[CoC] Zoom and Agenda for Tonight's CoC Meeting, 6:30PM

Wed Nov 10 12:59:41 CST 2021

Thanks to everyone who participated in yesterday's meeting and to those who
have shared updates via email.

Attached is the "Centering on Gifts" worksheet that I referenced at the end
of the meeting. I encourage you to spend some time with it before the next
Committee of Chairs meeting in January and to share it with your
committees/teams.

Pasted below are comments made in the Chat that include links to some
materials.

19:02:48 From Meredith Warner (she/her) to Everyone:
https://www.uua.org/uuagovernance/committees/cic/widening
19:11:25 From Meredith Warner (she/her) to Everyone:
https://sites.google.com/view/ucm-air-quality-project/home
19:15:43 From Meredith Warner (she/her) to Everyone:
Rocky, check the Sept 17th update:
https://sites.google.com/view/ucm-air-quality-project/updates
19:19:47 From Meredith Warner (she/her) to Everyone:
Covid Task Force minutes here:
https://ucmvt.org/covid-19/covid-19-task-force-minutes/
19:20:48 From Joan (she/her) to Everyone:
In your update, please address how your committee is working to nurture
connections within our church community and/or with the broader community.
19:20:58 From Rocky (she/her) to Everyone:
I'm feeling such gratitude for the work all of you (us) are doing
19:27:14 From Steve Finner (Barre, VT) to Everyone:
What are the two words heard most frequently on ZOOM
19:27:20 From Steve Finner (Barre, VT) to Everyone:
You're muted
19:51:01 From Meredith Warner (she/her) to Everyone:
“We, the member congregations of the Unitarian Universalist Association,
covenant to affirm and promote: journeying toward spiritual wholeness by
working to build a diverse multicultural Beloved Community by our actions
that accountably dismantle racism and other oppressions in ourselves and
our institutions.”
19:51:53 From Sandal Cate to Everyone:
I’m wondering if there is a version that may be more understandable to the
children of our church?
19:53:47 From Donia Prince to Everyone:
What would be some of the concrete ways you would see that adopting this
might change our church?
19:54:03 From Meredith Warner (she/her) to Everyone:
The simpler language version of the 8th principle is: We believe in
building the Beloved Community, free of racism and oppression. (Liza shared
this and it came through her DRE channels.)
19:54:14 From Scott Hess to Everyone:
That makes sense. Thank you
19:55:18 From Sandal Cate to Everyone:
Thanks, Meredith, for that simplified version.
19:58:51 From Sandal Cate to Everyone:
I think there are many other resources across Vermont, or groups or
institutions that are addressing racism in Vermont, both currently and
historically.  I think we should actively “catalog” some of these resources
for sharing in our various committees or groups.
20:02:46 From Rocky (she/her) to Everyone:
Can we anticipate concerns that this principle is not consistent with the
length and tone of the other 7 principles?
20:04:52 From Meredith Warner (she/her) to Everyone:
An interesting resource - An Anti-racism rubric for uu congregations:
https://www.uusc.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Anti-Racism-Rubric-for-UU-Congregations.pdf
20:06:46 From Rocky (she/her) to Everyone:
Are there people in our community who might be at a different point on
their journey of understanding of race and privilege and who will feel
excluded by seeing this among our principles?
20:06:54 From Rocky (she/her) to Everyone:
Are there people who will say "my contribution is that I voted for the 8th
principle"?
20:09:04 From Meredith Warner (she/her) to Everyone:
Please use our 8th Principle Resource Guide to orient yourself and to share
with other friends and members at church:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Q8IjfcaWYTymSpRzXhrapE1R8xsva2TUwjDGIaRD4Kc/edit
20:09:34 From Steve Finner (Barre, VT) to Everyone:
Almost all the congregations that have adopted the eighth principle report
that it is the start of the work .
20:12:47 From Rocky (she/her) to Everyone:
I want to capture what I heard -- the desire to know that this issue is
important to this church
20:15:06 From Rocky (she/her) to Everyone:
"How would the 8th principle intersect with the work that this committee is
doing?"

*Rev. Joan Javier-Duval* | *Minister*
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Unitarian Church of Montpelier
ucm.revjoan at gmail.com | 802-223-7861 x1 | Facebook
<http://www.facebook.com/joaniemj> | Twitter <http://twitter.com/RevJoanUU>

*"We are each other's harvest; **we are each other's business; we are each
other's magnitude and bond." --Gwendolyn Brooks*

On Wed, Nov 10, 2021 at 12:10 PM <hewebster at comcast.net> wrote:

