First Pantheistic Center of the Antelope Valley
~an Oasis of Community in the Desert~
Write care of: Lisa Morgenstern, PO Box 3065 Quartz Hill, CA 93586-0065
A non profit dedicated to celebrating the cultural, religious diversity of the Asatruar, Heathens, Metaphysicians, Pagans, Practitioners of Magic, and Wiccans in the Antelope Valley, the High Desert area of Palmdale, Lancaster, Quartz Hill, Mojave, Pearblossom, Littlerock, California. Our goal is to someday have a real life center, a location with a place to hold worship, as well as classes and other gatherings, maybe even a place with room to rent to a business. We are now incorporated and in the process of becoming a legal non profit in CA, then designated 501 (c) 3 by the IRS.
Membership is available to all once we get started! Right now we have Wiccan and Asatru clergy who are a part of the organization, but we are hoping to soon have clergy of other paths as well. We plan to support intra-faith and interfaith efforts in this regard. This organization is for all pagan/heathen/reconstructionist paths! So please contact us if you are interested in participating! We do not plan to be an ordaining body, simply a fellowship organization to serve our community.
We are actively seeking members of other Pagan/Heathen religions who would like to be involved in this venture. We would like to offer occasional public celebrations, a Sabbat, or Esbat, or a Blot, but we need VOLUNTEERS to lead and coordinate these. At this time we don't have a building but we plan to work for that to happen! All are welcome at the table, so contact us if you are interested in participating, or join the AV Pagan Pride email list to connect with others who are involved in making this a reality. We'd love your help.
Right now our main goal is to put on Antelope Valley Pagan Pride Day on September 26, 2009 (and beyond) and hold some other open celebrations in our Community. We want to build community and bring those of like mind together to share their paths, be they a folk way, medicine way, or a path to Initiation, or simply to honor Nature in all it's guises.
Check back here, or at one of our sister web pages to learn about upcoming activities.
News Release on Same Sex Marriage in CA
For more information on local Events, Visit our events page. We have some plans for public Sabbats all year
First Pantheistic Center Events Page
Look at the events page for updates- next Event;
Norse Blot to Honor Idunna Saturday June 13, 2009
More info to come
Photos of events are on our Meet-up site and the events page
Visit our events page and scroll down to see more photos of our activities
Consider subscribing to our email list, AV Pagan Pride if you would like to help plan and run the ritual or other events! We are open to all Nature/Heathen Paths, they need not be Wiccan, we'd love to have your help!
If you want to get to know others in the AV who are pagan friendly, join our AV Pagans Chat email list here: AV Pagans Chat
Rites of Passage are available through the clergy members of the AV Pantheistic Center. We do not discriminate based on the gender of those wishing marriage.
Weddings, Handfastings, Wiccaning/Naming Ceremonies, Handpartings, Funerals and
other Rites.
We currently have Wiccan High Priests and Priestesses who are available to preside in return for a nominal donation.
We are represented by Lisa Morgenstern ("Ariadne") on both the AV Interfaith Council, and also the AV Human Relations Task Force as well as the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Clergy Council, and the California State Prison in Los Angeles County as a volunteer Chaplain. Nan also volunteers as a Chaplain in the Prison. Lisa also goes to AV Hospital if asked to visit by patients.
A meaningful quote from Starhawk's Dreaming the Dark:
"We are all longing to go home to some place we have never been a place, half –remembered, and half-envisioned we can only catch glimpses of from time to time. Community. Somewhere, there are people to whom we can speak with passion without having the words catch in our throats. Somewhere a circle of hands will open to receive us, eyes will light up as we enter, voices will celebrate with us whenever we come into our own power. Community means strength that joins our strength to do the work that needs to be done. Arms to hold us when we falter. A circle of healing. A circle of friends. Someplace where we can be free."
Betwixt and Between uses this quote as inspiration, and since I was inspired by B&B, I hope they don't mind.
For more information, Email Ariadne Articles of Incorporation are here
Our officers are: President: Ariadne/Lisa, Vice President, Takako, Treasurer: Nan, Secretary, Susan S. Children's Activities, Teresa
