Washington-Baltimore Pagan Clergy Association

Saturday, March 29, 2008
2:00pm - 4:00pm
Hosted by Angela
11801 Ellington Drive, Beltsville, Maryland
RSVP to 703-868-4674

Saturday, May 17, 2008
2:00pm - 4:00pm
Hosted by A’alyvyne Foxwood
Balitmore, Maryland
RSVP to lasummerton@comcast.net

Mid-August 2008
Date and time TBD
Hosted by Charles Butler
RSVP to chazzer3332000@yahoo.com

Saturday, November 22, 2008
2:00pm - 4:00pm
Hosted by Katrina Messenger
Reflections Mystery School, Washington, DC
RSVP to katrina@connectdc.org

We are still working out our schedule for peer support meetings. Hopefully, we will have them scheduled and posted here by the end of February.

Thank you for your patience.

Have a thorny issue you need some insight into? Want to meet other pagan clergy in the DC/Baltimore region? Looking for a place to unwind and discuss common concerns with other group leaders?

The Washington-Baltimore Pagan Clergy Association invites you to its quarterly peer support group on Saturday, December 8, 1:00pm - 3:00pm, in Beltsville, Maryland.

Contact Angela Raincatcher for location and more information.

Date: Sunday, September 16
Time: 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Location: Cedar Light Grove, Baltimore, MD
RSVP: Email info@washington-baltimore-paganclergy.org

Heatherly Hodges, LSW, and Michael Reeder, LGPC, will share their expertise on the signs that may indicate abuse and trauma. Pagan clergy, community leaders, and healers who work intimately with the emotional and spiritual needs of people within our community will find this information helpful.

Topics to be covered:
– Recognizing and reporting requirements for child, domestic, and elder abuse
– How past trauma affects intense spiritual development
– Dealing with the effects of abuse and trauma within your group, coven, grove, kindred
– When to refer to professional help

There is no fee for this event, but donations to our host, Cedar Light Grove, are appreciated.

Directions can be found at the Cedar Light Grove website.

Peer support meetings for Pagan clergy will be held quarterly.

Sunday, March 18, 2007
11:00am - 1:00pm
Location: 11801 Ellington Drive, Beltsville, MD

Saturday, June 23, 2007
1:00pm - 3:00pm
Location: 1200 N Street NW, Washington, DC

Sunday, September 16, 2007
1:00pm - 3:00pm
Location: TBD

Saturday, December 8, 2007
1:00pm - 3:00pm
Location: 11801 Ellington Drive, Beltsville, MD

Contact Angela if you plan to attend.

Check out this resource sent to us by Redbird: a systems view of the Hospital from a Pagan perspective and structured on the Pentagram. The report culminates in a guided meditation for clergy about to enter a hospital to see to the needs of a friend, covenmate, or whomever

http://www.plethora.net/~redbird/Hospital/The-Hospital-System.htm
Update December 3, 2007: This link is out of date.  We are working with the author to get the information hosted on this web site.  Stay tuned.

This compendium of questions can guide pagan clergy working with couples in the months before the handfasting. Its purpose is to offer areas of discussion for couples that may not have been considered BEFORE they make a public and sacred commitment to each other. Couples may also need guidance in constructive communication skills and in how to have productive disagreements.

Compendium of Pre-marital Questions PDF

This resource was compiled by Angela Roberts from various sources, including Sue Curewitz Arthen of Earthspirit Community, Ruthann Amarteifio of the Correllian Nativist of Wicca, and Sacred Threshold by Gertrud Mueller Nelson and Christopher Witt.

Our meeting schedule for 2006 has just been posted. Dates and topics have been determine, but we are still working out location details.

January 8 at 1:00pm
Topic: Clergy Can of Worms — together we tackle sticky situations that can come up in our roles as group leaders.
Location: Church of the Ancient Ways, 6110 Harford Road, Baltimore, MD 21214

February 11 at 1:00pm
Topic: Peer Support Group
Location: Georgetown, DC

March 11 @ 1:00pm
Topic: Marriage and surrounding clerical issues
Location: Cedar Light Grove, 5918 Edna Ave, Baltimore

April 8 @ 1:00pm
Topic: Peer Support Group
Location: 7117 Richmond Highway, #97, Alexandria, VA

May 14 @ 1:00pm
Topic: Hospital Visitation
Location: Cedar Light Grove, 5918 Edna Ave, Baltimore

June 10 @ 1:00pm
Topic: Peer Support Group
Location: TBD, DC area

July 9 @ 1:00pm
Topic: Cookout!!
Location: 7410 Holabird Avenue, Dundalk, MD 21222
Please RSVP

August 20 @ 1:00pm
Topic: Pagan Clergy Social
Location: TBD, DC area

September 9 @ 1:00pm
Topic: Peer Support Group
Location: Cedar Light Grove, 5918 Edna Ave, Baltimore

October 15 @ 1:00pm
Topic: Death and Funeral Issues
Location: TBD, DC area

November 11 @ 1:00pm
Topic: “How Do You Celebrate?”
Location: Cedar Light Grove, 5918 Edna Ave, Baltimore

December 3 @ 1:00pm
Topic: Determining 2007 Goals and Calendar
Location: TBD, DC area

Each of the jurisdictions have different requirements for both the couple getting married and the officiant. This resource is meant to help you navigate the tricky and often confusing obstacle course of getting registered to legally marry people in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia.

Please tell us if this resource needs updating or revision.

Marriage Requirements PDF

Mental health therapists typically keep psycho-spiritual profiles on-hand to help them relate better to ethnic and other minority groups that they are unfamiliar with. This profile was drafted by Michael Reeder, a Wiccan and a student at John Hopkins working towards his Masters in counseling, for pagans to give to their personal therapists and clergy to give to those on their referral list.

Hopefully, we will be able to add other traditions and pagan paths to this resource in the future.

Psycho-Spiritual Profile for Wicca PDF