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Imbolc 2026: Harnessing the Warmth Within

  • Friday, January 30, 2026
  • 7:00 PM
  • Sunday, February 01, 2026
  • 3:00 PM
  • Online via Zoom

Registration

  • Deadline for ensuring your away box arrives on time is January 19 at 10pm ET.

    Recommended donation is $20 to cover the cost of materials/shipping, but pay as you can! (Sourcing materials costs around $10, and shipping varies by location between $7 and $10)
  • For those who do not wish for an away box, but still wish to attend! Register for updates, links, and communication about the event.
  • We'll do our best to send you your away box in time for the event, but the Shipping Gods may not agree.

    Recommended donation is $20 to cover the cost of materials/shipping, but pay as you can! (Sourcing materials costs around $15, and shipping varies by location between $7 and $10)

Registration is closed

Join us for our Annual Virtual Imbolc Celebration

Imbolc occurs at a time when we have been holed up against the winter chill for months- resting, preparing, and staying warm. Imbolc allows us to honor and embrace the quiet of the season; to mend items we will use in warmer weather, brighten and clean our homes, and begin to welcome back the light and fire of spring. 

Come join us for a weekend of connection focusing on the ways that we honor winter as a time of rest, renewal, and focus. We will share the skills and crafts that bring us through the winter, reflect upon our space and ourselves, lay plans for the coming thaw, and enjoy Imbolc-themed crafts and activities. Also sing songs, drink tea, and hang out- like we always love to do!



Event Details

The event will run virtually from Friday January 30 at 7pm to Sunday February 1 at 3pm. All times are EST.

Registration for the event can include an away box, which will contain tokens and treats for ritual and workshop throughout the weekend! Register before January 20th to give us time to mail your away box. The recommended donation is $20 to cover our fees, but payment is optional based on your ability. If you would like to donate more to help cover the cost of the event for others, donations are always welcome and deeply appreciated.

If you would not like an away box, we will provide a list of items you can gather to participate.

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Materials

Items to gather in addition to the materials in your away box:

Ritual Supplies:

  • personal tools for calling directions, ancestors, descendents, and the divine. recommend at least:
    • red candle
    • candle holder (from away box or other)
    • incense
    • small cup with water
  • white candle (from away box or other)
  • "cauldron" (we will make this together Saturday, or bring your own)
  • ribbons (from away box or other ribbon/cord)
  • paper (from away box, or other small square or strip of paper to write on)

Workshop supplies:

  • Pencil
  • Eraser
  • Thin felt tipped pen/sharpie
  • White glue
  • Scratch paper

    For attendees NOT getting an away box, you will need:

    For Ritual:

    • White candle 
    • Ritual paper
    • Small candle holder/dish
    • Five ribbons (light blue, medium blue, dark blue, white, and purple)
    • Herb packet (sage, thyme, black pepper, parsley)
    • Coarse salt packet

    For the Candle Workshop:

    • Polymer clay
    • Wax paper
    For Planning SMART:
    • SMART goals worksheet
    • Pencil
    • Eraser

    For Celtic Knot drawing:

    • Four 20x20 sheets of graph paper
    • Pencil
    • Eraser
    • Thin felt tipped pen/sharpie
    For Imbolc craft, basket weaving supplies:
    • Length of jute rope
    • Lace ribbon (or decorating ribbon of choice- consider using your Imbolc ribbons!)
    • Cork disc for bottom
    • Plastic form
    • White glue OR glue gun
    For BINGOals:
    • Blank Bingo Card (BINGOals)
    • Stickers and decorations (BINGOals)
    For Embroider a Trilithon:
    • 6” embroidery hoop
    • Embroidery floss/thread (black, gray, dark blue, light blue, yellow, orange)
    • A square of cross stitch (Aida) cloth
    • Embroidery needle

    Cookalong ingredients

    Cream of Potato Soup:
    • 4 cups chicken or vegetable broth
    • 3 cups potatoes, pieces
    • 1⁄2 cup chopped celery
    • 1⁄2 cup chopped onion
    • ½ cup chopped carrot
    • 1 tablespoon butter
    • 1 tablespoon flour
    • 1⁄ 2 teaspoon salt
    • 1⁄ 4 teaspoon garlic
    • 1⁄ 2 teaspoon white pepper
    • Herb packet from away box
    • 1⁄2 cup heavy cream or half&half
    • 1⁄2 cup milk

    Basic Biscuits:

    • 1 3/4 cup all purpose flour
    • 1 tablespoon baking powder
    • 1/2 teaspoon salt
    • 6 tablespoons cold butter, shredded by cheese grater
    • 3/4 cup milk
    • Butter to brush tops
    • Pink Salt from away box


    Schedule

    Friday

    Activity

    Description

    7PM Welcome Chat and Celtic Knot Drawing Ease into the event by greeting your friends, and participating in an Imbolc activity! Have you ever wanted to draw those beautiful Celtic knots you see everywhere? Learn how simple they are and start designing your own of different sizes and shapes.
    8PM Opening Ritual

    What do you need to harness the warmth within yourself during mid-winter? We’ll use the ribbons from the away box (or bring your own) to imbue our skills, motivation, and intentions to be used through the weekend. Let's strengthen and focus our magical work for Imbolc with our opening ceremony.

