The Social Action Coordinating Committee 

• Coordinates activities conducted by the working groups listed below
• Informs members about current activities
• Supports selected projects in the wider community.  

Meetings are on the third Sunday of the month, 12:30 p.m., at the church. Alan Mitchell and Ron Ofstead, co-chairs.
 

Past Congregational Stands for Social Justice 

1990       Vote to oppose Gulf War One.

1995       Vote to become a Welcoming Congregation affirming gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender rights.

2003       Vote to oppose the impending war against Iraq.

2003-5     Our minister Reverend Victoria Safford testifies to the state Senate Judiciary Committee in favor of marriage equality.

2004       Board supports minister’s refusal to sign marriage certificates until same-sex marriages gain legal recognition.

2006       Vote against a proposed state constitutional amendment outlawing same-sex marriage.                 

               Members donate over $25,000 to set up microbanks in Nicaragua.

2008       Vote to make poverty and economic justice the church-wide focus for social action.