Our Values
- Transcendence – To connect with wonder and awe of the unity of life
- Community – To connect with joy, sorrow, and service with those whose lives we touch
- Compassion – To treat ourselves and others with love
- Courage – To live lives of honesty, vulnerability, and beauty
- Transformation – To pursue the growth that changes our lives and heals our world
Mission:
Together we nourish souls, transform lives, and do justice
to build the Beloved Community.
Ends:
- We live our Unitarian Universalist faith and values, teach them to our children, and act on them in the world
- We support and challenge one another in worship, spiritual growth and lifelong learning to practice a rich spiritual life
- We engage with one another to care for the Earth and the interdependent web
- We care for one another in intergenerational community and connect in fun and fellowship
- We embody the principles of Unitarian Universalism and invite people of goodwill to find a spiritual home with us
- We partner with other organizations and faith communities to dismantle a culture of white supremacy and other systems of oppression, within ourselves, within our church community, and beyond our walls
- We provide leadership to and collaborate with the greater Unitarian Universalist community to expand the reach of our movement
- We are generous with time, talent, and treasure to realize our mission
About Beloved Community
“Dr. King’s Beloved Community is a global vision, in which all people can share in the wealth of the earth. In the Beloved Community, poverty, hunger and homelessness will not be tolerated because international standards of human decency will not allow it. Racism and all forms of discrimination, bigotry and prejudice will be replaced by an all-inclusive spirit of sisterhood and brotherhood. In the Beloved Community, international disputes will be resolved by peaceful conflict resolution and reconciliation of adversaries, instead of military power. Love and trust will triumph over fear and hatred. Peace with justice will prevail over war and military conflict.“
—The Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change
“But the end is reconciliation; the end is redemption; the end is the creation of the Beloved Community. … It is this love which will bring about miracles in the hearts of men.”
—Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
A Covenant of Healthy Relations
As a religious community, we promise
To Welcome and Serve by:
- Being intentionally hospitable to all people of goodwill
- Celebrating all aspects of diversity
- Treating others as they wish to be treated
- Being present with one another through life’s transitions
- Encouraging the spiritual growth of people of all ages
To Nurture and Protect by:
- Communicating with one another directly in a spirit of compassion and goodwill
- Ensuring those who wish to communicate are heard and understood
- Speaking when silence would inhibit progress
- Disagreeing from a place of curiosity and respect
- Interrupting hurtful interactions when we witness them
- Expressing our appreciation to each other
To Sustain and Build by:
- Affirming our gratitude with generous gifts of time, talent, and money for our beloved community
- Honoring our commitments to ourselves and one another for the sake of our own integrity and that of our congregation
- Forgiving ourselves and others when we fall short of expectations, showing good humor and the optimism required for moving forward
Thus, do we covenant with one another.
