RMCUCC 2010 Annual Meeting Proposed Resolutions

Resolutions

We the members of the Utah Association call on the Delegates to the 2010 Annual Meeting of the Rocky Mountain Conference UCC to pass the following resolution and take the action described in it to support our shared goal of Church Growth within the Rocky Mountain Conference.
Recommended Unanimously in Provo UT, October 31, 2009

A Resolution Calling on Conference Delegates to Take Action to Support Church Growth:
Whereas most resolutions passed at the Conference Annual Meeting call on other persons to act, we have a commitment as Christians to make real the redeemed and transformed realm of the Creator God on the earth and
Whereas we as Christians are called to be persons of both the Great Commandment to love one another and the Great Commission to share with the world the Gospel of Christ that God is real, God is still speaking and new life is available to any and all persons who welcome Christ into their lives and
Whereas a mature Christian life involves inviting others to join us in the transformed life of communion with the Still Speaking God, and
Whereas we the delegates to the Rocky Mountain Conference Annual Meeting have benefitted from our shared life as a Conference of the United Church of Christ and
Whereas we the delegates have a moral and ethical obligation to contribute our ideas, enthusiasm and creativity to the long term growth and success of the Rocky Mountain Conference and
Whereas we believe that creating accountability for ourselves is important in encouraging us to keep our commitments to one another and
Whereas our shared commitment to growth in the Conference requires a personal covenant and action from each of us to be realized and to sustain the conference into the future and
Whereas our greatest fear is not that we are weak and powerless or that our faith is insufficient but that we are powerful beyond imagining and our faith is more than strong enough to change the world for the better, we proclaim that it is through the combined force of our individual actions that meaningful change occurs in our local congregations, our associations and our conference, and
Whereas the Conference set a long term goal of 5% attendance growth each year for 10 years
Be it resolved that

Each delegate at the 2010 Annual Meeting agrees to take action between now and the 2011 annual meeting which will support the Conference’s long term goals for growth.
We understand individually and corporately that these actions may include but are not limited to inviting friends, family and acquaintances to attend worship with us at our UCC congregation, sharing our personal stories of faith with one another and with friends, family and acquaintances, sharing our spiritual journeys with other persons to inspire them to develop more spiritually fulfilling lives, and to encourage other members of the local congregation to do the same.
To hold ourselves accountable to our commitment to action, we charge the Board of Directors and conference staff to plan time at the 2011 Annual Meeting during which persons will be invited to report to the Conference Annual the actions they have taken and their outcomes.
If we fail to keep our collective and individual commitments, we will hold ourselves accountable by sitting in collective silence, prayer, reflection and discernment for a time of no less than 10 minutes and no more than one hour at the 2011 annual meeting.
If this resolution is accepted by the delegates, we charge the Conference Minister to immediately conduct a commissioning service in which each person in attendance commits to behave with the integrity in carrying out these actions to create and sustain church growth.

We accept and embrace this resolution in the name of the Still Speaking God, of Christ the Redeeming Savior and of the Holy Spirit. We celebrate the opportunity to share our transforming faith with the world.

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We the members of the Utah Association, gathered on April 17, 2010 at Bountiful Community United Church of Christ:

Whereas the United Church of Christ is a united and uniting church and,
Whereas we wish to be open to the prompting of the Holy Spirit which moves and is alive in our hearts and congregations and,
Whereas we have engaged in an informal discussion of realigning the associations of the Conference for several years and,
Whereas we wish to grow in Christian fellowship with the congregations of the United Church of Christ in Wyoming and,
Whereas we are committed to increasing the vitality of the body of Christ through relationships and,
Whereas we proclaim our support for the effort to realign the Associations of Rocky Mountain Conference,
Be there is therefore resolved with the help of God the Creator, Christ the Savior and the Holy Spirit who Sustains us, that the leadership and members of the Utah Association:

Be it therefore further resolved that we commit ourselves to presenting a report on this resolution at the 2010 Rocky Mountain Conference Annual Meeting.