2024 UUFCM Retreat: Covenant

Twenty-seven members and friends of the Fellowship gathered on Sunday, January 20, for a half-day retreat on the topic of covenant: the promises we make to one another about how we will treat each other. In case you missed it, in our small groups we discussed these questions:

• Where in life have you been treated well? What did it look like?
• Where in life have you not been treated well?
• How do you want to be treated at UUFCM?
• What are you willing to do in order to treat others how they want to be treated at UUFCM?
• From the existing UUFCM covenant statements and the covenant statements shared from other UU congregations, what parts do you like?
• What are some ideas or statements that should be included in our UUFCM covenant?

The end result was a collection of ideas from the various small groups and a lot of good discussion. The Board of Trustees and Shared Ministry Team will now consider next steps. Please contact them if you are interested in working more on this. Thanks to members of the Shared Ministry Team (Jennifer Davis, Joyce Henricks, Stacey Pattison and Mary Alsager) and to Board President Cynthia Damer who worked with Rev. Drew to facilitate the retreat, and thanks to all who shared their time and ideas.