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Welcome to Our First Master's Class!
Congratulations to the first group of students to enter a program of studies for a master's degree from Cherry Hill Seminary!
We are honored that you have chosen CHS to pursue your next life step. A few applications are still in committee, so don't worry if you haven't received notification yet.
Again, welcome to our first master's students!
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| New Board Officers
Elected to serve in the coming year:
Aline O'Brien - President
William Blumberg - Vice-President
Tony Mierzwicki - Secretary
Ryk Hall - Treasurer
Board members continuing their terms are:
Nikki Bado-Fralick
Diane Edgecomb
Michael McDermott
Michael Owens
Jason Pitzl-Waters
Kirk S. Thomas
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| From the director
Without the following dedicated and talented individuals, there would be no Cherry Hill Seminary. It is a privilege to call them my colleagues and staff.
Maggie Beaumont - Dean of Students
Jennifer Bennett - Chair, Dept. of PCELL
Teresa Cassinelli - Asst. to Academic Dean
Valerie Cole, Chair, Dept. of Pastoral Counseling
Cynthia Jane Collins - Academic Dean
Caroline Dechert - Librarian
Patrick McCollum - Chaplaincy
Scott Mohnkern - IT Tech
Grant Potts - Chair, Dept. of Text, Tradition & Interpretation
Selina Rifkin - Web & Moodle Tech
Thank you for making our work one of joy and fulfillment.
Sincerely,
Holli S. Emore, CFRE
Executive Director
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2010 Winter Conference
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Seeking Interns
Cherry Hill Seminary seeks candidates for two communications-related PT staff positions.
1. Newsletter Coordinator
Duties:
a. Gathers - edits content for monthly email newsletter, including announcements, articles, links, photos/graphics, basic organizational information, including fundraising messages.
b. Uploads fresh data file to web-based email site, sets up newsletter using online template, submits for approval by Executive Director or designee, distributes by first of ea. month.
c. Posts regularly to CHS News blog as appropriate.
Reports to: Executive Director.
Qualifications: Ability to work independently and be self-motivated; good knowledge of commonly-used software, internet and basic hardware issues; good understanding of and comfort with use of blog; ability to exercise good judgment about appropriate posts; excellent grammar, spelling, writing skills; good eye for simple design; commitment to excellence and to CHS mission. Must have own high-speed internet connection and computer. CHS student preferred.
Hours: 10 hrs/wk, flexible time. (will use timeclock software to log work hours and activities)
Compensation: Free tuition for one master's-level course per semester, or equivalent in other courses.
Start date: January 1, 2010
2. Social Networking Coordinator
Duties:
a. Maintains daily contact and interaction with all CHS social networking sites, including FaceBook, Twitter, YouTube, LiveJournal, etc.
b. Posts newsletter content, announcements, messages, to CHS social networking sites.
c. Primary responsibility for and posts regularly to CHS News blog as appropriate.
Reports to: Executive Director.
Qualifications:
Ability to work independently and be self-motivated; good knowledge of commonly-used software, internet and basic hardware issues; good understanding of and comfort with use of social networking sites; ability to exercise good judgment about appropriate posts; excellent grammar, spelling, writing skills; good eye for simple design; commitment to excellence and to CHS mission. Must have own high-speed internet connection and computer. CHS student preferred.
Hours: 10 hrs/wk, flexible time. (will use timeclock software to log work hours and activities)
Compensation: Free tuition for one master's-level course per semester, or equivalent in other courses.
Start date: January 1, 2010
To apply for either position, send cover letter, resume' and references to CHS @ cherryhillseminary.org by December 21, 2009.
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Blessings of the Season
 The Cherry Hill Seminary Yule 2009 Ornament, a lovely gift idea made by our friends at Charming Bear in Charleston, SC, is featured prominently at the top left of the screen at our main site, www.cherryhillseminary.org.
