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  • BUUC Home
  • Events
  • About the BUUC
    • Our History
    • BUUC Committees >
      • Executive Committee
      • Worship Committee
      • Membership Committee
      • The Women's Alliance
      • Flower Committee
  • Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
  • Stewardship and Gift Policy
    • Saints We've Known
    • Charitable Giving and the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
  • Sermons 2022-23
    • How Does Your Garden Grow?
    • A Waste of time
    • The Seventh Principle
    • A Turn of the Screw
    • Do Guardian Angels Exist?
  • Our Covenant
  • Minister's Welcome
  • Religious Exploration
  • Music & Choir
  • We Rise: Social Justice Resources
  • Newsletters
  • Church Calendar
  • Unitarian Universalism
  • Driving Directions
  • Photos of Us
  • Making the BUUC Accessible
  • LOVEUU
  • Community Resources
    • Mental Health Providers, Worcester MA
    • Southern Worcester County Parent Guide
  • Contact Us
    • Sermons 2021-22
  • Sermon Archives
    • Finding Joy in Uncertain Times
    • The Fear of the Refugee
    • How Big Is Your Circle?
    • Kurt Vonnegut: Humanist Hero
    • Transformation and Growth
    • Our Brains, Our Minds and Our Hearts
    • The Times They Are A-Changin'
    • On the Turning Away
    • A Collection of Near Death Experiences
    • Faith-based Resilience
    • The Miracle of Change
    • Serving with Grace
    • The Souls of All Living Creatures
    • Happiness
    • Faith and Belief
    • Don't Be a Superhero
    • Unfinished Business
    • Yearn to Learn
    • Commentaries on Murphy's Law
    • Everlasting Punishment
    • Comprehending Moral Imperatives in a Me-centered World
    • CESA: Reflections on Drug Addiction
    • Break the Silence - Stop the Violence
    • What Is Religion Anyway?
    • The Healing Power of Forgiveness
    • Where Our Future Can Begin
    • Taking Stock: Managing Our Spiritual Inventory
    • To Convert Life into Truth
    • Are We There Yet?
    • Family Matters
    • Ordinary Saints
    • All I Wanted Was Everything
    • Giving Thanks
    • To Be or Not To Be
    • Entering the Christmas Story
    • A Great Light
    • What's Real?
    • Troubling the Water
    • The Amazing Mr. Wedgewood
    • Lend Me Your Ears
    • Work That Is Real
    • Happy Melba Toast Day
    • The Great Pacific Garbage Dump
    • Plastics, Benjamin!
    • Surprise Beginnings
    • A Place at the Table
    • Norbert Capek’s Flower Communion: A Call To Honor Life
    • Voices of God
    • Hold On To What Is Good
    • The Little Stone Church That Rocks
    • What Would Jean-Luc Do?: A Tribute to Humanist Hero Gene Roddenberry
    • From Who am I? to Whose are We?
    • Turning
    • Spirituality
    • R & R
    • Spritual F-Words
    • Does Anyone Really Like Herding Cats?
    • Prepare to Be Amazed
    • The Impossible Will Take A Little While
    • Taking Sides: Journey to the Center of the Universe
    • Help Wanted, Apply Within
    • Two Truths & Plastics and Water Don't Mix
    • The Third Conversation
    • Good People >
      • UU You >
        • Twitter and Covid and Wall Street, Oh, my!
        • I Do Believe in Spooks >
          • Holy Homophones >
            • What's in a Name?
            • So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Goodbye!
            • Open-Mindedness, As Assigned
            • Going on a Journey
            • Cheap Love
            • Nonproductive Delight
            • The Persistence of Memory
            • Thoughts about the Historical Jesus
            • Lindens and Tiarella and Bearberry, Oh My!
            • Season's Greetings
            • I Still Have A Dream
            • Peace Corps - A Lesson in Caring
            • Spiritual Engineering
            • Thanks for the Memories
            • Our Stories, Ourselves
            • Anxious Gardeners
            • The Best Sermon Ever!
            • UUnited
            • We Are Courageous
            • A Right Way to Be Wrong
            • Sacred Ideals
            • This Wild and Precious Life Revisited
            • 20/20
            • Home
            • What About Now?
        • Fragile
        • Time Ravel
        • Now Is Not the Time for Hope
        • The G Word (It's Probably Not what You Think)
    • No Thanks, I'll Walk
    • Be the Change
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Our Covenant

As we share our lives in this place of blessed community, we promise to unite in an atmosphere of care and support, provide a spiritual home for ourselves and our children, and work together in our search for truth and caring ways to be in community with each other both within and beyond these walls.  We seek to embody a welcoming community of

CARING     SUPPORT     and     SERVICE 

We therefore promise to:

Treat each other with respect, trust, and compassion.

Actively listen to all points of view on important issues. 

Create an open environment for nonjudgmental participation.

Honor dissenting views, agreeing to disagree.

Make decisions with as much participation as possible. 

Accept that we will make mistakes.  Forgive each other and move on.

Express gratitude for the efforts of others.

Work together to live by our Covenant.

Try to the best of our ability to live by our Unitarian Universalist Principles and Purposes, affirming our tradition of service and justice for all.


                                                             Adopted by the members of BUUC, May 20, 2012




Treat each other with respect, trust and compassion by
  • actively listening without judgment or interruption and listening with the                         intent to fully understand, asking clarifying questions as needed
  • being careful not to monopolize discussion
  • letting each person speak for him or herself
  • making every effort to engage each other directly

Actively listen to all points of view on important issues by
  • soliciting participation from all and considering all viewpoints and concerns
  • focusing on ideas, not personalities

Create an open environment for nonjudgmental participation by
  • striving to use nonjudgmental language
  • being careful not to dismiss anyone’s ideas

Honor dissenting views, agreeing to disagree by
  • acknowledging differences of opinion
  • fully respecting and exploring conflicting ideas

Make decisions with as much participation as possible by
  • building consensus through discussion and dialogue on important issues
  • ensuring decision-making doesn’t disenfranchise members with different opinions
  • supporting a unified position once a decision has been made

Accept that we will make mistakes.  Forgive each other and move on by
  • communicating openly, directly, and with honesty
  • committing to remaining friends and a part of this community
  • extending the hand of friendship after and through any disagreement

Express gratitude for the efforts of others by
  • remembering to offer our thanks
  • honoring the knowledge and experience of those who have served before

Work together to live by our Covenant by 
  • knowing we can review the Covenant at any time
  • committing to thoughtful, active participation in our congregation
  • showing our caring and respectful relationships with one another

Try to the best of our ability to live by our Unitarian Universalist Principles and Purposes (as articulated in our hymnal, Singing the Living Tradition) by
  • offering our gifts and talents in service to the larger community
  • attending to the shape of justice in the world
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