Stone Creed Grove, ADF

May 2023 Blessing Rite
2023-05-05 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Spirit Apotheosis, 691 Broadway Ave, Bedford, OH, 44146, United States
Our Blessing Rites are an abbreviated ADF style Core Order Ritual during which we honor the Kindreds and raise energy to bless magical items for personal workings and share our magic and energy with our community. Feel free to bring a candle or magical item (necklace, divination set, etc.) that you wish to have blessed during the ritual for good-intentioned magical purposes. You can also buy items along those lines at our ritual site. As with all Stone Creed events, this ritual is open to all and admission is free.
We are excited to be back at Spirit Apotheosis for our monthly Blessing Rites!

Beltaine 2023 Ritual
2023-05-07 15:30 - 19:30 | Tredara, 2451 Bennett Rd, Madison Township, OH, 44057, United States
Beltainne is the time of late planting and the beginning of the growing season in colder climates. For many ancient peoples, this was the beginning of their summer season, which would continue until Samhain.
For Stone Creed Grove, this marks our first ritual of the year performed in our grove’s ritual space at Tredara. This is one of our major Celtic rites, honoring the deities Aine Glas (“Green Aine”) and Aengus Og the Harper, as well as the various tribes of Sidhe-folk.
Please feel free to join us at home from your own altar or shrine at home, or just follow along and bask in the presence of our community from home! Our magic, energy, love, and community flow through the cosmos, connecting us regardless of where we are! We are all together, even through isolation!

Wellspring Festival 2023
2023-05-25 14:00 - 2023-05-29 12:00 | Tredara, 2451 Bennett Rd, Madison Township, OH, 44057, United States
The Wellspring Gathering is an annual festival hosted by Stone Creed Grove every Memorial Day weekend. We are proud to be able to host over 100 guests, most of whom are members of our parent organization ADF, to join us for 4 days of rituals, workshops, entertainment, contests, and fellowship.
More information on this event

Midsummer 2023 Ritual
2023-06-18 16:00 - 19:00 | Tredara, 2451 Bennett Rd, Madison Township, OH, 44057, United States
At Midsummer, the world is now in full bloom. The early harvests of the year are starting to be brought into the larder, the animals are busy fattening up, the streams are flowing smoothly, the fields are growing, and all seems light and warm.
As with other solstices, we celebrate this rite in the Norse cultural traditions, with particular attention to the Aesir deities Sif and Thor.
This rite will be a hybrid event, occurring both online via Zoom, and in person for those fully vaccinated.

Lughnassadh 2023 Ritual
2023-07-30 14:00 - 19:00 | Tredara, 2451 Bennett Rd, Madison Township, OH, 44057, United States
Lughnassadh is the time of turning from the growing season to the harvest season. The heat of summer is at its most intense and will begin to wane throughout the next few months. This one of our rituals that we celebrate in the Celtic hearth culture pantheon, honoring Lugh, as the ancient Irish Celtic peoples did.

Cleveland Pagan Pride Day 2023
2023-08-18 17:00 - 2023-08-20 18:00 | Bedford Town Square, 795 Broadway Ave, Bedford, OH, 44146, United States
Stone Creed Grove ADF runs a prominent booth and several workshops and rituals at the annual Cleveland Pagan Pride Day gathering. Join us for general education, sales of our books and related merchandise, music, and demonstration rituals.

September 2023 Blessing Rite
2023-09-01 19:30 - 21:00 | Spirit Apotheosis, 691 Broadway Ave, Bedford, OH, 44146, United States

Eleusinia 2023 Ritual
2023-09-17 16:00 - 19:00 | Tredara, 2451 Bennett Rd, Madison Township, OH, 44057, United States
As the wheel of the year turns and the Autumnal Equinox brings shorter days and longer nights, we gather together to celebrate the harvest. The fields are full of the bounty of the labors of the folk who tend them, and we gather together to honor the Kindreds who aided have aided us.
This year, we will focus our attention on Greek Eleusinian Mysteries, which provide agricultural context to the journey of Persephone into the Underworld as she returns to her chthonic role as queen of the dead. We will also honor Dionysos, who the Orphics viewed as a dying and reborn god and also has significant agricultural associations.
This rite will be a hybrid event, occurring both online via Zoom, and in-person for those fully vaccinated.

