2025 Annual Business Meeting
The 2025 UWM Annual Business Meeting will be held on: Wednesday, November 5, 2025 from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm CENTRAL
Meeting held via Zoom and streamed on Facebook Live.
Meeting agenda and documents will be available in mid-September.
2025 Business Meeting Information
The UWM Virtual Business Meeting will be held on Wed, Nov. 5, 2025, from 1 to 5 pm Central.
- Credentialed Leader Voting Information
All Credentialed Unity Leaders are eligible to vote if they have completed their Credentialed Leaders Report (CLR) for the previous year.- If you have not filled out your CLR and you would like to do so now, email annualreportforms@unity.org If you are an Ordained Unity Minister, Licensed Unity Minister, or Licensed Unity Teacher, you can check your Credentialed Leader report status here.
- NOTE: All Unity Credentialed Leaders have a UWM database (NEON) account, and you MUST be logged into that account to use the report status verification link. If you do not recall your UWM database (NEON) log in credentials, you will need to RECOVER your existing account. Please do not create a new account.
- Voting Delegate Information
Each ministry, who is in good standing, can assign delegates, who are Not credentialed Unity Leaders, to vote.- For a ministry to be in good standing, ministries will be affiliated with UWM, properly submitting their Annual Ministry Report (AMR), living in accordance with UWM Code of Ethics, Sexual Conduct Policy, Social Media Policy, and fulfilling all Member Ministry agreements. If you have not filled out your AMR, you can do so now, email annualreportforms@unity.org
- AUC/UWM Bylaws - Article 6. Section 3. Delegates and Voting. The delegates to any business meeting shall include each minister and licensed Unity teacher member; a maximum of four (4) voting laypersons from each traditional member ministry; and a maximum of two (2) lay persons from each eligible alternative ministry. Each delegate to a business meeting, when certified by the credentials committee, shall be eligible to cast one vote on any question before the meeting when present. Both proxy and absentee voting are specifically prohibited.
- Delegates from a ministry are registered by the ministry sending a letter, with the ministry letterhead, designating the delegates including name(s) and email(s).
- This year, the UWM Board of Trustees approve the suspension of the requirement for Ministry delegates to complete the UWM-designated delegate class and for Credentialed leaders to take CEU credits, in order to be eligible to vote in the November 5, 2025, Annual Business Meeting. (As stated in the 2024 Membership Model Policy, section 4, number 7.) All other requirements are still in effect.
Email delegate letters to Brenda Hicks-Wiggins by Oct 16, 2025. Letters received after this date will not be considered.
Only voting members and approved delegates will be sent the Zoom link. All others who wish to view the meeting can do so through Facebook Live (account not required to view).
2024 Business Meeting Information
New UWM Board of Trustees:
- Rev. Ana Quintana
- Rev. Cylvia Hayes
- David Drumm, LUT
- Rev. Okun Ebong
- Rev. Robert Turner
New LRDT member:
- Wendy Carr
- Financial Report:
- Board of Trustees Treasurer, Rev. Don Barto
- Auditors :
- Susan Maher, CPA, Principle with UHYLLP
- Emily Zane
- Bylaw Amendments by:
- UWM Board Liaison, Russel Heiland
- Proposed Bylaw Amendment
The Proposed amendment to Article VI Section 3. Delegates and Voting -
to add to the wording, all duly elected members of the Board of Trustees.
- Report from UWM Board of Trustees Chair:
- UWM Board of Trustees Chair - Valerie Mansfield
- Report from UWM Chief Operating Officer:
- UWM COO - Rev. Roxanne Graves
- Quarterly Video Contest for Unity leaders, Ministries, and communities:
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Unity of Bay City, MI
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Unity Center of Peace, NC
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Unity of Syracuse, NY
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- Report from EarthCare Team:
- Rev. Kathy Harwood Long
- 2024 Greenstar Awards Winners:
- Unity of Fayetteville, AR
- Unity Spiritual Center of Lansing, MI
- Unity of the Blue Ridge, NC
- Unity of Walnut Creek, CA
- Unity Bay Area Houston, TX
- Unity of Minneapolis, MN
- Unity Spiritual Center of Vero Beach, FL
- Unity of Fort Collins, CO
- Unity of Santa Fe, NM
- Unity of Whidby, WA
- Unity of Midtown, FL
- Unity of Traverse City, MI
- Unity Spiritual Center of Spokane, WA
- Unity of Bellingham
Click links below to access
Agenda
Standing Rules
2023 Convention Business Meeting Minutes
YTD 2024 Financial Report
2025 Proposed Budget
Amendment
2023 Business Meeting Information
Please access the full 2023 UWM Business Meeting information which includes -- (1) Annual Convention Information, (2) Proposed Standing Rules, (3) Business Meeting Agenda, (4) 2022 Business Meeting Minutes, (5) Financial Reports, (6) Membership Model Policy and video, & (7) UWM Bylaws with Approved Amendments. All information will also be posted on the WHOVA conference app.
Click here to watch the Membership Model Q&A video by Rev. Shad Groverland.