Home > Leaders > Leaders' Library > Living the Welcoming Congregation > Facilitator Covenant

Facilitator Covenant

Dear Living the Welcoming Congregation facilitator,

We are pleased that you are interested in working to make your congregation and the world a better place for bisexual, gay, lesbian, queer, questioning and transgender people. Without your willingness to engage in this work, Unitarian Universalism would not be as far along the path to acceptance and affirmation as we are today.

We at the Office of Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian and Transgender Concerns (OBGLTC), believe that it is imperative that congregations interested in doing b/g/l/t work from a faith perspective begin with the Welcoming Congregation Handbook before embarking on this curriculum. The Living the Welcoming Congregation curriculum assumes a baseline knowledge that a congregation can only gain through the completion of the Welcoming Congregation (WC) process. Therefore, we will not share the password to Living the Welcoming Congregation (LWC) with congregations who are not “recognized” by the Office as Welcoming Congregations.

We acknowledge that some Unitarian Universalist congregations may have been recognized as Welcoming Congregations prior to the 2nd edition of the Welcoming Congregation Handbook (the purple cover version ©1999). Therefore, we recommend that those congregations do the sessions on bisexuality, transgender identity, and race in the Welcoming Congregation Handbook 1999 edition before embarking on Living the Welcoming Congregation.

By signing the below covenant, you are confirming that your congregation has completed all necessary sessions of the 2nd edition Welcoming Congregation Handbook and is ready to embark upon Living the Welcoming Congregation.

If your browser is not showing this page as a secure site, you may
switch to our secure server before completing this form.

By signing the below statement, I acknowledge that the following are true:
Congregation Information
Congregation Applying to Begin LWC:
Congregation City/State:
Our congregation is “recognized” as a Welcoming Congregation.
Year:
Additional units have been completed as needed.
Facilitator Covenant
I covenant with the Office of Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian and Transgender Concerns to use this curriculum with only the congregation listed above. I will not share the password but instead will encourage anyone interested in Living the Welcoming Congregation to contact OBGLTC.
I will only print/copy the materials for my and my class’ use. I understand that the UUA has sole copyright, and that it is my responsibility to strictly adhere to this request.
Signature:
Email:
Role in Church:
Date:

For more information contact obgltc @ uua.org.

Last updated on Friday, April 18, 2008.