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Resolutions

HARTFORD (08/03/2007) -- General Synod 26 considered 17 proposed resolutions during plenary sessions on June 25 and June 26.

Resolution titles as submitted to General Synod are shown below. Final language, as amended or adopted at Synod, is available at http://www.ucc.org/synod/resolutions/.

Resolutions are not considered final until the minutes of General Synod are approved by the Executive Council this fall. The names of Connecticut Conference delegates assigned to the committee that considered the resolution, and the Association they represent, are shown following the outcome.

A Call to End Migrant Deaths and the US Blockade Strategy of Border Enforcement

Call For A More Humane United States Immigration Policy

In Support of Immigrant Communities

Status: These resolutions were combined into a new motion; adopted Tuesday afternoon, June 26, 2007. [Susan Barker – New London (NL); Helen Duncan – Fairfield East (FE); Rev. Barbara Headley – At-Large (AL); Rev. Laura Westby – FE; Rev. Stan Youngberg – Naugatuck Valley (NV)]

Against Depleted Uranium Weapons

Status: Adopted, as amended by committee, on Tuesday afternoon, June 26, 2007. [Rev. Peter Brenner – Tolland (T); Judy Hagarty – New Haven East Consociation (NHE); Sarah Keck – Youth, Litchfield North (LN); Luis Pagan – AL; Rev. Barbara Schenk – LN]

A Reaffirmation of Marriage Based on the Word of God

Status: Voted on Tuesday morning, June 26, to take no action. [R. William Fairbairn – AL; Rev. Heather Hopkins – Fairfield West (FW); Craig Mengal – FW; Frank Mitchell – New Haven (NH); Rev. Bernard Wilson – AL]

A Reaffirmation of the Historic and Ecumenical Christian Perspective on Marriage

Status: Voted on Tuesday morning, June 26, to take no action. [R. William Fairbairn – AL; Rev. Heather Hopkins – Fairfield West (FW); Craig Mengal – FW; Frank Mitchell – New Haven (NH); Rev. Bernard Wilson – AL]

Changing the Composition of the General Synod

Status: Adopted a substitute resolution on Tuesday, June 26, directing Executive Council to work closely with UCC Conferences to increase local church involvement in General Synod. [Joan Burgess – Non-Voting; Norma Comins – AL; Char Corbett – Central (C); Brian Gaudet – Youth, AL; Rev. Scott Morrow – NHE; Adam Shimmel – Youth, Litchfield South (LS)]

Legalization of Physician Aid in Dying

Status: Adopted, as amended by committee, on Tuesday afternoon, June 26, 2007, calling for a church wide study on the issue. [Rev. Matthew Braddock – FE; Rev. Davida Foy Crabtree – Non-Voting; Rev. Earl Keirstead – Farmington Valley (FV); Jesse Knust, Youth, AL; Rev. Walter Pitman – LS]

Reaffirming our Faith to Retain our Churches

Status: Adopted, with amendments, on Tuesday afternoon, June 26, 2007. [David Brunetti – Youth, NH; Rev. Patricia Felleter – Windham (W); Marilyn Kendrix – AL; John Kidwell – Hartford East (HE); Allegra Villers – Youth, NV]

Regarding the Tar Creek Superfund Site

Status: Approved by delegates at the afternoon session on Monday, June 25, 2007. [Amber Brown – Youth, FV; Ann Crites – Middlesex (M); Christine Davies – Youth, T; Mary Fuller – FV; Rev. Janet Stoddard – C]

Renewing the Covenant with the Rural Church

Status: Approved by delegates at the morning session on Tuesday, June 26, 2007. [Rev. Paige Besse-Rankin – NH; Ken Fredeen – FE; Amanda Higgins – Youth, M; Rev. Carolyn Young – AL]

Returning To Unity And Diversity In The United Church of Christ

Status: Voted on Tuesday, June 26, to take no action. [David Brunetti – Youth, NH; Rev. Patricia Felleter – Windham (W); Marilyn Kendrix – AL; John Kidwell – Hartford East (HE); Allegra Villers – Youth, NV]

A Resolution on Climate Change

Status: Approved by delegates, with an amendment, at the afternoon session on Monday, June 25, 2007. [Amber Brown – Youth, FV; Ann Crites – Middlesex (M); Christine Davies – Youth, T; Mary Fuller – FV; Rev. Janet Stoddard – C]

A Resolution to Recognize 2007 as a Sabbath Year

Status: Approved by delegates at the morning session on Tuesday, June 25, 2007. [Rev. Paige Besse-Rankin – NH; Ken Fredeen – FE; Amanda Higgins – Youth, M; Rev. Carolyn Young – AL]

In Support of a Renewed and Balanced Study and Response to the Conflict Between Palestine and Israel

Status: Referred to the Executive Council for Implementation

A Call for Solidarity with the Persecuted in the Philippines

Status: Approved by delegates on Tuesday, June 26, 2007. [Rev. Mobby Larson – NL; Elizabeth (Cookie) Omerod – W; Rev. Karen Peiffer – H; Rev. Erica Ann Thompson – H; Philip Thalheim – Youth, FW]

A Resolution on Worker Justice at Smithfield

Status: Approved by delegates at the afternoon session on Monday, June 25, 2007. [Anthony Chavez – Youth, Hartford (H); Kevin Ewing – H; Rev. M. Ashley Grant – FW; Casey Stark – Youth, HE; Rev. Pam Rose Vollinger – HE]