Keys to Pagan Leadership: An Online Course

A six-week course: Tuesdays, July 29; August 5, 12, 19, and 26: and Sept. 2 –  from 7-9 pm Mountain Time

This online series of six 2-hour ONLINE classes (Tuesdays from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Mountain Time, beginning July 29) provides foundational training for current and future Pagan leaders and clergy, and a valuable review and new perspectives for experienced ones.

The course is co-taught by Amber K, Executive Director of Ardantane. She is a Wiccan priestess with more than 45 years’ experience, who has written or co-authored 11 books on Wicca and Paganism. Sterling is a Wiccan priestess with decades of leadership experience in federal agencies and scientific institutions, who is incoming Dean of the School of Pagan Leadership at Ardantane.

Participants who complete this course and other requirements may be eligible for Pagan Clergy Ordination through Ardantane.

WEEK 1: Overview of Pagan Religions; Group Organization and Dynamics

WEEK 2: Leadership Styles and Skills, Facilitation

WEEK 3: Communication, Pastoral Counseling

WEEK 4: Ritual Design and Leadership

WEEK 5: Administration, Community Relations, Legal Requirements

WEEK 6: Personal Presentation, Self-Care, Interfaith Networking

Registration fee: $150 for non-members, $120 for Ardantane Members

You can sign up now! PLEASE REGISTER at the website (ardantane.org). Be sure to add the number of tickets you want before clicking the Blue GET TICKETS button. Registration closes at 5PM Mountain Time on Monday, July 28.

Amber K is a third degree priestess of the Wiccan faith. She was initiated at the Temple of the Pagan Way in Chicago and served on the Council of Elders there. Her books on magick and the Craft have been widely circulated in the United States and Europe, and for 35 years she has traveled across the U.S. teaching the Craft. She has worked with Circle and the Re-Formed Congregation of the Goddess, and served as National First Officer of the Covenant of the Goddess for three terms. She is a founder of Our Lady of the Woods and the Ladywood Tradition of Wicca, and currently is Executive Director of Ardantane, a Wiccan/Pagan seminary is northern New Mexico.

Sterling has a BA in Psychology for the University of Colorado Denver and a MS in Occupational Health and Safety from Southeastern Oklahoma State University. She also has extensive Master’s work in cognitive behavior, addiction recovery and psychological counseling. Currently, Sterling is a Health Physicist at Los Alamos National Laboratory. She has worked within the Department of Energy (DOE) complex, at five major sites across the county, for 41 years at various jobs supporting nuclear weapons production. Aside from studying and practicing Wicca, Sterling is an accomplished horticulturalist with credentials from the American Rose Society (judge and consulting rosarian). She is an active amateur musician, playing piccolo, flute and alto flute with the Los Alamos Symphony Orchestra, The Los Alamos Community Winds, and leads the merry group of the Los Alamos Flute Choir. If she has any time left in her day, she is dabbling in herbology or in some art project; tie dying fabric goods, painting, jewelry, paper and metal craft. Sterling lives in White Rock, NM with her husband Bill, three dogs and three cats…never a dull moment in their home.