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).

DAC meetings are open to all UUCF members and friends. For information about our committee and program, contact Kurt Jensen. 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.

Results of theUUA  2010 Congregational Poll:

Item One: For a Draft Statement of Conscience (SOC) to appear on the 2010 General Assembly Final Agenda, our Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) bylaws require a minimum of 25% of certified congregations to participate in the ballot vote on whether the Draft SOC should be placed on the Final Agenda.

After voting closed, the tally was:

• “Yes” vote: 38.2%
• “No” vote: 0.8%
• “Abstain” vote: 34.8%
• Did not vote: 26.2%

Seventy-three percent of certified congregations participated in the Congregational Poll this year.

Congregational Study/Action Issues

Item Two: For any proposed Congregational Study/Action Issues (CSAIs) to appear on the General Assembly 2010 ballot, our UUA bylaws require a quorum of 25% of certified congregations to vote “Yes” for the five proposed CSAIs they think are the most important.

In ranked order by vote are the six proposed CSAIs after the close of the Congregational Poll. The top five will be going on the General Assembly 2010 agenda; one will be selected at GA to be the 2010-2014 Congregational Study/Action Issue.

• Energy, Peace, and Justice: 33.3%
• National Economic Reform: A Moral Imperative: 31.1%
• Immigration as a Moral Issue: 30.6%
• Ending Slavery: 28.7%
• Revitalizing American Democracy: 24.5%
• Nuclear Disarmament: 17.9%

DAC Members: Kurt Jensen (Chair), Wini Atlas, Wilt Dickerson, Steve Gold,  Bruce Wheeler, and Smith Wood.  Liaisons - Board: Jeff Snyder; Membership/Outreach: Rich Williams; 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 

• The Washington Office for Faith in Action, http://www.uua.org/uuawo/
• 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
• Famous UUs, http://www.jjnet.com/famousuus/