Special Congregational Meeting June 20, 2021

Special Congregational Meeting June 20, 2021

by Jane Carrigan, Board of Trustees President

Dayna Edwards, a UUCA member, and former staff person, has completed seminary and has been granted preliminary Fellowship by the UUA, qualifying her for ordination. Her close ties to UUCA have meant that she has asked our congregation to support her ordination, along with Cedar Lane Unitarian Church, her internship congregation. The right to ordain, in our faith, lies with the congregation. This is an act of the congregation, and so requires a vote of the membership at an official congregational meeting. Towards this purpose, we are announcing a Special Congregational Meeting for June 20, 2021, immediately following the Sunday Service. Fourteen days notice is required for any Special Meeting and this will serve as 14 days notice as required by our By-Laws. Her ordination is currently scheduled for September 25 at Cedar Lane.

We will present a brief video from Dayna Edwards and the rationale behind this vote. We will entertain questions for 1 minute per question until all questions are answered and then will vote yay or nay on the resolution. The Board of Trustees uses Robert’s Rules.

From Dayna:

“I am writing to humbly ask that the Unitarian Universalist Church of Annapolis be the congregation that will co-ordain me with Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church. As you know the act of ordination is a sacred ritual of our faith which centers the unique relationship between a congregation and a minister in formation. It would be an honor and a privilege to be ordained by a congregation that has been so integral to my becoming and so supportive of my family.”