Salisbury Earth Based Spirituality Group
"Putting Mother Earth back into Earth Based Spirituality"
Group Established March of 2001
Website Last Updated: July 21st, 2002
Welcome to our No Frills Web Site!
The Salisbury Earth Based Spirituality Group has joined the Eastern Shore Pagan Alliance. Please check out their calender for Outdoor events and Pagan Night Outs.
The Salisbury Earth Based Spirituality Group is an eclectic group that meets at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship at Salisbury.
It is the mission of SEBSG to promote the practice of Earth healing though the use of spiritual and environmental action. It is our dream to heal the Earth and to foster spiritually that loves and respects Mother Nature. We also offer our members outdoor events for fun and fellowship with each other and the Earth on the Lower Eastern Shore. We encourage all faiths, genders, races, and sexual orientations to grow together in our work to save the environment.
We hold “Merry Meet Socials” once a month during the week. Starting in June our meetings will be on the 2nd Monday of the month. We also have an outdoor activity one weekend per month. Past outdoor activities include cannoeing, hiking, and beach cleanups! See Calender below for more info!
SEBSG FAQ List
Event Guidelines
NOTE: We have a new RSVP email address: emberheart75@yahoo.com
- Please RSVP to emberheart75@yahoo.com if you are planning to attend so we can bring enough craft supplies.
- Unless otherwise noted children are welcome when accompanied by an adult.
- If weather interferes with our activities, I will post any changes in plans to the announcement list and to the web site, in that order.
- Donations are accepted and will go towards gardening supplies for the UUFS as per a "meeting space in exchange for gardening work" arrangement.
- Non-Alcoholic refreshments and or crafting supplies are also an encouraged donation!
- The best way to keep informed of our events is to join our announcement list at the link below.
Directions to our Event Locations
To the UUFS:
To give you an idea the UUFS is located a few streets behind the Maryland Vehicular Association
(MVA) on Rt. 50 just outside Salisbury, between
Salisbury and Ocean City. On 50, going East, make a
left onto Tilghman Rd. Tilghman ends at a T. Make
a right then the next left onto Jerome Drive.
The UUFS is on the corner of Old Ocean City Rd. and Jerome. There is a nice map at their web site, see the link below.
Phone: 410-749-0264
To Trap Pond:
Trap Pond State Park is located five miles east of Laurel, off Delaware Route 24. The park is one mile down County Road 449. See map at link below.
Phone: Park Office 302-875-5153, Baldcypress Nature Center: 302-857-5163
To Pocomoke River State Park, Shad Landing Area:
The Park is on Rt 113, just 4 miles south of Snow Hill. From Salisbury take Rt 12/Snow Hill Rd traveling south about 18 miles. Continue straight through Snow Hill until you reach Market Street. Turn right at the light and follow Market Street out of Snow Hill. This street will merge into Rt. 113 South. Shad Landing is approximately one mile on the right. More information at web site, below.
Phone: 410-632-2566
To Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge,VA:
From Salisbury, take Route 13 south to Route 175 (about 5 miles past Pocomoke City, MD), east on 175 to Chincoteague Island, then east on Maddox Blvd. to Assateague Island National Seashore and Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge signs. See web link below for maps!
Phone: 757-336-6122
To Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Cambridge, MD:
Blackwater NWR is located about 12 miles south of Cambridge, MD. From US 50, turn south on Route 16. Follow Route 16 about 7 miles to Church Creek, JD, and trun south on Route 335. Follow Route 335 about 4 miles and turn east on Key Wallace Drive. The visitor center is located about 1 mile from the intersection and the headquarters is a mile past the visitor center. Parking is $3/vehicle.
Phone: 410-228-2692
To Pemberton Park, Salisbury, MD:
Located on Pemberton Drive, just off of Nanticoke Road.
Phone: Mathew Lustig 410-860-1447
Calendar of SEBSG Events
For more "Earth Centered" events local to the Lower Eastern Shore please visit: Eastern Shore Pagan Alliance
March 2002
Wednesday 6th: Ostara Bunny Wall Hainging
-Details: The Ostara Bunnies are very cheap and easy to make, no sewing involved! Anyone interested in them
needs to bring the following for each rabbit they wish
to make:
- 1 Regular sized dish cloth
- 2 Washcloths
- 1 Piece of yarn or ribbon roughly 2 ft long
If you'd like your bunny to hold something, they look
really cute with some small dried flowers or herbs. You can buy the small packs of cheap dishcloths and washcloths from Wal-Mart or even Family Dollar. They are very simple to make, so bring material for more than one-they make great gifts!
Saturday 9th: Gardening Party, 1pm at the UUFS
-Details: In order to use the UUFS's meeting space we are responsible for caring for the flower garden. Join us at our Gardening Party for some fun in the dirt! Donations of soaker hoses, and bulbs would be apreciated! We also need to buy mulch, but we are looking into the cost of purchasing a truck load. More information TBA!
April 2002
Wednesday 3rd: Family Game Night, 7pm UUFS
-Details: Bring your favorite board game and a refreshment for an evening of fun and games!
Sunday April 28th: Wicomico County Pemberton Park, 2pm
-Details:Hike the trails which have been newly improved. Meet at the Manor at 2pm, or carpool from the UUFS at 1:30pm!
May 2002
Wednesday 8th: Tarot Reading for Personal Growth, 7pm UUFS
-Details: Helen "Bell" Haughey from the "Bell Book and Candle" shop in Dover,DE is making the trip all the way to Salisbury to hold this class on using tarot for personal growth. There is a $5/person charge for this class which will go directly to Helen. For more info on her and the shop in Dover, DE please visit: www.downtowndover.com
Sunday, May 26th: Edible Wild Plants and Historic -Herbs, 2pm Pemberton Park, Salisbury, MD
-Details: "As fields, woods, and gardens grow and blossom this Spring, visit Pemberton to learn abou the edible and useful wild plants that grow in our woods and wildlands, and the herbs that graced colonial gardens. Learn about the uses of spicebush, sassafras, rosemary, lavender, cattail, mint, and many others." Please preregister by calling 410-860-2447. Cost is $3/person or $10/family of four.
June 2002
Monday 10th: Falun Dafa with Suzanne, 7pm, UUFS
-Details: Falun Dafa is a traditional Chinese Cultivation system of mind body and spirit, consisting of five exercise sets. Suzanne is the only local practioner of this ancient practice, and will be giving a free talk and demostration. Please register by June 1st, so that she can bring enough handouts for everyone!
Saterday June 1st: Canoe Cleanup of the Sinepuxent Bay, 10 a.m.- 2 p.m.
-Details: "The Assateague State Park and the Maryland Coastal Bays Program will be
sponsoring the fifth annual canoe cleanup of the Sinepuxent Bay behind Assateague on Saturday, June 1 from 10 a.m.- 2 p.m. Volunteers will begin at the State Park Boat Ramp across from the National Seashore Visitors Center on Route 611. From there, canoers will paddle the shoreline and pick up debris which will be consolidated into a trash-gathering motorboat.
The State Park can provide a total of only 25 canoes, but anyone who owns their own paddling vessel is encouraged to bring it. Those using park equipment must be at least 14 years old to paddle, but children of all ages are welcome to ride as passengers and gather refuse. Volunteers may get wet and should dress accordingly.For information call Dave Wilson at the Maryland Coastal Bays Program at 410-213-2297 or Denise McNamara at Assateague State Park at 410-641-2120 ext. 20."
Links to our Event Locations
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship at Salisbury
Map to Trap Pond, Laural DE
Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge
Pocomoke River State Park/Shad Landing
