What should I wear or bring to ritual?
Do I have to be 18 to attend?
Do I have to be a member to attend a ritual?
Can women be Druids?
All you folks look awfully, well, white -- can I participate even if I don't have Celtic/Greek ancestors?
Are you a part of Gaia Community?
What are all those funny italicized words, like uisce na beatha and Bíodh sé?

  What should I wear or bring to ritual?
Wear whatever you are comfortable wearing to a pagan ritual. If ritual robes or jewelry are important to you, then we encourage you to bring and wear them, but we do not require any particular garb in our public rituals. In general, you do not need to bring any tools, offerings, or supplies to a public ritual.

  Do I have to be 18 to attend?
If you come with your parents or legal guardians, you can attend rituals or meetings. If you want to come without them, but are not yet 18, you must bring a signed and notarized permission slip.

  Do I have to be a member to attend a ritual?
No, our public rituals and meetings are just that -- open to the public. You do not have to be a member of ADF or the Wild Hare Protogrove to attend. Our public rituals are designed to be "user-friendly" for anyone attending, whether they are long-time Druids or first-time visitors. Also, you do not have to be an ADF member to become a member of the protogrove, but some ADF programs and positions are only open to ADF members. We are still working out the details of our membership requirements, and will publish them in our bylaws when we charter as an official grove.

  Can women be Druids?
Of course! Even in ancient times, there is evidence that in many Indo-European cultures women played a strong role in religious life and practice. And in any case, our modern updating means that there are no restrictions on anyone's participation based on gender or sexual preference.

  All you folks look awfully, well, white -- can I participate even if I don't have Celtic/Greek ancestors?
While some ancient cultures were fairly homogeneous and most everyone shared a common ancestry, that is no longer the case today! If you are called to worship with us, we welcome you no matter what.

  Are you a part of Gaia Community?
Although many of Wild Hare's friends and members also belong to the only pagan Unitarian Universalist Congregation in the Kansas City area, the two groups are wholly separate in organizational structure.

  What are all those funny italicized words, like uisce na beatha and Bíodh sé?
Our rituals will often include key phrases from Scottish or Irish Gaelic, Ancient Greek, or the native tongues of other hearth cultures as appropriate. Much like listening to a traditional Latin Mass, there is strength and beauty in using more traditional language in ritual. We will usually explain what the English translation of a phrase or word is during ritual, or feel free to ask after ritual if you'd like to know more.