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Faerie Faire & May Pole Event
FAERIE FAIRE & Dance around the May Pole
Come dressed in your faerie or elfin finery and play in the Faerie Garden.
Suggested Donation of $20/faerie includes Faerie crafts to make and take, simple Faerie snacks & lots of fun activities
When: 1:00- 5:00 Rain or shine but we prefer sunshine!!
Where: The Light Center
Family Camp
Family Campout at The Light Center
Join us for a family campout at The Light Center May 15th through 17th! Campers will need to bring their own gear and lunch for Saturday, as well as any snacks or drinks that they may want. Dinner will not be provided on Friday and lunch will not be provided on Sunday.
Packing list:
Sleep & Shelter: Tent, stakes, rainfly, sleeping bags, pillows, blankets, air mattress or sleeping pads
Personal Care & Clothing: Toiletries (toothbrush, soap, etc.), clothing, sunscreen & bug spray, medications
Food & Drink (if needed): Cooler + ice, water bottles, dinner for Friday, breakfast potluck item for Saturday (eggs provided), lunch for Saturday, dinner potluck item for Saturday (tacos / nacho meal), breakfast for Sunday
Camp Setup: Chairs, lantern/flashlights, phone charger/battery pack
Free Time Activities: Card or board games, outdoor games (ball, frisbee, etc.), books or journals, musical instruments
Please sign-up using the form below:
Monthly Circle of Peace
May Circle of Peace
We are delighted to invite you to a Circle of Peace each month at The Light Center. Together, we’ll connect, breathe, reflect, and lift our prayers for the world—finding peace with one another and within ourselves.
About the monthly Circle of Peace series:
Each month brings a new theme, exploring drumming, storytelling, sound baths, artistic expression, and more, inspired by diverse prayer traditions and the healing power of nature. We gather to share intention, light, and presence. One circle. One prayer. One heart at a time. Everyone is welcome.
Dates: Fourth Sunday of each month
2/22, 3/22, 4/26, 5/24, 6/28, 7/26, 8/23, 9/27, 10/25, 11/22, 12/27
Time: 2:00–4:00 PM
Location: The Light Center
Hosted by: Pamela Martin and Robin Goff
Energy Exchange: TLC donations are always appreciated
2026 Community Grief Ritual
Tending the Heart of the Matter: A Community Grief Ritual
"Communal grieving offers something that we cannot get when we grieve by ourselves. Through validation, acknowledgment, and witnessing, communal grieving allows us to experience a level of healing that is deeply and profoundly freeing. Each of us has a basic human right to that genuine love, happiness and freedom."
— Sobonfu Somé
Grief is the sorrow we feel after loss. It is a natural part of life and a common human experience. You may be grieving the loss of a loved one, the ongoing destruction of the planet, or the suffering of others. When embraced, grieving can help us recover inner vitality and repair our sense of belonging.
Unfortunately, dominant Western culture encourages us to privatize and suppress grief. Undigested, grief becomes toxic, showing up as physical ailments and in damaging relationships with others. As Martín Prechtel says, “all war is unmetabolized grief.”
Thankfully, there are still people and cultures who know that the health of a community and its individuals depend on each other. And that the health of both depends on expressing grief. Grieving well is essential to keep our hearts open and resilient. Grieving together keeps us connected to the village, something needed more than ever at a time when loneliness is an epidemic.
You are warmly invited to join us for a weekend of honoring grief through community care, witnessing each other’s stories, perfection-free singing, movement, and a communal grief ritual. Free from the pressure to fix or analyze grief, you will be held in a safe space to feel and express grief. Together, we create a village of support, reminding each other that grief was never meant to be carried alone.
Our time together will include:
Community Council – a heart-centered practice for sharing and witnessing stories
Space to reflect – solo time indoors or in nature to reflect and be with your story of loss
Movement – gentle practices to soothe bodies that are healing
Communal grief ritual – through drumming, singing, ancestral and village support, we create a container where grief in all its forms can be held, expressed, and honored.
Brief Schedule Outline:
Please note: We will be together in ritual time, meaning the time is fluid and the ritual will influence the flow of the weekend, which may differ from what is shared here.
