2025 Beltaine Ritual

Name: 2025 Beltaine Ritual
Start: 2025-05-03T16:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-05-03T21:00:00-04:00
Location: Fenner Nature Center

Schedule

Sat May 03 2025 at 04:00 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Fenner Nature Center | Lansing, MI

We will be at the scout campground, NOT in the main Fenner Center. Follow the signs from the main entrance!
Google Meets call will be open for entire time (Visit website for links: https://weaversoftheweb.org/events/2025-beltaine-ritual/)
4pm: Gates open, raffle tickets go on sale.
5pm: Circle cast.
7pm: Feast begins. Bring food for yourself as well as some to share if you like (see below for suggestions).
7:30pm (or when feasting is finished): teacup raffle drawing (donations welcome!)
Join us in-person or on Google Meets as we celebrate the fullness of Spring with our Beltaine ritual. Learn the secrets of creation and fertility as we dance the maypole and the bonfire! Celebrate the blessed union, the blooming flowers, and growing new life! Bring your favorite outdoor games and entertainment, and enjoy the evening in the beautiful Fenner woods as we celebrating the blessings of Beltaine in the grassy fields around the bonfire pit. Please make sure to bring your own seating, blankets, warm clothing, and whatever else you may need. If you would like to make or renew handfasting or marriage vows, please make sure to contact Lord Solinox in advance. (Psst…this is the one time each year when you can get married at Weavers for free!!)
At 4pm, our gates will open and raffle tickets will go on sale. Circle will be cast at 5pm. Our main ritual will also be available by YouTube livestream and Patreon, as usual, so everybody can enjoy the ritual in whichever manner calls to them best. As a friendly reminder, all observers of WISE-tradition rituals must be participants within the circle, and all are welcome.
For the best online experience, we recommend setting up your own ritual space at home where you plan to be during the ritual. You may want candles, incense, God and Goddess representations, elemental tools, or anything else you have available for a working sacred space. This is optional, but will definitely help you get into the mood. Be sure to have something to eat and drink as well!
After ritual, we will break bread together. After ritual, we will break bread together. We will provide a basic meal. You may bring or order food for yourself and optionally food to share. Great ideas for Beltaine include eggs, early crops like asparagus, lamb dishes, root vegetables, dried fruits and nuts, and chocolate.
Attendance to our sabbat rituals is always free! Donations help to cover the cost of our space and materials as well as help grow our Temple fund. You can help out by bringing cash, donating via PayPal, or become a subscribing member through Patreon. Circle cast will be at 5:00pm, so please arrive early.
As is now our tradition, we will be having a teacup raffle with donated items. If you have any items at home that are ready to bring joy to a new home, please consider bringing them to donate to the raffle. Tickets will go on sale at the beginning of the day, and the drawing will be around 7:30pm.
The Fenner Center scout campground is accessed via a hard-to-see driveway on Mount Hope just east of the main entrance; we will have signs at the street. You can park just inside the gate and hike the gravel trail down to the site, or those with handicapped permits are welcome to drop off passengers near the outhouse before parking (we are no longer allowed to let anybody park in the field). Please arrive dressed and equipped appropriately for the weather; we cannot guarantee socially-distanced shelter in the event of rain. Fresh water and a pit toilet are available on site. The ground onsite is grass that is thick and mowed with some uneven terrain. Limited benches are available; we recommend bringing your own chairs if you expect to need seating.
SEVERE WEATHER PLANS: We will move this event to the store at Keys To Manifestation if a severe weather alert is issued or if winds exceed 20 mph. As long as it stays dry or is just raining, we will be at the campground. Please be careful, and plan for getting wet or being chilly this time of year!