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Membership Covenant
Created
in the image of the Divine
and inspired by the teachings of
bold and courageous exemplars of faith,
we are here united to covenant,
to labor and to serve together toward
community, equity, justice, and understanding
in Hampton Roads.
As a
committed people we covenant
to confront these narrow attitudes which separate us
one from another and
which undermine true community.
As
faithful people, we covenant
to accept honest differences,
yet we pledge to seek those higher unifying goals,
which unite us
toward the greater shared good.
As an
interdependent people,
we believe that we are one another's keeper:
Our brother's advocate and our sister's ally,
and that our destiny is inextricable intertwined
with our neighbor's destiny.
As an
organized people we covenant to
build bridges and relationships across
congregational, economic, geographical,
racial and religious lines.
Humbled
by the task before us,
we are all the more inspired by the power within us.
Drawing authority and strength from
our historic and rich faith traditions,
we hereby covenant to
take up our work with faith, with hope, and with love.
May God's
blessings be upon us,
and maybe we be blessed as we endeavor to bless others.
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