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