Interfaith Ministers
Reverend Betsy Stang, M.A., is the Founder and Executive Director of The Wittenberg Center for Alternative Resources in Woodstock, NY. She is an interfaith Minister, counselor, and Earth Activist. She is the Presiding minister and Founder of the Center for The Living Earth, and directs the Center's Interfaith Seminary program.
Betsy Co- Founded The Earth Reunion Project in 1990 which works with traditional wisdom keepers of Earth traditions from around the world. In 1993, she co-produced The Cry of the Earth: The Legacy of the First Nations Conference at the United Nations, where the tradition keepers of seven indigenous nations of North America presented their ancient prophecies to the United Nations for the first time in history
Today, Betsy is continuing to explore how we can all join together with our gifts and talents to co-create new paradigms for coming together with one heart, one mind, one voice to create a sustainable, joyous future on this Earth for all our relations.
Reverend James C Davis is an Interfaith Minister, teacher, Earth Activist and visionary. He is the Environmental Director of the Wittenberg Center for Alternative Resources in Woodstock, NY. and a co-founder of the Earth Reunion Project which works with traditional wisdom keepers of Earth traditions from around the world. For the past 30 years Jim has pursued mastery of the wisdom of the Earth and of the earth-based traditions. His primary focus has been the Hudson Valley and the Catskill watershed bio-regions, yet he has traveled extensively to explore the shamanic teachings of many traditions and was adopted as an Elder by the Yuin Nation of Australia.
Jim's background has brought him experience and wisdom in many fields . He brings his wide background in nature lore, ethnographic studies, organic farming, environmental science, engineering, surveying and cross-cultural shamanic studies to his teaching and lectures.
His weddings reflect his love of all Earth based traditions
Rev. J. Erik Swift
jebswift@hotmail.com
Reverend J. Erik Swift, M. Div., is an Interfaith Minister, teacher, and artist. He served as a Hospital Chaplain for 18 years, much of that time he worked extensively with addictions, the terminally ill, their families, and caregivers. He has served as a community resource offering educational programs on Spirituality as it relates to grief, loss, and addictions. His primary focus has been on Clinical Pastoral Care, Spiritual Direction, and education.
Reverend Swift offers retreats, seminars, counseling, and service oriented celebrations (weddings, funerals, new birth ceremony, coming of age, house blessings...)
Also if you are interested in developing a home group with friends and neighbors, or already have one and are looking to create a discussion on a particular topic related to spirituality, contact The Center for the Living Earth.
Erik is located 32 miles south of Albany and 32 miles north of Woodstock, NY.
Rev. Sharami Kerr