    9PM Bardic Circle Join us for a Bardic circle featuring themes of Imbolc! Bring a song, story, joke, or poem to share around the circle. We request submissions be under 5 minutes.
    10PM Gaming Together with DungeonBox Join us for a casual virtual game we can play together, with a high fantasy spin!

    Saturday

    Activity

    Description

    9AM Morning Cafe: Imbolc Craft Start off the morning with an Imbolc Craft together! Bring the materials from your away box, or your own craft that you would like to work on.
    10AM Cookalong Ritual A ritual to feed the soul and body! Together we will cook an Imbolc Soup: each looking a little different than the other, but all to share together.
    12PM Meal Break Offline break for lunch
    1PM Discord 101 Are you Discord-savvy? Want some tips and tricks? SCC has a Discord now for sharing news about upcoming events, planning gatherings, and sharing our day-to-day lives throughout the year. But we know that a new platform can be tricky, so this workshop will take the group through what Discord is, how to use it, how to get on the SCC Discord (if you're not already), and how to get the most out of it.
    2PM 2026 BINGOals Do you have a hard time setting and sticking to annual goals or resolutions? Does perfectionism prevent you from achievement? Well have I got a solution for you! Come to this workshop to learn how putting your annual goals into a bingo card can help. In this workshop, we will go over how this method helps overcome goal related pressure and perfectionism, how to design your goals for success, work through a goal setting brainstorming session, and we will take some time to fill in our cards.
    3PM Harnessing Stress Feeling stressed? Would you like some ways of dealing with your stress? Come to my workshop and we will take a quick trip through the history of stress (yes stress has a history), review how stress affects your nervous system and learn some surprisingly simple yet extremely effective ways to alleviate your stress.
    4PM Embroider a Trilithon! Are you an experienced Stitch Witch? Or have you never stitched before? All are welcome to come learn as we embroider a trilithon together, learning as we go, practicing patience and working with intention.
    5PM Candle workshop The spark of Inspiration, the Light of Illuination, the Fire of Transformation. Join us in crafting and Blessing your candle and the Bridget token we'll make during this workshop.
    6PM Meal Break Offline break for dinner
    7PM Main Ritual Harness the warmth within with the guidance of Brighid. We will call to Brighid and invite her to show three aspects of herself and speak her guidance to us. Warm your body and soul with her guidance and encouragement on your individual path through our Imbolc Main Ceremony.
    8PM Movie Night! Join for a group watchalong of a thematic movie.

    Sunday

    Activity

    Description

    9AM Morning Cafe: Accomplishing your plans workshop You know what you want in your life. Now, how do you make that happen? Set up your path to behavior change using SMART goals to actually achieve those New Year resolutions. Find your way to achieving the harmony within that you have been striving for.
    10AM Spring Cleaning! We've cleansed our virtual space for Imbolc- now let's share cleansing our personal spaces! Join for some shared "spring cleaning" time, and bring whatever task that means for you- park your Zoom device in front of laundry, a room you're looking to declutter, a pile of papers you've been meaning to get to, virtual filing you need to work on. Together we'll encourage each other in our projects, celebrate what we get done, and leave our spaces a little better than they were.
    11AM Crafting Circle Join Birdie & Vellesara Fireheart as we work on projects while we catch up with friends old and new! Bring your Imbolc crafts-in-progress, your own projects, or check out what projects others are working on while socializing. We'll discuss our crafting goals for 2026 and share some Imbolc inspiration!
    12PM Meal Discussion - How Do You Cleanse Your Space We love chatting over a good meal! Grab some food and join us for a discussion about cleansing our spaces- literally, metaphorically, energetically, spiritually.
    1PM Closing Ritual, Goodbyes, and Weekend Wind down

    We draw our weekend to a close in ceremony and reflect on all the possibilities we brought to the forefront of our minds through the weekend. Let us celebrate together all of the possibilities we have created for ourselves to warm our own hearts, bodies, and minds.

    After ritual, we will say our goodbyes to the weekend- and then wind down by talking about how it went! What did you like, what would you like to see more of? What new ideas would you like to share for future events?

    Bring any ritual supplies that you would like for following along at home, the candle and candle holder from your away box, ribbons, your basket, and strips of paper.

    Then, your thoughts, feedback, and virtual hugs!


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