To my fellow pagan community,
Wow! What an amazing gathering for the weekend of our 10th Annual PCR Event! We had a record turn out of folks for a year that general makes or breaks events. We could not have been more excited to make some magic with you all and that is exactly what we did! If you all would be so kind to help us with feed back so that next year will be even better than the last.
To our volunteer committee of Pagan Community Retreat, I would like to say thank you! We have a dynamic and cohesive group who treat PCR as a family! It has been said many times in the past by previous directors, but it bares repeating, we could not have pcr without you-dedicating countless hours, supplies, and hard work to make PCR what it is! Thank you! Following a mentorship system, Krystal Rains has been my mentor for the last few years. I value the time I have had to learn from her as well as the many seasoned and not so seasoned committee members. Thank you for attending our painfully long meetings and dealing with the absurd at times. I am honored to work with so many talented pagans whom are just as dedicated to the community as I am and more!
Down2Earth Ecoshire has accepted our unique community as kin and we are proud to call the Ecoshire our home away from home. Thank you to Jim, Dawn, and Mallory and all the partners of the Ecoshire whom sustain this sacred grove for our use. We look forward to another year there in 2024. Many blessings upon the land, animals, and residents of the Ecoshire. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts for hosting us and accepting our community.
With generous donations from our Sky, Branch, and Stone Sponsors and our Vendors we were able to fund this event and help secure our investment into next years event. We thank all of you for your support for our amazing community. The Vendors who came out and braved the elements with us were an added bonus, we thank you! We encourage folks to go to our website at PaganCommunityRetreat.org and support our sponsors and vendors throughout the rest of the year as they have done for us. Thank you all again!
Of course, we had an awesome line up of presenters this year who are all apart of the pagan community in their respective locals. Many of whom are on our volunteer planning committee. Our theme of Making Magic manifested some exceptional workshops and presentations as well as some powerful Rituals. I am so grateful to be able to hold space and work magic with you all as leaders in our community. I would like to extend my sincerest and deepest gratitude to you for coming to the Ecoshire and for some coming out of your element to host workshops and rituals. Thank you! This community is better for it!
Lastly but not least, to all our campers, you are the lifeblood of our organization! Without you, there would be no event to plan, no Ecoshire to campout at, no sponsors or vendors, and no reason to present worshops or hold rituals. Without you we would simply not exist. Our mission to bring the pagan community together, in nature, for an enlightening, spiritual, and educational camping experience enjoyed by pagans and their families has been fulfilled this year. Thank you to each and everyone of you for coming out to the desert and holding space with us at PCR 2023. I speak on behalf of myself, the committee, and our broad pagan community, when I say thank you. I can not wait to see you all in the next year and bring a friend or twenty! For we have much more magic and memories to make!
Chelsea Osbon