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Welcoming Immigrantsand
Advocating for Partners’ Interests
November 20, 2008Mutuality of Mission Event
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Languages Spoken in theHawai‘i Conference
English, Hawaiian
Cantonese, Mandarin Japanese, Korean, Tagalog, Ilocano, Visayan, Marshallese, Kosraean, Chuukese (2 dialects), Pohnpeian, Pingalapese, Samoan,
Ni‘ihau Hawaiian
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Greatest potential for growth in the UCC is in ethnic, immigrant or emerging communities.
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Why affiliate with the UCC?
Historic Mission TiesEcclesiological AffinitiesTheological Sympathies
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The Multi-Racial, Multi-Cultural Church
Is filled with:
Blessings
Challenges
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How do we welcome, encourage, advocate?
The more we know, the less we understand.
We’re always learning something new.
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How do we welcome, encourage, advocate?
“Issues for Consideration by Committees on Ministry When Working with
Underrepresented Individuals and Churches”Go to: www.ucc.org/ministers
and click on “Ministry Issues Resource”
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We learn from:
Mistakes, Miscues Misunderstandings
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Mistakes, Miscues, Misunderstandings
1. Establish a Committee, Task Force, Board or Team
Can lead to unintended results:
“Let’s create an ethnic Association”
“We’ve taken care of their needs.”
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Mistakes, Miscues, Misunderstandings
2. Place Representatives on Boards, Committees, Task Forces
The danger of tokenism.
One person can’t advocate for the whole.
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Mistakes, Miscues, Misunderstandings
3. Invite Them to Sing and Dance
The insult of entertainment.
Be ready to do the same.
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Mistakes, Miscues, Misunderstandings
4. Ignore Practices, Rituals and Traditions
Be sensitive to the degree of “push.”
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Mistakes, Miscues, Misunderstandings
5. Privilege Culture and Tradition over Procedures and Law
Bending over backwards can break your back.
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Mistakes, Miscues, Misunderstandings
6. Don’t Visit the Church
Presence goes a very long way.
So does absence.
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Mistakes, Miscues, Misunderstandings
7. Encourage Everyone to Speak Up or Out
Propriety of speaking varies across cultures.
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Mistakes, Miscues, Misunderstandings
8. Listen to One, Representative Voice
One person can’t know it all and say it all.
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Mistakes, Miscues, Misunderstandings
9. Speak on Behalf of Peoples
Don’t mistake the silent or soft voice with having no voice.
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Mistakes, Miscues, Misunderstandings
10. Don’t Contribute Money
Don’t mistake generosity with self-sufficiency.
Carry lots of dollar bills.
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Mistakes, Miscues, Misunderstandings
11. Get Down to Business
Observe the unwritten rules.
Ceremony: “Greasing the wheels.”
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Mistakes, Miscues, Misunderstandings
12. Don’t Ask Questions
There is no universal.
Ask lots of questions. Leave nothing to chance.
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Welcoming Immigrantsand
Advocating for Partners’ Interests
November 20, 2008Mutuality of Mission Event