The Unitarian Church of Montreal
Pathway to Membership
The privileges of membership
Members share fully in the life of the community of the Unitarian Church of Montreal, shaping its mission and determining its course. Members join together to welcome, nurture, inspire, and challenge one another, and to take action in the world.
The responsibilities of membership
There are no specific spiritual or religious beliefs that you must profess to become a member. Membership indicates that you are in sympathy with the mission of the church and are willing to share in a covenant with fellow members to affirm the Unitarian Universalist Purposes and Principles.
The specifics of membership
Members have the privilege of holding leadership positions in the church. All members who have signed the membership book and have made an annual financial contribution to the church have a right to vote in congregational meetings. Those who have been members for one full year have special voting rights that set the course of the church’s future, such as the calling of a minister, the purchase or sale of property, building projects, or amending the church’s By-Laws. Members call on the minister for rites of passage such as weddings, memorial services and child dedications without fee.
A member of the Unitarian Church of Montreal is expected to:
- Be a full participant in our community.
- Attend worship services, activities and events.
- Volunteer time to support the life of the community.
- Make a fair and responsible pledge of financial support each year.
- Be open to learning and growing with others.
- Be willing to deepen spiritually through heart and mind, and through service.
- Deepen in knowledge of Unitarian Universalist traditions.
- Share in ministry with the Minister and leaders of the congregation.
- Model hospitality and be an ambassador of the church and Unitarian Universalism.
- Cultivate your unique gifts of leadership and service, by working with others to forge and strengthen our bonds.