Friday:
5:30 pm: Arrive and settle in
6:30 - 9:00 pm: Ritual opening and sharing council
Saturday
9:00 am: Morning council
10:30: Solo reflection time in nature
12:00 pm: Lunch
1:00: Communal altar building
2:00 – 5:00: Community grief ritual
6:00: Shared meal
7:00: Closing circle
The Lineage of this Community Grief Ritual
Communal grief rituals were a common practice across cultures until recently. The ritual we will create together is inspired by recent grief ritual keepers who share practices and grief technologies with the intention to keep them alive and relevant. The facilitators are especially influenced by and grateful for the ritual-making gifts shared by Sobonfu Somé. Without Sobonfu, this ritual would not be possible. This ritual is inspired by and honors Sobonfu’s singular presence and purpose and does not pretend to be one of hers. The elders of her community sent her to the West to share grief rituals when recognizing the harm colonialism has on their people. Though these rituals were shared with us, we acknowledge that they were given as a survival strategy for the Dagara people. We tenderly offer this ritual in support of the intention to help us remember how to grieve so that we may heal personal and collective wounds. The ritual is also influenced by the lineages of Tina Fields, Joanna Macy, Sharon Blackie, Francis Weller, and The School of Lost Borders, each with its own headwaters. We acknowledge the complexity of carrying mixed lineages and are committed to ongoing learning, respecting limitations, and honoring our humanity.
Registration and fees:
Cost is $75 to $150 as you are able to contribute
Please register only if you are able to commit to the whole time
Facilitators:
Shea Armstrong, MA, is an ecopsychologist, wilderness rites-of-passage guide, and ceremonialist living in Lawrence, KS. She brings twenty years of group facilitation and ten years of leading community grief rituals to our shared weekend. Shea had the good fortune to experience the life-affirming impact of Sobonfu’s community grief ritual and studied everything she could from her. She believes in the power of community and ceremony to transform undigested sorrow into healing and hope.
Education and Training:
M.A. Transpersonal Ecopsychology, Naropa University
Certified Life-Cycle Celebrant, Natural Transitions Institute
Certified Wilderness First Responder, Wilderness Medical Associates
Wilderness Rites-of-Passage training and apprenticeship, The School of Lost Borders
Permaculture Design Certificate, The Permaculture Institute
Pamela Martin, ACC, IAHC, is an intuitive coach, artist, and sacred space holder, gently guiding others through change and transition back to themselves with compassion and care.
Pamela blends a deeply intuitive approach with a grounded understanding of emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being. Through one-on-one sessions, group circles, and retreats in nature, she creates space to honor what has been carried, release what no longer serves, and reconnect with the light within. Her work is rooted in creating environments that feel safe, supportive, and deeply caring.
It is her honor to help host this sacred grief ritual, honoring Sobonfu Somé and her teachings, that grief is not meant to be carried alone, but shared, witnessed, and held together.
Education & Ongoing Study:
ICF-Trained Professional Coach (ACC) Coaching & the Art of Holding Space
Coaching Intensive Practicum (CIP) Transtheoretical Change Theory and MI, Addiction Recovery
ICF Continuing Coach Education (CCE) Group Coaching and Trauma Informed Healing Modalities
Certified Integrative Nutrition Health Coach, Institute for Integrative Nutrition, Whole-Person Health & Wellness
Certified International Health Coach, International Association for Health Coaches (IAHC)
BA, Fine Arts in Graphic Design & Illustration- Creative Healing Foundation, Minor in Business, University of Arizona
Please register using the form below:
Monthly Circle of Peace
April Circle of Peace
We are delighted to invite you to a Circle of Peace each month at The Light Center. Together, we’ll connect, breathe, reflect, and lift our prayers for the world—finding peace with one another and within ourselves.
About the monthly Circle of Peace series:
Each month brings a new theme, exploring drumming, storytelling, sound baths, artistic expression, and more, inspired by diverse prayer traditions and the healing power of nature. We gather to share intention, light, and presence. One circle. One prayer. One heart at a time. Everyone is welcome.
