Creating a Covenant for Your Chapter
A covenant is a sacred promise for how your chapter and congregation will be in relationship with one another. It is a promise. Something all can count on to keep the relationship between chapter and congregation healthy and in right relations with one another.
Here are some resources for writing Covenants:
Covenant is Foundational to Congregational Polity
www.uua.org/leadership/learning-center/governance/covenant
"Covenant is the silk that joins Unitarian Universalist (UU) congregations, communities, and individuals together in a web of interconnection. The practice of promising to walk together is the precious core of our creedless faith.“Covenant” is both a noun and a verb. It can be a written agreement among individual community members promising to behave in certain ways, and it can mean to engage in mutual promises with Spirit, with other people and communities."
Writing a Covenant Workshop
www.uua.org/safe/handbook/workshops/166375.shtml
This is an outline for creating a session with everyone who is in your chapter and the congregational leadership to work out the covenant together.Covenant of Right Relations
www.uua.org/safe/covenantDo We Know What a Covenant Is? by Rev. Catherine Clarenbach
www.patheos.com/blogs/naturessacredjourney/2016/08/do-we-know-what-covenant-is/
This blog post was written for the CUUPS blog "Nature's Sacred Journey".Sample Chapter Covenants - Click Here
Reading Material for Building a Healthy & Welcoming CUUPS Chapter
The Well Grounded CUUPS Chapter by David Burwasser
CUUPS in the Twenty-First Century by Mary Ann Somerville
Breaking the Ice: Introducing Paganism to Your UU Congregation by David Burwasser
Don't Scare the Horses: Political Content in Pagan Liturgy by David Burwasser
Creating Effective Organizations for the Future by Jerrie Hildebrand
Working with the Media by Jerrie Hildebrand
Past Brochures
These were developed in 1999 and were used forchurch brochure racks, community events, or educational opportunities. Paganism and Earth-Centered Spirituality has shifted greatly since that time.
CUUPS Chapter Groups
CUUPS Elist for Chapters
Books about Creating Healthy Pagan Groups
Antagonist in the Church by Kenneth C. Haugk
Covencraft: Witchcraft for Three or More by Amber K
Wicca Covens: How to Start and Organize Your Own by Judy Harrow
ChurchWorks by Anne Odin Heller