> Hi  CoC:     I apologize for not  attending last night's meeting. It  was
> on my calendar . It was entirely my fault. Diana is our super chair, but
> she is  extra  busy and some of us volunteered to take on some tasks
> normally carried out by the Chair to help her out. I had volunteered  to be
> CoC rep.
>
> LATE REPORT about UCM's Climate Action Tea.  (C.A.T.) :  Laura Brooke who
> often fills the secretary function has taken on  the  E-News function.
> Laura has also  set up a  UCM Climate Action Google Group  of about 30
> members who are specifically interested in climate  action. We on C.A.T.
> often do communicate information with this google group about Central
> Vermont  happenings related  to climate action . We also have a  google
> group with oher UU churches, primarily the  UU Society in Burlington . We
> did have a meeting  with the Burlington group over the summer.
>
> Probably our major sub committee is the committee led  by Diana which
> Harris and Catherine also play a  role on.  This sub committee both assists
> directly and indirectly in the worship services and  hopefully will do so
> at  least once a  month. We have led  a  break-out room during coffee hour
> in services directly related to protecting the earth. .
>
> We have  lost  members  and now have 6  members ( Diana Chace, Laura
> Brooke,  Allen  Clark, Harris Webster,  Margaret Blanchard. Catherine
> Lother)who have  attended regularly  and a  few who have come irregularl in
> the past. One dedicated member Catherine Lowther is severely injured .
> Thus  one task has  been to recruit new members. So far we have had little
> success.  We  have one member who attends  fairly often from the Four
> Corners Church in  Hartland. We did meet all summer.
>
> Allen Clark,  a  regular  member,  keeps us informed and  represents us on
> the church  building plans.
>
>
> Harris is a liaison with the  VTIPL(Vermont  Interfaith Power  and Light)
> as a member of the Board of VTIPL to inform  folks about their  fairly
> regular  programs.  Some congregational members have attended them, but not
> many.
>
> During the last church year Catherine Lowther led a  workshop on lowering
> our individual carbon footprints ,which a  few UCM members  attended.
>
> A few of  us have  attended   protests in Montpelier and  Burlington
> concerning the #3 and #5  tar sands oil  pipelines.
>
> Since to 'Protect the  Earth our Home'  is one of  the five charges in our
> UCM's  Mission Statement , we encourage all committees of the  church to
> consider supporting climate  action in some way.
>
> Harris (Webster)  PS  Diana,  feel free  to supplement  items I may have
> forgetton .
>
>
>
>
> On 11/09/2021 3:35 PM Beth Merrill via CoC <
> coc at unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> Hi All,
> I'm sorry that LSE won't be represented at the meeting tonight.  Liza and
> I both have prior commitments and we weren't able to recruit anyone from
> the committee to represent us.  We did just have an LSE meeting today
> (outside the church on this beautiful day!) and Liza updated us on air
> quality work.
>
>  As a brief LSE update, in case someone would like to share with the
> group, we are working on care packages for the 60 families in the
> congregation, to hopefully be delivered next week.  Since the beginning of
> the church year, we've had good showings at our Children's Chapel online
> time from 9:15-9:45, which is now hosted by Liza one week and an LSE
> volunteer the following week.  Middle School and High School youth groups
> are having one meeting in person each month and occasionally a zoom meeting
> as well.  Liza is hoping to continue to offer a 3rd Sunday outdoor
> gathering through December.  October's was cancelled due to a Covid close
> contact.  I believe there at least 10 small group ministries that have
> started or restarted this year!  Wow!
>
> THank you all and have a great meeting!
>
>
> *Beth Merrill, Chair, LSE Committee*
>
>
> On Tuesday, November 9, 2021, 01:04:55 PM EST, Rev. Joan Javier-Duval via
> CoC <coc at unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org> wrote:
>
>
> Hello, all,
>
> I look forward to seeing many of you this evening for the Committee of
> Chairs meeting. Please try to sign on between 6:25-6:30pm. The agenda w/
> Zoom link can be found here
> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bMQl81BvRApY1OX6Fpacv806nYlNnE91UyzqRLctxW8/edit?usp=sharing>
> and also below.
>
>
> Join Zoom Meeting
>
> https://zoom.us/j/97408539503?pwd=TnM0MXRJSFVIaEJjWk8yV3FtaWx3UT09
>
> Meeting ID: 974 0853 9503
>
> Passcode: 068205
>
> 6:25-6:30pm Arrival
>
> 6:30pm Chalice Lighting (Joan)
>
> 6:35pm Introductions and Check-ins (Joan)
>
> Name, Pronouns, What committee/team you are representing, A historical
> event that has had a profound impact on your life
>
> 6:50pm Board Update (Vic)
>
> 6:55pm Tech Upgrade Project Update (Vic)
>
> 7:00pm Air Quality Project Update and Q&A (Hugo and Meredith)
>
> 7:10pm Covid Task Force Update (Scott)
>
> 7:15pm General Committee/Team Updates (Judith)
>
> Those committees present can share 2-3 minute updates. In your update,
> please address how your committee is working to nurture connections within
> our church community and/or with the broader community.
>
> 7:30pm Break
>
> 7:35pm 8th Principle Guide & Discussion (Barbara Thompson and Peter
> Thoms, Racial Justice Group)
>
> 7:55pm Centering on Gifts “Take Home” Activity (Joan)
>
> 8:05pm Share Reflections/Appreciations (Joan)
>
> 8:10pm Chalice Extinguishing (Joan)
>
> 8:15pm Adjourn
>
>
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