Benefits of CUUPS Membership
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A voice for Justice
- CUUPS is a respected voice for justice in the Pagan community
- CUUPS is a respected participant in environmental work
Relationships with other members and chapters
- CUUPS members who are traveling for vacation or work at Sabbat time, can connect with another chapter that is holding an event
- Youth and Young adults who have moved recently can connect
- Access to knowledge/skills/experience developed by other chapters: Liturgy, Fundraising, Communications, Best practices for developing relationships between chapter, congregation, congregation’s leadership, broader Pagan community
- Opportunities to gather in conferences, convocations, learning communities, etc.
- Your membership supports the ministry of CUUPS to incarcerated UU Pagans
Library of historically collected information- Book list
- “The Well Rounded Chapter” by David Burwasser
- Liturgy, Examples on Creating Earth/Nature Relating Worship
- Amazon Book lists
- Communication plans
- Leadership training resources
- Blog posts on myriad issues relevant to CUUPs members
- Audio broadcasts including interviews
- Patheos Blog
- CUUPS Bulletin
- Facebook communities and pages
- Twitter
Relationships with the Board members- Board Member skills and services
- Conflict transformation coaching
- Communication coaching
- Fundraising coaching
- Coaching on skills for developing relationships between chapter, congregation, congregation’s leadership, broader Pagan community
- Biennial Sermon Contest
- Volunteer Opportunities on Committees
- Membership
- Chapter Development
- Curriculum and Liturgy Development
- General Assembly Programs & Booth
- Convocation
- Writing for our blog on Patheos
- Communications
- Special projects
Relationship with the local UU congregation, the UU movement, the UUA,
and other faiths in communities- CUUPS is an official Covenanting Community with the UU Association which gives CUUPS benefits and responsibilities similar to the member congregations of the UUA
- It lets the congregation know that there's been some vetting, that your group has engaged in a process that has formed healthy groups that can work well within UU Congregations
- CUUPS has a presence at the annual general assembly of Unitarian Universalists
- Interfaith participation and support within local, regional, national and international communities.
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