All Seasons Chalice/The StarHouse

ASC Ministers

Standing from left: Candice, Kate, Timothy, David, Michael, JJ
Sitting from left: Lila, Katharine, Anastacia, Lee

Ministers in Residence
Candice Knight, Head Minister	Candice Knight has 30 years of experience as an educator on the elementary, high school and college levels. As one of the facilitators of the women’s program The Path of Ceremonial Arts she brings her unique understanding and living exploration of what it means to "walk the path of the divine feminine" in the world. Candice honors the power of women’s circles and works with elder women in helping them discover their wisdom and how to share that wisdom in the world. As one of the founders of Ceremonies for Sacred Living she leads ceremonies to honor all of life’s passages for individuals, families and communities and is committed to reawakening the richness of ritual as a transformational tool in our everyday lives.
Lila Sophia Tresemer	Lila Sophia Tresemer, is a playwright, photographer, ceremonialist, minister and co-Founder and Facilitator of The Path of Ceremonial Arts. Started in 1998, this program is a dedication to women’s wisdom and empowerment. She continually co-creates programs for Sacred Living and Remembrance; she is dedicated to building a global community, which honors the Feminine in Partnership with the Masculine, and all Life! And, which celebrates the Sacred in all beings. With her beloved partner, David, she has written and produced a trilogy about Divine Feminine, called Remembrance. Together, they also have Healing Dreams, a retreat in Australia, which honors the Dreamtime memory of the Aboriginal people, and seeks to preserve the retreat as a place of power on Flinders Island in Tasmania.
David Tresemer, Ph.D.	David Tresemer, Ph.D., has a doctorate in psychology, and has written in many areas, ranging from The Scythe Book: Mowing Hay, Cutting Weeds, and Harvesting Small Grains with Hand Tools to a book about mythic theatre, War in Heaven: Accessing Myth Through Drama. With his wife, Lila, he has co-authored several plays produced in the United States, including My Magdalene (winner of Moondance 2004, Best Script). He co-founded The StarHouse in Boulder, Colorado, for community gatherings and workshops of various kinds — from music to personal development — in 1990. With William Bento and Robert Schiappacasse, he has co-authored Signs in the Heavens: A Message for Our Time, about the comets Hyakutake and Hale-Bopp and their crossing of the mysterious and ominous star, Algol. With his wife, he co-founded Healing Dreams Retreat Centre in Australia. He has also founded the Star Wisdom website. He is presently working on The Oracle of the Solar Crosses, an oracle relating to the heavenly imprint received on a person’s day of birth. His favorite part about The StarHouse? The fact that you must walk through the forest from the parking lot, thus encountering the healing forces of Nature to prepare you for the experience of The StarHouse.
Timothy Dobson	Rev. Timothy Dobson began his interfaith ministry through teaching the Dances of Universal Peace at weekly classes in 1987. He received ordination as Interfaith Minister and spiritual counselor through The New Seminary in New York City in 1990. In 1994 he founded SpiritKeepers Interfaith Fellowship in Boulder, Colorado. Timothy has been a ceremonial leader at The StarHouse for the last fifteen years and served as ASC Head Minister over the last three. He enjoys customizing wedding ceremonies with couples to meet their unique needs and has performed weddings and memorial services at The StarHouse and along the Colorado Front Range over the last twelve years. Timothy is initiated as a Cherag (Sufi Minister) in the Sufi Ruhaniat International and performs the Universal Worship Service. For further information on Timothy and the Dances of Universal Peace in Colorado please visit www.dup-co.com
Lee Cook	Lee Cook has worked in the field of ministry as a clarivoyant and spiritual counselor for over twenty years. Her specialty is helping people to connect with their Angels. She has had the great joy of working with thousands of spiritual seekers from all over the world. Her book, The Angel Garden has been published in Japan and recently she completed the audio DVD set; The Angels and The Stars for StarWisdom with her dear friend and fellow minister, David Tresemer. Lee lives in Boulder with her beloved husband David, and wonderful daughter, Lily. They recently built their first eco-friendly solar powered home which they hope one day to use as a retreat center.
JJ Booksh	JJ Booksh, CMT is a Priestess, Healer, Teacher, and Dancer with a great respect for the Divine. JJ facilitated the Journey of the Feminine program at StarHouse in 2002 and 2003. JJ is currently facilitating of the Path of the Ceremonial Arts Program at StarHouse where she assists others to find their personal path by empowering their own authentic expression. JJ is also one of the founders of Ceremonies For Sacred Living helping others experience the richness of life by accessing the Divine through ceremony and honoring the Sacred in everyday living. JJ has a healing Massage Therapy and Reiki practice in Lyons, CO where she enjoys working with people one on one. JJ is an aerial dancer dedicating her art to the Sacred Marriage, which is the meeting of the Divine Feminine with the Divine Masculine in balance and harmony.