1/4" thick glass, approx. 3.5 inches in diameter. $16 includes shipping within 3-5 days by U.S. mail first class. |
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Spring 2010 Courses
Registration Opens December 14 and 17
Semester offerings will be posted in the coming week, with registration opening for master's students on December 14, and for all other students on December 17. Meanwhile, the following course titles should whet your appetite:
- Research and Writing in Pagan Studies, Instructor: Grant Potts, PhD
- Sacred Nourishment, Instructor: Selina Rifkin, MS
- Genograms Instructor: Cynthia Collins, M. Div., MS
- Group Dynamics I, Forming Instructor: Judy Harrow, MS
- Group Dynamics II, Storming Instructor: Judy Harrow, MS
- Ethics & Boundaries for Pagan Ministry, Instructors: Cynthia Collins, M. Div. M.S., and Patrick McCollum, BA
- Introduction to Pagan The-logy, Instructor: Dr. Christine Hoff Kraemer
- Introduction to Ancient Philosophy, Instructor: Brendan Myers, PhD
- Understanding the Ritual Experience Instructor, Instructor: Grant Potts, PhD
- Heathen Ethics Instructor: Scott Mohnkern, JD
- Dreams in Spiritual Mentoring Instructor, Instructor: Anne Hill, D.Min.
- Introduction to Kabbalah Instructor: Rabbi Hillel Katzir, JD
- Survey of Psychological Assessment, Instructor: David Oringderff, PhD
- Social, Religious/Spiritual and Cultural Diversity in Counseling and Advocacy, Instructor: Diane Edgecomb, JD, and Counseling Faculty
Resource Development - Online Pagan Youth Religious Education, Instructors: Diane M Edgecomb, J.D. , Thomas F. Harrington, Ed. M., M.A., MS Ed and Anne Hill, PhD., (consulting) |
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Thanks to All 2009 Donors
Your gifts are helping us improve our quality and breadth in ways we only dreamed of in the past. Thank you for the many ways you have each supported Cherry Hill Seminary this year, from FaceBook birthday wishes, to the recent Hypatia party, to Annual Appeal pledges and events. Special thanks to the CoG Orange County Local Council, and the national CoG (Covenant of the Goddess) for their generous support. Thanks to Azure Green for hosting our Summer Academic Intensive, and to Ancient Ways for hosting our Winter Conference. Look for your name on our Tree of Lifehonoring donors, and may all of your gifts and support return to you many times over. If you haven't made a 2009 gift yet, click here to donate.
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Welcome Teresa
The newest member of the CHS staff is Teresa Cassinelli, assistant to the Academic Dean. Teresa is a Floridian who recently moved to Bangor, Maine, with her husband and three children. Stop by Teresa's blog, Mainely Pagan, to say hello and get to know her better.
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CHS Signs Amicus Brief Supporting Patrick McCollum
 Our own Chaplaincy Director, Patrick McCollum, has worked tirelessly for decades to servie the Pagan community across the country, but especially in the prisons of California. Not the state of California has decided that only individuals from a select and small group of religions may be hired as chaplains, even though chaplains, by definition, are trained to serve the religious needs of any person they encounter in their chosen field of services.
"Religious minorities should have the right to go to court and challenge discriminatory hiring practices imposed by the government, Americans United for Separation of Church and State has told the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
"In a friend-of-the-court brief in McCollum v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Americans United urged the appellate court to allow Patrick McCollum, a Wiccan clergyman, to challenge a state prison policy that limits paid chaplaincy positions to persons who are Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, Muslim or Native American." Continue reading the AU media release here. Read the entire amicus, friend-of-the-court brief.here.
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Giving Greater Rite: Register Now for Winter Conference
 Steven Posch, presenting the 2010 Winter Conference for CHS, has been called "the pagan rabbi" and "one of Paganism's top ritualists." Steven draws liturgical experience from a wide variety of backgrounds: Wicca, the Regency, and the Pagan Movement in Britain and Ireland, as well as Vaishnava Hinduism, Conservative and Reconstructionist Judaism, and Eastern Orthodox Christianity.
Steven is co-founder and chief liturgist of Prodea, the Twin Cities' oldest continuously-operating coven, and Beit Ashera Congregation (known humorously as "Golden Calf Synagogue"), of which he is cantor emeritus. His rituals are widely known and influential throughout the Midwestern United States.
"Just possibly one of the most important rituals of my life."
"Over the years, pagan ritual has largely lost its sense of mystery, and Steven Posch can show you how to put it back again. A technology of mystery: amazing."
"I now have to rethink every single thing I've done over the course of the past 16 years!"
"Steven Posch has single-handedly changed the way the Twin Cities [pagan community] does ritual. "
"One of Paganism's top ritualists." Macha Nightmare
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Cherry Hill Seminary provides quality higher education and practical training in Pagan ministry.
Cherry Hill Seminary is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organized in the state of South Carolina. Web site copyright by Cherry Hill Seminary in 2008, all rights reserved.
Contact us at P.O. Box 5405, Columbia, SC 29250-5405, 888.503.4131, or by email.
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