October 2023 Blessing Rite
2023-10-06 19:30 - 21:00 | Spirit Apotheosis, 691 Broadway Ave, Bedford, OH, 44146, United States

November 2023 Blessing Rite
2023-11-03 19:30 - 21:00 | Spirit Apotheosis, 691 Broadway Ave, Bedford, OH, 44146, United States

Samhain 2023 Ritual
2023-11-05 16:00 - 19:30 | Tredara, 2451 Bennett Rd, Madison Township, OH, 44057, United States
As the wheel of the year continues to turn we find ourselves at the end of the Harvest season, hinging on Winter. As the world around us dies and falls into winter slumber, we turn our thoughts to those who have passed beyond our world as people in ancient times did. In this season, the Veil Between the Worlds is thin and we can connect with our Ancestors and Beloved Dead more readily.
Stone Creed Grove celebrates this High Day in the traditional Irish Celtic hearth-culture, honoring the Irish deities The Morrigan and Donn. We also honor our Ancestors of Heart and Kin- those who walked through this life with us as friends and family, those whose work has inspired us, and those whose lives helped to create our lives- with special mention to those who have passed within the last year.
This celebration will occur near the Tredara’s Ancestor Mound which contains the remains and mementos of many of our Beloved Dead.
This rite will be a hybrid event, occurring both via Zoom, and in-person for those fully vaccinated.

December 2023 Blessing Rite
2023-12-01 19:30 - 21:00 | Spirit Apotheosis, 691 Broadway Ave, Bedford, OH, 44146, United States

Yule 2023 Ritual
2023-12-17 16:00 - 19:00 | River Grove Chestnut Shelter, 2944 River Rd #2908, Willoughby Hills, OH, 44094, United States
We are now in the time of winter, where snow is beginning to be upon us, but the folk are safe indoors happily enjoying the fruits of their fall harvest. For the peoples of Scandanavia, this time not only was full of darkness, cold, and snow, but also marked the beginning of the sacred year and a celebration that life had not left this world. It is for this reason that evergreens and holly become common decorations in our homes and in our rites.
This is our biggest Norse rite of the year, and heathen folk are of course welcome along with the rest of the general public. Come anytime after 2 PM for fellowship, discussions, and helping out with setup.
Some specific customs that you might want to plan for in advance:
– Oaths: There will be an opportunity to make personal oaths on a boar’s head. Consider what vow – if any – you would like to make.
– Gift exchange: $5-10 value. Specify an appropriate age for the gift: Under-12, 12+, or if it is a 21+ beverage label it as such. Children’s gifts are distributed separately from adult and teen gifts.
– Feasting: As usual, we hold a potluck feast after the rite. Please bring a dish for 8-10 people to share.
– Group singing: The Stone Creed caroling and wassailing songbooks come out for musical fun led by our bards.
– More group singing: We include in the rite a choral version of The Boar’s Head Carol. If you’re interested in singing it, download the sheet music.

Due to technical limitations of the location, this ritual cannot be broadcast in real time for those wanting to participate remotely. We will endeavor to provide a video version of it on our Youtube channel as soon as we can after the ritual.

January 2024 Blessing Rite
2024-01-05 19:30 - 21:00 | Spirit Apotheosis, 691 Broadway Ave, Bedford, OH, 44146, United States

February 2024 Blessing Rite
2024-02-02 19:30 - 21:00 | Madden Residence, 840 E 209th St, Euclid, Ohio, 44119
Our Blessing Rites are an abbreviated ADF style Core Order Ritual during which we honor the Kindreds and raise energy to bless magical items for personal workings and share our magic and energy with our community. Feel free to bring a candle or magical item (necklace, divination set, etc.) that you wish to have blessed during the ritual for good-intentioned magical purposes. You can also buy items along those lines at our ritual site. As with all Stone Creed events, this ritual is open to all and admission is free.
Because of the season, we will be doing a special Brighid blessing in honor of Imbolg. Also note that the location will be the Madden residence, NOT Spirit Apotheosis.

Imbolc 2024 Ritual
2024-02-04 16:00 - 19:00 | River Grove Chestnut Shelter, 2944 River Rd #2908, Willoughby Hills, OH, 44094, United States
Imbolg is the time of year where the sun is starting to return to the world, and the coldest days are behind us. In this time, current scholarship suggests that the ancient Celts offered to the gods of their hearth to keep away hunger and illness until life could once again return to the land.

Stone Creed Grove will continue our tradition of honoring Brigid, the Celtic goddess of the hearth, healing, and inspiration. We also invite members to take their membership oath for the coming year at this ritual.

Due to technical limitations of this venue, we will not be able to broadcast the event in real-time to remote participants. We will endeavor to upload our ritual to YouTube as quickly as possible after the ritual.

March 2024 Blessing Rite
2024-03-01 19:30 - 21:00 | Spirit Apotheosis, 691 Broadway Ave, Bedford, OH, 44146, United States

Spring Equinox 2024 Ritual
2024-03-24 16:00 - 19:00 | River Grove Chestnut Shelter, 2944 River Rd #2908, Willoughby Hills, OH, 44094, United States
Celebrate the coming of spring with Stone Creed Grove! It is time for the furrows to be plowed, the seeds to be sown, and the honoring of the very first signs of growth in the land. This year, the season will be a time of honoring the Earth Mother who sustains all things, and the Gatekeeper that guides and protects us on our spiritual journeys.
Due to technical limitations of the location, this ritual cannot be broadcast in real time for those wanting to participate remotely. We will endeavor to provide a video version of it on our Youtube channel as soon as we can after the ritual.

