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Officers of
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Volume 1 No. 4 Lughnasad/Lammas/Freyfaxi 2006 Editor: Kerr Cuhulain |
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Be glorious! |
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We’ve just updated the Officers of Avalon web site. Windwalker added a pdf membership renewal form to the bulletin board and created a membership registration form which I added to the web site’s membership page. We’ve added PayPal links to the web site to facilitate donations and membership applications.
Here are some other changes that have been made:
-The web pages have been made wider and longer to allow us to make the fonts bigger and include more information.
-The code of honor is now prominently displayed on the home page.
-Information on our bulletin board, Dispatches newsletter and the Pagan Headstone campaign were added to the Purpose page.
-An Avalon Cares page was added
-The Donations/On Line Store page was fixed up.
-The response page was deleted as the original didn’t work and the changes to the membership page rendered it superfluous.
-Our links page was updated and expanded.
Suggestions from our members for further improvements are encouraged.
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Dispatches: Official Newsletter of Officers of Avalon |
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New Look for Officers of Avalon Web site |
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TEMPEST SMITH FOUNDATION
The Tempest Smith Foundation is hosting their first annual charity ball this September 16 at the Hilton hotel in Troy, MI. Wiccan author Dorothy Morrison is a Guest of Honor as well as one of Tempest's organ recipients. It would have been Tempest's 18th birthday. The Tempest Smith Foundation plans to unveil a proposed site for a center. Founder Denessa Smith’s family just bought 4 city lots and is waiting for Detroit City Council to approve the zoning for this. This Center for Tolerance will be a place to hold gatherings and workshops.
Click on the link above for more information on the TSF. |
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Call for Articles and Photographs
Dispatches is looking for articles and photographs from the Pagan community to place in our newsletter. We’d like to show Pagans at work and play to the world to demystify our beliefs and help refute the misinformation circulated in hate literature. Please send your submissions to us at:
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August 1 is Lammas or Lughnasad to Wiccans and Druids and Freyfaxi or Loaf Fest to Ásatrúar. It is one of the Celtic fire festivals or cross quarter days, honoring the first harvest. Lughnasad is named in honor of the Celtic Sun God Lugh. Races and games are held in his name and that of his mother, Tailltiu. It is a celebration of the first harvest and often includes celebrations dedicated to mythical figures such as John Barleycorn, which represent the life of the grain in the fields. In Norse spirituality, Ásatrú, Thor is honored as the father of the fields. Celebrations include sporting events and a feast. Traditionally the first three stalks of grain are bound and kept as an amulet to bring good fortune. The last sheaf of grain is kept for the Yule feast. The Ásatrú Alliance lists Freyfaxi as August 21. |