| Jul
1st |
Wicca Wednesday,
6:00pm at Got Books in Shelby |
| Jul
9th |
Book Club,
6:30pm at Gastonia Books-A-Million |
| Jul
11th |
Women's
Retreat |
| Jul
18th |
Nonbinary
Retreat |
| Jul
25th |
Men's
Retreat |
| Aug
1st |
Lughnasda,
Noon at Hollis
Rd Site |
| Aug
5th |
Wicca
Wednesday, 6:00pm at Got
Books in Shelby |
| Aug
12th |
Business
Meeting, 7:00pm Online |
| Aug
13th |
Book
Club, 6:30pm at Gastonia
Books-A-Million |
| Aug
29th |
Esbat,
7:30pm at Hollis
Rd Site |
Sep
2nd
|
Wicca Wednesday,
6:00pm at Got Books in Shelby |
| Sep 10th |
Book
Club, 6:30pm at Gastonia
Books-A-Million |
| Sep
26th |
Mabon,
4:00pm in Indian Land SC |
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Esbats
- We hold esbats centered around
the moon in various phases to
honor the Goddess and to work
magick. These gatherings are
also a time of fellowship and
social bonding. Esbats are
typically held at the church's
rustic site on Hollis road in
Ellenboro.
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Business
Meetings - Business
meetings give members a chance
to be part of the church's
decision making process.
Typical agenda items include
scheduling and budgeting for
rituals and other special
events. We sometimes hold our
business meetings online,
using Zoom.
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Highway
Cleanup - Our church
participates in the NC "Adopt A
Highway" program. We are
responsible for a 2 mile section
of street extending from highway
74, just in front of the Walmart
turn-in, down Dekalb St to just
in front of the hospital.
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Wicca
Wednesday - The
church holds a monthly Wiccan
discussion group on the first
Wednesday of each month. We meet
at Got Books in Shelby, NC. The
meetings start at 6:00pm and are
open to the public. Each month
we feature a different Wiccan
topic of interest. Non-Wiccans
are welcome to attend and
contribute to discussions, of
course. These meetings are not
intended as a forum for debating
the merits of Wicca itself,
however, and disruptive
individuals will be asked to
leave.
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Book
Club - The church
holds a Wiccan book club which
meets at Books-a- Million in
Gastonia, NC the second
Thursday of each month. The
meetings start at 7:00pm and
are open to the public. Each
month we feature a book of
interest to Wiccans.
Non-Wiccans are welcome to
attend and contribute to
discussions, of course. These
meetings are not intended as a
forum for debating the merits
of Wicca itself, however, and
disruptive individuals will be
asked to leave.
click
here for directions.
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Lughnasadh
- Lughnasadh is the
celebration of the first
harvest. It is named for the
Celtic God, Lugh. We celebrate
the grain harvest by sharing a
loaf of bread baked into an
anthropomorhic representation
of the grain crop. click
here for directions.
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Mabon
- Mabon, also called Harvest
Home, is the Neopagan festival
of the Autumn Equinox. Like
the Sprng Equinox, it's a time
of balance between dark and
light, when there are equal
hours of day and night. It is
also the second of the year's
three harvest festivals. We
celebrate Mabon as a
multi-course dinner party.
Since the courses and portions
have to be carefully planned
and prepared, we ask that
people who wish to attend RSVP
at least a week prior to the
event. Please
call or email for directions
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Retreats
- Our annual
retreats provide a chance for
fellowship and bonding among
folk who share a common gender
expression. As with all NCPCOW
events, our retreats are
trans-inclusive. You are
welcome to attend whichever
event matches the gender you
currently identify as. NCPCOW
holds retreats for those who
identity as male or female,
and also for those with less
conventional gender
identities.
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Hollis
Road Site - The
church holds most of our
rituals at a rustic wooded
site on Hollis Road, between
Ellenboro and Polkville. The
site has limited parking and
very primitive amenities. Our
rituals are held out of doors
and there is currenlty no
permanent structure on the
property. Please dress in
weather-appropriate clothing,
including sensible footwear.
If possible, please also bring
your own folding camp chair.
In warm weather, you may also
wish to bring something to
wear into the creek.
Directions to the site are
available through Google
Maps.
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*******Notice*******
NCPCOW Events are
family friendly and child-safe. If you
have a legal requirement to appear on
any sexual offender registry, either
state or federal, then you are not
allowed at our events or services. We
also reserve the right to ask
disruptive or disrespectful
individuals to leave the premises of
any church event, regardless of the
event's location.
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