Welcoming Congregation

In June 2006, the UUA formally recognized the BAUUC as a Welcoming Congregation (of GLBT persons) based on the history of our Welcoming Congregation Program (WCP) and the unanimous vote of our congregation to apply for recognition.

To learn more about our church’s WCP and current activities of the Welcoming Congregation Committee, click on the website http://home.earthlink.net/~bauucwcc. You can contact the committee at .

The WCP committee has a regular meeting on the third Thursday of each month from 7 to 8 pm at BAUUC.

MISSION STATEMENT:

The “Welcoming Congregation Committee” has a three-fold mission in assisting the BAUUC congregation in “Living the Welcoming Congregation”--Education, Advocacy, and Community Outreach. To accomplish this mission, we:

1) Provide the congregation ongoing opportunities for education that nurtures deeper support and understanding about Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender people and the issues they face in our society.

2) Offer opportunities for members of the congregation to transition from tolerance to advocacy for GLBT rights by attending to legislative developments and working to promote GLBT justice, freedom, and equality in the larger society and speaking out when the rights and dignity of GLBT people are at stake.

3) Engage BAUUC in outreach to the GLBT communities both through its advertising, and by actively supporting and/or sponsoring GLBT affirmative and support groups.