Pictures from one of our regular beach clean-ups. It’s not just about picking up trash, it is about honoring the Natural world and showing gratitude for Mother Earth that sustains life.
Category Archives: Events
Bruce’s Beach Celebration, June 26, 2022
As a Summer Solstice celebration, on Sunday June 26, 2022 we did a beach clean-up and ceremony to honor Bruce’s Beach. Our beach clean-ups are a way for us to connect with the Earth and give gratitude for the gifts of the Natural world. After the beach clean-up Phoenix lead a powerful ritual ceremony toContinue reading “Bruce’s Beach Celebration, June 26, 2022”
Hawk Watch February 2022
On Saturday February 5, 2022 we went to the Ramona Grasslands for a Hawk Watch. The event is hosted annually in January and February by the Wildlife Research Institute. The event includes a very informative educational talk by biologists and allows people to see falcons and raptors up close.
4th Annual Winter Solstice Celebration
Hosted Monday December 21, 2020 at 6:30 p.m.(PT) on Zoom Our celebrations are a fusion of ancient ritual and modern science. This Solstice, we went on a journey from the head to the heart. Connecting with the changes the Winter season brings to the Earth and wakening to our personal relationship with the Cosmos. FollowingContinue reading “4th Annual Winter Solstice Celebration”
Winter Solstice Ritual
The following ritual was written and delivered by Rev. John Odden during the 2020 Winter Solstice Celebration. Let us join in honoring Earth, our home, as the renewal time of winter and longer nights takes a celestial shift – the winter solstice – towards an awakening. Let us awaken with the breadth of each day,Continue reading “Winter Solstice Ritual”
Winter Bird Watching in SoCa
Notes from Richard Snyder’s 2020 Winter Solstice Celebration presentation. Did you ever wonder what “birds fly south for the winter” actually means?If you’ve been to a California beach you can identify a seagull – right? In the past year I’ve learned a lot about the class of animals known as Aves, or birds, and asContinue reading “Winter Bird Watching in SoCa”
Selected Winter Solstice Poems
Sue Snyder selected the following three poems that were read during the 2020 Winter Solstice Celebration. A Winter Bluejay (excerpt) by Sara Teasdale Sara Teasdale was born in 1884 and died in 1933. She was in poor health most of her childhood and suffered from depression. In her poem A Winter Bluejay, she imagines theContinue reading “Selected Winter Solstice Poems”
The Jupiter Saturn Conjunction
Notes from Jesse Keeler’s 2020 Winter Solstice Celebration presentation. Overview On the 2020 Winter Solstice (Monday December 21, 2020) a special astronomical event that was visible in the early evening sky, the Jupiter Saturn Conjunction. A planetary conjunction is when planets appear very close to one another in the sky because of the way theyContinue reading “The Jupiter Saturn Conjunction”
Autumn Equinox Celebration 2020
Power Up for Change Tuesday September 22, 2020 6:30 p.m. (PT)https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81105898584 Renew your connection with our Earth through harmonizing community ritual and prayer. This is a non-denominational spiritual event for all people who love the Earth. Back to Events
Spring Equinox Celebration 2020
CELEBRATION UPDATE:This celebration will be hosted online in Zoom. Please register for the event to receive a link to the Zoom celebration room. Friday March 20, 2020 at 6:30p.m.(PT)Online in Zoom Renew your connection with the wonders of our planet! Co-create a beautiful vision for our planet through harmonizing community ritual and prayer. This isContinue reading “Spring Equinox Celebration 2020”
Order of the Sacred Earth OC 