To: the Executive Council, the Collegium, UCC Coalition, UCC Disabilities Ministries, Youth and Young Adult Ministries, CCM and COREM
Meeting in Minneapolis MN on June 16-18, 2008, those present (see groups represented below) prayerfully make the following recommendation and statement. We hope this recommendation and statement will be taken with seriousness and responded to with the gravity these words hold.
We thank the GFT for their work on the previous restructure documents. Yet we believe that our mandate to be a just peace church that is multi-racial, multi-cultural, open and affirming, and accessible to all, requires that more attention be paid to issues of representation and justice. We also believe that there are many unanswered questions that should be addressed without any further delay.
Present at the June 16-18, 2008 Minneapolis MN Meeting: COREM Bodies, UCC Coalition, UCC Disability Ministries, Youth and Young Adult Ministries, two members of CCM, and a vice moderator of the General Synod. At the time of the vote of affirmation to this statement two people had left to go home. All who remained agreed to the statement. There was no dissenter to the statement. 32 leaders were present at this historic gathering.
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