April 2024 Blessing Rite
2024-04-05 19:30 - 21:00 | Spirit Apotheosis, 691 Broadway Ave, Bedford, OH, 44146, United States

May 2024 Blessing Rite
2024-05-03 19:30 - 21:00 | Spirit Apotheosis, 691 Broadway Ave, Bedford, OH, 44146, United States

Beltaine 2024 Ritual
2024-05-05 16:00 - 20:30 | Tredara, 2451 Bennett Rd, Madison Township, OH, 44057, United States
Beltainne is the time of late planting and the beginning of the growing season in colder climates. For many ancient peoples, this was the beginning of their summer season, which would continue until Samhain.

For Stone Creed Grove, this marks our first ritual of the year performed in our grove’s ritual space at Tredara. This is one of our major Celtic rites, honoring the deities Aine Glas (“Green Aine”) and Aengus Og the Harper, as well as the various tribes of Sidhe-folk. Come for a time of worship through flowers, music, and dancing.

As always, our grove rituals will be followed by a potluck feast. A grill is available for cooking on the site.

Wellspring Festival 2024
2024-05-23 13:00 - 2024-05-27 12:00 | Tredara, 2451 Bennett Rd, Madison Township, OH, 44057, United States

Midsummer 2024 Ritual
2024-06-23 16:00 - 20:30 | Tredara, 2451 Bennett Rd, Madison Township, OH, 44057, United States
At Midsummer, the world is now in full bloom. The early harvests of the year are starting to be brought into the larder, the animals are busy fattening up, the streams are flowing smoothly, the fields are growing, and all seems light and warm.
As with other solstices, we celebrate this rite in the Norse cultural traditions.
This rite will be in person.

Lughnassadh 2024 Ritual
2024-07-27 - 2024-07-28 | Tredara, 2451 Bennett Rd, Madison Township, OH, 44057, United States
Lughnassadh is the time of turning from the growing season to the harvest season. The heat of summer is at its most intense and will begin to wane throughout the next few months. This one of our rituals that we celebrate in the Celtic hearth culture pantheon, honoring Lugh, as the ancient Irish Celtic peoples did.
Folk of the community are welcome to camp at Tredara this weekend.

September 2024 Blessing Rite
2024-09-06 19:30 - 21:00 | Spirit Apotheosis, 691 Broadway Ave, Bedford, OH, 44146, United States

Harvest 2024 Ritual
2024-09-22 16:00 - 20:30 | Tredara, 2451 Bennett Rd, Madison Township, OH, 44057, United States
As the wheel of the year turns and the Autumnal Equinox brings shorter days and longer nights, we gather together to celebrate the harvest. The fields are full of the bounty of the labors of the folk who tend them, and we gather together to honor the Kindreds who aided have aided us.
This year, we will be focusing on the harvest season traditions of the Anglo-Saxons.

October 2024 Blessing Rite
2024-10-04 19:30 - 21:00 | Spirit Apotheosis, 691 Broadway Ave, Bedford, OH, 44146, United States
Our Blessing Rites are an abbreviated ADF style Core Order Ritual during which we honor the Kindreds and raise energy to bless magical items for personal workings and share our magic and energy with our community. Feel free to bring a candle or magical item (necklace, divination set, etc.) that you wish to have blessed during the ritual for good-intentioned magical purposes. You can also buy items along those lines at our ritual site. As with all Stone Creed events, this ritual is open to all and admission is free.

November 2024 Blessing Rite
2024-11-01 19:30 - 21:00 | Spirit Apotheosis, 691 Broadway Ave, Bedford, OH, 44146, United States

Samhain 2024 Ritual
2024-11-03 16:00 - 20:30 | Tredara, 2451 Bennett Rd, Madison Township, OH, 44057, United States
As the wheel of the year continues to turn we find ourselves at the end of the Harvest season, hinging on Winter. As the world around us dies and falls into winter slumber, we turn our thoughts to those who have passed beyond our world as people in ancient times did. In this season, the Veil Between the Worlds is thin and we can connect with our Ancestors and Beloved Dead more readily.
Stone Creed Grove celebrates this High Day in the traditional Irish Celtic hearth-culture, honoring the Irish deities The Morrigan and Donn. We also honor our Ancestors of Heart and Kin- those who walked through this life with us as friends and family, those whose work has inspired us, and those whose lives helped to create our lives- with special mention to those who have passed within the last year.
This celebration will occur near the Tredara’s Ancestor Mound which contains the remains and mementos of many of our Beloved Dead.

December 2024 Blessing Rite
2024-12-06 19:30 - 21:00 | Spirit Apotheosis, 691 Broadway Ave, Bedford, OH, 44146, United States
