping out the adults, the young men & ladies have been sitting together, playing and chatting. We're going to keep encouraging this - so if your kids are interested, remind them to bring a deck when they come. It's a fun diversion for those who may not be too interested in adult chit-chat and a great ice-breaker in making friends.)
So, here is a summary of the JPPA Imbolc ritual. Copy this or write it on your own list for a quick reference:
a. Sunday, Feb 1, 10:30 am, Tillie Fowler Park
b. Bring an item for Brigid's Bed
c. If you have an item for the altar, bring that
d. Be ready to win the honor of taking Brigid's Bed home with you until Ostara
e. Have an idea for the candle making activity
f. Bring a dish for the potluck. If you can find something that includes dairy or a dish that is white in color, that's great. If not, bring your favorite dish to share!
g. Bring your or your kids' cards for the card game table
h. Check email on January 31 for a suggested activity to do the night before our ritual.
If you have any questions or comments email us at eaz999@bellsouth.net. Hope to see everyone at Imbolc!
Zee for Jacksonville Pagan Pride Alliance, Inc.
Join now: VIP Sponsor Memberships (see flyer and/or contact us at fundraising@jaxpaganpride.org for details) The PPD planning committee is still collecting recipes for a fundraising cookbook. They will be organized by sabbat, with an extra category for "Pagan Potluck". Please send recipes to paganrecipes@mail.com; please include contact information, and tell us which category(ies) you think they belong in and why.