June 2010
United Earth Assembly plans are finalized and best-selling author Elizabeth Cunningham will be featured guest speaker! http://www,UnitedEarthAssembly.com Join us October 2nd and 3rd in Irving, TX for a wonderful celebration of Gaia Rhythms ~ Mother's Heartbeat!
Elizabeth Cunningham is the author of The Maeve Chronicles as well as three other novels and two collections of poetry. She has just released her first album MaevenSong. In private practice as a counselor, Elizabeth is also the director of The Center at High Valley in Clinton Corners, NY where she host celebrations of the Celtic Cross Quarter Days. http://passionofmarymagdalen.com/
May 2010
Wren's Nest enchanted all with a wonderful cast from Shakespeare's, "Midsummer Night's Dream" for our Beltane ritual! Bottom and Puck had everyone flummoxed by the changed altar tools but the handsome Lord Oberon and beautiful Lady Titania soon had the faeries put to right and brought the spirit of spring to all.
April 2010
New public classes on Mythology and tradition sharing begin April 11th in east Fort Worth, TX . Each month on the second Sunday, a new class will be offered to the public by members of CoG! Local author, CoG Interfaith officer, and magician Bryan Lankford presents an, "Introduction to Mythology" in the first class.
For the first time ever, the Texas Local Council of Cog cancels its Ostara public ritual due to the unseasonably non-springlike weather including many inches of snow! 2010 has been the coldest spring recorded in Dallas!
March 2010
Wicca 101 public classes in Richardson, TX begin their second season on March 11th with a new class titled, "What is Wicca?"
January 2010
Texas Local Council meets for the first time in 2010 and commits to another year of offering public Wicca 101 classes and Sabbats and discusses plans for offering additional classes on Tradition Sharing and Mythology!
Amethyst Dragon coven presents a beautiful Imbolc ritual on one of the coldest days in Dallas history! Thanks to all who braved the weather and suffered icy noses to worship the return of the Light!
December 2009
Members of the Local Council participate in Earth Rhythm's WinterSolsticelebration at the Cathedral of Hope in Dallas, Texas providing the nourishing ceremonial soup at the end of the service and passing out joy and gemstones donated from local Arlington merchant, "Power of the Rainbow" to greet people as they enter! The Dallas WinterSolsticelebration taps into the spirit of the winter season at a unique interactive solstice jubilee that draws on song, dance, storytelling, poetry and prayer to celebrate the shortest day/ longest night of the year — a day organizers say is “rich in metaphor and symbolism and considered the first holiday celebrated by man.”
From Dallas Advocate magazine: http://www.advocatemag.com/lakewood/happenings/The_Winter_SolstiCelebration.html?calendarStartDate=01-01-2009&c=y
October 2009
United Earth Assembly is held in Irving, Texas! World renowned authors Amber K and Azrael Arynn K are special guest speakers and teach us about the honeybees and Hecate in special workshops on Saturday, October 3rd! They also present an interactive opening ritual featuring the Melissae, Goddess and caretakers of the Honeybees on Friday, October 2nd. The weekend is filled with wonderful workshops, great food, pagan shopportunities, a beautiful Dianic ritual on Saturday evening, and a Dance with hula hoopers, a light show and great music on Saturday night. The workshops ranged in topics from Ancestor Veneration presented by a wonderful witch from New Orleans to Butterfly Gardening presented by Dallas County Master Gardeners! Vendors hawked goods from soap to hats and all things pagan, Wiccan, or Shamanic in between.
A wonderful time was had by all who attended UEA 2009!
August 2009
Members of the Local Council celebrate Lammas on Sunday, August 2nd at the Center for Change, Discovery, and Support site in Fort Worth, Texas by performing a beautiful ritual featuring the many contributions and sacrifices of the God to our lives, our land, and the solar year! We had a wonderful turn-out and vendors selling cloaks, Goddess Wraps, and Massages along with a colorful and varied feast.
July 2009
The new Texas Local Council Covenant of the Goddess website is published!
June 2009
Texas Local Council members perform the sunset ritual at the White Rock Summer Solsticelebration sponsored by Earth Rhythms. Our local council members also vend and agree to sell water and soda to thirsty attendees to support TXLC CoG. We make the local Lakewood edition of the Black White Read online community newspaper:
Photo by Havi Frost
"One of the best marketing tactics of the day"~~~
The Local Council holds their first ritual at the new CCDS site for Summer Solstice! We shopped, we chanted, we threw flowers on each other, and we feasted! Maybe when it cools down some, we can drum!
May 2009
United Earth Assembly 2009 website is published!
April 2009
Texas Local Council secures a location to host public Rituals in a beautiful grove centrally located in east Fort Worth which also provides vending space. The Center for Change, Discovery, and Support has beautiful shade trees and a secluded area for outdoor ritual allowing our Ecology point teams the opportunity to literally get their hands into the Sacred Space.
March 2009
Members of Texas Local Council Covenant of the Goddess perform a medley of Goddess chants for Multi-Faith Friends – “Give Thanks, Rejoice, and Sing” Sunday, March 1, 2009. The program featured speeches, music and dance performances by Muslim, Christian, Hindu, and Jewish groups hosted by Northway Christian Church. A vegetarian reception followed in deference to dietary practices of many participants, another way we care for one another.
The Wiccan chanters were understandably nervous as they ascended the steps to the platform and turned to face the audience.
“We began by humming, ‘We All Come from the Goddess’ and the power of the notes reverberating off the walls of the sanctuary was magical! As we lifted our voices to sing and the sacred space rang with the many names of the Goddess, we were awestruck at the power that could be felt reaching through the room and touching the audience members. We were pleased and touched when so many let us know how much they loved our performance as we shared food following the program.”
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Wicca 101 Classes begin at Positive Touch Massage Therapy and Conference Center. The teachers come from each coven in the Local Council representing every Tradition in the Local Council. Classes are twice a month through February 2010. Yay for Education!
February 2009
Membership renewal month! Texas Local Council members renew at Imbolc.
January 2009
Texas Local Council defines expectations and makes proposals for Contact Points for Fellowship, Membership, Outreach, Public Rituals, Education, Fund-raising, Charity, Ecology, and sponsoring United Earth Assembly. Members volunteer where they feel they can add value and the Local Council secures an amazing level of commitment and participation.