We set dates for upcoming events:
July 17, Sunday. Street Clean-up. 10 am. SE corner Hessel Park in Champaign. To be followed by conversation and donuts!

July 29, Friday. Lughnassadh. Kaufman Lake Fire Ring (Crystal Lake still under repair). 6 pm Games of Skilliniess. 7 pm Ritual.

August 21, Sunday. Street Clean-up. 10 am. SE corner Hessel Park in Champaign. To be followed by conversation and donuts!

September 18, Sunday. Street Clean-up. 10 am. SE corner Hessel Park in Champaign. To be followed by conversation and donuts!

September 23, Friday. Autumn Equinox. Will see if Crystal Lake Pavillion is available closer to date. 6:30 gather. 7 pm ritual.

Date for Annual Meeting still to be determined. If you would like to run for a position (Senior Druid, Treasurer, or Secretary), you must be a member of both ADF and Prairie Sky Grove.


October 23, Sunday. 10 am. Street Clean-up. SE corner Hessel Lake Park in Champaign. Donuts and Conversation to follow.

Nov 5, Saturday. Samhain. Will see if Channing Murray is available. 6:30 gather. 7 pm ritual.

Date for Yule is not yet set.

Jan 6, 2023. Friday. Wassail. Lisa’s House. Singing, honoring the apple tree to be followed by potluck. More info as we get closer.

Donations. Donations for charity at each ritual will go to Planned Parenthood through the end of the year.

Prairie Sky Grove, ADF
Business Meeting
April 10, 2022
(12 attending)

Mostly set dates at this meeting.
● 4/24 Sunday. Adopt-A-Mile Street Clean-up followed by fellowship and donuts. Meet 10
am. SE corner of Hessel Park, Champaign.
● 4/29 Friday. Beltane. North Pavilion, Crystal Lake Park, Urbana. 6:30 pm gather. 7 ritual.
● 6/18 Saturday. Summer Solstice. Planned for North Pavilion, Crystal Lake Park, Urbana.
4 pm gather. 5 pm ritual. Extended potluck.
● 7/29 Friday. Lughnasadh. Planned for North Pavilion, Crystal Lake Park, Urbana. 5:30
games of silliness. 6:30 pm gather. 7 ritual,

Other plans.
● Possible book club with exercises from Winifred’s newest books!
– Heathen Soul Lore Foundations: ancient and modern Germanic concepts of the souls
– Heathen Soul Lore: a personal approach

● Midsummer cards for Carriage Crossing Assisted Living. We need 60. Cards will be dropped off
at the nursing home on June 27th. Summery cards or 4th of July cards are good.

We have done a lot of discussion concerning the ritual. The Grove will hold the ritual as planned. All are welcome. We do ask that you consider staying home if you have any health related reasons. The Grove will be providing a live feed of the ritual using Zoom for everyone at home.

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If you wish to join us in person, we will be gathering at 6:30 pm at Channing Murray. Ritual is planned to begin at 7:00 pm. His the event page: https://www.prairieskyadf.org/event/spring-equinox-ritual-2020/

Thank you all! May The Kindreds bless you with good health and good luck!

(six attendees)

Save the date:

12/20/19 Friday. Yule. Channing-Murray. Gather at 6:30. Ritual start at 7 pm. (An Cailleach)1/31/19 Friday.

1/ 31/20 Friday. Imbolc. Channing-Murray. Gather at 6:30. Ritual start at 7 pm. (Brighid)

Adopt a Mile of street. Those present who wanted signed safety rules and a waiver sheet to be able to help clean up trash along Springfield Ave. in Champaign between Prospect and Mattis Avenues. We will have four clean-ups per year. The City will provide reflective vests, “working” signs, and some garbage grabbers. Those who weren’t present can sign up at Yule. Creel will send the paperwork and volunteer list to the City afterwards.

Feast of Juul (Solstice Bonfire)  at Allerton Park in Monticello. 12/21/19 Saturday. A fun event to consider adding to your Solstice plans. From their Facebook page, “Join us in the Allerton Meadow for a celebration of the Winter Solstice! Warm up by the fire as we celebrate this Scandinavian tradition of burning the Juul log. Historically, a piece of the Juul log is kept as both a token of good luck and as kindling for the following year’s log. Be sure to also check out the Kirby Winter Wellness Walk! A cash bar will be available, and Fusilli Tony’s Italian Food will join us to serve delicious Italian food to warm you up by the fire.
(Allerton staff will light the bonfire at 6pm.)
This event is FREE, but donations are appreciated!”

Yule Ritual. The ritual will include a spiral walk for contemplation. We will be celebrating the season and an Calleach, the hag/queen of winter.

Discussed interesting books.

Ritual Facilitation by Shauna Aura Knight.

Spiraling Sun; a winter solstice ritual by Jan Avende.

Palgrave.com, an academic press with topics relevant to pagan studies.

Grove Historian. Alice has been keeping copies of the texts for our rituals with photos of the altar, photo of the omens and their interpretation. We hereby make her the Grove Historian!

Other topics discussed included a brief review of ADF’s organizational hierarchy, egregores and sigils. For ADF