Clergy and Ministerial Interns

Clergy

Clergy are trained for life, and licensed yearly. All clergy can be reached through Ecumenicon Fellowship. Write or call Charles Butler, 3205 Kimberly Road, Hyattsville, MD 20782; 240-764-5748; or Larry Obern, 18A. S. Paula Street, Laurel, MD 20724; 301-346-3386.

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Rev. Rosemary Kooiman	Adept, Nomadic Chantry of the Grammarye	Ancestor in perpetuity.	On May 1, 2007, her husband Abraham Kooiman, Purple Heart, and she received a joint tombstone at Arlington National Cemetery with the symbol of their faith, the Pentacle. We will always remember her every Beltaine.
Rev. Charles Butler Neto	Interfaith Minister, Rising Sun Congregation	Trustee, 3205 Kimberly Road, Hyattsville, MD 20707. (240) 764-5748.	Interfaith minister, trained as ecumenical minister with Christian, Wiccan, Jewish, and Ifan traditions. Available for handfastings, weddings, child blessings and other life passages. Lecturer, teacher, and ritualist. chazzer3332000 @ yahoo.com.
Rev. Fredrick Blanken	Rainbow Shaman, Good Medicine Society	Parsippany, New Jersey;	Training in Shamanic Native American traditions and delegate to the National Prayer Vigil. Outreach to persons in recovery. fblanken @ comcast.net.
Rev. Patricia Taylor (Lady Luna Rose)	Sacristan, Crossroads	Silver Spring, MD	Training in ritual, sacred space, herbalism, history, and comparative theology. Member of Ord Brighead. childsight @ yahoo.com.
Rev. Jeffrey Carey	Priest & Adept, Four Quarters	2609 Hillside Terrace, Winchester, VA. jeff.carey@live.com	3rd Degree Wiccan priest. Available for: all ministerial duties to include but not limited to: weddings, handfastings, baby blessings, counseling, funerals, and prison visits as called for.
Rev. Elissa Carey (Lady Holda)	Wise Woman		Training in healing arts. 3rd Degree Wiccan priestess.
Anna-Sara Fire	Interfaith Minister	Ecumenicon Fellowship, 593 Lowell Road, Warminster, PA 18974, (215) 396-3818.	Rev. Anna-Sara Fire (Ecu 2008, Ecu 2009) is a Master of Divinity candidate with Stockholm University, focused on Sami Studies, and an Interfaith Minister with Ecumenicon Fellowship with a focus in Christian, UU, and Shamanic studies. For the past 3 years she has been a student of Shamanism under Rev. Dr. Crow Swimsaway and Bekki Shiningheart of the Church of Earth Healing. She presented the Play “Ruth” as her internship project in Queer Studies. She is embarking on an intensive course in chaplaincy.
Rev. Rik Fire	Interfaith Minister, Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Reiki Master	Trustee, Ecumenicon Fellowship, 593 Lowell Road, Warminster, PA 18974, (215) 396-3818. rfire @ magellanhealth.com	Rik is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Reiki Master. He operates a private practice and also works for national behavioral healthcare companies. Rik Fire’s passions include: spiritual noize of rhythm & drum; being in the sacred covenant of community; and ordained clergy having the appropriate toolkit to serve.
Rev. Lady Zaina Katherina Ghazzoul	Interfaith Minister.	1120 Quantril Way, Baltimore, MD 21205	Lady Katherina is available for studies in Wicca, interfaith relations, Christian and Muslim studies and related disciplines. Available for handfastings, legal weddings, child blessings and other life passages. Community commitments: ladykatherina @ yahoo.com
Rev. Sharon Henderson	Magistra (Scholastic Priest)	540-439-2490, Magistra (Scholastic Priest), Church of St. Bridget of the Gaels, 11872 Poland Street, Remington, VA 22734-2169; jastaelf @ yahoo.com	Independent Catholic/Celtic Catholic priest available for Christian, New Age, or mixed Christian/Other wedding ceremonies, counseling, and so forth. Trained in reform Druidism also, in a Welsh/English family tradition. Decidedly Pagan friendly.
Rev. Caryn Laney MacLuan	Interfaith Minister, Druid	Resident Agent, Ecumenicon Fellowship, 109 Old Farm Court, Glen Burnie, MD 21060; 410-590-2146; CedarLight Grove, ADF, 5918 Edna Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21214. Caryn MacLuan)	Interfaith minister. Druid. Works with Pagan military, CedarLight Grove, ADF ongoing ministry, Interfaith Fairness Coalition, and other community events.
Rev. Lawrence Obern	Dragon Queen Priest. Defender of the Inner Plane	Trustee, Ecumenicon Fellowship, 18A S. Paula Street, Laurel, MD 20724-2547; 301-346-3386. ecusec @ hotmail.com
Rev. Michelle Owings-Christian (Cedar Wolfsinger)	Pastor	21 Englishtown Road, Parsippany, NJ 07054. 973-887-1779
Rev. Mary Jean “M.J.” Pierson	Interfaith Minister	6287 Price Road, Loveland, OH 45140; 513-697-7658. IngotGoldRaven @ aol.com	M.J. Pierson is a 1981 graduate of Wesley Theological Seminary wiith an MRE. After leaving full-time educational ministry she studied and searched many of the major world religions. She bacame a Unitarian Universalist about twelve years ago and is an active lay person teaching and leading worship both in a UU congregation, a Pagan circle (Ra Luna) and in the Pagan community at large. Her passions include women’s studies, comparative religion, sexuality and inclusiveness, and planning ritual with individuals and groups for solemnizing the events of life. She has two sons who are 13 and 14. M.J. resides in Loveland, Ohio.
Rev. Jane Sibley, Ph.D.	Spakone (Norse Wise Woman)	Trustee, Ecumenicon Fellowship, PO Box 123114, Haddam, CT 06438; jrsibley @ snet.net	Unitarian with a Norse afterglow. Honor the vettir (spirits of the land), the disir, and the gods/goddesses. Including those of other faiths.
Cantor Rosanna Tufts (Sophia Heartsinger)	Cantor, Primalist, and Wiccan clergy	A Company of Strangers, PO Box 21168, Catonsville, MD 21228	Specializes in sacred music and its use in worship. Certified specialist in conflict resolution. Contact Charles Butler for private contact. rosanna-108 @ comcast.net

