Preamble: Honoring who we have been, embracing who we feel called to become, we join together as an inclusive and diverse community, growing in love, courageously collaborating to liberate one another from hurt and hate to better know hope and justice.

We aspire to make space for celebration and fun.

We aspire to the highest levels of trust. To be trustworthy, we will be present, honest, humble and kind. To practice trust we will exercise faith and allowance.

We accept responsibility for the impact of our words and actions rather than seeking absolution through our intent.

We aspire toward being a community where resources, opportunities and responsibilities are shared equitably.

We aspire to transparency in our communications. We “frame” issues for accuracy and understanding rather than distort them for persuasive advantage.

We aspire to always be cultivating an anti-racist, anti-oppressive community. We work for own liberation and we support the liberation of others. We strive to dismantle white supremacy. (new wording 3/10/21)

We aspire to aid in the success of our leaders by staying informed, participating in the democratic process, and taking our place in leadership as we are able. We honor collective decisions even when we do not agree.

We aspire to a fully shared ministry. To this end we will delegate responsibility with clear requests. We will honor the creativity and autonomy of the person who has taken on a responsibility by allowing them the latitude to meet the objectives of the task their own way.

Our covenant is one of aspirations, not ultimatums. We all will sometimes fall short. When we do, we will respond with love for ourselves and for others.