Membership

Name: June Congregational Meeting
Start: 2024-06-30
End: 2024-06-30
Location: ONLINE

At some point in your faith journey, you may begin to feel you would like to be more than a guest here at MVUUF. You may feel that this has become your spiritual home, a community with whom you share values, a place to raise your children, a hub for involvement in social justice, a support in time of need, and a place to make connections and build relationships.

Miami Valley Unitarian Univeralist Fellowship

What is like to be a member...

Becoming a member means you are entering into a covenant with MVUUF – or making a promise and commitment to becoming a Unitarian Universalist and all that implies. Although we have no set doctrine or prescribed beliefs, we do have shared principles. When you sign the membership book, you are saying you are in agreement with those principles and our vision and mission statements. It also means you will do your best to live out those principles both inside the fellowship and in the greater community.

Membership means you covenant to do your best to:

Participate in the life of the fellowship
Grow your own faith
Give of your time, energy and talents
Support the fellowship with an annual pledge
Participate in fellowship democratic decision-making by attending congregational meetings
Follow a covenant of right relations

Membership also has its privileges. These privileges include:

The right to vote on church matters
The opportunity to participate in leadership roles
The use of the church building at reduced cost
The services of the minister in rites of passage, with some limitations
The certification with the Unitarian Universalist Association which includes quarterly receipt of the UU World
The right to serve as a delegate to General Assembly, the UUA annual meeting

Path to Membership

Take your time and get to know us: attend services, join our small group ministry, and/or participate in activities or committees that interest you.
Attend a Welcoming Session (once a month)
Attend our Starting Point 2-session class (optional)
Contact the Membership Chair or Minister about joining
Attend a Joining Session (once a year)
Complete and submit a membership form and pledge card
New Members sign the membership book and are welcomed to church membership in a New Members Welcome Ceremony during a Sunday service (once a year)