The Uncommon Cafe
2024-10-19 09:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York) | Sanctuary at Common Street Spiritual Center, 13 Common Street, Natick, MA, 01760, United States
The Uncommon Cafe offers simplicity, quality ingredients, love and intention. Grab a drink, learn more about your drinks ingredients, and build a deeper relationship with your morning brew. We will offer Prophecy Chocolate’s own ceremonial cacao. ethically sourced coffee from Karma Coffee, and a homemade tea blend made by Colleen Puzas. Share a drink, open your heart, and build community while starting your morning with intention. Come and visit us this Saturday at the Common Street Spiritual Center in Natick, MA from 9-11am!

Circling
2024-11-10 15:00 - 17:30 | Choir Room @ Common Street Spiritual Center, 13 Common Street, Natick, 01760, United States
Join us to experience The Practice of Circling if you
• Want to know yourself more deeply
• Want to experience and get to know others
• Want to free yourself of unconscious wirings that may not serve you anymore
• Want to practice awareness, mindfulness, connection, and love
• And / or want to experience a state of Being.
The practice of circling involves participants sitting in a circle and engaging in a shared experience that fosters connection, reflection, and mindfulness.
We sit with quiet attention, until someone chooses to share with the group what they are experiencing, sensing, observing, or imagining.
Over time, as such sharing occurs, a shift can happen so that you experience a different sense of Self, or even an experience of Being (which some may call God).
This is in contrast to day-to-day life, in which one often experiences lots of Doing!
Doing is necessary; and taking time to experience Being may be helpful to all aspects of one’s life.
Dinner table conversations can be nice, but they tend to be people’s personalities doing their personality thing; in the practice of circling, the personality is put into the background, and Being and Connecting come into the foreground.
–Intended for experienced circlers as well as anyone new to the practice.
–Paul Gerzon, Facilitator
$: no charge for first time
You must be there by 3:00 p.m., on time; you may leave early if you need to.

Men's Wisdom Council
2024-11-14 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-12-12 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-12-26 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-01-09 19:00 - 21:00
What does it mean to be a “Man”?
Most men find that there is no clear answer to that question. It’s never been easy being a man. We take on the roles that society assigns us, without being given clear instructions. Role models that are offered up to us, don’t speak to our deeper concerns, or rarely reply from the depths that our spirit require.
Councils have long been used by many traditions and cultures as a way to come together and gain a greater understanding of the world. The Men’s Wisdom Council continues this sacred tradition of sharing and for deep listening. Our circle we will strive to create a safe, supportive, and non-judgmental space; where we can take turns telling our stories, sharing our concerns, and learning from each other, as we explore how we, as men, walk through the stages of our lives.
All men are welcome to drop in and participate in our circle. Please contact Michael Corthell (michaelacorthell@gmail.com) for any questions that you may have.

QMMUNITY: Connecting with LGBTQIA+ Neighbors
2025-02-13 18:30 - 20:00 | Sanctuary at Common Street Spiritual Center, 13 Common Street, Natick, MA, 01760, United States
This is a gathering of LGBTQIA+ neighbors to create a sense of belonging in a time of uneasiness and uncertainty. The goal is to bring together like-minded folks to get to know each other, discuss what’s on the mind, and create community and connection. This event can be used as a conduit for organizing, fun projects, support, activism, and a starting point for additional meetings and gatherings.
Snacks will be served.
Sign-up is encouraged: https://forms.gle/mBmDheBAbBHPn3ha9
Contact Rich at QMMUNITYGroup@gmail.com for more information.
This community event is free.

Annual Business Meeting of Common Street Spiritual Center
2025-02-24 19:00 - 20:30 | Virtual Meeting
Every year, our community has an annual business meeting, facilitated by our council (aka board) to which all members are invited. At this meeting, members of the community have a chance to hear updates about how our center is doing and what our goals are going forward, engage in discussion, and also to vote on important topics like our budget and the election of new members of our council (aka board).
This year’s annual meeting is scheduled for Monday, February 24th at 7pm, and will be held virtually via zoom. Here’s the link: https://commonstreet.zoom.us/j/99306609037
Attendance at the meeting is highly encouraged, because we are seeking to have a solid quorum of members present. If you are getting this email, you are a member of the Spiritual Center community and we do ask that you attend the meeting if possible.
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Our community functions as a small democracy where each member has a voice and a vote, and the most important decisions come before the community as a whole for discussion and a vote. The annual business meeting is open to the wider community, like “friends” of the center who may be interested in learning more, but only members are allowed to vote.
If you cannot be there on Feb 24th at 7pm, our council is working on a way to include more members in the process by sending out a recording of the meeting afterwards, along with a survey that would at least informally give folks who missed the meeting a chance to vote or voice questions or comments for a two week window after the meeting.
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This year, we will be asking the community to vote on this proposed budget for 2025. [insert link] If you have questions about the budget, please do ask them in advance by emailing the council at council@commonstreet.org.
We will also be sharing a report about our spending in the last calendar year with updates about what we accomplished, how the community is growing and developing, and forecasts of our plans for 2025, including invitations for community members to get more engaged.
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Currently, our council is working to recruit new members to fill vacancies, both for our council itself and for key teams that we are seeking to build around fundraising, membership, and volunteer engagement. Hopefully, at the annual meeting, we will be ready to present candidates for the council to the community for a vote. We will keep you updated as we learn more, and let you know more about who the candidates may be in advance of the meeting. Also, we want to invite members of the community to view this page to find out more about the openings on our council and to express interest if they feel called to serve in this way. https://commonstreet.org/growing-our-council/
Similarly, if you feel called to serve, or if you simply want to learn more about the volunteer openings in the key areas of fundraising, membership, and/or volunteer engagement, please visit this page to learn more and express interest: https://commonstreet.org/forming-core-volunteer-teams/
As we move into 2025, one of our goals is to strengthen the volunteer structure of the community, which we believe will add to our overall resilience and our ability to accomplish the goals we envision.
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Current member of the Common Street Council:
Laura Hake, Samuel Gloyd, Michael Corthell, Damon Farnum, Ian Mevorach
The council can be reached by email at council@commonstreet.org

