Meeting Scheduled

Our first planning meeting for the 2009 Front Range Pagan Pride event will be help Saturday June 6th at 1:00pm at Jefferson Unitarian Church.

We will meet to plan fundraisers to meet the cost of renting MapleGrove Park. We will discuss what workshops, events and charitable causes are to be scheduled for the actual event day. FRPPD is planned for Saturday September 12th.

You are welcome and invited to bring a friend! We are looking for volunteers to help with all aspects of PPD; planning, making copies, set up, ritual creation, children's booths, food booths, music, workshops and yes...vendors! If you can help on any scale, large or small, please join us.

We will meet in the Willis Chapel. Jefferson Unitarian Church is located at 14350 W. 32nd Avenue in Golden. Approx 1 mile West of I-70 and Youngfield.

Take I-70 to Youngfield / W. 32nd Ave Exit.
At the Youngfield/West 32nd light, turn and head West.
Head west on W. 32nd Ave approximately 1 mile.
JUC will be on the South Side of W 32nd just past the Applewood Golf Course.

FRPPD 2009

It's that time of year again: time to start planning our Front Range Pagan Pride Day. We are looking for volunteers to help with all aspects of PPD; planning, making copies, set up, ritual creation, children's booths, food booths, music, workshops and yes...vendors! If you can help on any scale, large or small, please join us.

What: A charitable celebration of religious tolerance and acceptance for Pagans and all faiths which is open to the public and to the media.
1. Food Drive: Attendees are encouraged to bring a non-perishable canned food donation for a local non-profit organization. We seek to share our abundant harvest with those in need.
2. Public Ritual: The cornerstone of Pagan Pride Day is a public religious ceremony so that the community can come together to celebrate the Autumnal Equinox.
3. Workshops: Not only do we seek to educate the public about what paganism is, we also seek to educate ourselves. We will offer several workshops on a variety of topics throughout the day, brining in volunteer presenters and speakers. We
4. Merchant Booths: We will invite local new age and metaphysical stores as well as local groups to set up booths at this event. Many of these booths would sell merchandise.
5. Local Group Tables: We will invite local groups from all over the area to represent their groups and share information about themselves with the community.

The Pagan Pride Project is a national, non-profit organization with the goal of promoting the pagan identity through education, activism, charity, and community. We try to keep our purpose balanced through the inspirations of Air, Fire, Water, and Earth:
. Air: Education
We're never going to be able to practice our spiritual paths openly if we don't give the public accurate information about what we do and do not do.
. Fire: Activism
People aren't necessarily going to go out of their way to find out what Pagans really do. We have to have the courage to act on our convictions and do what we need to do.
. Water: Charity
We know that what we do returns to us. We need to demonstrate this by offering compassion to our communities where it is needed. When we share our own abundance, we show that we trust the Gods to share abundance with us in return.
. Earth: Community
We're never going to be able to practice openly if we don't know anyone else in our local Pagan communities. We need to weave networking webs in our cities, in our towns, in our rural areas. We need these webs to support one another. That support will also show those who would restrict our practice that we are not just a few isolated wackos, but are a growing congregation of people who adhere to a faith that, while different, is as valid as their own.

When: Saturday September 19, 2009

Where: TBA

Now Is The Time....
If you have had an issue at previous events, now is the time to bring it to our attention so we can make sure that actions are taken to prevent it from happening this year if possible. If you think you have ideas to help make the event better, now is the time to jump onto our event mailing list by joining our Yahoo group. We grow and improve through the help and ideas of our volunteers. If you want something a bit different out of your Pagan Pride Day experience, the best way to move towards it is to jump into the planning committee and help make it happen! Now is also a great time to jump on the list if you wish to vend or perform for the event. You'll get the first calls for reservations and talent scouting as they happen!

Please contact Local Coordinator Joy Phelan off-list with any and all questions and concerns. To join the Yahoo group, please send an email to: FrontRangePaganPride-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.

Blessed Be,
Joy
http://www.frontrangepaganpride.org/
http://www.juccuups.org/
http://myspace.com/juccuups
Email: joy@juccuups.org

CHANGE IN LOCATION!!

Pagan Pride Day 2008
September 13th 10-4pm

LOCATION CHANGE!!! Pagan Pride Day will be held at Daniels Park.

Directions:

Regular Directions: Daniels Park directions: From I-25 exit Castle Pines Parkway and go right (west). continue until it turns into a dirt road and ends at a T intersection (Daniels Park Rd.). Turn Right (N) on Daniels Park Rd. The parking lot and main picnic shelter are on the left about a block up the road.

You can also take MacArthur Ranch Parkway to Grigs Rd, go south on Grigs Rd, then turn right on Daniels Park Rd. The parking lot is a few miles down the dirt road on your right.

Contruction Detour Directions:
Daniels Park directions:
From I-25 exit Castle Pines Parkway and go right (west). continue until it turns into a dirt road and ends at a T intersection (Daniels Park Rd.). Turn Right (N) on Daniels Park Rd. The parking lot and main picnic shelter are on the left about a block up the road.

You can also take MacArthur Ranch Parkway to Grigs Rd, go south on Grigs Rd, then turn right on Daniels Park Rd. The parking lot is a few miles down the dirt road on your right.

http://www.mountainparkshistory.org/Parks/daniels.html has some info about the park.

Front Range Pagan Meeting

Title: Front Range Pagan Meeting
Date: Saturday August 9, 2008
Time: 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Repeats: This event repeats every month on the second Saturday.
Location: Witches Brew
Street: 4900 W 46th Ave Denver CO 80212
Phone: 303-997-9571
Notes: Come and discucss the upcoming events and ideas for the new year.

2008 Pagan Pride Day!

Spaghetti Dinner Fund Raiser

Front Range Pagan Pride will have a Spaghetti Dinner Fund Raiser on February 2, 2008. The $5.00 donation will provide a salad,Spaghetti Dinner ( Vegi or Meat) and a dessert. All proceeds go to Front Range Pagan Pride.Plates are limited so we strongly encourage you to RSVP prior to the event. You may do so at www.frontrangepaganpride.org or contacting Witches Brew at (303) 997-9571.


When: Saturday, February 2, 2008
Time:5pm-7:00pm
Where: 4900 W 46th Ave Denver, CO 80212

Come one Come all and help us get 2008 rolling!

It's the dark half of year....time to plant those seeds, and let them start growing into the best year yet!

When: Sat Nov 17th @ 1pm
Where: Witches Brew
4500 46th (you all know where it is right?) :-)
What's in the teakettle:
- Coordinator position open
- 2008 organizational structure
who's doin what - wanna be a part of the fun??? Really, it IS fun! and rewarding.
- Fundraising 2008
Kim will be presenting some ideas bring some ideas to throw into the pot
- Events for 2008
voting on what events and who will coordinate
- financial report
- Floor Open

If you have a topic to discuss - please add it to the agenda which I am going to put in the files section now...

I really look forward to seeing everyone and meeting some new faces at this meeting.....

oh and stick around afterwards for the

Daisy Blue Naturals SPA PARTY!!!
That's right free Peppermint Foot Treatment
Freebies and Giveaways
Check out my product line of 100% natural products for you, your baby and your home....you are not going to want to miss this!

I know I'm off topic so visit my Myspace for more info:
http://www.myspace.com/daisybluekim

See you on Saturday everyone!!!!
Bring ideas....comments...yourself!
Kim