It has been two years since the subject of revisiting our church’s covenant was raised. This year the Prudential Committee charged a committee to gather the views of our congregation. The results of that project were handed off to a writer’s group. The group was charged to distill the collective wisdom found both in the gathered reflections and in the historical covenants of the church.
A draft was presented to the congregation on Sunday the 11th of April at Worship. Immediately following that service a Congregational conversation was convened where additional input was solicited.
Out of that, on Tuesday the 13th the Writer’s group convened and produced the final draft to be presented to the Congregation for a vote on Sunday the 25th of April.
The language being presented to the church is:
We the members of the First Unitarian Church of Providence, with respect for the worth and dignity of each person, with wonder at the light we know by many names, and with gratitude for our deep connection to each other and to the larger web of existence, covenant to walk together in our search for truth, seeking the paths of wisdom, compassion, and justice.
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