Ecumenicon Rituals and Ordination

“Ecumenicon Rites and Rituals” [PDF 96K] contains policies and guidelines for Ecumenicon rituals. If you are interested in pursuing ordination through Ecumenicon, see http://ecumenicon.org/ordination/ for information.

Ministerial Interns

The following persons are ministerial interns in Ecumenicon Fellowship and are in training in chaplaincy, pastoral care, sacristy work, and other appropriate clergy duties. The interns are available as clergy on a case-by-case basis for weddings (State of Maryland), handfastings, funerals, unions, and other rites of passage. Contact Ecumenicon at chazzer3332000@yahoo.com if you are in need of their services for your group, or letters of certification if you need them for your files.

Noel Shelton (Dark Wolf)	Ministerial Intern, Guardian	Nomadic Chantry of the Grammarye, Silver Spring, MD	Noel Shelton Dark Wolf (Ecu 2008) is a solitaire that has amassed skills and understanding of energy use in Neo-pagan and Pagan studies. He has attachments to ULC (Universal Light Church), The Nomadic Chantry and Ecumenicon. He has an open philosophic view of culture, religion, and being. He has been a volunteer to the Ecumenicon for five (5) years, and is currently a Ministerial Intern with Ecumenicon Fellowship.
Kathleen Rybarczyk	Interfaith Chaplain	Cedar Light Grove, Baltimore, MD	Kat Rybarcyzk is a member and current Vice Senior Druid of Cedarlight Grove. She also volunteers with the Interfaith Fairness Coalition of Maryland, acts as the Baltimore local coordinator for Pagan Pride, and mentors the Towson University Pagan Student Alliance (TUPSA). She is friends with Pagan folk from several groups around the Baltimore and DC metro area. A current Reiki II practitioner, Kathleen also hopes to undergo Counseling and Chaplain training in the next several years and is completing the ADF Dedicant’s program. Possessed of an open mind and curious spirit, Kat is known to all her friends as a voracious reader who loves to both listen to and talk with people around her. She is lifemated to her husband Gryffen and they share a home with a magical triad of kids, eight crazy pets of various species and a warmly welcomed circle of friends. She has been a member of Ecumenicon since 2007, and is a current Ministerial Intern.