Dates: Fourth Sunday of each month
2/22, 3/22, 4/26, 5/24, 6/28, 7/26, 8/23, 9/27, 10/25, 11/22, 12/27
Time: 2:00–4:00 PM
Location: The Light Center
Hosted by: Pamela Martin and Robin Goff
Energy Exchange: TLC donations are always appreciated
Wellness Retreat For Women
Release - Reset - Reconnect: A Wellness Retreat for Women
Step away from the noise and into the stillness of nature for a day of deep restoration. This soul-nourishing retreat is designed to help you let go of what is no longer serving you and gently return to your truest, most joyful self.
You’ll take part in the following:
Transformative Breathwork Journey
Guided Mind/Body Practices
Intentional Time in Nature
Gentle, Nervous-System Supportive Movement
Reiki Energy Healing
Integration + Reflection Time
Community Connection (Catered Lunch Provided)
This retreat is for you if:
You've been feeling overwhelmed, overstimulated or disconnected.
You're ready to release emotional weight or old stories.
You crave time in nature to reset or recalibrate.
You desire space to simply be rather than constantly do.
You want to feel lighter, clearer and more aligned..
Facilitators:
Megan Cleveland is a trauma-informed and certified practitioner in breathwork, Reiki and Pilates. She is devoted to helping others release energetic blocks, reconnect with inner wisdom and step into their fullest, most aligned potential.
Shana Arnhold has a long background in conventional medicine with training in Mind-Body Medicine. She believes that true wellness requires us to look inward and is honored to help others navigate their own process.
Work & Play Day
Work & Play Day at The Light Center
Join us for a spring clean-up of the gardens and grounds, especially the Faerie Garden!
Wear work clothes, gloves and bring a picnic. We’ll have something to do for all ages and abilities.
Come and go as you please from 10am onward.
Sign-up using the form below:
Wonderful, Wise Wild-women
Wonderful, Wise Wild-Women Event
Women who ran with the wolves and now are walking hand and hand into a mystical future.
Hosted by: Elders Robin Goff, Donna Hanschu, and Shannon Musgrave, Intuitive Medium
When: 10am-3pm
Donations to TLC please, as you love to give.
Monthly Circle of Peace
March Circle of Peace: Anchored in Peace
Please join us to sit together in prayer. To remember that peace doesn’t begin out there, it begins within us. Through gentle meditation, shared prayer, and discussion, we’ll steady our hearts and lift the world into light and compassion.
When everything feels uncertain, come anchor in something deeper.
One circle. One prayer. One heart at a time.
About the monthly Circle of Peace series:
We are delighted to invite you to a Circle of Peace each month at The Light Center. Together, we’ll connect, breathe, reflect, and lift our prayers for the world—finding peace with one another and within ourselves. Each month brings a new theme, exploring drumming, storytelling, sound baths, artistic expression, and more, inspired by diverse prayer traditions and the healing power of nature. We gather to share intention, light, and presence. One circle. One prayer. One heart at a time. Everyone is welcome.
Dates: Fourth Sunday of each month
2/22, 3/22, 4/26, 5/24, 6/28, 7/26, 8/23, 9/27, 10/25, 11/22, 12/27
Time: 2:00–4:00 PM
Location: The Light Center
Hosted by: Pamela Martin and Robin Goff
Energy Exchange: TLC donations are always appreciated
Spring Equinox Sweatlodge
Join us for the Spring Equinox Sweatlodge
Hosted by: Merle Anderson, Navajo Leader
When: March 21st at 11 AM
Where: The Light Center
Please reserve your space by texting or calling Susan Tower: (913) 356-2525
Future Predictions
FUTURE PREDICTIONS 2026
The choices you make now matter.
2026 is going to be a PIVOTAL year for everyone! Learn the best direction to take in your life for the new year. Using the tools of Astrology and Numerology, presenter Kathryn Andries will teach participants how to understand their planetary and numerological influences for the coming year. She will teach participants how to apply this information to attain success in all areas of life, including relationships, career, health and more!
In this hands on workshop, we will explore how the planetary and numerological changes will affect the world globally, as well as individually. Participants will learn how to erect a numerological chart and calculate their numbers for success. Participants will also be guided on how to interpret their personalized astrology chart for 2026. No prior knowledge of numerology or astrology is required. You will leave with a personalized roadmap for 2026 that offers insight and direction so you can navigate the year with purpose and clarity. The future isn’t something that just happens to you—it’s something you can prepare for.
Course Benefits
Gain clarity for a pivotal year.
