Looking for a free activity on Friday night?

Carrie Newcomer is conducting a workshop at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Madison County as outreach connected to her performance at the EKU Center for the Arts on Saturday.  

Find out more about the Workshop here:  http://www.ekucenter.com/news/43-carrie-newcomer-to-conduct-community-outreach-in-richmond-and-berea

Find out more about Carrie here:  http://www.carrienewcomer.com/artist/

So, if you find yourself wanting to get out for an adventure on Friday night, I hope you will come see what Carrie has to share.

And don't forget the Imbolc celebration on Sunday at 4 PM!  

Imbolc is almost here!

The sun grows a little brighter, the earth gets a little warmer, life is quickening in the soil, it is time for Imbolc!  New Moon Circle would like to invite you to join us in celebrating Imbolc (Candlemas) with us at the home of Sandra Sanford.  Mark the date: Sunday, February 1, at 4 PM. There will be potluck, ritual, candle burning, tool blessing, seed planting, and divination.  Bring a friend, but please try to RSVP so that we have an idea of how  many to plan for the main course. Dairy dishes are encouraged to honor the "ewe's milk", Spring is around the corner. (Please make us aware of any food allergies, so that a variety of dishes can be planned in addition to your potluck contribution.) Send RSVP and any questions to newmoonofky-owner@yahoogroups.com and we will pass them to Sandra.  Our apologies for the late announcement and bright blessings to you all.

New Moon Circle is one of the groups under the umbrella of Garden Source Spiritual Center Inc.  Please check us out at GardenSourcsSC.Org and contact us thru the website or at GardenSourceSC@gmail.com for more information about us and our regular fellowships or special events.

Fellowship, 5 PM, Sunday, January 18th - topic change

We will be gathering at the Plantory tomorrow for Fellowship and potluck at 5 PM.

Originally our program was to be a healing ritual led by Sherry, that has been postponed for later in the year.

Instead, we will be viewing a documentary about food insecurity in the United States, a topic that is near to most, if not all, of us.

Because of the length of the film, we will be eating while viewing it, with time for discussion and socialization after.

I look forward to seeing you tomorrow!

If you want to attend the Council meeting before Fellowship, be there by 3 PM.

When did you last change your passwords?

So, I was online last night purchasing a few crafty things to make me smile, then I slept like a baby.

After my appointments this morning, the phone call came... from my bank!

Around 4 AM our time, someone at Forest Park in Paris, France, tried to use my debit card for a purchase exceeding $600.  When I heard that, I was soooo thankful that my bank stays on top of strange purchases and stopped it.  The charge was refused and my debit card was cancelled.  I'll have a replacement card in a few days.

If that had cleared, I would have been in a nightmare of epic proportions.

So, the bank did their job, now I am doing mine.  Slowly but surely changing my passwords online, including the passwords on my computer to even access my profile.  (I use 7, so it has user profiles, your computer may be different.)   As I am accessing each of the programs and websites that I use, I am changing the passwords.  I made sure to start with my bank! 

I wanted to share all this so I could ask, "When did you last change your passwords?"  

I think, "new year, new passwords" might be words to live by.  I have had some of the same passwords in excess of 7 years or variations on a theme.  And I could have gone on in bliss indefinitely if not for the wake up call from France. 

Please take a moment and do an inventory of your security.  If you haven't changed your passwords in the past year, please do.  We all have limited resources, so it is especially bad when some stranger tries to tap into them.

After all your passwords are updated, be sure to stop by our website GardenSourceSC.Org and come out to visit us this Sunday at the Plantory for Fellowship and Potluck at 5 PM!

Welcome to the New Year

My apologies for my New Year post happening on the 5th.  Like many of you, the barrage of holidays was overwhelming, frustrating, joyful, and bittersweet.  And I am so glad it is behind us.  Santa let me know I have been a pretty good kid and I have almost wore out the copy of Labyrinth that was found under the tree.  Rosa made me watch it 5 times in a row... not that I'm complaining, Jareth could kidnap me anyday.

Nonetheless, I wanted to share a couple highlights of this past holiday season, the first for me was epic.  Bruce Campbell of B-movie awesomeness portrayed Santa in Season 1, Episode 4, of The Librarians. Official OMG.  Click here for link if you do not have TNT or any tv, as I do not.  Bruce stole my heart in Evil Dead 2 and has never let go.  No comments from the peanut gallery, please.

The second is the New Years Ball dropping in NYC.  I did not get to see it live since it aired on one of the network channels that my poor-man-soda-can-over-coaxial-cable antenna refuses to pick up consistently.  The version I found shows the NYC mayor and his wife and family at the end.  It wrenched my heart a bit knowing all the turmoil there and around our country.  Thanks to our modern age of the internet, I was able to find the video here and shed a few tears slightly after midnight.

Finally, to finish welcoming in the new year and get things started off on the correct footing, Garden Source will be having a healing ritual as part of our January fellowship, and you are all invited!  We are sticking to our schedule of every third Sunday unless something amazing or startling blows us off course.

So, I do hope to see your smiling faces at 5 PM on Sunday, January 18th, at the Plantory, 501 West Sixth Street, Suite 250, Lexington, KY 40508. Bring a dish to share if you are able, hang around for a bit after fellowship for potluck and social time, and just enjoy yourself.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us thru our website or email.

---

Celtic blessings to start your year off right:

A blessing upon your home,

A blessing upon your hearth,

A blessing upon your dwelling

And upon your warming fire,

A blessing upon your animals and land,

A blessing upon your kith and kin,

A blessing upon you in lightness or darkness

Each day and night of your life.

May peace and plenty bless your world,

With Joy that long endures,

May all life's passing seasons

Bring the best to you and yours.