Join CedarLight Grove in a Swap Party! A Swap Party is a new green initiative like the former Tupperware party days of old. Bring items in good condition and swap them with items other people have brought for swapping.

Each participant can join in the Swap Party for free. We would love to have donations to the Grove, but it is not necessary. If you wish to join us for our pot-luck brunch before-hand, please bring a dish to share. Bring your used but in good condition items to CedarLight Center. We will create a list of items you have donated and set them up for display. People will be given opportunity to browse your items during our Rites of Caffiena brunch and the Swap will officially begin at 1pm

Anything not taken home will be sold at a yard sale and then donated to Goodwill.

Date: May 23rd starting at 1pm, but you are welcome to come earlier for our Rites of Caffiena potluck brunch (please bring a dish to share if you join us for brunch, it can be anything from a few blocks of cheese, some crackers, bagels, etc.)

Cost: Every participant must bring 1 gently used item to participate, but there is no monetary fee. We always accept donations to support CedarLight Grove though.

RSVP: No RSVP needed, just show up with your item

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Part 2 of this workshop is scheduled for August 15th at 1pm. The cost is the same as Part 1, please RSVP by August 10th

Have you ever wondered about the basic cultural conceptions and assumptions that lie behind Greek myth? Have the stories of the Greek Gods seemed strange or difficult to relate to your own experiences? This workshop will explore these issues through the medium of myth and literature. It will examine the ancient Greek pagan worldview of the 5th and 4th centuries B.C.E., including discussions of the Greek concepts of fate, hubris, death, the nature of Gods and humans, gender roles, and other fundamental premises of Greek religion.

Date: May 9th starting at 1pm (should last about 2.5 hours), but you are welcome to come earlier for our Rites of Caffiena potluck brunch (please bring a dish to share if you join us for brunch, it can be anything from a few blocks of cheese, some crackers, bagels, etc.)

Cost: $20 (half for CLG members, not a member? Join up and receive half off all our workshops )

RSVP: Email clg@cedarlightgrove.org by May 6th

To Bring: Something to take notes if you like

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CedarLight Grove is hosting a three month long 50/50 raffle to support CedarLight Grove.

The pricing is as follows:
1 ticket – $5 each
3 tickets – $10
6 tickets – $20

The winner will be drawn on June 26th during our Midsummer High Rite in front of ritual participants. The winner will receive half of the till gained over the three months.

You may purchase tickets at CedarLight Grove during any of our events, by mail by sending a check or money order to our address, or at the Trillium Spring Gathering in April where we will be attending. Winner will be announced via email or phone, so please provide both along with your address in order to receive winnings. Winner does not have to attend the Midsummer High Rite in order to win.

The remaining proceeds go to support CedarLight Grove’s year-long fundraiser to help us with needed maintenance on our building. Any and all questions can be directed to witan@cedarlightgrove.org

For our Lughnasadh Charity event (I know, we are preparing early ), CedarLight Grove will be sending care packages to our overseas pagan military thanks to Operation Circle Care of the Circle Sanctuary.  Three Cranes Grove of Ohio and Sassafras Grove of Pennsylvania have also joined in the effort to make this a multi-Grove of ADF charity event!

From now until Lughnassadh, we will be collecting the following items:

Pagan Spiritual Medallions -

* Pentacles
* Ankhs
* Awen symbols
* Thor’s Hammers
* Sun symbols
* Moon symbols
* Goddess and/or God symbols
* Green Man/Woman symbols
* Wheel of the Year symbols

Other items -

* Pagan Music, Meditation: CDs & DVDs
* Gift cards from store that ship overseas, for example Barnes and Noble, Amazon
* Gift cards can be used for online holiday shopping (So deployed soldiers can send gifts home to their children from overseas)
* ATT phone cards
* Crystals
* Small God and Goddess statues
* Pagan Books (No nudity)
* Incense
* Oils
* Herbs
* Small Wands
* Small travel chalices
* Altar cloths

These items can be shipped or hand-delivered to CedarLight Grove in Baltimore (or subsequent Grove’s in Ohio or Pennsylvania) by or on our Lughnassadh High Rite.  We will be blessing these items during the rite before sending them off to be placed into care packages for soldiers.

Please join in our cause to celebrate our warriors during the time of the Tailteann Games of Lughnassadh. If you have any questions, please email clg@cedarlightgrove.org

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CedarLight Grove will be hosting a Personal Finance 101 workshop on April 11th starting at 1pm. This workshop will cover basics of personal finance such as emergency funds, snowballing debt, income vs. expenses, and those just starting out in financial management.

This is not a workshop on investing, retirement, or general financial planning. Those will be covered in a supplementary workshop later on. Personal Finance 101 is just going to cover the concept and steps of getting out of debt and recognizing bad habits.

This workshop is open to all, but you must RSVP for this event as there will be limited seating.

When: April 11, 2010 starting at 1pm. Folks are welcomed to join us for a pot-luck brunch at 10am and our weekly devotional meditation “Walk with the Old Ones”.
Cost: $10 for non-members, $5 for members. All proceeds go to support CedarLight Grove.
RSVP: Email clg@cedarlightgrove.org by April 9th

It is recommended that you bring a laptop or paper/pencil for taking notes. An e-mail follow-up of resources will be available after the workshop as well.