Just Back from the Desert in Time for Summer Solstice!

Jun 19

In lieu of a message/sermon this newsletter, I offer you this photo of the gorgeous Labyrinth at Ghost Ranch in Abiquiu, New Mexico. I’ve just arrived back from a two-week Chaplain residency, which included facilitating an event in the Labyrinth.

More treasure and reflections, mined from the riches of this experience soon coming…

Meanwhile, please join us this Sunday at the Rail Trail Cafe for the Gateway House community’s Summer Solstice Ceremony, and check out the innovative workshop I’m co-creating with Katie Down at her beautiful sonic venue: SoundWell Barn!

Gateway House Summer Solstice Ceremony at the Rail Trail Cafe

Sunday, June 21 | 6pm* – late

Rail Trail Cafe* 310 River Rd EXT New Paltz

*note time and venue change

Gate of Busting Out

~ Elemental Divination & Blessing with:

Elizabeth Sherpa : Air
Marann Langlois : Earth
Amy Little : Water
Meryn Oakwood : Fire

~ Blessing & Honoring of Rail Trail Cafe, its owners: Tara & Brian and its Mission!!!

~ Ritual Musicians: Dancing Leaf & Gary Siegel on didgeridoo, handpan & multiple other nstruments:)

PERFORMANCES 7:30pm

Meryn Oakwood
Surprise

$20 Donation | Potluck** & Fire

Food will be available at Rail trail Cafe until 7:30pm

**Bring potluck snacks for later

>>COME earlier to The Rail Trail Cafe for Barely Lace’s Celtic Day w/GREAT line up of performers, 1 -6pm

***Monthly In-Person Group***
*at Gateway House | 12 Fairview Ave | Rosendale*
Saturday, June 20 | 10:30 AM – 1:30 PM*
*NOTE TIME CHANGE FOR JUNE*
***Saturday, July 11 | 3 PM – 6 PM***

**Space is limited; Advance registration is now required. $50**

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REGISTRATION FOR GROUP EVENT

UPCOMING SUMMER WORKSHOPS

We have some amazing events coming up - Join us!

Sounding The Field: Music and Constellations

an immersive day integrating Kaleidoscopic Constellations & Sound-based practices

Saturday, August 8, 2026 | 10:30am - 5:30pm at SoundWell Barn Marlboro, NY

Facilitated by Kathleen Mandeville and Katie Down, Sounding The Field brings together their expertise and wisdom, rooted in Music Therapy and Family Constellations.

Sounding The Field invites participants into a deeper relationship with themselves, their ancestry, and the living web of human connection. As a group, we will explore how sound can reveal what has been silenced, restore connection across generations, and weave a sonic container for grief, belonging, reconciliation, and transformation.

This will be a hands-on, participatory experience with the opportunity to engage with a variety of instruments and their dimensional, sonically archetypal energies.

Space is Limited / Advance Registration Required

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**Kaleidoscopic Constellations & the Sacred Language of Object Altars**
**Saturday July 25, 10AM - 12 NOON**
**Rail Trail Cafe, New Paltz, NY**
There is a language beyond words—spoken in symbols, shadows, and the silent presence of what came before us. In this immersive workshop, we enter that liminal space through the art of object altars and the healing field of Kaleidoscopic Constellations.
art by Ania Aldrich

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Proceed Where the Way is Open:

Tracking Essences & Origins on The Rail Trail

Saturday July 25, 10am - 12 NOON

Rail Trail Cafe, New Paltz, NY

In this workshop, we will create a living, three-dimensional map on The Rail Trail, a timeline of signature events in our lives when our original essence felt most alive, guiding us to our purpose in life. We’ll source items from the local environment, as well as personal object/s (item/s of meaning) from home.

photo by Kathleen Mandeville

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