Applications are open for the fall 2026 cohort of Interfaith Representative Training, our ten-week online course for Pagans who serve, or hope to serve, on interfaith councils, panels, and chaplaincy committees.
Dates
- Sessions: Tuesdays, September 15 to November 17, 2026, from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM Eastern time.
- Applications close: Friday, August 28, 2026.
- Places: 24.
- Cost: none.
About the Course
The course has been offered twice a year since 2013 and has 212 graduates, who now serve on more than seventy local interfaith bodies. It is taught by Rev. Tobias Underhill, our Director of Interfaith Outreach, with guest teachers from other religious communities.
Participants learn to describe their own tradition in plain words, to speak fairly about Pagan traditions that are not their own, to answer hard questions without heat, and to offer public words suitable for a mixed gathering. They also learn how councils actually work: committees, bylaws, budgets, and the patience they require.
The most useful hour was the one on what to do in your first year, which is mostly to listen and to be useful. People told us that this was the session that kept them at the table.
Rev. Tobias Underhill, Director of Interfaith Outreach
New This Fall
- A session on campus interfaith work, added at the request of student applicants, within the week on chaplaincy settings.
- Guest teachers from four religious communities in the fourth week, up from three.
- Live captioning at every session, and all readings in accessible digital form.
Who Should Apply
The course is open to adults of any Pagan or Earth-centered tradition who have practiced for at least two years, can attend all ten sessions, and are willing to be known as Pagan in at least one public setting. You do not need to be clergy or to belong to a group. Solitary practitioners are welcome and have made some of our steadiest representatives.
How to Apply
Application is by email. The full requirements, the week-by-week outline, and instructions are on the Interfaith Representative Training page. Applicants will be notified by September 11.
If the fall cohort fills, remaining applicants will be offered the first places in the winter cohort, which begins in February 2027.
The Carrow Fellowship
Graduates of the 2025 and 2026 cohorts are reminded that applications for the 2027 Carrow Fellowship, which helps two graduates travel to a regional interfaith gathering, will open in January. Write to interfaith@paganednet.org for details.