The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Wayne County is an inclusive community for spiritual exploration, dedicated to social and environmental justice.

The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Wayne County is a nurturing community offering a safe harbor of love and respect to provide opportunities and resources to:

• Affirm and celebrate diversity.
• Grow personally and spiritually.
• Provide dignity and justice within the greater community.

Because we as Unitarian Universalists intend to live the words of our Principles, we covenant together to:

• Respect in our speech and actions those persons within the Fellowship with differing opinions, always assuming that someone present disagrees.
• Recognize that interpersonal conflict can be a positive force for constructive change.
• Take individual responsibility for the shared stewardship of our community, its facilities and resources.
• Communicate openly, to listen to each other, and to make the effort to be informed about Fellowship matters.
• Maintain as sacred the worship hour for healing and sanctuary.

There are seven principles which we (and all Unitarian Universalist congregations) affirm and promote:

1. The inherent worth and dignity of every person.
2. Justice, equity, and compassion in human relations.
3. Acceptance of one another and encouragement to spiritual growth in our Fellowship.
4. A free and responsible search for truth and meaning.
5. The right of conscience and the use of the democratic process in our Fellowship and in society at large.
6. The goal of world community with peace, liberty, and justice for all.
7. The respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part.

The living tradition which we (and all Unitarian Universalist congregations) share draws from many sources:

1. Direct experience of that transcending mystery and wonder, affirmed in all cultures, which moves us to a renewal of the spirit and an openness to the forces which create and uphold life.
2. Words and deeds of prophetic women and men which challenge us to confront powers and structures of evil with justice, compassion and the transforming power of love.
3. Wisdom from the world’s religions which inspires us in our ethical and spiritual life.
4. Jewish and Christian teachings which call us to respond to God’s love by loving our neighbors as ourselves.
5. Humanist teachings which counsel us to heed the guidance of reason and the results of science, and warn us against idolatries of the mind and spirit.
6. Spiritual teachings of Earth-centered traditions which celebrate the sacred circle of life and instruct us to live in harmony with the rhythms of nature.