New Meeting: Annual Ecumenicon Conference

Announcing a new meeting for Ecumenicon Fellowship Conference in Maryland!

What: Annual Ecumenicon Conference

When: Tuesday, March 25, 7:00 PM

Conference Minimum Cost: USD110.00 Tuition&Reg per person

Where: (A location for this meeting hasn't been chosen yet)

Who should come: Anyone with an open mind and interested in learning and sharing

Meeting Description: 2008 Conference Details
Sponsored by Ecumenicon Fellowship and the Ecumenicon School of Interfaith Studies. Cosponsored by Ecumenicon Fellowship affiliated organizations and sister groups. If you wish to cosponsor go to our Sponsor Page for ways you can help.

The Wheel of Fortune (Sacred Cycles)
Date: March 27-30, 2008 (Dates Finalized)
Thursday evening through Sunday Afternoon
Check in is after 15:00 hrs (3pm) and check out is by 12:00 (Noon)
Hospitality/Registration open Thursday evening

Location:
Best Western Hotel & Conference Center
5652 O?Donnell Street
Baltimore, MD 21224-4630
Phone: 410-633-9500
Reservations: 800-633-9511 (Toll free)
Please tell them you are with Ecumenicon Fellowship to help us get group credit for your stay.

Room Rate: $110/night (single/double; $120.00 triple/quad (single/double/triple/quad).

INVITED SPEAKERS INCLUDE: Alexei Kondratiev, Len Rosenberg (Black Lotus), Rev. Alexandra Honigsberg, Rev. Sharon Henderson, Tamar Lindsay, Lady Luna Rose, Rev. Charles Butler Neto, Rev. Rik Fire, Bill Hegeman (Archonstone), Rev. Skip Koritzer, Lisa McSherry, Rev. Lawrence Obern, Noel Shelton, Jane Sibley Ph.D, Lady Sylvia, Ray Taylor, Tchipikkan, Cantor Rosanna Tufts-Prothro, Jacqueline Lichtenberg, and Anna-Sara Fire.

The Ecumenicon Conference Committee welcomes your ideas for appropriate speakers. Send ideas with contact information to conference@ecumenicon.org or write Charles Butler at chazzer3332000@yahoo.com. For registrations, please note the following:

ADMISSION: Ecumenicon admission is on a sliding scale starting at $50 tuition/membership for teachers and staff, and an additional fee depending on time of registration and other factors (See registration).
TUITION + REGISTRATION + INTENSIVES = ADMISSION
TUITION is $50. This puts and keeps you in our database and allows for printouts of all transcripts. Tuition is the base rate for Teachers and all Staff.
REGISTRATION is on a sliding scale by date of application.

REGISTRATION
$45 (January 2 - March 1) - Total of $95
$60 (March 2 - at-the-door) - Total of $110

DISCOUNTS. We offer discounts for returning Ecumenicon Members (2007 Registrants-Including Teachers), Current Members (Paid after May 1, 2007), Seniors (65+) and Students (With ID). Limit 1 discount per person. Registration for the next Annual Conference (or other classes) is by the date received. This fee covers all conference packets, class information, and registration for all individual classes other than intensives. Individual classes may have specific materials fees. ½ price Child (5-15) (1/2 of any above prices) Student/Senior with ID = $15 off current prices.

INTENSIVES. 5-7 classes on the same subject, by the same teacher, meant to be a group and continuous experience, all of which include a ritual that is a final product of all the classes taken. Intensives being created for this year will include Defense Against the Dark Arts (Rev. Larry Obern, Noel Shelton, and Archonstone), Hindu Tradition (Black Lotus), and Tarot, Kaballah, and Astrology (Jacqueline Lichtenberg) and Christian Mysticism (Rev. Alexanda Honigsberg, Rev. Sharon Henderson, and Rev. Skip Koritzer). We may add others as time allows.

INTENSIVES are $60 each in addition to registration and must be pre-registered. (Limit 12 per intensive).
Defense Against the Dark Arts - 8 spaces left.
Tarot, Kaballah, and Astrology - 8 spaces left.
Hindu Tradition - 11 spaces left.
Christian Mysticism - 10 spaces left.

Other classes may have materials fees, please check the class schedule for specific costs.

Ecumenicon web site has not been updated yet, please note the CORRECT address:
Ecumenicon Fellowship
c/o Cynthia Hunter-Shupe
10316 Lewis Drive
Damascus, MD 20872
* PayPal available on our web site

Childcare and Child Participation is available with limitations.
Family Friendly Classes. All ideas are welcome and should be sent to conference@ecumenicon.org.

Teaching at Ecumenicon 2008 and future years? Teacher packets are available, particularly seeking workshops for this year in Sacred Cycles from Many Traditions. Eldercare, Ancient Traditions, and Healing Arts. Continued classes in Defense Against the Dark Arts, ?Nature Awareness Adventures,? and rituals from many faiths. Drummers and other musical activities especially welcome. We have a late-night drumming circle after hours to which all are welcome.

Tracking Classes. We are working within a continuing education certificate model.

Accessibility. Ecumenicon Interfaith Conference strives to be fully accessible. Please note, cost for a sign-language interpreter for a single two-hour class can be as much as $160, so we need your help. Please give generously to our accessibility fund.

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