Purpose and Covenant
The Purpose of the PC Chapter UUMA is to be:
- a forum in which we discuss and act on our professional issues
- a community in which we tell our stories, write our histories, and continue our educations in the arts of ministry
- a crucible in which we teach, learn and practice justice
- a context in which we develop collegial support, connections and friendships
- a haven for worship, rest, and refreshment of our spirits
- a colloquium in which we study theology and ethics
- a confessional in which we can frankly acknowledge our flaws, and receive both understanding and good counsel.
The members of the PC Chapter UUMA covenant:
United in our call to serve the spirit of love and justice through the vocation of ministry in the liberal religious tradition, we, the members of the Pacific Central Chapter of the Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association, covenant with one another:
• To conduct ourselves with integrity, honoring the trust placed in us;
• To embody in our lives the values that we proclaim on behalf of our faith;
• To support one another in collegial respect and care, understanding and honoring the diversity within our association;
• To hold ourselves accountable to each other for the competent exercise of our vocation;
• To use our power constructively and with intention, mindful of our potential unconsciously to perpetuate systems of oppression;
• To seek justice and right relations according to our evolving collective wisdom, and to refrain from all abuse or exploitation;
• To cultivate practices of deepening awareness, understanding, humility, and commitment to our ideals;
• To labor earnestly together for the well-being of our communities and the progress of Unitarian Universalism.
Adopted October 2017
United in our call to serve the spirit of love and justice through the vocation of ministry in the liberal religious tradition, we, the members of the Pacific Central Chapter of the Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association, covenant with one another:
• To conduct ourselves with integrity, honoring the trust placed in us;
• To embody in our lives the values that we proclaim on behalf of our faith;
• To support one another in collegial respect and care, understanding and honoring the diversity within our association;
• To hold ourselves accountable to each other for the competent exercise of our vocation;
• To use our power constructively and with intention, mindful of our potential unconsciously to perpetuate systems of oppression;
• To seek justice and right relations according to our evolving collective wisdom, and to refrain from all abuse or exploitation;
• To cultivate practices of deepening awareness, understanding, humility, and commitment to our ideals;
• To labor earnestly together for the well-being of our communities and the progress of Unitarian Universalism.
Adopted October 2017
