Democracy is a Participatory Endeavor
The congregation of All Souls Church Unitarian is, like all Unitarian Universalist congregations, self-governing. We elect representatives to the board of trustees, officers, and leadership development and nominating committee who carry out a variety of tasks: approve proposed budgets, call settled ministers, review and propose changes to bylaws and other governing documents, etc. The board also appoints a variety of lay-led committees to perform specific duties related to stewarding the overall health and well-being of the congregation.
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“[Democracy] is not merely majority rule based on the fact that the majority has the physical force to prevail . . . It rests upon the fact that, when we have proven knowledge, interpreted through the experience of a large number of individuals, it is possible through this pooled knowledge and experience to come to decisions much more fundamental and much more far-reaching than can be had in any other way . . . The people participating effectively in this pool of democracy must be alive and well, they must know the world which they are interpreting, and they must know themselves.”
The Beckner Committee and staff would like to share our gratitude for members of the committee -- Sharon Groves, Georgia Yuan and Pam Amos -- who have played very important roles in our work over the last four years.