Winter Conference a "Revelation" Bride of the forest, the wild hunt, and lost gods of the witches - ritualist and storyteller Steven Posch held the attention of all attending this year's CHS Winter Conference, Giving Greater Rite.  Comments from participants tell it the best: "Steven led us to a deeper level with ritual, to the place where real transformation happens."  - Holli Emore "I particularly loved his Bride of the Forest Ritual."  - Patrick McCollum "My favorite experience was the overall fellowship I felt in the group and meeting everyone."  - Angela Pearson "He had some new revelations for me such as the old and new gods...We need our rituals."  - Ryk Hall

Cherry Hill Seminary at PantheaCon   Many members of Cherry Hill Seminary attended PantheaCon this year, and continue to rave about how wonderful it was!  PantheaCon is one of the largest gatherings on the West Coast and includes a seemingly endless round of workshops, lectures, panels, rituals, and parties.  Members of our faculty and Board of Directors presented as well as attended and shared some amazing experiences.  Here's what some of them had to say: "The best thing about the ritual was that it was packed and the energy was good...standard time and space were pushed aside."  - Ryk Hall "I brought my new assistant who is Catholic with me and it was her first time meeting Pagans.  At the end of her first night, she was wearing pentacle earrings and commented that she felt like she was home.  Enough said!"  - Patrick McCollum "My favorite memory was the two young people who came up to ask me what denomination CHS was....and were ecstatic when I replied 'pan-Pagan'."  - Maggie Beaumont "My favorite experience was sitting in my room with William, Tony and Jo Miezerwicki, Patrick McCollum, and other friends laughing, relaxing, and talking."  - Angela Pearson "As always at PantheaCon, I am approached by person after person who has a convention ribbon to add to my badge...Every single person who asked about the Cherry Hill Seminary ribbon also had kind and encouraging words about the work of Cherry Hill Seminary.  That kind of response is very heartening indeed."  - Ivo Dominguez "Sam Webster's visionary reframing of paganism in the history--and future--of Western intellectual culture (during "Pagans and the Commonweal") was for me one of the highest."  - Steven Posch "When asked 'How do we, as pagan clergy, get trained to work with our parishioners who are having emotional problems?' George Hersh said 'Cherry Hill Seminary.'  I was overjoyed."  - Valerie Cole and Holli Emore Cherry Hill was seen in a positive light and made a wonderful mark in the pagan community at PantheaCon.  Thank you to all who represented CHS at this major annual event!

 

Questions, or for more information, contact Cherry Hill Seminary or go to the Winter Conference page.

 

This is the site for Everglades Moon Local Council, an affiliation of covens and solitary members of the Covenant of the Goddess (CoG) who live in Florida.  Local councils have been a part of CoG since its early days, formed to provide a local presence for the organization and a way to facilitate community networking amongst Wiccans and Witches.

Our mission is to represent and expand the presence of the Covenant of the Goddess, in the state of Florida, provide a sense of community, and encourage communication between the various groups and individuals of our religion.

The Community News page has been updated with info on Turning the Tide festival and other significant Local Council project or activities!  Older events have been moved over to the page for past turns of the wheel...

CoG is a consensus-based group of Wiccan and Witchcraft groups and solitaries mostly based in the United States. It was formed on October 31, 1975 to foster and practice the spiritual teachings of its member groups, to facilitate communication between its member groups, to issue clergy credentials and to educate the public about Wicca and Witchcraft.  Since its formation, it has also taken an active and prominent role in interfaith work. For more about CoG, see the main CoG website at www.cog.org.

Everglades Moon Local Council was formed by a consensual hiving from Dogwood Local Council, ratified by CoG's National Board during its July 14, 2002 meeting. In September, 2002 our delegates to CoG's annual meeting received the affirmation of the whole membership and loads of good feedback for a relatively smooth creation.  We also reputedly made a splash in 2003 as our delegates made a name for Everglades Moon with the rest of CoG by participating fully in the annual meeting, helping with off-site runs for food and beverages, ensuring that the hot-tub didn't get to be a lonely place to network and bringing some extra Florida sunshine to the Tea Dance.

The members of Everglades Moon deserve a huge amount of credit for envisioning and tending the creation of our Local Council, as it was truly a group effort.