Understand why 2026 is a turning-point year and how to work with its energies instead of feeling overwhelmed and uncertain.
Make aligned life decisions.
Learn the most supportive directions to take in your relationships, career, health, and personal growth throughout 2026.
Understand global shifts and how they impact you personally
Explore major planetary and numerological changes affecting the world—and what they mean for your individual path.
Increase confidence in your intuition and self-trust
Learn to recognize patterns, cycles, and timing that help you trust your inner guidance.
Reserve your spot now and create your personalized roadmap for 2026
Date: Saturday, January 31
Time: 10-3
Fee: $130 (includes student notebook and astrology chart)
**Participants must e-mail the instructor at least 72 hours prior to class their birth information in order to receive their astrology chart. Include your birth day, month, year, time of birth, city and state, or city and country of birth. ( info@masteryourlifepurpose.com )
About your instructor: Kathryn Andries is a veteran teacher, author, public speaker and storyteller. She has been studying and teaching metaphysical topics for over 20 years. She has written 6 books on the topics of dreams, life purpose, relationships, and visualization. Kathryn earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Michigan and a holistic health practitioner degree from Body Mind College in California. She completed extensive studies in the intuitive arts at the Berkeley Psychic Institute, the School of Metaphysics, and the American Federation of Astrologers.
Full Circle: A Gratitude Day
Join us for a day of Gratitude
Before the holiday rush, join Robin Goff and Pamela Martin for a day of gratitude. A day to fill your heart, mind, and spirit, not your schedule. We’ll share stories, honor the present, move between silent reflection and expressive moments, and enjoy a cozy meal of homemade chili, fresh-baked bread, and farm-to-table garden salad.
Suggested Donation: $25-40
Please RSVP with the form below:
Volunteering Event: Singles Volunteer Day
9 AM–3 PM volunteer work, 3–5 PM fire pit, live music & hot cider – Step into the crisp autumn air, help the land, and meet others who value purpose, nature, and authentic connection.
Live Intuitive Readings Event
Live Intuitive Readings Event
Discover the wisdom stored in your subconscious through Edgar Cayce-style intuitive readings. These are not fortune-telling sessions, but powerful tools to uncover clarity about your past and present — so you can move forward with confidence. The readings are done by a facilitator who guides the reader into an unconscious state which removes interference from the conscious mind.
Why Attend?
Gain clarity in times of confusion
Identify and release blocks holding you back
Unlock gifts and life lessons from past lives
Make empowered, soul-aligned decisions
Understand the bigger picture of your purpose
Your Reading Choices:
Past Life Reading – uncover a significant past life and its lessons for today
Past Life Relationship Reading – explore shared history and growth between two souls
Health Reading – discover imbalances and receive guidance for mind-body-spirit wellness
Only 4 reading spots available per session. (Observers welcome if spaces fill.)
Date: Saturday, October 25th,
Time: 3:30-7 pm
Location: The Light Center, 1542 Woodson Road, Baldwin City
Investment: $195 (includes an MP3 of your reading)
Volunteering Event: Family Harvest Fun Day
10 AM–3 PM – A lively, family-friendly day of volunteering with a Micro Farm Amazing Race—lend a hand in different areas, earn badges, and wrap up with family trivia, hot cider, and optional pumpkin carving. All ages welcome! (No pets, please—we’ll host pet-friendly events soon!)
"Raise The Roof" Open House at Unity Village
The 2025 ANTN Retreat makes its debut in at the newly-remodeled R.D. Goppert Event Center at Unity Village. To celebrate, we're opening the doors for all of our neighbors. Register for FREE Admission to this great event!
2025 Freedom of Expression Grief Retreat for Suicide Loss
2025 Freedom of Expression Retreat: for People Grieving Loved Ones Who Have Died By Suicide
Saturday, October 4, 2025 will be the 19th annual Freedom of Expression retreat for people living with grief after the deaths of Loved Ones by Suicide. Always in-person at The Light Center.
Details:
Includes time for stories of our loved ones & our grief. Sharing love, sadness, laughter, & more. Plus opportunities for walks, energy healing, chair massage, creativity, & more.
Snacks, drinks, & lunch provided. Vegan, Vegetarian, Gluten-Free and Omnivore options will be available. Participants are encouraged to bring what is suitable for their special needs.
