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Date(s) - Mar 27, 2023
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
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(RSVP by March 26th to Rev. Bethany at minister@uuctucson.org or 520-428-4921)
Monday, March 27, 6-7:30pm — via Zoom (see details at bottom)
Rev. Bethany Russell-Lowe, Rev. Sarah Gibb Millspaugh, Rev. Dr. Samantha Wilson
Workshop: Misconduct in Congregations
- It is estimated that a majority of Unitarian Universalist congregations have experienced some form of clergy misconduct in their history.
- UUCT falls into that majority.
- Misconduct is an abuse of power
- that can be financial, emotional, relational, and/or sexual in nature.
- Clergy misconduct can have long-lasting impacts on congregational culture,
- and it shapes how congregations handle conflict.
- This workshop will introduce us to the research
- and consider how UUCT’s culture has been shaped
- by misconduct and abuses of power in its history.
- and consider how UUCT’s culture has been shaped
- We will also consider new responses
- to those once necessary survival strategies
- which no longer serve us.
- to those once necessary survival strategies
Note:
- This workshop will not address the specifics of misconduct in UUCT’s history.
- And it is important for people coming to this workshop to know that…
- clergy misconduct is in UUCT’s history.
- One instance of clergy misconduct at UUCT in 1993 is documented on page 69 there.
- Some other instances of abuses of power — by clergy, religious professionals, and other leaders — are less known and/or not recorded in that linked history.
- While these instances are not all recorded — they still might have impacted our congregation today.
- clergy misconduct is in UUCT’s history.
Zoom Link…
https://zoom.us/j/5207481551?pwd=R3VlUWo5MGwyaGJYSzBKczlOVWpJdz09
Zoom ID: 5207481551
https://zoom/us/my/uuctucson
Password: 483148
Note:
A Zoom recording will be made available to the full congregation after the webinar.