{"id":5383,"date":"2023-03-20T18:45:51","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T18:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uufranklin.org\/wpz\/?page_id=5383"},"modified":"2024-05-31T20:11:18","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T20:11:18","slug":"proposed-changes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.uufranklin.org\/wpz\/our-beliefs\/uu-principles-and-sources\/proposed-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"Proposed Changes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) is currently reviewing our Principles, Purposes, and Sources. Our Bylaws require this process every 15 years. This page includes links to a variety of resources to support our discussions in advance of the vote at our Annual Meeting on June 11th and at the UUA General Assembly later in June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uuworld.org\/articles\/how-uu-principles-purposes-were-adopted\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How the UUA&#8217;s Principles and Purposes were shaped and how they&#8217;ve shaped Unitarian Universalism<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uuworld.org\/articles\/uuas-original-principles-1961\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UU Principles Adopted at Merger in 1961<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uuworld.org\/articles\/second-draft-article-ii-2009\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Failed Proposed Revision in 2009<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uua.org\/uuagovernance\/committees\/article-ii-study-commission\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Article II Study Commission page with the full report<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uufranklin.org\/wpz\/learning\/uu-world-discussion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UU World Discussion article for March 2023<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-ebd019484f165e99dab4822d04028eb6\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zDUBhGHA4a8&amp;t=22s\">Much Ado About Article I<\/a>I<\/strong> (YouTube video with an alternate perspective.)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@SaveThe7Principles\"><strong>Save the 7 Principles<\/strong><\/a> (several videos)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Image of the proposed values<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"488\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uufranklin.org\/wpz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/UUA-Values-Flower_640x488.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5466\" style=\"width:471px;height:359px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uufranklin.org\/wpz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/UUA-Values-Flower_640x488.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.uufranklin.org\/wpz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/UUA-Values-Flower_640x488-420x320.jpg 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Our current principles:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"891\" height=\"395\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uufranklin.org\/wpz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/screen-shot-2011-07-25-at-8-30-14-am.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5388\" style=\"width:701px;height:310px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uufranklin.org\/wpz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/screen-shot-2011-07-25-at-8-30-14-am.png 891w, https:\/\/www.uufranklin.org\/wpz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/screen-shot-2011-07-25-at-8-30-14-am-420x186.png 420w, https:\/\/www.uufranklin.org\/wpz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/screen-shot-2011-07-25-at-8-30-14-am-768x340.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 891px) 100vw, 891px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.8thprincipleuu.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">8th Principle<\/a> has been proposed and adopted by some congregations, though not by the UUA at large. The leader of this initiative is on the Article II Commission and much of the intent and language is incorporated into the proposed Article II.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) is currently reviewing our Principles, Purposes, and Sources. Our Bylaws require this process every 15 years. This page includes links to a variety of resources to support our discussions in advance of the vote at our Annual Meeting on June 11th and at the UUA General Assembly later in June. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uufranklin.org\/wpz\/our-beliefs\/uu-principles-and-sources\/proposed-changes\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Proposed Changes<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":1941,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5383","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Proposed Changes - UU Fellowship of Franklin, NC<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uufranklin.org\/wpz\/our-beliefs\/uu-principles-and-sources\/proposed-changes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Proposed Changes - UU Fellowship of Franklin, NC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) is currently reviewing our Principles, Purposes, and Sources. 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