Governance and Covenant

​Rev. Rob Eller-Isaacs, one of the founding partners of Unity Consulting, recently sent this message to our congregation, Unity Church-Unitarian, about the connection between covenant and governance. Good governance is not about efficiency, it's about depth. Good governance is a framework for covenant, for the promises to ourselves, to each other, and to the world for the impact we seek to make in the world. And in moments such as the ones we're facing now with the coronavirus pandemic, those promises are more important than ever.

For more about how governance can help us make and keep our promises to each other, and renew them when we sometimes break those promises check out:

• Materials from our workshop at the Unitarian Universalist General Assembly on the Promise and Practice of Good Governance.
• Our book The Nested Bowls outlines a congregational covenanting process to understand and articulate our promises to one another in values, mission, and ends policies. Also available from InSpirit, the UUA Bookstore.

Please get in touch if we can support your efforts to use governance well during these challenging times. Be well. Stay safe.