For public rituals we decided to make a little hand out (called an Order of Service in most christian churches I'm familiar with) telling people what was going on in the ritual. They make great souvenirs.
This is the text of our Eostar 2001 Order of Service.
[front cover]
The CUUPs committee of the
Ithaca First Unitarian Society
presents a community celebration of
Eostar
A Wiccan celebration of the spring Equinox
Saturday March 24, 2001. 6pm
[illustration of Dionysus/Pan]
Facilitated by Buddha Buck of the Braided Paths Coven,
Braided Wheel Tradition.
[Page 2]
Gather Together in the Sanctuary
Graces: Amy Beltaine, Sharon Beltaine, Sara Lyn
Dragon: Arcederon
Pre-Rit Rap
- by Sheherazahde
Welcome, Announcements and Introduction
Procession into Ritual
- All
Chant Leader: Sharon Beltaine
Drummer: Joseph Prisco
Chant:
"Hoof and Horn, Hoof and Horn,
All that dies shall be reborn
Corn and Grain, Corn and Grain
All that falls shall rise again"
Circle Casting
- by Arcederon and All
"I Dream this Circle into Being"
Quarter Call
- Invocation to the four directions
- The East - by Aquila & Fern
- The South - by Grimmy
- The West - by Coven of the Moonlight Labyrinth
- The North - by Tim Crowley
Invocation to The Earth Mother
- by Michele
Invocation to John Barleycorn
- by Buddha
The Story of John Barleycorn
- by Grimmy
Planting the Seeds of Future Growth
- All
[Page 4]
Energy Raising
- All
Chant -"Horned One, Lover, Son,
Leaper in the Corn
Deep in the Mother
Die and be reborn"
Time of Grounding
- All
Great Rite
- by Michele and Buddha
Blessing the juice and bread
Sharing of Blessing
- All
Passing the juice and bread
"May you never thirst"
"May you never hunger"
Farewell to John Barleycorn
- by Buddha
Farewell to The Earth Mother
- by Michele
Farewell to the Quarters
- The North - by Tim Crowley
- The West - by Coven of the Moonlight Labyrinth
- The South - by Grimmy
- The East - by Aquila & Fern
Circle Closing
- by Arcederon
Shared Feast
-All
[back cover]
[illustration based on the image of Cernunnos on the Gundestrup cauldron]