Pizza and Polity
Learn how General Synod works and about the resolutions at General Synod 27.
This is an informal discussion with a UCC member who attended General Synod 27 and the United Church of Christ History and Polity Course.
Tuesdays at 6:30 at the home of Cindi Knox and Mary Dycus.
Please call 815-254-6920 or go to http://cindik.com/contact/ to reserve a space and express your preference of pizza thickness and toppings.
Please bring something to drink.
July 14: How General Synod works
July 21:
July 28: TBA
August 4: TBA
August 11: TBA
August 18: TBA
August 25: TBA
This is an informal discussion with a UCC member who attended General Synod 27 and the United Church of Christ History and Polity Course.
Tuesdays at 6:30 at the home of Cindi Knox and Mary Dycus.
Please call 815-254-6920 or go to http://cindik.com/contact/ to reserve a space and express your preference of pizza thickness and toppings.
Please bring something to drink.
July 14: How General Synod works
July 21:
1. Toward Unified Governance for the National Setting of the United Church of Christ - Substitute Resolution - Approved
2. Amendment to the Proposed Changes to the Constitution and Bylaws - Approved
July 28: TBA
August 4: TBA
August 11: TBA
August 18: TBA
August 25: TBA
Other resolutions that will be discussed:
3. A Call to Awareness and Action to End the Practice of Trafficking in Persons - A Resolution of Witness - Approved
4. A Justice Town Hall Gathering - A Prudential Resolution - Committee Recommended No Action - General Synod voted to postpone action indefinitely
5. Resolution Calling on President Barack Obama to Revisit and Re-negotiate a More Humane, Democratic, and Ecologically Sound Version of the North American Free Trade Agreement - A Resolution of Witness - Approved
6. Resolution on the Roles of Church and Government in Addressing the Global Food Crisis - Approved
7. Affirming the Accra Confession: Covenanting for Justice in the Economy and the Earth - Approved
8. An Urgent Call For Advocacy in Support of Healthcare For All, as in H.R. 676 - A Resolution of Witness - Approved
9. Calling For Comprehensive HIV Preventon in Church and Community - A Prudential Resolution - Approved
10. A Call for Study of Our Church's Involvement in the Eugenics Movement - A Prudential Resolution - Approved
11. A Call To Be Global Mission Churches in the United Church of Christ - A Prudential Resolution - Approved
12. An Economic Justice Covenant - A Resolution of Witness - Approved
13. Affirming Diversity/Multi-Cultural Education in the Public Schools - Resolution of Witness - Approved
14. Solidarity and Friendship With Iran - Substitute Resolution - Approved
15. Ministering to Those Struggling and Suffering in The Troubled Economy - A Resolution of Witness - Approved
16. A Resolution on Responsible Meeting Practice - A Prudential Resolution?- Approved
17. Sacred Conversations On Race - Prudential Resolution - Approved
3. A Call to Awareness and Action to End the Practice of Trafficking in Persons - A Resolution of Witness - Approved
4. A Justice Town Hall Gathering - A Prudential Resolution - Committee Recommended No Action - General Synod voted to postpone action indefinitely
5. Resolution Calling on President Barack Obama to Revisit and Re-negotiate a More Humane, Democratic, and Ecologically Sound Version of the North American Free Trade Agreement - A Resolution of Witness - Approved
6. Resolution on the Roles of Church and Government in Addressing the Global Food Crisis - Approved
7. Affirming the Accra Confession: Covenanting for Justice in the Economy and the Earth - Approved
8. An Urgent Call For Advocacy in Support of Healthcare For All, as in H.R. 676 - A Resolution of Witness - Approved
9. Calling For Comprehensive HIV Preventon in Church and Community - A Prudential Resolution - Approved
10. A Call for Study of Our Church's Involvement in the Eugenics Movement - A Prudential Resolution - Approved
11. A Call To Be Global Mission Churches in the United Church of Christ - A Prudential Resolution - Approved
12. An Economic Justice Covenant - A Resolution of Witness - Approved
13. Affirming Diversity/Multi-Cultural Education in the Public Schools - Resolution of Witness - Approved
14. Solidarity and Friendship With Iran - Substitute Resolution - Approved
15. Ministering to Those Struggling and Suffering in The Troubled Economy - A Resolution of Witness - Approved
16. A Resolution on Responsible Meeting Practice - A Prudential Resolution?- Approved
17. Sacred Conversations On Race - Prudential Resolution - Approved
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