Suggested donation to "Unity Light Center": $40 to $60 per person, to cover costs including some scholarships for people unable to pay. You may donate by following the link below. Payment by cash or check to "The Light Center" at the door is also fine.
Learn More:
The roots of this retreat began growing with Robin Goff, founder of The Light Center, and Rose Eiesland Foster & her family. Long before the 1st Freedom of Expression retreat in 2007, Rose's family made sure she participated in a retreat for cancer survivors at TLC. Although Rose survived bouts of cancers, Gordon Foster, Rose's beloved husband, died by suicide on May 4, 2004. And in 2007 Rose asked, "Do you think we could do a retreat for suicide loss survivors at The Light Center?" Robin and I/Marcia answered, "Yes!" And the poster for our 1st retreat, the one in November 2007, was created by a very young Georgia Foster, Gordon & Rose's daughter.
Through the years of our retreat, we have formed a Grief Support Team providing special grief support experiences. Some of us will be Helper-Participants at this retreat.
Each of us has much personal experience with grief after the deaths of loved ones as well as professional training & experience: Marcia Epstein, Social Worker for Suicide, Grief, & More; Rose Eiesland Foster, Social Worker for Veterans & for Grief; Robin Goff, Retired Nurse, Energy Healer & Hospice Chaplain; Donna Hanschu, Grief Support Person for Families & Individuals; Shannon Musgrave, Retired Nurse & Intuitive Medium; and Jancy Pettit, energy artist & healer. In 2025, our expanded team includes Kevin Gates, Andy Lewis, Kelly McCoy, & John Musgrave. Kevin & Kelly each with much professional experience responding to crises, and personal experience as dads living with grief after one of their sons died by suicide. Andy brings a great depth of experience as a hospice nurse. John has decades of personal & helping experience, especially related to veterans, as he is a Combat Veteran of Vietnam.
Volunteering Event: Barn Clean-Up October 3rd
Fridays, 9 AM–12 PM – Deep-clean and organize the barn while connecting with fellow volunteers and keeping our community space welcoming.
Volunteering Event: Coop & Kindling
All-day Saturday & Sunday – Help rebuild our chicken coop and cut firewood for winter. Work side by side with others and feel the satisfaction of contributing to a thriving space.
Intuition Workshop with Tim Sippola
In this workshop we will be exploring our purpose, what are we here for, and the meaning we give our lives.
Grief Retreat Day
Grief keeps coming in wave after wave.
Let's create some healing waves of Love!
New Moon in Aries
Come journey through the energetic realm with Kelli Worsley of Satyam Soul Healing, with qi gong, dance, and guided meditations to explore the body's infinite healing potential.
Forest Bathing Nature Walk
An opportunity to support your child to foster a healthy connection to the medicine of Mother Nature.
Sacred Balance: A Spring Equinox Revival
This deeply restorative retreat is your sacred space to shed the weight of winter and emerge refreshed, realigned, and radiant.
Trading Post & Community Exchange
Check out the trading post and community exchange. Learn all about it and see what’s available.
Future Predictions
Explore how the planetary and numerological changes will affect the world globally, as well as individually. Learn how to erect a numerological chart and calculate their numbers for success.
Woodstock 2025
Join us to gather firewood... There’s something for everyone to do, from chainsaws to splitting to picking up kindling!
Transform Your Relationships – Evolutionary Look at Sexuality with Diane Tegmeier MSW, Part 2
Part 2: Co-creative Sexuality and Relationships in Community.
Explore an Evolutionary Look at the Cell's Principles in Sexual and Community Relationships.
Transform your Relationships with ‘The Sacred Cell’ as Your Guide, with Diane Tegtmeier MSW, Part 1
Part 1: The Cell's Model and Family Relationships
Learn the principles by which the cell membrane manages all relationships in living systems and apply them to your family relationships in experiential exercises.
Winter Solstice Sweatlodge & Fire Ceremony
Join us in celebration of the winter solstice with lunch, fire and sweatlodge ceremony.
Hit Pause: A Time for Grief
Carve out time to be with your grief and take a deep breath.
Host your next event at The Light Center.
Event space is available in The Barn and 30 ft. Pacific Yurt.
For a tour of the facilities, booking or more details, please contact us.
