Covenant of Healthy Relationships within the Congregation
A covenant is a promise, an understanding, and and agreement of expectations as we enter into relationships with members and friends of the congregation, the minister, the staff, and the Board of Trustees.
We, as individuals, care deeply about our community and wish to support it by committing to this Covenant of Healthy Relations, in the following ways:
1. We practice hospitality, welcoming all those who enter.
2. We are building a multicultural, multigenerational community that promotes and strives toward justice, and works to end marginalization of any people.
3. We listen with respect and attention, and we communicate with care.
4. We are a church community who serves our church community with generosity and good humor, and we support one another in times of joy and need.
5. To encourage healthy interactions, we reach out, with openness and kindness, to maintain relationship/covenant.
6. We acknowledge our own shortcomings and hold ourselves accountable for our mistakes, recognizing them as opportunities for growth and self-awareness.
Adopted January 13, 2019, subsumes previous covenants of right relations and healthy behaviors
We, as individuals, care deeply about our community and wish to support it by committing to this Covenant of Healthy Relations, in the following ways:
1. We practice hospitality, welcoming all those who enter.
2. We are building a multicultural, multigenerational community that promotes and strives toward justice, and works to end marginalization of any people.
3. We listen with respect and attention, and we communicate with care.
4. We are a church community who serves our church community with generosity and good humor, and we support one another in times of joy and need.
5. To encourage healthy interactions, we reach out, with openness and kindness, to maintain relationship/covenant.
6. We acknowledge our own shortcomings and hold ourselves accountable for our mistakes, recognizing them as opportunities for growth and self-awareness.
Adopted January 13, 2019, subsumes previous covenants of right relations and healthy behaviors