Volunteer Information Session
2025-08-26 18:30 - 20:30 | Sanctuary at Common Street Spiritual Center, 13 Common Street, Natick, MA, 01760, United States
For current volunteers and people interested in volunteering at Common Street Spiritual Center, this gathering is an opportunity to meet other volunteers and to hear about the many opportunities for volunteering at the Center. Our core values for volunteering are Service, Connection and Fun. We believe a strong volunteer network is an essential element of the interwoven fabric of community at Common Street Spiritual Center.
The meeting runs from 7:00 to 8:30 in the Sanctuary, but feel free to arrive between 6:30 and 7:00 for informal mingling. Optional: bring a snack or dessert to share!
RSVP HERE

Rite of the Womb: Mother's Blessing
2025-10-18 17:00 - 21:00 | Sanctuary at Common Street Spiritual Center, 13 Common Street, Natick, MA, 01760, United States
Join us for The Rite of the Womb, a monthly women’s circle held every third Saturday at Common Street Spiritual Center in Natick.
This sacred gathering offers a space to connect, heal, and celebrate your feminine essence through empowering workshops and community. The evening culminates in the Rite of the Womb, a shamanic initiation for releasing fear and ancestral pain, and reclaiming your inner power. Throughout the evening, you’ll be embraced by a supportive women’s community and sisterhood, fostering connections that uplift and inspire.
This month’s workshop explores how the feminine path to spirituality is rooted in the body, offering daily invitations to surrender, trust, and deepen our intuition. When we think of spiritual practice, we often picture structured rituals like meditation or retreats. But for women, spiritual growth is also built into our biology—through menstrual cycles, pregnancy, birth, motherhood, and menopause. Instead of forcing ourselves into linear routines, we’ll reclaim the wisdom of our natural rhythms and reconnect with the power already within us.
A unique and exciting celebration that will be taking place this month will be a Mother’s Blessing Ceremony for a sister in our community. A Mother’s Blessing is a sacred rite of passage that honors the emotional, spiritual, and physical journey into motherhood. Rooted in ancient feminine traditions, it shifts the focus from baby to mother—celebrating her body, intuition, and inner strength. Surrounded by a circle of women, she is supported through ritual, storytelling, and shared wisdom, inviting deep surrender and connection to the cyclical power of creation. This ceremony is a return to embodied spirituality, where motherhood is honored as a sacred threshold.
What to bring to the Mother’s Blessing:

An offering for the mother to be can be energetic or material, some examples:

Flowers

Personal elements like a song, prayer or scripture

Meaningful keepsakes for her to put on her altar in her birthing space

Jewelry/crystals

Massage/foot soak

Simply yourself

A snack to share with the group

A personal water bottle

Any items you would like honored on the collective altar

Divination tools you work with

Contact Sherry at owls.rising@gmail.com or 617-980-6022 with any questions or concerns.
Suggested donation to support the space and group is $33, although no one will be turned away for financial hardship
Preregistration highly recommended: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mothers-blessing-ceremony-at-rite-of-the-womb-tickets-1763473519769?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl

Rite of the Womb
2025-11-15 17:00 - 21:00 | Sanctuary at Common Street Spiritual Center, 13 Common Street, Natick, MA, 01760, United States
Join us for The Rite of the Womb, a monthly women’s circle held every third Saturday at Common Street Spiritual Center in Natick.
This sacred gathering offers a space to connect, heal, and celebrate your feminine essence through empowering workshops and community. The evening culminates in the Rite of the Womb, a shamanic initiation for releasing fear and ancestral pain, and reclaiming your inner power. Throughout the evening, you’ll be embraced by a supportive women’s community and sisterhood, fostering connections that uplift and inspire.

