Dear Rev. Crystal Groves (Crystal Groves), Congratulations! Your Law and the Church submission passes. That fortune telling law is crazy. I think I have “Hex and Spellwork: The Magical Practices of the Pennsylvania Dutch,” btw. Let me check and see. I know I have something similar to that, but I don’t know if it’s the […]
Category: Preliminary Courses
ADF Structure, Customs, and Policy Citations
Bonewits, Philip Emmons Isaac. “Chapter 7, Ár NDraíocht Féin: A Druid Fellowship.”Bonewit’s Essential Guide to Druidism. New York, NY: Kensington Pub., 2006. 108-09. Print. Dangler, Michael J. “Where’s the Belief? Piety in the DP.” Ár NDraíocht Féin. Ár NDraíocht Féin, n.d. Web. 29 Aug. 2012. <http://www.adf.org/members/training/dp/articles/wheres-the-belief.html>. Dangler, Michael J. “Nine Central Tenets of Druidic Ritual.” Ár NDraíocht […]
ADF Customs Passes
Dear Rev. Crystal Groves (Crystal Groves), Congratulations! Your ADF Structure, Customs and Policy submission passes. Figured this one wouldn’t be too hard for ya Blessings, Rev. Michael Dangler
Law and Church Works Cited
“TITLE 42 JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE § 5943 Confidential Communications to Clergymen.” The Pennsylvania General Assembly. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Oct. 2012. <http://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/LI/CT/HTM/42/00.059.043.000..HTM>. “TITLE 42 JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE SUBCHAPTER B. § 6311 Persons Required to Report Suspected Child Abuse.” The Pennsylvania General Assembly. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Oct. 2012. <http://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/LI/CT/HTM/23/00.063.011.000..HTM>. TITLE 23 DOMESTIC RELATIONS 1503. Persons […]
Law and the Church, #11
What are the regulations and options for prison ministry in your county and state? From a state level, the prison ministry regulations I’ve found are as follows: PA Chapter 95 Law in regards to County Correction Institutions § 95.237. Religion says that the follow are minimum requirements applicable to religion in correctional facilities (CHAPTER 95. COUNTY […]
Law and the Church, #10
What are the rules regarding outside worship for any local military base, and what happens if a soldier on that base wants access to a priest who is not in the military or not a military chaplain? If there are no local military bases, what are the general rules? The closest military base is either […]
Law and the Church, #9
Describe the mandatory reporting laws in your area and how they affect you as a clergyperson. Explain the process you would go through to file a report if it were necessary. Clergy do not have mandatory reporting laws outside of the IRS fundage. We are not required to report child abuse that is reported during […]
Law and the Church, #8
What is the difference between pastoral counseling and other kinds of counseling, and does the law differentiate between these types? What sort of license do you require in your state in order to perform counseling of any type? Does divination fall into this sort of counseling? The difference between pastoral counseling and other kinds of […]
Law and the Church, #7
How do you see these laws affecting how you serve your Grove, ADF, or the community as a whole? None of the particular laws for Pennsylvania or Federal law directly affect how I serve my Grove, ADF or the Folk. For the most part these laws are fair and just in terms of Clergy, and […]
Law and the Church, #6
Looking at those laws listed in questions 1 – 4 and how they affect you, are there any specific laws that seem out of place, unfair, or unjust? What is the avenue for change to these laws, and do you see change to these particular laws as necessary? The main law I see as unfair […]
