Denominational Affairs Committee (DAC)

UUCF's Denominational Affairs Committee (DAC), which reports to the Board of Directors, provides connections between the congregation and:

• UU congregations, conferences, camps, and programs in our Joseph Priestley District, serving 65 congregations in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Northern Virginia, and the District of Columbia; and
• The Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations (UUA) with headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts.

Committee Responsibilities

The DAC's activities include: 

• Recruiting UUCF delegates to the annual General Assembly of the UUA and to the annual Joseph Priestley District Conference;
• Encouraging UUCF members to attend local and regional denominational meetings, workshops, summer camps, seminaries, and UU gatherings;
• Serving as a clearing house of denomination-related information through ongoing congregational communications; and
• Disseminating information and polling the congregation on the Study-Action Issues that are proposed by congregations for consideration in formulating Statements of Conscience at each UUA General Assembly (GA).

For information about our committee and program, contact the Board of Directors. Visit the links below for more information on denominational affairs. If you find interesting information on Unitarian Universalist congregations, programs, or history, please pass it along.

Statement of Conscience

Delegates at the 2008 General Assembly in Fort Lauderdale, FL, selected "Ethical Eating" to be the 2008-2012 Congregational Study/Action Issue (CSAI) of the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations. http://www.uua.org/socialjustice/issuesprocess/currentissues/ethicaleating/172671.shtml

The Congregational Study/Action Issue is an invitation for congregations and districts to take a topic of concern and confront it, reflect on it, learn about it, respond to it, comment on it take action—each in their own way. A CSAI is NOT a statement—it is a question. 

February 1, 2011: Deadline for Congregational Poll ballots and Comment Forms. In order to be placed on the Final Agenda for General Assembly, 25 percent of all certified congregations must participate in the ballot vote on the Statement of Conscience, with a majority voting affirmatively. The CSW shall then prepare and place on the Final Agenda a revised draft Statement of Conscience, taking into consideration comments received by the member congregations and districts.  

Comments on this proposed Statement of Conscience will soon be accepted.

DAC Members: Vacant   Liaisons - Board: Jeff Snyder; Ministers (ex officio) 

Denominational Links

UUA  

• Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations (UUA), http://www.uua.org/
• General Assembly of the UUA, http://www.uua.org/ga
• International Council of Unitarian Universalists, http://www.uua.org/icuu/
• Unitarian Universalist United Nations Office, http://www.uu-uno.org/
• Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC), http://www.uusc.org/
• Church of the Larger Fellowship, http://clf.uua.org/
• UUA Bookstore Online, http://www.uua.org/bookstore/index.php
• Skinner House Books (Imprint of the UUA), http://www.uua.org/skinner/index.html
• Beacon Press, http://www.beacon.org/

Regional 

• Joseph Priestley District (JPD) of the UUA, http://www.jpduua.org/
• Joseph Priestley, Chemist and Unitarian Minister (on the JPD Web site), http://www.jpduua.org/pages/about.php
• JPD Chalice Lighters (Extension and Growth of UU Congregations), http://www.jpduua.org/pages/chalice-lighters.php
• Critical Mass--Greater Washington Area UU Young Adult Network, http://www.critmass.org/
• Southeastern Unitarian Universalist Summer Institute (SUUSI), http://www.suusi.org/

Youth/Young Adults 

• Unitarian Universalist Young Adult Network and Campus Ministries, http://www25.uua.org/ya-cm/newcomers/index.html
• Church of the Younger Fellowship, http://uucyf.org/

 Social Justice 

• Beacon House Community Ministry, Washington, DC, http://www.beaconhousedc.org
• Commission on Social Witness (CSW), http://www.uua.org/csw/index.html
• OpenDoor Housing Fund,   http://www.opendoorhousingfund.org/
• Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice (Baltimore-Washington-No. Virginia) (UUSJ), http://www.uusj.org/ 

 UU Theology Schools 

• Meadville Lombard Theological School, Chicago IL, http://www.meadville.edu/
• Starr King School for the Ministry, Berkeley, CA, http://www.sksm.edu/ 

Miscellaneous 

• UU E-mailing Lists, http://www.uua.org/lists/index.html