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== On Appropriate Attire in Worship Services ==

Church Council would not want to turn away '''any''' person from the saving grace of God. Accordingly, Council believes that it is neither appropriate nor acceptable that it should regulate a dress code for attendance at worship services.

Having said that, Council would urge all regular attendees to take into consideration the feelings of others in the congregation when they do dress to attend worship. If we recognize that some articles of clothing (or lack of them!) may upset others, and distract them from their devotions, we may choose to be more discreet in what we wear.

The words of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount may also be worth keeping in mind: "So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these."
 * MarriagePolicy.
 * CodeOfConduct and ChurchCouncilCodeOfConduct. ''Adopted CouncilMinutes20140422.''
 * Congregational SafeChurchCommitment adopted 2018. PolicySafePlaceForKids adopted 2003. ChildSafePolicy2010.
 * [[CommunicationsCalendarPolicy | Calendar Policy]] ''draft only: not yet considered by CommunicationsCommittee''
 * ElectronicCouncilCommunications ''not a policy, but this document sets out the motivations for electronic communications with the church''
 * EmailEtiquetteGuidelines ''draft only: under consideration by CommunicationsCommittee''
 * EndowmentFundRules2018 modified CouncilMinutes20180228 from [[CouncilEndowmentPolicy|EndowmentPolicy]] which was approved CouncilMinutes20110216
 * PrivacyPolicy ''appproved'': CouncilMinutes20100915, item 4.6
 * CouncilElectionProcess2012 (actually a Congregation responsibility, but included here for completeness)
 * ChurchDatabase (includes policy) adopted 2010: sets out the conditions for the use and administration of the church database
 * MinistersTelecomsAllowance. Ministerial telecommunications payments.
 * [[CouncilMinutes20130416#AlcoholPolicy|Alcohol policy]]. Affirmed April 2013.
 * SupportingOutsideEvents: a draft policy on approaches to fund raising for bodies outside the church.
 * [[FirstAidTrainingPolicy|First Aid training]]

Policies for the Regulation of the Glen Waverley Uniting Church

This page is intended to be a compendium of all church council policies (and also such policies of the congregation as determined by groups under the aegis of the Church Council).


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