Rockford Grange Events

January 3, 2026 - 10am to 5pm
Rockford Grange Strategic Visioning Retreat
For Members, Prospective Members and Friends of the Grange

This will be an interactive, fun, experiential event as part of our Grange revitalization initiative. We'll be doing visioning, some inspiration and activities both for our personal visioning for the year ahead, and what might be life-giving and delightful for ourselves, the Rockford Grange, and our community.

We hope to establish priorities, sketch out a calendar for the year, with the possibility of identifying focus topics for some interest groups. We'd love your creativity, insight, and genius in the rich mix! We'd love for you to attend, even if you are only able to come for part of the day.

Visioning starts in the morning. Please bring a dish to share and old magazines and scissors if you have them, for collaging for one of the morning activities. And there'll be plenty of supplies for all. What is ahead in this fresh new year?

Bring your aspirations and inspirations and curiosity... RSVP to info@rockfordgrange.net

Join us for our Monthly Second Thursday Potluck

Thursday, January 8 from 5:30 - 8 pm

A reminder that in 2026 we will be meeting on the second Thursdays of each month. Potluck 5:30-6:30, then meetup and activity from 6:30 to 8pm. Our first gathering and activity will be on Thursday, January 8th starting at 5:30pm. Please bring a dish to share.

The activity will be garden planning and possible bulk seed buying along with an option for mending sweaters, socks, and more. Planning: We'll go over some basic considerations for regenerative and permaculture approaches to interplanting guilds for those interested in garden planning. Plus we'll have some resources for those interested in companion planting. Let's all bring our seed catalogs if we have them. If there is interest in buying seeds together, we can explore bulk seed buying. We can also explore the possibility of each starting certain plants for each other and having a start swap later in the season.

MENDING: We'll have a basic range of darning and mending materials, including needles, spools of wool yarn, some threads and patch cloths, crochet hooks, and more. Plus a copy of Erin Lewis-Fitzgerald's Modern Mending: How to Minimize Waste and Maximize Style.

Grange Members, Prospective Members, and Friends of the Grange welcome!

Weekly Events

Sundays

10-11:30 am. Mid-Columbia Unitarian Universalists (MCUUF) gather upstairs at the Rockford Grange for service. Open to all. To learn more, visit mcuuf2.org (Except Nov 2, 2025 due to Fill Your Pantry)
11:30 - 1 pm. Coffee hour downstairs (part of MCUUF)

Wednesdays

4-6 pm. Gorge Farmer Collective order pick up. An online farmers market with distributed pickup locations throughout the Gorge.

Order Monday-Thursday and pick up Wednesdays from 4-6 pm at the side door of the Rockford Grange.

Monthly Events at the Grange

Second Thursdays

Monthly Grange Potluck and Meeting 5:30 pm-8 pm. Monthly potlucks are a chance for us to connect, plan events and make decisions about the future of the Grange. We try to keep meetings to half an hour. The rest is for connection - there’s often a crafting element and seasonal activities. This is a gathering for members and Friends of the Grange. If you’re not currently a member or Friend of the Grange, please send an email to info@rockfordgrange.net for a special invitation.

Third Fridays

Men’s Group 9-11 am, Downstairs: Led by Dale. Contact Dale at 503-805-9792 to learn more. No drop-ins, please.

Fourth Thursdays

Book Mobile 3:15 pm - 4:15 pm in the parking lot. Open to all.

Seasonal Events at the Grange

Spring Equinox and Contra Dance

Seed Swap (taking a break for 2025, reach out to vend in 2026)

May Day and Contra Dance

Plant Sale (taking a break for 2025, reach out to vend in 2026)

Summer Solstice

Ice Cream Social (Aug 2, 2025: 3-6 pm)

Fall Harvest and Contra Dance (October 2025)

Yes We Can! Preservation Festival (Sep 25, 2025 from 4-8 pm) reach out to be a presenter)

Fill Your Pantry Bulk Buying Event (Nov 2, 2025 from 12-4 pm - reach out to vend)

Host an event at the Grange

Rockford Grange Hall is available to rent for all, with members receiving a discount. We offer a venue that can host a variety of events at an affordable rate. Dances, weddings, quinceañeras, banquets, meetings, workshops and classes are just some of the events we book regularly. If you’d like to host another type of event, please contact us to see if Rockford Grange Hall is the place for you. You can check our calendar to see if the date you’d like is available.

We encourage new groups to form through our Community Group or Class Sponsorship Program (more info coming soon)…

Examples of groups we encourage to apply: Co-working Groups, Yoga Classes, Game Groups, Art Groups, Meditation Groups, Book Clubs, Spiritual Groups, Life Skills Groups, Women’s Groups, Queer Groups, Men’s Groups, Youth Groups, Day Cares, Food Clubs, Exercise Groups, Dance Groups, Music Groups, etc…

Host Your Own Event