Clergy and Ministerial Interns

Clergy

Rev. Charles R. Butler III, (703) 660-6023, 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. Fredrick Blanken, Rainbow Shaman. Training in Shamanic Native American traditions and delegate to the National Prayer Vigil. Outreach to persons in recovery. (301) 650-0658 or fblanken@comcast.net.

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.

Rev. Jeffrey Carey (Lord Phoenix Firesinger), Priest & Adept. Newark, DE. Training in healing arts. 3rd Degree Wiccan priest.

Rev. Elissa Carey (Lady Holda), Wise Woman. Training in healing arts. 3rd Degree Wiccan priestess.

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

Rik Fire, Interfaith Minister, specialties: UU, Gnostic, Ifa, and Shamanic paths.

Rev. Lady Zaina Katherina Ghazzoul, Interfaith Minister. (443) 865-8743. Currently heading Church of the Ancient Ways, located in Baltimore, Maryland. 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: Ecumenicon Fellowship Trustee, Interfaith Fairness Coalition of Maryland, Washington/Baltimore Pagan Clergy Association.

Rev. Sharon Henderson, 703-425-8284, Magistra (Scholastic Priest), 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. Rosemary Kooiman, Elder High Priestess, Wiccan clergy.

Rev. Dr. Jane Sibley, Spakone (Norse Wise Woman). Unitarian with a Norse afterglow. Honor the vettir (spirits of the land), the disir, and the gods/goddesses. Including those of other faiths.

Rev. Lawrence Obern, Dragon Queen Priest

Rev. Michelle Owings-Christian, (Cedar Wolfsinger), Pastor. Pastoral counsel. Prison ministry. Can be reached in New Jersey at Rev. Michelle Owings-Christian

Rev. Mary Jean “M.J.” Pierson, Interfaith Minister. M.J. Pierson is a 1981 graduate of Wesley Theological Seminary. After leaving full-time educational ministry she studied and searched many of the major world religions. She bacame a Unitarian Universalist about ten years ago and is an active lay person teaching and leading worship both in a UU congregation, a Pagan circle (Ra Luna) and the 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 9 and 11. M.J. resides in Loveland, Ohio.

Rev. Dennis Prothro (Lord SunGrail), 410-433-3561, High Priest, traditional Alexandrian Wiccan.

Cantor Rosanna Tufts-Prothro (Sophia Heartsinger), 410-433-3561, Cantor, Primalist, and Wiccan clergy. Specializes in sacred music and its use in worship. Certified specialist in conflict resolution.

Rev. Ron Yurow, Wizard, Training in natural magic, ritual design, leadership, and personal spirituality.

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

Ecumenicon Fellowship
c/o Butler
7117 Richmond Highway, #97
Alexandria, VA 22306
(703) 660-6023
chazzer3332000@yahoo.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.

Noel Shelton (Dark Wolf)
Ministerial Intern, Nomadic Chantry of the Grammarye. Silver Spring, MD

If you are interested in pursuing ordination through Ecumenicon, see this page on ordination.

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