August 28, 2026
SoulCare Summit: Who is my neighbor?with local community leaders
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You are invited to take time out of this busy season to join hands in sacred dance and enter the longest night of the year in community. Our solstice ritual will take place outside in the courtyard around the well as we light a candle in the dark, a light of peace, hope, faith and love. Together we will take our place in the continuum of time, welcoming our Earth Star’s journey of returning light. Each dance will be taught, no experience required. (Note: it is custom to wear white)
Winter Solstice Overnight Retreat: Friday, December 21 , 2pm - Saturday the 22nd at noon. The Wisdom of the Mystics will companion us in a lightly guided program of inspiration, with time in nature, silence, story, sunset labyrinth walk, Yule Log ritual, and Sacred Dance. Overnight registration deadline is Friday, December 14th. Registration Fee includes meals (dinner & breakfast): $130 per person.
Ellen Kennedy was trained and certified at The Findhorn Foundation in Scotland to teach Sacred Dance and has been teaching in the US and internationally for 28 years. She holds certificates in Basic and Advanced Shamanic Studies thru The Foundation for Shamanic Studies and is enrolled in the John Phillip Newell New England School for Celtic Consciousness.
Ellen has been a student of Rev. Dr. Matthew Fox for almost 30 years. His teachings on Creation Spirituality and The Four Paths burn bright in her heart. She is an Art as Mediation faculty member in the Creation Spirituality Movement. In collaboration with Fox, Ellen has led Sacred Circle Dance at seven Creation Spirituality retreats and the Spiral Dance at the Cosmic Mass; Parliament of World Religions, Toronto. She serves on the design team for Daily Meditations with Matthew Fox http://dailymeditationswithmatthewfox.org
As an International Peace Activist, Ellen has led Sacred Circle Dances for peace at the Syrian Border, Jerusalem, the banks of the Dead Sea, the US Naval Base Gangjeong, S. Korea, Imagine Peace Tower, Iceland and the John Lennon Park, Havana Cuba offering a grandmother’s love and compassion. She lives in Newbury and delights in her five grandchildren. dancingspiral@aol.com
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Who is my neighbor? A Priest, A Rabbi, and A Reverend Walk into Rolling Ridgewith Rabbi Howard Mandell, Father Frank Sevola, Rev. Genna Hosterman
Rolling Ridge Retreat and Conference Center
660 Great Pond Road
North Andover, MA, 01845
thestaff@rollingridge.org
Phone: (978) 682-8815
Fax: (978) 681-1162
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