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The CUC Board has adopted the following set of ‘Ends’ as necessary and sufficient for the organization to achieve its stated Vision and Mission. Please note: the Board sees the items below as of equal importance; they are not in a priority order. The first three deal with support for congregations, the next two with congregations working together to create a national presence, and the final one makes explicit the assumption that our organization must achieve its goals in a fiscally responsible manner.

Overall Ends Commitment

The Canadian Unitarian Council (CUC) is a democratic body that exists so that current and emerging Unitarian, Universalist, Unitarian Universalist and Universalist Unitarian (UU) religious communities (“Canadian UU Communities”) have the resources and recognition they need in order to thrive spiritually, socially and economically. This includes:

END #1 Resources for Religious Exploration & Spiritual Growth

Canadian UU communities are equipped for religious exploration and spiritual growth.

END #2 Resources for Social Responsibility

Canadian UU communities are equipped to benefit the wider communities in which they operate.

END #3 Resources for Community Sustainability

Canadian UU communities are equipped to be socially and economically sustainable, including the areas of leadership, multi-generational appeal, relevant life-stage ministries, health and safety, and legal compliance.

END # 4 Interdependent Religious Communities

Canadian UU communities form interdependent webs of religious communities.

END # 5 Working Together

Canadian UU communities undertake collective leadership on the Canadian and international stage so that the voice of the Canadian UU movement is heard.

END #6 Cost

All of the above are to be achieved in a cost-effective manner.