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Group Stats
Formed?: 1996
New Members OK?: Yes
Incorporated?: Yes
501* Cert.?: Yes
Wvox Stats
Group Id: 21466
Poster Id: 3178
Posted: Jan.21.2004
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Ozark Avalon
A WitchVox Sponsor
Age Range/Type: Adult
Located in: Columbia, Missouri
Key Contact: Rev. Rose Wise
Spiritual Path: Wicca
Status: Established Group
Community Support: Open Circles... Legal Clergy... Teaching Available
Group Overview: Ozark Avalon is a Wiccan church and nature preserve located only three miles off I-70 (exit111) between Kansas City and St. Louis, 12 miles from Boonville and 16 from Columbia. We follow the Wiccan Rede and are open to all beings and spirits of good intent who agree to follow our Natural Laws regardless of path. Our mission is to provide access to nature, a safe place for outdoor worship in an earth-centered, earth honoring spiritual context, to promote community among persons with these beliefs and practices and to further environmentalism and appreciation for nature spirits and the earth. We are open year around for events, workshops and our open year and a day classes.
Our land is located on the bluffs above the Missouri River Valley and offers rugged woods, and beautuful high meadows. It is protected and blessed by Gaia and Cernummos, fae folk and spirits of the ancestors. It is home to many species of wildlife as well as a small community of caretakers, priests and priestesses.
There are many beautiful places to camp and hostel style indoor sleeping space. We have modern kitchen and bathroom facilities in our farmhouse retreat center and in the mobile home where our libraryu/classroom is located. We also have Frog bog, our solar assisted showhouse and art gallery with compost toilets nearer the main camping areas. We also offer Moon Hollow, a remote, adult only camping area that is clothes optional.
Camping during non-event times is $10 a night a person for tenting or $15 to sleep inside. Oakspirits camp for $4 or and can stay inside for $8 a night. .
We offer a free, open worship circle each month, usually at the time of full or new moon, and a schedule of Wheel of the Year and other festival style events focusing on different spiritual themes. The schedule can be viewed at our website at www.ozarkavalon.net. Please note that some events are family focused and others are for adults only. Special arrangements may be made for those with a true desire to attend but lmited funds.
Our group is open to membership based on participation and adhereance to our Natural Laws of Governance. Minimum requirements are attendence and participation for 13 occassions over a year and a day in all four seasons. We currently have around 140 members of all ages. Our land and church is governed by a nine member Board of directors. In addition to our mission of providing access to land we serve the community by participating the Columbia Earth Day Coalition, the Columbia Area Interfaith Alliance, the Pagan Educational Network , Mid-Missouri Pagan Pride and Hearthfires of Mid-Missouri..
In addition to our scheduled events we are open for camping and personal retreats in our 150 year old farmhouse year round. E-mail us at rosewise@starbandt.net or call 660-882-6418 or 573-289-3657. See our website at www.ozarkavalon.net.
Ozark Avalon Upcoming Events 2008- 2009
Please note that some of our Wheel of the year events are now community potlucks. The only charge for those weekends will be camping or lodging fees: come free for the day. We are planning to expand our remaining paid events into venues for vending, music and programming and hopefully a chance to see more of your OA friends and family gathered. Please e-mail rosewise@starband.net if you have any questions.
February 23–24 Full Moon & Year and a Day Class
March 22-23 Full Moon/Ostara Potluck with Egg Dying & Hunt with the Ostara Bunny - Year and a Day Class Egg dying Saturday morning and hunt around 2 pm.
*April 3-5 Triple Goddess Gathering- WOMEN ONLY. This is a seriously fun retreat for Women interested in Goddess Worship as a Path to personal development. We also welcome maidens 10 years and over who are attending with their mothers as well as any age mothers and daughters who wish to share this special time together: we prize our intergenerational sisters. We will be exploring the three faces of the Goddess and Women's Spiritual Development, Sacred Sisterhood and Community. Meals included $50 for adult women- scholarships available
April 19-20 Full Moon and Earth Day at Peace Park in Columbia (no class) Ozark Avalon will vend
May 1-4 Interfuse This is a rental event and you must be a member of Midwest burners to get a ticket. This is the regional gathering of Burning Man. Expect a huge camping event with lots of music and art. MidwestBurners.com for more details
*May 16-18 - Blessings of Beltane ADULT ONLY Join the women and men of Ozark Avalon for this traditional adult gathering to celebrate the fertility of springtime. Play with your loved one and make new friends in our large flowering community. This is the season of frolic and of fertility worship. This weekend is in honor of ourselves and our bond to the land. Wear your spring finery for the May Queen's Brunch and Court! OakSpirits $50 others $60 in advance &$75 at the Gate. Check for vending opportunities
MAY 24-25 Full Moon & Year and a Day Class
JUNE 7-8 Pagan Picnic (St. Louis) Ozark Avalon will vend
JUNE 21-22 Full Moon & Year and a Day Class
*JULY 3-6 Interdependence/Midsummer Madness- Celebrate our interconnections with each other and all of nature in the high Summertime at Ozark Avalon See the fight between the Oak King and the Holly king as the Wheel of the Year Turns from light to dark. Enjoy arts and crafts, swimming and general family fun in the sun. A low- priced festival weekend at $50 OakSpirits. Others pay $60 in advance or $75 at the gate. Children under 18 are free. Meals and camping included. Vendors welcome- vend for free with paid admission
AUGUST 1-3 New Moon/Lammas & Year and a Day Class
AUGUST 16-17 Full Moon & Year and a Day Class
*AUGUST 28- SEPTEMBER 1 Harvest Homecoming- Our traditional Ozark Avalon family reunion has expanded into a major regional festival with special guest presenters and well known Pagan music. Our community is diverse and intergenerational. We welcome all persons of good intent. We welcome vendors with no additional vending fees and will have a vendors spaces near the retreat center. Enjoy our Frog Bog art gallery and shower house, pool, hot tub and lake. We’ll hold many rituals and celebrate the nights with concerts and fire. Basic, hearty food will be provided but we always welcome potluck side dishes or donations of foodstuffs to the OA kitchen. We also ask each person over 12 to donate at least 4 hours of community service time to the celebration. The fee for OakSpirits is $60. Others pay $70 in advance or $80 at the gate. Children under 18 accompanied by parents or guardians are free.
SEPTEMBER 20-21 Full Moon & Pagan Pride (Class substitute-Columbia)
OCTOBER 18-19 Full Moon/Family Fall Festival (Family Samhain) and class This expanded full moon weekend will feature a hayride and costume party for kids of all ages
* NOVEMBER 6-8 – Embracing the Dark- Ozark Avalon's Samhain. ADULT AND OLDER TEENS ONLY Explore this season of death and transformation in the loving embrace of our community. Our Traditional Crossing the Veil Ritual is an annual chance to reconnect with our beloved dead and to quiet old issues. Clergy, energy workers and professional counselors are on hand to help with processing. Weekend will also feature pumpkin craving and workshops. OakSpirits $50. Others $60 in advance, $70 at the gate Sorry no vending
NOVEMBER 15-16 Full Moon & Year and a Day Class
DECEMBER 12-14 Potluck Yule - Full Moon & Year and a Day Class Open house and dessert potluck Friday night – Potluck feast, thieves gift exchange and visit from father Yule on Saturday.
FEB 27- MARCH 1 Magickal Hibernation – Hotel event with Pagan Bands, Special Guests , and Vendors of all magickal goods. Join us at Inn at the Grand Glaize at Osage Beach, MO for this 3 day event. Price based on occupancy ; day passes also available
Website: http://www.ozarkavalon.net
Telephone: (573) 289-3657
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