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 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 Charles Butler 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 Umbanda traditions. Available for handfastings, weddings, child blessings and other life passages. Lecturer, teacher, and ritualist. chazzer3332000 @ yahoo.com.
Rev. Patricia Taylor 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. Elissa Carey
Elissa Carey

(Lady Holda)

Wise Woman Training in healing arts. 3rd Degree Wiccan priestess.
Anna SaraAnna-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 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. 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 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 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. 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 14 and 15. M.J. resides in Loveland, Ohio.
Rev. Jane Sibley, Ph.D. Spakone (Norse Wise Woman) Trustee, Ecumenicon Fellowship, PO Box 123, 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.
Minister of Music and Sacred Arts Rosanna Tufts 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

Ministerial Interns 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. A listing is being prepared as several candidates are in process.

Seanara Coyote - Intern in training in counsel. Contact through Ecumenicon Fellowship, 3205 Kimberly Road, Hyattsville, MD 20782 or at chazzer3332000@yahoo.com. All messages will be forwarded. SEANARA COYOTE was initiated into Promethean Wicca and Welsh Traditionalist Wicca in early 1978, receiving her third degree in both traditions by 1980. She later studied Peruvian-based core shamanic techniques with Irene R. Siegel, also learning directly from Ms. Siegel’s teacher, Alberto Villoldo. Through her Wiccan training and practice and her personal growth, Seanara evolved Western Transformational Wicca, an initiatory Path which centers around the journey from “wounded healer to healed healer” and whose main tenet is: “The primary purpose of magic is personal transformation.” She is the High Priestess of Westran Alpha Coven, all of whose members are intimately familiar with disability issues through professional training, advocacy work and/or personal experience. Under her mundane/legal name, she holds a Masters’ degree in Social Work from Stonybrook University and an LCSW-R from the state of New York.