Morwynna Pagan Family Connection, SEF Events, Tweens & Teens

Annual Lammas Faire for All Ages – 8/7/2016

Sunday August 7,  12 – 5 PM:
Lammas Faire for All Ages

At:     Unitarian Church of Marlborough and Hudson

Fee: $5 – will include $5 worth of raffle or bake-off tickets for you to use or share!

Games! Vendors! Arts & Crafts! Bake-Off!
Opening & Closing Ritual Circles! Bring your own picnic lunch.
(No Alcohol at this venue.)

 

The ritual will be based on an Egyptian New Year’s blessing of temple statuary. So bring a sacred item you’d like blessed as part of the ritual. 

 

Don’t forget – we have indoor space this year. So in case of inclement weather, all games will be inside. All vendors, the bake off and the raffle will also be indoors.

 

If you are interested in being a vendor for the Faire, please contact Kara at: karareneelmt@gmail.com

 

—> Rules for the 2016 Lammas Bake-Off:

1. This year’s Bake Off Theme: Summer Fruits! The refreshing succulent flavor of Summer Fruit must be a main element in your baked goods.

The item can be anything baked. Cookies, bars, cake, muffins, crepes, cobblers, you name it! As long as that seasonal fruit flavor comes through. Use lemon juice, lemon zest, lemon extract . . . you get the idea.

BUT! (you knew there would be a catch, right?) We’re adding a challenge: NO chocolate. Nope, not any. Your luscious treats will stand on their fruit-a-liciousness alone.

2. All entries must be made from scratch.

3. Entrants must bring enough to have about 40 samples
(not full servings, just a taste – think sample tables).

4. All entries must be accompanied by a full list of ingredients.

5. The winner will be announced during the Closing Circle.

Let the baking begin! Judges for the contest will be those attending the Faire; it will cost $1 to sample and vote. If you are interested in baking, or have questions, please email us: SEF@ElderFaiths.org.

Watch this space for more info!

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Annual Meeting and Conjure Cinema – 2/27/2016

Saturday February 27
Annual Meeting 5 – 6 PM
Snacks and Chat 6 – 7 PM
Then at 7 PM Conjure Cinema presents:
The Extraordinary Adventures Of Adèle Blanc-Sec (2010)
[aka Adèle: The Rise of the Mummy]

At:     Unitarian Church of Marlborough and Hudson

Fee:      Admission is FREE!
Refreshments will be available for sale to help defray costs.
(No potluck :D)  Alcohol is not allowed at the venue.

Our brief, entertaining Annual Meeting is FREE and OPEN to ALL!  It’s a great way to meet and catch up with old and new friends, and find out what the SEF has been up to this year.  Renew your membership, or get information about joining SEF.

From Sarah Rainey’s review of the film in The Telegraph (UK): “If you want a movie that combines the thrills of Tomb Raider with the fashions of La Boheme, then look no further. The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec has it all: dinosaurs, Egyptian mummies and a female adventurer with a spectacular collection of hats.

Based on the comic strip by Jacques Tardi, the film traces the journey of madcap novelist Blanc-Sec (Louise Bourgoin) – “dry white, like the wine” – who spends her days travelling to perilous and far-flung corners of the world in search of material for her next book.

We meet her in Egypt, 1911, where she has trekked into the desert to the tomb of Pharaoh Ramses II. The intrepid explorer enlists the help of oddball Professor Espérandieu (Jacky Nercessian), who claims he can raise the pharaoh’s doctor from the dead to cure Blanc-Sec’s dying sister, who was impaled on a hat pin in a freak tennis accident.

Meanwhile, in Paris, the nutty professor has proven his powers by hatching a baby pterodactyl from a 136 million-year-old egg in the natural history museum.

Tasked with ridding the city of the winged beast, Clouseau-like Inspector Caponi (Gilles Lellouche), turns to Blanc-Sec, who has returned to Paris with a shrivelled mummy in tow. Cue much hilarity, glamorous costume changes and a series of close scrapes as she fends off arch-nemesis Dieuleveult (Mathieu Amalric) and the advances of a besotted botanical scientist.”

