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Hands of Change is a coven dedicated to spiritual growth, empowerment, fostering spiritual community, as well as promoting healing change in ourselves, our wider communities, and our world.
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See all- 28th Annual Pagan PicnicRosedale Park, Pennington, NJ
Join us for the 28th Annual Pagan Picnic at Rosedale Park in Pennington, New Jersey.
A Good Time Rain or Shine!
Respectful Seekers and Families Welcome 🙂
~Potluck Picnic Lunch ~Rituals ~
~ Workshops ~ Web Weaving ~
~ Silent Auction ~ Drum Circle ~ Kids TrackItems to Bring: (optional)
*Dish to share for Potluck Picnic
*Clothing donation – gently used clothing and/or linens of a quality that they can be re-sold
* Donation for the auction if you would like
* For the drum circle: please bring a chair and if you have one, a drum or rattle.
* For the community feast, we encourage you to bring a mess kit and drinking cup. Paper products will also be available.
Please bring home whatever you arrive with!*** PAGAN PICNIC SCHEDULE ***
(see https://handsofchangenj.wordpress.com/pagan-picnic/)10 am- Registration Opens
10:30 am- Opening Ritual: Grove of the Other Gods
11 am- Workshop Block 1:
Lady Laurel- Creating a Personal Lexicon
Steve Repko- Pagan Conversations
Nimue Rose- Sourdough Magic: Bubbling Bread Adventures
Amy Valera- Kids Track
12 pm- Potluck Lunch with Music by Kokopelli
1 pm- Main Ritual: Fire and Flour: A Harvest Ritual of Transformation by Full Spectrum Magic Lab
2 pm- Workshop Block 2:
Lady Laurel- Stepping Stones
Magissa of HoC- Servitors 101
Ashlee Gray- Reclaiming the Divine Within
Amy Valera- Kids Track
3 pm- Workshop Block 3:
Rocky Romeo- Spiritual Celebration of a Bountiful Harvest
Hannah Mary- Personal Energy Building and Meditation
Amy Valera- Kids Track
4 pm- Silent Auction; Drum Circle: Dave and Cheryl Miller
5 pm- Closing Ritual: Amy Valera
6 pm- Tear DownVendors will be on hand, offering a range of products and services. We will have a Kid’s Track for fun for the little ones. If you bring children, we ask that you stay at the picnic while your children are here. Children are required to wear a wristband with their parent’s cell phone number on it.
Please bring a dish to share for Potluck!
If you are not sure what to bring this may help.
If your first name begins with:
A—G -bring main course
H—M -bring dessert
N—S – bring drinks
T—Z – bring a salad
PLEASE mark your dish “Veggie, ” “Vegan, ” or “Meat, ” and make sure you LABEL & LIST all ingredients in your dish so that people who have allergies know what they’re eating.
Vegetarian & Vegan Dishes are greatly appreciated.
Please take any leftovers home!NO ALCOHOL; NO WEAPONS OR WEAPON REPLICAS*
How to Find Us in Rosedale Park:
Mercer Meadows – Rosedale District: From Route 31 travel to Pennington Circle, turn right at gas station onto 546 East. Proceed to the first intersection at traffic light. Cross the road onto Blackwell Road and process almost 1 ½ miles to junction. Turn left into Federal City Road, travel about ½ mile to entrance of Rosedale Park on right. Look for signs in park to Hands of Change / HOC Pagan Picnic. - Ninefold Path Class 6: Traditions of Observance and Celebration176 Tices Ln, East Brunswick, NJ
Hands of Change coven again offers the 6th public class in its Ninefold Path training program. (Please note, our classes may be taken in any order.)
This class encourages an understanding of celebratory and ritual elements of Hands of Change traditions and practices of celebrating esbats and sabbats, as well as awareness of various traditions and cultural observations and celebrations of these holidays. The teachers will share details of sabbat celebration, including its purpose and method of observance in the Wheel of the Year.
Please pre-register for this (or any) class, at register@handsofchange.org.
All individual classes cost only $10, payable at the beginning of each class to the instructor (or online via PayPal). We can offer a discounted rate of $25 for 3 classes, payable at the beginning of the first of the three classes to be attended.
