Ecumenicon Fellowship Church Directory

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Transitions

Rosemary Kooiman was laid to rest with her husband at Arlington Cemetery on Tuesday, May 23rd, 2007 in a private ceremony. When you have a chance, go to Arlington Cemetery and pay homage to her during the Samhain and Beltaine seasons.

Diccon Frankborn (Richard Eney) departed on Yule, December 21, 2006. His memorial service was held on March 9, 2007 at Paint Branch Unitarian Church. An ancestor altar will be available for memories at this year’s conference.

Tom Hufford (Balu) departed on Thanksgiving Sunday, November 29, 2009 of multiple causes. He was the tireless webmaster for Ecumenicon Fellowship and the Interfaith Fairness Coalition of Maryland for many years, as well as many other sites. See the memorial for him under Teachers under the conference site.

Alexei Kondratiev passed in the Spring of 2010 of an unexpected heart attack. We will miss this great scholar of many languages.

TRUSTEES

The Trustees are the accounting body of the Fellowship, and are responsible for oversight of all ordinations, financial records, and legal representation of the Fellowship to State and Federal authorities as our church representatives.

Rev. Charles R. Butler III, Founder & Trustee
Rising Sun Congregation
3205 Kimberly Road
Hyattsville, MD 20782
(240) 764-5748 or (240) 603-2620
chazzer3332000@yahoo.com

Rev. Lawrence Obern, Ecumenicon Trustee
Nomadic Chantry of the Grammarye
18A S. Paula Street
Laurel, MD 20724
ecusec@hotmail.com
Dragon Queen Priest. Defender of the Inner Plane, 18A S. Paula Street, Laurel, MD 20724-2547.

Rev. Rik Fire, Trustee
593 Lowell
Warminster, PA 18974
215-396-3818 or 267-243-0618
rfire@magellanhealth.com
Send all Ecumenicon Fellowship, Trustees, or Conference inquiries to:
Ecumenicon Fellowship

Rev. Jane Sibley, Ph.D., Trustee, Spakone (Norse Wise Woman). PO Box 123, Haddam, CT 06438 Unitarian with a Norse afterglow. Honor the vettir (spirits of the land), the disir, and the gods/goddesses. Including those of other faiths.

RESIDENT AGENT

The Resident Agent collects all forms from State or Federal authorities and transmits them to the Trustees or to the Board of Directors for appropriate action.

Rev. Caryn Laney-MacLuan, Ecumenicon Fellowship Resident Agent
CedarLight Grove, ADF
109 Old Farm Court
Glen Burnie, MD 21060
410-590-2146
caryn@cedarlightgrove.org

Photos

We are putting together pictures of our members by permission. If you would like to have your picture on our site, send a .jpg and a statement of permission to use the photograph to Charles Butler.

CLERGY:

Rev. Charles R. Butler III
(240) 786-5025

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.
Rev. Patricia Blanken, Minister of Sacred Environment (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 (Lady Holda), Wise Woman. Training in healing arts. 3rd Degree Wiccan priestess.

Rev. Caryn Laney MacLuan, Interfaith Minister, Druid, CedarLight Grove, ADF, 5918 Edna Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21214. Interfaith minister with Druid responsibilities. Works with Pagan military, CedarLight Grove, ADF ongoing ministry, Interfaith Fairness Coalition, and other community events

Anna-Sara Fire, Interfaith Minister, Ecumenicon Fellowship, Warminster, PA.

Rev. Rik Fire, Trustee, Rev. Rik Fire is an Interfaith Minister. Additionally, 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, 540-439-2490, Magistra (Scholastic Priest), Church of St. Bridget of the Gaels, 11872 Poland Street, Remington, VA 22734-2169 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. Jane Sibley, Ph.D., Trustee, Spakone (Norse Wise Woman). PO Box 123114, Haddam, CT 06438 Unitarian with a Norse afterglow. Honor the vettir (spirits of the land), the disir, and the gods/goddesses. Including those of other faiths.

Rev. Mary Jean “M.J.” Pierson, Interfaith Minister. 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.

Cantor Rosanna Tufts-Prothro (Sophia Heartsinger), Cantor, Primalist, and Wiccan clergy. Specializes in sacred music and its use in worship. Certified specialist in conflict resolution. Contact Charles Butler for private contact. rosanna-108@comcast.net

All clergy can be contacted through Ecumenicon Fellowship in writing at:

Ecumenicon Fellowship
c/o Butler
3205 Kimberly Road, Hyattsville, MD 20782.
chazzer3332000@yahoo.com

or

c/o Larry Obern
18A S. Paula Street, Laurel, MD 20724
ecusec@hotmail.com

Ecumenicon Rituals

“Ecumenicon Rites and Rituals” [PDF 96K] contains policies and guidelines for Ecumenicon rituals.

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.

Seanara Coyote - WestTran Alpha Coven, Washington, DC. Contact through Ecumenicon Fellowship, 3205 Kimberly Road, Hyattsville, MD 20782.

If you are interested in pursuing ordination through Ecumenicon, see http://ecumenicon.org/ordination/ for information. Please note that though ordination is for a life-time, retaining good standing as clergy requires a commitment to active participation in Ecumenicon Fellowship and its public presence and a commitment to continuing education in counseling.