Kate Carbone	Kate Carbone, R.R.T. considers herself a modern-day mystic whose pursuit of truth and beauty has led her to explore many spiritual traditions. Unable to choose just one she found a home in the trans-faith community of The StarHouse/All Seasons Chalice Church where she graduated from the Path of Ceremonial Arts and was ordained a minister. At the StarHouse she fostered and facilitates an intimate women's circle, the Journey of the Feminine, now in it's fifth year (for more info on JoF click Women's Programs). Her family is the cornerstone of her world. She moved to Jamestown in 1984 to marry her husband, Skip. This is where they've made their home and raised their son, Chaz. As a nationally Registered Respiratory Therapist, Kate has worked in the acute care hospital setting since 1989. This work has given her the opportunity to help people breathe through life's passages from birth to death, joy to grief. These universal experiences have led her to the deep belief that each moment we are given is sacred. Kate insists she is just like you…only different!
Sally Nurney	Sally Nurney, BFA loves to create with fabric, color, pattern and style ~ she brings this devotion to self-expression to her work with the Path of the Ceremonial Arts, that women (and people everywhere) develop the skills to unveil their True Selves. She is passionate about Sacred Union ~ the balance of masculine and feminine forces within oneself and in the world. She is dedicated to reconnecting our modern lives to the starry beings that surround our beloved earth. Sally is a Tarot and Astrology teacher and reader, and facilitator of the Beacon School of Imaginative Studies, a program of empowerment for girls ages 9 –14. She also co-facilitates the New Moon Program for Women at The StarHouse.
Katharine Roske	Katharine Roske, social pioneer, holistic educator, mother and grandmother has a life long commitment to co-creating a planetary culture that is a living embodiment of sacred union… an expression of our spiritual essence. As founding partner of Hummingbird Community in northern New Mexico, she is currently focused on the development of the Living School: a rich experiential learning environment serving individuals to awaken to their authentic Self and be empowered to express their soul’s purpose. Following her passion for empowering youth leadership, she has been extensively engaged over the past 35 years in integral education and cultural exchange including co-directing the Children’s Torch of Hope Tour across America and co-facilitating the International Children’s Summit on Human Rights. She co-founded a number of schools including Shining Mountain Waldorf School and Misty Mountain Free School (both in Boulder, Colorado) and was on the faculty of the Boulder Valley Institute and the Earth Guardian School. With Carolyn Anderson she co-authored The Co-Creator’s Handbook: an Experiential Guide for Discovering your Life’s Purpose and Building a Co-Creative Society. This is a foundational guidebook in the formation of Hummingbird and is used throughout the world by social pioneers who are collectively birthing a new world. Katharine’s interest in the cultivation of the Divine Feminine inspired her to join Lila Tresemer and Anastacia Chittenden in the founding of the Path of the Ceremonial Arts for Women. Family is core to her life. Together with her husband, Makasha Roske, Katharine has 8 children, 20 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren!
Ministers not residing in Colorado
Anastacia Nutt, M.A.	Anastacia Nutt, M.A. has been a Minister of All Seasons Chalice since 2001. Within ASC, she is co-founder and facilitator of the Path of the Ceremonial Arts (1999) and has served as Administrative Director (2003-8) and Head Minister (2004-6). In the world, she functions as an author, working & teaching Priestess and Spiritual Intuitive. She currently lives in Northern California where her areas of passion and interest include interaction with the Unseen Worlds, reviving primal ritual as a tool for transformation, facilitating threshold crossings and honoring her Celtic-Teutonic ancestral roots. Her enduring prayer is that people unite in an inter-faith/inter-gender alliance, beyond doctrine and distinction, to heal the Earth and her people in the name of Sacred Union. To inquire about Intuitive readings or the Path of the Ceremonial Arts, visit www.PathoftheCeremonialArts.org. To order her new book “Unseen Worlds and Practical Aspects of Spiritual Discernment” visit www.rjstewart.net.
Lynnaea Lumbard, Ph.D.	Lynnaea Lumbard, Ph.D., is a depth psychologist and an ordained Interfaith Minister through One Spirit Interfaith Seminary in New York City. For over thirty years, she has been a workshop conductor in the field of transformational psychology. In 1986, she co-founded Temenos Associates in San Francisco, offering a wide range of consciousness workshops in the Bay Area, New England, New York and Washington, D.C. Moving to Boulder in 1995, she co-founded Naos Foundation with her husband, Rick Paine, guiding wilderness quests and creating a four-year Mystery Training based on the Native American Medicine Wheel. She is currently on sabbatical, writing and living on Whidbey Island, WA.
Richard A. Paine Ed.D.	Rick Paine was graduated from Union Theological Seminary with a Masters in Divinity and ordained in the United Methodist Church. He served First Parish Church, Unitarian, Ashby, MA as a pastor for eight years. Rick was a founding member of All Seasons Chalice and served on ASC Board of Directors. He and his wife Lynnaea founded Naos Foundation, a four-year school of Spiritual Development. They conduct Vision Fasts in the Utah desert and lead various workshops around the country. Rick and Lynnaea currently live on Whidbey Island, WA where they are extending ASC ministry and being nourished by the Northwest wilderness. They host a retreat center on Cortes Island, BC.
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