QMMUNITY: Connecting with LGBTQIA+ Neighbors
2025-11-20 18:30 - 20:00
Join us as we connect the community of LGBTQIA+ neighbors in Natick and beyond.
QMMUNITY is a gathering of LGBTQIA+ neighbors to create a sense of belonging in a time of uneasiness and uncertainty. The goal is to bring together like-minded folks to get to know each other, discuss what’s on the mind, and create community and connection. This event can be used as a conduit for organizing, fun projects, support, activism, and a starting point for additional meetings and gatherings.
Thursday, November 20, 2025
6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Common Street Spiritual Center, Sanctuary – 13 Common St, Natick, MA 01760
Snacks will be served. This community event is free.
Sign-up is encouraged: https://forms.gle/RKY6kQNDCCsJkKxf8
Contact Rich at QMMUNITYGroup@gmail.com for more information.

Rite of the Womb
2025-12-27 17:00 - 21:00 | Sanctuary at Common Street Spiritual Center, 13 Common Street, Natick, MA, 01760, United States
Join us for The Rite of the Womb, a monthly women’s circle, typically held every third Saturday at Common Street Spiritual Center in Natick.

This sacred gathering offers a space to connect, heal, and celebrate your feminine essence through empowering workshops and sacred sisterhood. The evening culminates in the Rite of the Womb, a shamanic ceremony for releasing fear and ancestral pain to reclaim your inner power. Throughout the evening, you’ll be embraced by a supportive women’s community, fostering connections that uplift and inspire.
As the year winds down and the emotions stirred by holiday gatherings rise to the surface, we’re offered a powerful moment to pause, reflect, and reset. This threshold between one year ending and a new one beginning is an ideal time to release what no longer serves and consciously invite in what you wish to cultivate. For this month’s Rite of the Womb, we will be working with the elements through powerful water and fire ceremonies for cleansing and transformation. Through the soothing, nourishing flow of water and the igniting, transmutative energy of fire, you’ll be guided to let go of the old while awakening clarity and intention for the year ahead. Honoring the complementary forces of the elements, we create a sacred ceremonial space with ritual practices to dissolve the past, open the heart, and manifest new possibilities with purpose and renewal.
Suggested items to bring if you feel called:

a waterbottle or personal beverage
a snack to share with the group
journal and/or writing utensil
divination tools you work with
List of what you would like to release and/or what you would like to manifest
Offerings for the fire and water
items to be honored on the communal altar
instruments, rattles or drums
anything else that you feel can support you or the space

Contact Sherry at owls.rising@gmail.com or via text or WhatsApp at 617-980-6022 with any questions or concerns.
Although preregistration is not required, it is helpful for event preparations. Suggested donation to support the center, workshop supplies and the group is $22 to $44, although no one will be turned away for financial hardship.
Preregister using the following form link: https://forms.gle/SiZUYrMemju433yK8

Rite of the Womb
2026-01-17 17:00 - 21:00, 2026-02-21 17:00 - 21:00, 2026-03-21 17:00 - 21:00, 2026-04-18 17:00 - 21:00, 2026-05-16 17:00 - 21:00, 2026-06-20 17:00 - 21:00, 2026-07-18 17:00 - 21:00, 2026-08-15 17:00 - 21:00 and 7 more dates | Sanctuary at Common Street Spiritual Center, 13 Common Street, Natick, MA, 01760, United States
Join us for The Rite of the Womb, a monthly women’s circle, typically held every third Saturday at Common Street Spiritual Center in Natick.

This sacred gathering offers a space to connect, heal, and celebrate your feminine essence through empowering workshops and sacred sisterhood. The evening culminates in the Rite of the Womb, a shamanic ceremony for releasing fear and ancestral pain to reclaim your inner power. Throughout the evening, you’ll be embraced by a supportive women’s community, fostering connections that uplift and inspire.
Specific theme and workshop details will be updated in the Common Street Spiritual Center calendar event description within the month leading up to the event: https://commonstreet.org/series/rite-of-the-womb-mothers-blessing/
Contact Sherry at owls.rising@gmail.com or via text or WhatsApp at 617-980-6022 with any questions or concerns.
Although preregistration is not required, it is helpful for event preparations. Suggested donation to support the center, workshop supplies and the group is $22 to $44, although no one will be turned away for financial hardship.
Preregister using the following form link: https://forms.gle/SiZUYrMemju433yK8

QMMUNITY: Connecting with LGBTQIA+ Neighbors
2026-02-26 18:30 - 20:00 | Common Street Spiritual Center, 13 Common Street, Natick, 01760, United States
QMMUNITY is a gathering of LGBTQIA+ neighbors and allies to create a sense of belonging in a time of uneasiness and uncertainty. The goal is to bring together like-minded folks to get to know each other, discuss what’s on the mind, and create community and connection. This event can be used as a conduit for organizing, fun projects, support, activism, and a starting point for additional meetings and gatherings.
Thursday, February 26, 2026
6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Common Street Spiritual Center, Sanctuary – 13 Common St, Natick, MA 01760
Snacks will be served. This community event is free.
Sign-up is encouraged.
Contact Rich at QMMUNITYGroup@gmail.com for more information.
