bread & roses spiritual nurture

bread and roses spiritual nurture invites you to
the 25th Annual

Winter Solstice Celebration


A Celebration of the Darkness and the Light
with Songs and Stories


Saturday, 18th December, 2021
On-line
7-9 pm GMT

To confirm time in your location, click here or here

Please note: the Celebration lasts one hour and fifteen minutes; we are allowing time for technical issues as well as for fellowship after!

A time of quiet reflection in the midst of the hectic festive season
Songs, stories, candle-lighting, silent meditation, singing, and more
All ages welcome

Programme

You will receive a copy of the programme when you register.
If you'd like to view the programme in advance, please click here.

Donation

We are requesting donations to cover our costs and pay our event organiser for their time.

Any funds after expenses we will donate to Stonewall UK and Gendered Intelligence in support of trans lives.


How to tell which ticket to get:


£10:

"If you have access to financial security, own property or have personal savings, you would not traditionally qualify for sliding scale services. If you are able to pay for "wants" and spend little time worried about securing necessities in your life, you have economic privilege and power in our community. This price is for you."


£5:

"The middle cost (when there is one) reflects the practitioner's acknowledgement that paying the full cost would prevent some folks from being able to attend, but who do not honestly find themselves reflected in either descriptions for the highest cost or the lowest. If you are struggling to conquer debt or build savings or move away from paycheck to paycheck living but have access to steady income and are not spending most of your time thinking about meeting basic needs such as food, shelter, medical care, child care, etc., you belong here."


Free:

"The bottom cost represents an honest acknowledgment by the teacher and practitioner that there are folks whose economic circumstances would prevent them from being a part of classes if there was not be a deliberate opportunity made for them to access services at a cost that is reflective of their economic realities. If you struggle to maintain access to needs such as health care, housing, food, child care, and are living paycheck to paycheck or are in significant debt, you belong probably belong here and you deserve a community that honors your price as equal an economic offering as the person who can pay the highest tier."


~ Adapted from "The Sliding Scale: A Tool of Economic Justice" by Alexis J. Cunningfolk, with gratitude

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Find out about future song-learning sessions and Celebrations

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16 September, 2021

Dear friends,


I am excited to share a few bits of news!


Three pieces of news to share:

  • Winter Solstice Celebration (on-line): Save the date!

  • Winter Solstice Singing (on-line song-learning sessions)

  • possibly an on-line Samhain celebration?


Winter Solstice Celebration (on-line): Save the date!


This year I am hosting a presentation of A Winter Solstice Singing Ritual on-line again.


Saturday, December 18th

11 am Pacific / 2 pm Eastern / 7 pm UT / 8 pm Central Europe

Presented by Stasa Morgan-Appel (bread and roses spiritual nurture) and friends


Live Narration, Readings, and Song-Leading; pre-recorded music; available in real-time only


Pre-registration required to obtain links


If you're already on the email list, you'll receive email updates; if you'd like to receive updates, you should go to the website for more information and the link: https://bit.ly/WinterSolsticeCelebrations



Winter Solstice Singing (on-line song-learning sessions)


If there's enough interest, I will host on-line song-learning sessions again this year, starting in late September.

  • Sessions will be on Sunday evenings from 7-9 British Time. (You can check what time that usually is for you here: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html)

  • If enough people are interested but can't attend live, I will make arrangements for video recordings to be available.

  • Other song-learning resources will available outside live sessions (sheet music, audio teaching tracks, audio recordings).

  • Each week will build on the week before.

To sign up or register your interest, please fill out this form:

https://forms.gle/pi7i1GephusuArJh8


These sessions are explicitly welcoming of all women and all other gender minorities, especially transgender, non-binary, genderqueer, and questioning people.




Possibly an on-line Samhain celebration?


I may be hosting an on-line Samhain celebration again this year. This would be a participatory experience honouring those who have gone before, losses from the past year especially, and new babies and new beginnings from the past year.


If this appeals to you, is something that would be helpful for you, or that you'd be interested in, please let me know.



Websites


Just a reminder that the websites are:


That's all for now


I hope this email finds you as well as possible during these interesting and challenging times!


All best,

Stasa


Upcoming events

In development for 2021 are:


  • more on-line singing and song-learning workshops

  • more small-group on-line workshops and rituals around the Wheel of the Year

  • moving Handwork As Spiritual Practice workshops to small, on-line groups


If you'd like to find out about these as soon as they're available, please sign up for my email list below.

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Please sign up here if you'd like to find out about upcoming events.