Over the past few years, my life has taken a path that I definitely didn't expect it to take. I've had some amazing experiences, met some incredible people, and find that I'm in a better place than I have been in a very long time. Today, that path takes a brand new turn and I'm so excited and slightly terrified of the journey ahead. So... enough with the vagueness. Just a few hours ago I received the following message:
Congratulations, Rev. Amber Doty! The Officers of the Clergy Council have approved your request for ordination as an ADF Priest. To say I'm excited doesn't even begin to explain it. Working through the Clergy Training Program I feel like I've learned so much about myself, my path, and ADF as an organization, and I couldn't be more pleased with the results. Now to learn where this new path will lead.
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Over the past few years, my life has taken a path that I definitely didn't expect it to take. I've had some amazing experiences, met some incredible people, and find that I'm in a better place than I have been in a very long time. Today, that path takes a brand new turn and I'm so excited and slightly terrified of the journey ahead. So... enough with the vagueness. Just a few hours ago I received the following message:
Congratulations, Rev. Amber Doty! The Officers of the Clergy Council have approved your request for ordination as an ADF Priest. To say I'm excited doesn't even begin to explain it. Working through the Clergy Training Program I feel like I've learned so much about myself, my path, and ADF as an organization, and I couldn't be more pleased with the results. Now to learn where this new path will lead. I am so excited to be able to announce that I have officially completed the first circle of the Clergy Training Program, and my application for ordination has been accepted. I received the following message from Rev. Kirk Thomas, the current Arch Druid of ADF:
Congratulations, Rev. Amber Doty! The Officers of the Clergy Council have approved your request for ordination as an ADF Priest. It may not seem like much, but those words have changed my life, forever. I am so honored to be accepted to become a member of clergy within ADF. My ordination will be performed on April 11, 2015 at the To the Stars Retreat in Topeka, Kansas. It will be performed by Rev. Jon Drum, the Vice Arch Druid of ADF, and one of the most incredible men I have ever known. I am thrilled that I will be able to share this moment with my family and friends, and really look forward to seeing where this path takes me next. Tonight I participated in a traditional Gaelic ritual to Brighid in honor of Imbolc with a local group called "Nebraska Pagan Alliance." This ritual was written by one of the administrators of the group, and I was asked to perform a small grounding and centering before and after the ritual. Unfortunately, I found out the day before that my grandfather has lung cancer, so I was disconnected and withdrawn while trying to be supportive. It was the hardest ritual I have ever participated in. I can't even find words to express how I felt....mostly lost and distraught. We each made brats that we could dedicate to whatever purpose we wanted. I made a sigil and prayer of healing for my grandfather with the hopes that Brighid would work with me to make him healthy again.
Prairie Shadow Protogrove is the local ADF group that I am affiliated with. We hold public rituals for each of the high days. We have a Pan Indo-European focus, which means that we rotate our celebrations through different Indo-European hearth cultures for our events. For Imbolc, we decided to try something new. We did a Roman Februalia ritual of purification instead of doing the traditional Brighid Imbolc rite. Overall, this ritual was very well received, and it was a lot of fun to put together. We used the ritual that I had submitted as my group ritual in my Clergy Portfolio, so I was quite happy to see it actually put to use.
In this ritual we called upon Februus and Vesta, and focused on purification for the spring. It was a very cleansing ritual, and I think everyone enjoyed the experience overall. We also inducted our final officer, so that was a fantastic experience. Our Omens also seem to express a positive response to the ritual: Mu -- It is necessary to labor, but the change will be admirable. Kappa -- To fight with the waves is difficult; endure, friend Theta -- You have the helping Gods of this path. |
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