Steps to Membership
1. Pick up a membership kit at the Welcome Table at Sunday service or at the church office or request a kit by emailing welcome@firstunitarianottawa.ca.
2. To return the forms, either give them to the Membership Committee member at the Welcome Table at a Sunday service, scan and email welcome@firstunitarianottawa.ca, or mail them to the church office. If mailing, please write 'Attn: Membership' on your envelope.
3. Take the 'Introducing Ourselves' course provided by the Minister (recommended; not required).
4. You will be invited to have an informal meeting with our Minister.
5. Your application will be presented at the next Board of Directors meeting. When a motion is passed accepting your application, you officially become a member.
6. You will be invited to the next New Member Recognition ceremony at a Sunday service.
7. Your name and contact information will appear in the next printing of the Congregational Directory.
8. You will be invited to complete a pledge form, thereby contributing financially to our community as your personal circumstances permit.
*Please note: The First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa must comply with the relevant federal/provincial regulations. First UU is required, under the Privacy Act, to have each member, as well as any other attendee who wished to receive congregational information and be listed in our directory, complete a Permission Form.
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2. To return the forms, either give them to the Membership Committee member at the Welcome Table at a Sunday service, scan and email welcome@firstunitarianottawa.ca, or mail them to the church office. If mailing, please write 'Attn: Membership' on your envelope.
3. Take the 'Introducing Ourselves' course provided by the Minister (recommended; not required).
4. You will be invited to have an informal meeting with our Minister.
5. Your application will be presented at the next Board of Directors meeting. When a motion is passed accepting your application, you officially become a member.
6. You will be invited to the next New Member Recognition ceremony at a Sunday service.
7. Your name and contact information will appear in the next printing of the Congregational Directory.
8. You will be invited to complete a pledge form, thereby contributing financially to our community as your personal circumstances permit.
*Please note: The First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa must comply with the relevant federal/provincial regulations. First UU is required, under the Privacy Act, to have each member, as well as any other attendee who wished to receive congregational information and be listed in our directory, complete a Permission Form.
Download forms by clicking the buttons.
