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Happy Beltane… Happy May Day… Happy days ahead… :)

SGC Admin: From our inbox to you from From Patti Wigington, your Guide to Paganism / Wicca

Happy May Day Everyone from the SGC Staff… :) 

Please Click Here to find out more about Wicca with Patti…. :) 

Please Click Here to find out more about Beltane one of the 8 Wiccan celebrations

 

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Beltane is almost here! It falls on May 1 here in the northern hemisphere, and there are all kinds of ways to celebrate. From rites and rituals to crafts and feasts, this spring Sabbat celebrates the greening of the earth, fertility and fire, and the beginning of the planting season. Here are some great ways you and your family can celebrate Beltane this week.

Depending on your particular tradition, there are many different ways you can celebrate Beltane, but the focus is nearly always on fertility and the greening of the earth. It’s the time when the earth mother opens up to the fertility god, and their union brings about healthy livestock, strong crops, and new life all around.

As Beltane approaches, you can decorate your home (and keep your kids entertained) with a number of easy craft projects. Start celebrating a bit early with fun floral crowns and a Maypole altar centrepiece. Also, don’t forget the feast – no celebration is complete without a meal that celebrates the themes of the season!

Southern hemisphere readers, be sure to read up on crafts and recipes that focus on the season of Samhain!

For our southern hemisphere readers, Samhain is this week – it’s a time to honor the end of the harvest and the coming darkness of the year. 

Whichever you may be observing, I wish you and yours a happy and blessed Sabbat.

 

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Mother’s Day Special from Heather Burton.. on now until Mother’s Day… :)

Mother’s Day Special  2014

from

Heather Burton, Reflexologist and Raindrop technique facilitator

Durham Region, Ontario

 

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National Youth Week May 1 to 7 2014 Whitby

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  • Event: National Youth Week
  • Date(s): This event runs all week from May 1 2014 to May 7 2014
  • Time(s): Various time slots for various events as follows: 
  • May 1: Free Youth Movie Night: 7:00 pm for youth 12 to 18 yrs. Movie is: Captain America, the winter soldier 3D @ Landmark Cinemas, 75 Consumers Drive Whitby, Obtain ticket at theatre at 6:30 pm. First come first serve basis.
  • May 2: Much Music Video Dance: 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm for youth 10-14 yrs. Hydenshore Pavilion, 589 Water Street, Whitby. Cost is $8:00, refreshments available for purchase, Youth must leave with an adult. 
  • May 3: World Fest Whitby: 2:00 pm to 7:00 pm: McKinney Centre, 22 McKinney Drive, Whitby. Showcasing cultural food, dancers, musicians and entertainers. 
  • May 5: Youth Room Open House: 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm: Free Pizza, games and prizes. McKinney Centre, 222 McKinney Drive, Whitby. 
  • May 6: Whitby Youth Fair: 9:00 am to 3:00 pm: McKinney Centre, 222 McKinney Drive, Whitby. 
  • May 7: Youth Room Open House: 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm: Free Pizza, games and prizes. Brooklin Community Centre and Library, 8 Vipond Road, Brooklin
  • Contact: 905-430-4300 ex 6521: Email youth@whitby.ca
  • Visit www.whitby.ca/youthevents

 

source: Whitby This Week, April 23 2014 Edition.

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Learning Through the Chakras with Bonnie Pedota @ The Tranquil Garden May 2014

 

 

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  • Event: Learning Through the Chakras
  • Date: Begins May 5 2014
  • Length of Course: 6 Weeks, Monday Evenings
  • Time: 7-9 pm: 
  • Location: The Tranquil Garden 850 King Street West Oshawa
  • Facilitator: Bonnie Pedota – Spiritual Psychotherapist, Author and Mental Health Advocate
  • Cost: Unknown at the time of posting, please call TTG for details. :) 
  • Contact: Team@tranquilgarden.ca: Phone: 905-576-5982
SGC Admin Healing and Prayer Requests

Healing and prayers requested 04/28/2014

SGC Admin: Due to a work accident a young man is fighting to breath on his own… … To all our healers and kind folk we ask that at some point during this day, you close your eyes, open your heart and send out intentions of quick and joyful healing. His family and loved ones are grateful for any healing and prayers sent his way …

Live in gratitude, love with all that you are… :) 

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  • Recipient: Bryce W….. 
  • Location: Sunnybrook Hospital, Toronto
  • Challenges: Breathing on his own and anything else connected to the injury such as neurological
  • Family: Dayle, (our contact and dear friend), Tom and Mary…. and all other family and loved ones… 

While Bryce is the patient, his family and loved ones are also in need of kind, caring and healing thoughts…. :) 

*** Update 04/29/2014 from family member***

Back at the hospital. Starting to feel kind of at home here. . Unfortunately Bryce has a lung infection, so he will remain sedated for now. We really appreciate everyone’s prayers and well wishes. This is going to be a very long recovery, and we don’t yet know how much damage has been done.

Update 05/02/2014: from family member

So I just got off the phone with the hospital and was told Bryce Wilson is fully off the sedation and has had his eyes open, as well he is obeying nurses command when they ask him to thumbs up or move something, he’s still not fully conscious but it will take some time just glad to hear things are lookin up! 

05/02/2014 late afternoon: from family member 

Just saw Bryce. He’s responding to requests from the nurses and most tubes are removed. . He is able to nod when asked if he’s in pain. . He’s still not fully “awake”, as he is still on pain meds. No breathing tube is huge. So happy to see forward progress. 

05/09/2014 Morning update from family member

My poor nephew. He’s fighting so hard, and now we’ve learned he has a blood clot in his lung as well as his brain. . Love you Bryce. Keep fighting buddy.

05/12/2014: Update from family member

EKG came back good , blood clot is breaking up!!! And his temp is down