BECOMING A MULTI-RACIAL, MULTI-CULTURAL CONGREGATION
ANNETTE MARQUIS, DISTRICT EXECUTIVETHOMAS JEFFERSON DISTRICT
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST ASSOCIATION
Reality or Fantasy?
If, recognizing the interdependence of all life, we strive to build community, the strength we gather will be our salvation. If you are black and I am white,IT WILL NOT MATTER. If you are female and I am male,IT WILL NOT MATTER If you are older and I am younger, IT WILL NOT MATTER. If you are liberal and I am conservative,IT WILL NOT MATTER.
If you are straight and I am gay,IT WILL NOT MATTER.
If you are Christian and I am Jewish,
IT WILL NOT MATTER If we join spirits as brothers
and sisters,The pain of our aloneness will
be lessened…And that does matter. IN THIS SPIRIT, WE BUILD
COMMUNITY and MOVE TOWARD RESTORATION
A Litany of Restoration by Marjorie Bowens-Wheatley
What is a multi-racial, multi-cultural congregation?
A congregation where no one racial group comprises more than 80% of the membership
Michael Emerson, United by Faith
Common comments about a becoming MR/MC congregation
VISION STATEMENT of theMIDDLE COLLEGIATE CHURCH
Adopted March 6, 2005 by the Middle Collegiate Church Consistory
Middle Collegiate Church is a celebrating, culturally diverse, inclusive and growing community of faith where all persons are welcomed just as they are as they come through the door.
Rooted in Christian tradition as the oldest continuous Protestant Church in America, Middle Church is called by God to boldly do a new thing on the earth. As a teaching congregation that celebrates the arts, our ministries include rich and meaningful worship, care and education that nurture the mind, body and spirit, social action which embraces the global community, and participation in interfaith dialogue for the purpose of justice and reconciliation.
Assessing Your Readiness
Developed by the Rev. Dr. Curtiss De Young, professor of Reconciliation at Bethel University
Demographics
History/Tradition
Leadership
Leadership
Congregational Culture
Congregational Culture
Worship Experience
Educational Programs
Outreach Efforts
Resources
UUA Anti-Racism, Anti-Oppression, Multicultural (ARAOMC) Resourceshttp://www.uua.org/leaders/leaderslibrary/araomc/index.shtml
DRUUMM, a UU People of Color org. http://druumm.org
Allies for Racial Equity, a UU white allies org.www.uuallies.org
Church Websites
Middle Collegiate Churchhttp://www.middlechurch.org
Davies Memorial UU Churchhttp://www.dmuuc.org
All Souls, Unitarianhttp://www.all-souls.org
First Unitarian Church of San Josehttp://sanjoseuu.org
Questions