Cooperative Relationships

1. ". . . Churches and fellowships learn from each other's successes and failures. . . . Actively sharing in the community of autonomous congregations deepens belief in the value of the Unitarian Universalist (UU) movement as a whole."
    
2. ". . . The Association [should] place greater emphasis on moving promptly toward a more consultative role to foster and nourish a wide array of cooperative undertakings among congregations."
    
3. "If all congregations were expected to join in a formal recovenanting process [with the UUA] periodically—every five years, for example—. . . such a process would help to enhance the sense of belonging to the larger movement." [See also Recommendation 3.]

Questions

• In what ways does your (our) congregation relate to other UU congregations?
   
• In what ways have you learned from, supported or been supported by, other congregations?
   
• How could these relationships be strengthened?
   
• How would you benefit?
   
• Do you feel a sense of belonging to a larger movement?
   
• What gives you that sense?
   
• What does the "UUA" mean to you? ( Possible responses include headquarters, all congregations, all UU individuals, all kindred spirits, etc.)