The Prudential Committee (often called “The Pru”) is Arlington Street’s elected governing board. Prudential Committee meetings are held in the Arlington Street Zoom room on the third Tuesday of each month at 6:00 pm. Pru meetings are open, and guests are always welcome!
Prudential Committee
Sandy Dixon, Co-Chair
Kelly Anne Weaver, Co-Chair
Dawn Bellamo
Bill Briggs
Cathy DeMatto
Hala Hazar
Art Nava
Laura Pattison
Darrell Waters
Officers of the Corporation
Liz Teixeira – Treasurer
Stephen Anable – Secretary
Tom Anderson – Co-Moderator
Gaby Whitehouse – Co-Moderator
Arlington Street Church—A Democracy at Work
In 1788, Arlington Street Church caught the democratic spirit of America and left outside control to become self-governing. No longer was the church assigned a minister, now it chose its own. Rituals, once imposed by outside religious authority, were now fashioned by the ministers and members to suit their ways of worshiping. Today, each member of Arlington Street votes on the big decisions of the congregation. Arlington Street Church is democratically governed by its congregation through two core groups: the Corporation and the Prudential Committee. The Arlington Street Church Corporation is comprised of the congregation’s membership. The Officers of the Corporation (Co-Moderators,
Clerk, and Treasurer) are elected by the membership for one-year terms and preside over all meetings of the Corporation, where key decisions affecting the entire congregation are made. Our governing board is known by the old Yankee name “The Prudential Committee.” The Prudential Committee was formed as group of individuals, respected for their wise and prudent management of assets and trusted to take care of church business between meetings of the Corporation. Our bylaws, voted on by the Corporation, serve as legal guidelines for the Prudential Committee. The Pru is made up of nine members, elected to three-year terms. Akin to a non-profit organization’s Board of Directors, our Prudential Committee is responsible for overseeing the finances, policies, long-range planning, and volunteer leadership that make church life possible. The Pru is also responsible for leading efforts to call, hire, and manage our ministerial staff.
Connecting with the larger Unitarian Universalist movement, the Corporation selects delegates to represent it at the annual General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association. Each June at General Assembly, delegates vote on major program directions for the denomination and register their opinions on world issues of justice and peace. They also receive information, ideas, and inspiration to bring back our congregation.
