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It is time for a Retreat

​Save the date! On April 23rd Ad Astra Grove, ADF will host its fourth annual retreat. Located in a cozy facility on the shore of Lake Shawnee, the day promises to be full of great ideas and discussion, as well as comraderie. ​

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Winter Solstice 2015



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Lughnasadh 2015

Sunday August 2nd at 1:00pm at Lone Star Lake

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Spring Equinox

Sunday March 22 at 2pm (sharp!)
Coyote Run at Camp Gaea
(Directions)
There is a fire ban in effect currently, which may or may not be lifted depending on how much rain occurs between Wednesday and Sunday. For this reason candles, torches etc. may or may not be permitted at the ritual.

Water at the site will not be turned on until April 1st, so please bring your own drinking water. Other good supplies to have on hand will be bug spray and sunblock. A high of 60 degrees F is forecast for the day, so dress accordingly.

Greek pantheon will be honored at this event. This will be a collaboration with Web of OZ and Ar Ndraiocht Fein so it might be slightly different from a purely druid event. Friendship and understanding across different traditions!

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'To The Stars' Retreat

Saturday, April 11 at 8:30am - 10:30pm
The Garden House 3720 SE Yacht Ct. Topeka, KS 66609

Want to know more about ADF, and what druid spirituality is all about? We will be hosting the traveling clergy of ADF and working to deepen our spiritual practice. Workshops on Working with the Nature Spirits, Mindfulness, and Crafting A Private Practice are being offered. Lunch will be provided, as well as snacks and drinks through out the day. Dinner will be a potluck. Sorry, in order to help keep costs down, housing for out of town guests will not be provided... but if you know an Ad Astra Grove member, you might be able to make arrangements to stay with them. Cost is $50 without lunch included, and $55 with. Please send check or money orders made out to Ad Astra Grove ADF, to c/o Amanda Thomas 223 Pinecone Drive, Lawrence Kansas 66046

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Mabon

Sunday September 21st at 3 pm
Lonestar Lake on 715 road just off of 600

We will celebrate this harvest by honoring the Roman pantheon. As always, feel free to bring any offerings you wish to give to the kindreds as well as food to share for after the ritual.
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Lughnasadh

Sunday August 10th at 2 pm
Lonestar Lake on 715 road just off of 600

We will celebrate this harvest festival Celtic style! As always, feel free to bring any offerings you wish to give to the kindreds as well as food to share for after the ritual.

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LITHA

Saturday, June 22, 2013
11:00amAt Camp Gaea, 
25110 235th St  McLouth, KS 66054

Summer is here, and it is time to celebrate Vedic style! As always, feel free to bring any offerings you wish to give to the kindreds as well as food to share for after the ritual. A blanket or chair to sit on are highly recommended. We will also be holding a raffel basket with tickets selling for $2. Items to be donated for the basket are welcomed.

For this ritual we will be out at Camp Gaea, which has a $5 per person day use fee. We will be planning a place to park cars and carpool/caravan over as a group for those here in Topeka. Stay tuned for details on that. Information for Camp Gaea can be found here http://www.campgaea.org/


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To the Stars, Druid Retreat
    • Saturday, March 16, 2013
    • 8:30am until 11:00pm
    • UUFT 4775 SW 21st st. Topeka, KS 66604 in Fah's Chapel




    • Want to know more about ADF, and what druid spirituality is all about? We will be hosting the traveling clergy of ADF and working to deepen our spiritual practice. Workshops on Working with the Ancestors, Basic Ritual Skills, and Crafting Invocations are being offered. Lunch will be provided (Potato and cream cheese soup, Salad, bread), as well as snacks and drinks through out the day. Dinner will be a potluck. Sorry, in order to help keep costs down, housing for out of town guests will not be provided... but if you know an Ad Astra Grove member, you might be able to make arrangements to stay with them. Cost is $20. Please RSVP by March 1st. 


  • Quick Bios of our presenters, the rather wonderful Jon Drum and Michael J. Dangler. 

    Rev. Jean (drum) Pagano has been an ADF member for 28 years. He is currently an ADF Consecrated Priest; the Vice Arch Druid; a student, reviewer, and advocate for the ADF Study Programs; and an ADF Journeyman Bard (soon to be Master Bard). Drum has written a number of articles for Oak Leaves, has written a book of poetry entitled “Arise from Vapours”; and has studied and worked with the ogham for 23 years. While I am currently a member of Cedarsong Grove, I consider myself a Traveling Priest. I also am the ADF ListMaster and Manager of the ADF Store

    Rev. Michael J Dangler has been an ADF member for 11 years. He is currently an ADF Senior Priest; Preceptor of the ADF Clergy Council; a Past Senior Druid and Grove Priest of Three Cranes Grove, ADF, in Columbus, OH; and some of his work appears in Our Own Druidry, the handbook for the ADF Dedicant Path. He has studied runes for a few years, learning Old Norse in order to begin translation on the Rune Poems himself. If you see him before or after the workshop, go talk to him: we bet he thinks you're pretty cool and definitely interesting.






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Come join us as we celebrate the Equinox in ADF Druid style. As always, feel free to bring what ever sacrifices you wish to give to the Kindreds. Also feel free to click the picture and register your coming attendance on our Facebook page.


Time: Saturday, March 10, 2012 at 4:30pm
Place: Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Topeka
          4775 SW 21st Street. Topeka, KS 66604



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January Dedicant Path ADF group meet-up:

This is a chance to get together and discuss what being an ADF Druid is all about. We will be mostly focused on the Dedicant's Path work, but will be open for what topics people wish to cover concerning Druidry.


Time: Sunday, January 29th at 3pm
Where: Aimee's Coffee House 
            1025 Mass. St, Lawrence KS

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The light is slowly making its presence known. Let us gather to help encourage the return of warmth and the beginning of spring. Feel free to bring what ever sacrifices you wish to offer (this would be herbs, food, alcohol) as well as any food you wish to share with the folk after the ritual.


Time: Saturday, February 4th at 4pm
Place: Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Topeka
          4775 SW 21st Street. Topeka, KS 66604

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YULETIDE

The birthday of the Sun and a celebration of the returning of the light, is upon us once again.  It is time for Yule!

Time: Saturday, December 17th- 4:00 pm to 7:00Pm
Place: Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Topeka
          4775 SW 21st Street. Topeka, KS 66604

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Time to celebrate the Pagan New Year as well as honor our Blessed dead.  Feel free to bring food to share, and offerings for the Kindreds.

TIME: Saturday, October 29 · 3:00pm - 6:00pm
PLACE: Unitarian Univseralist Fellowship of Topeka
          4775 SW 21st Street. Topeka, KS 66604

                        


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