Membership Information

The Women-Church Convergence Membership Packet is available for download (.pdf). It includes the W-CC Vision of Church, as well as the following Statement of Purpose and Organization Structure information.

DEFINITION AND PURPOSE

• is church, a discipleship of equals, moving from a paradigm of domination to one of mutuality,
• works to eradicate patriarchy, sexism and racism in order to transform church and society.
• furthers the Women-Church movement.

MUTUAL AGREEMENTS

We recognize women as free moral agents with authority to take full responsibility for their lives. Therefore, we agree that:

• Women create policy; develop and provide feminist ministry and feminist theology; act as ministers of sacramental life and administrators as church.
• Women's spirituality and justice work are essential to being church.
• We work for the equal distribution of economic resources in local, national, and global communities, especially for women and children who are marginalized in church and society.
• We work to end economic profit as the primary motivation for development.
• We continue to root out racism in our personal lives and in the structures of church and society.
• We work towards the elimination of heterosexism/homophobia and affirm every person's right and gift to be who they are and love whom they love.
• Women are, and of right ought to be, the primary decision makers in matters of reproduction, sexuality and women's health.
• We work to eliminate all forms of violence, especially against women and children.

COORDINATORS

• Represent W-CC to the public
• Work with facilitator(s) regarding agenda for each board meeting
• Serve as initial contact with media
• Serve as contact with the women and leadership archives at the Gannon Library
• Deal with correspondence
• Address statements, petitions, advocacy positions, action alerts, needed between meetings

FACILITATOR(S)

• Prior to meeting, gathers agenda items from members and works with coordinators to establish agenda
• Identifies recorder and timekeeper
• Identifies order of speakers
• Assigns appropriate time to each report
• Keeps the group discussion focused

HOMEBASE / CLEARING HOUSE
POINT OF CONTACT

• Acts as the W-CC mailing address
• Provides the site of the W-CC phone and fax
• Forwards information, requests, dues payments to appropriate recipients and/or committees
• Retains the updated membership list information
• Following each board meeting sends information packet to each member group. Packet includes: minutes; committee, coordinator and treasurer reports; updated membership list; copy of the updated stationery.

TREASURER

• Informs members about dues
• Collects and banks dues
• Reimburses members for W-CC related expenses
• Issues semi-annual financial statements at board
  

LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS

• Works with W-CC to decide in a timely manner a geographic location for the next meetings
• Finds and arranges, in discussion with the local hosts, hotel/meeting space and related necessary facilities
• Sends the W-CC members all pertinent information

MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE

• Sends and receives applications
• Sends new member packets
• Welcomes and mentors new members

MEDIA COMMITTEE

• Acts as contact for all media-related events and information
• Initiates media releases flowing from W-CC semi-annual board meetings
  

PENTECOST LITURGY COMMITTEE

• Guides the annual Pentecost Women’s Eucharist celebrations
• Prepares and distributes packet/liturgy information
• Works with media committee to coordinate media

ORAL HISTORY COMMITTEE

• Identifies women who have contributed to the life of the W-CC, either through membership and who have been participant-witnesses in the growth of women’s role and influence in the body of church
• Invites them to be interviewed
• Is responsible for the taping, transcribing and housing of the resultant material until the material is housed in the Women and Leadership Archives, The Ann Ida Gannon, BVM, Center for Women and Leadership, Loyola University, Chicago