This film, like our last feature shown (Solomon Kane) is a wonderful, little-known film, which is a shame, as it is a delight for young and old. The second of three films we had originally intended to show for Conjure Cinema’s last season (before it was cut short), we will be showing the uncut European Blu-ray release, with extra footage not seen in the American DVD release. Take a look at the original trailer below!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6djPGS3RCA

New to Conjure Cinema?   While our SEF event is just for fun, CC started in 1991 as an event to collect donations for local shelters and other charities, CC has shown all kinds of films dealing with magic and the occult. Some seriously scary, others unintentionally hilarious!
For the full story, see this article by the All-Knowing Film Wizard himself:
How it All Began
Click here for Directions (look for SEF signs)
Morwynna SEF Events

Conjure Cinema: Solomon Kane

Saturday October 3, doors open 7:00  PM:
Conjure Cinema presents Solomon Kane (2009)

At:     Hayes Lodge, Hopkinton YMCA, 45 East Street, Hopkinton MA

Fee:      Admission is FREE!
Refreshments will be available for sale to help defray costs.
(No potluck :D)  Alcohol is not allowed at the YMCA.

New to Conjure Cinema? Started in 1991 as an event to collect donations for local shelters and other charities, CC has shown all kinds of films dealing with magic and the occult. Some seriously scary, others unintentionally hilarious!
For the full story, see this article by the All-Knowing Film Wizard himself: How it All Began

Click here for Directions (look for SEF signs)
Morwynna Board of Directors

Cynthia

Cynthia Menard

Cynthia works as the Director of Education for three Unitarian Universalist Churches in Central MA. She serves these spiritual communities by providing family ministry and pastoral care, developing faith formative programming for all ages, and assisting in the planning and leading of UU programming and worship services.

Cynthia has been a practicing Wiccan for over 30 years and finds her deepest spirituality in the natural world. She joined the SEF in 2007 and was initiated into the Chthonioi Alexandrian tradition in 2013.

As clergy and a board member for the SEF, she has assisted with the creation and coordination of numerous public and private Sabbats and Pagan events for over 7 years. She currently serves as the Pagan Family Coordinator, offering family-accessible programs and rituals focused around the Pagan Sabbats.

 Cynthia is available as Pagan clergy for spiritual events and support. She offers assistance with Pagan and non-denominational services, rituals, and life transitions including Weddings, Handfastings & Civil Unions; Funerals, Memorials & Deathing; Naming Ceremonies; Coming of Age Rituals; Wiccanings; and Custom Rituals.

For more information about clergy services you can contact her at: cynthia@inkwoodtarot.com

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Full Membership

Full Membership is offered for current Supporting members who have been in good standing for one year or more, and who are active in one or more member-supported committees to support ongoing SEF projects.

As an additional part of their commitment, Full members vote in the election of Directors and other matters of the Society, and may be nominated to serve on the Board of Directors.

Applicants for Full membership must be sponsored by a member of the Board of Directors.  Click here for the Full Member Application.

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Renewing Your Membership

All SEF memberships must be renewed annually, between Samhain and the Annual Meeting. The Annual Meeting is held the last weekend in February at the Unitarian Church of Marlborough and Hudson.

  • Membership renewals have returned to full rates as of the 2023 Annual Meeting.
  • When we receive your renewal form and check/payment, we will add you to our “Active Member List” and you will receive discounts at all SEF events.
  • Full members renew at $25 per year; associate members/family at $20/$40.
  • Full-time students may renew as Supporting Members for $15.
  • Crone/Sage (over 65) Full or Supporting Members may renew for $15.
  • You can now renew your membership online via our PayPal link. If you’re a current member who would like to renew, but are having a hard time financially, please let us know by contacting us at societyofelderfaithsma@gmail.com. The SEF will use the Helping Hand Membership Fund to add to the amount you can afford to pay toward membership, but you must speak to us about it first.

     

Any other questions can be directed to societyofelderfaithsma@gmail.com. 

Morwynna Event Photos, Pagan Family Connection

Lammas Games Gallery

Here are just a few Lammas photos from various years.  We’ll be adding more!

Morwynna Board of Directors

Barbara, Clerk

Barbara has been a member of SEF since 2002. She assisted in starting and running the Pagan Family Connection and the earlier Pagan Teen Group (before the current esbat series was started). Barbara has enjoyed attending and participating in many SEF rituals and retreats. She is a member of the SEF Clergy.  She has been on the Board of Directors for a number of years. Barbara was a member and Coven Maiden of Llwyn Bedw Arian, receiving her third degree in 2011.

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