ABOUT US
Overview
The
Frederick School of Religion was established in 1983 and
is managed by and operates entirely with a Board of volunteer lay persons. FSR
offers to clergy and lay persons short courses on specific
religious topics. Each year the School offers ten to twelve
courses during the late winter and early spring, generally
coinciding with Lent. Course topics vary from year to year,
depending upon student requests and instructor availability.
The School strives to include students and instructors from a
variety of religious persuasions and experience. Courses are
structured to foster free exchange among all members and all
points of view are welcome. The School is a non-profit,
inter-faith outreach that is supported by contributions from area
congregations, voluntary patrons, the Frederick Ministerium and
student registration fees. All contributions are welcome! The
School uses facilities generously provided by a different
Frederick area congregation each year. Recent hosts have
included Beth Sholom Congregation, First Baptist Church, Glade United Church of Christ,
Trinity United Methodist Church, Brook Hill United Methodist
Church and St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church.
Continuing Education Units (CEUs) are awarded to
students requesting them.
Our
Organization and Management
The
Frederick School of Religion, Inc. is a registered 501(c)3
non-profit corporation under the Internal Revenue Service Code.
Its volunteer Board of Directors
includes participants from many religious groups. The board
consists of a President, Vice-President, a Secretary, a Treasurer
and leaders in charge of various necessary functions:
registration, publicity, book store, refreshments, logistics,
and congregational recruitment. All these corporate
officers and leaders, along with at-large participants from
interested Frederick county congregations, together constitute
the Board of Directors, which meets several times a year to
conduct the business of the School.
The members of the Board of Directors include:
PRESIDENT*
Joseph Ward
Calvary UMC, Frederick MD
VICE-PRESIDENT*
Gerry Blessing
Evangelical Reformed UCC, Frederick MD
SECRETARY*
JoAnne F. Mauck Evangelical Lutheran Church, Urbana MD
TREASURER *
William (Bill) Pasquerette Calvary UMC, Frederick MD
REGISTRAR
Henry Walter Trinity UMC, Frederick MD
BOOK SALES
George Walton
Community of Christ, Washington, DC
PUBLICITY
Mary Lou Blessing
Evangelical Reformed UCC Frederick MD
BROCHURE
Cristy Stup Brook Hill UMC, Frederick MD
CONGREGATIONAL
RECRUITERS
Nan Doggett Calvary UMC, Frederick MD
Gail K Ellam Evangelical
Reformed UCC, Frederick MD
Charlotte Pasquerette Calvary UMC,
Frederick MD
REFRESHMENTS
Ruth Ann Engel Glade UCC, Walkersville MD
Virginia (Ginger) Ward Calvary UMC, Frederick MD
Nancy Pace
Currently Unaffiliated
HISTORIAN
Nan Doggett Calvary UMC, Frederick MD
LOGISTICS
Don Zetterberg Brook Hill UMC, Frederick
MD
PRESIDENT EMERITUS
Nan Doggett Calvary UMC, Frederick MD
MEMBERS-AT-LARGE
Bob
Mauck Evangelical Lutheran Church, Urbana, MD
Phyllis Schwartz Beth Sholom Congregation, Frederick MD
Gary Schwartz Beth Sholom Congregation, Frederick MD
Larry Lavery
St. Katherine Drexel RCC, Frederick MD
Mary Hollomon
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel RCC, Thurmont MD
Barbara Liston
Seventh Day Adventist Church, Frederick MD
Bill Pailen
Calvary UMC, Frederick MD
Virgil Soule
First Baptist Church, Frederick MD
*
Members of the Board of the Corporation