PRINCIPLES AND VALUES
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Individuals of this community uphold the following principles
• The primacy of the individual conscience in the search for personal and spiritual growth;
• The inherent worth of all people;
• Fairness and equality of opportunity;
• Valuing community as a way of being; and
• Reverence for the interdependent web of existence.
We truly value the opportunity to develop and practice our beliefs in community and attempt to make real the following six Values.
WELCOMING
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We welcome everyone who walks through the Meeting House door with anticipation of the person that we will get to know, knowing that they will add to what we have; New ideas to broaden our own understanding our the world; Our development as people and as a community.
FRIENDLY
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We believe that friendliness is an important ingredient in making our community what it is; Helps us to grow as individuals and as a community; Makes it possible to agree to disagree and really mean it; and Is a way of being.
CARING
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We care for ourselves and our families;
Our Unitarian community and everyone within it;
Our building, our resources and our finances;
Our local communities
The earth and all its peoples/living organisms and that that sustains them
RESPECTING
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We respect that everyone who we make a connection with has a right to determine their own beliefs, values and paths and has a unique and individual perspective and experience;
Ourselves for what we are, have been and will become;
The history and culture of Unitarianism and other faiths;
The rituals that we engage in ; and
People of other faiths
OPEN
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We are open to Change: individually, within our community and within our Meeting House;
Being patient - change is not always good;
New ways of doing things e.g. worship; and
A transparent way of working, to collective and collaborative searching for what feels right to us.
COMFORTABLE
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We believe that providing a comfortable environment gives people a safe place to explore their spirituality;
Being comfortable allows us to focus on our inner selves; and
Our faith community brings comfort through its attitudes as well as its physical environment
