Castle Rock

Center for Spiritual Living

 

 

 

 

BYLAWS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Castle Rock Center for Spiritual Living

PO Box 1705

Castle Rock, CO 80104

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

PREAMBLE  

 

ARTICLE 1.NAME 

 

ARTICLE 2.OFFICES

2.1.            PRINCIPAL OFFICE

 

ARTICLE 3. COMMUNITY MEMBERS

3.1              COMMUNITY MEMBER

3.1.1        REGISTRY OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS

3.1.2        GOOD STANDING

3.1.3        TERMINATION OF MEMBERSHIP

 

ARTICLE 4. FULFILLMENT STRUCTURE 

            4.1      COMPOSITION – CORE COUNCIL

            4.2      CORE STRUCTURE   

            4.3      GENERAL CORPORATE POWERS

            4.4      COMMUNITY SPIRITUAL LEADER

            4.5      CORE COUNCIL CLASSIFICATIONS

                        4.5.1  NON-ELECTED MEMBER

                        4.5.2  ELECTED MEMBER

                        4.5.3  ELECTED MEMBER TERM OF SERVICE

            4.6      VISIONING CORE

            4.7      ECCLESIASTICAL CORE

            4.8      STEWARDSHIP CORE

            4.9      OPERATIONAL CORE

            4.10    COMMUNITY YOUTH LEADER

 

ARTICLE 5.  ANNUAL GATHERINGS

            5.1       MEETINGS OF THE CONGREGATION

                        5.1.1.   ANNUAL GATHERING PROGRAM

                        5.1.2.   PURPOSE

                        5.1.3.   TIME AND PLACE

                        5.1.4.   NOTICE

            5.2.      SPECIFIC POWERS OF THE ANNUAL GATHERING

                        5.2.1.   CONDUCT OF BUSINESS

                        5.2.2.   AMEND BYLAWS

                        5.2.3.   ADJOURNMENT

            5.3.      VOTING

                        5.3.1.   ELIGIBILITY

                        5.3.2.   VOTER ROSTER

                        5.3.3.   QUORUM

                        5.3.4.   VOTE

            5.4       NOMINATIONS FOR CORE COUNCIL

                        5.4.1.   NOMINATING TEAM

                        5.4.2.   DUTIES OF NOMINATING TEAM

                        5.4.3.   NOMINATION BY PETITION

 

ARTICLE 6. OPERATIONS

6.1.            CORE COUNCIL

6.1.1        CORE COUNCIL AUTHORITY

6.1.2        RESTRICTIONS ON CORE COUNCIL AUTHORITY

6.1.3        ANNUAL MEETING OF THE CORE COUNCIL

6.1.4        REGULAR MEETINGS OF THE CORE COUNCIL

6.1.5        VOTING

6.1.6        RESIGNATION OF CORE COUNCIL MEMBER

6.1.7        VACANCIES FILLED BY CORE COUNCIL, CORES, OR TEAMS

6.2.            VISIONING CORE

6.3.            STEWARDSHIP CORE

6.4.            OPERATIONAL CORE

6.5.            ECCLESIASTICAL CORE

6.6.            COMMUNITY SPIRITUAL LEADER

 

ARTICLE 7. OFFICERS                                                                                                              

            7 1  CORPORATE OFFICERS                                                                                          

            7.2  PRESIDENT OF CORE COUNCIL                                                                         

            7.3  VICE PRESIDENT OF CORE COUNCIL                                                                  

            7.4. SECRETARY                                                                                                            

            7.5 TREASURER

            7.6 COMMUNITY SPIRITUAL LEADER

            7.7 COMMUNITY YOUTH LEADER

 

ARTICLE 8.  DISMISSAL FROM SERVICE

8.1              DISMISSAL OF THE CSL 

8.1.1.      CAUSE   

8.1.2.      PETITION

8.1.2.1.            CAUSE

8.1.2.2.            PETITIONERS REPRESENTATIVES

8.1.3.      SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CORE COUNCIL

8.1.3.1       RESOLUTION

            8.1.3.2       VOTE

8.1.4.      SPECIAL MEETINGS OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS

8.1.5.      VOTE

8.1.6.      AFFIRMATIVE VOTE TO DISMISS

8.1.7.      INABILITY TO ACHIEVE A QUORUM

            8.2.      DISMISSAL OF AN ELECTED OFFICIAL

 

ARTICLE 9.  TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

9.1            INITIAL GATHERING

9.2            NOTICE

9.3            INITIAL GATHERING PROGRAM

9.3.1      ADOPTION OF BYLAWS

9.3.2      INITIAL ELECTIONS

9.3.3      NOMINATIONS

9.3.4      ELECTED CORE MEMBERS

9.3.5      INITIAL NOMINATING TEAM

 

ARTICLE 10. DEDICATION OF ASSETS

 

ARTICLE 11. NON-PARTISAN ACTIVITIES

 

ARTICLE 12. CONSTRUCTION AND DEFINITIONS

 

ARTICLE 13. AMENDMENT OF BYLAWS

13.1        AMENDMENT

13.2        INITIATION OF AMENDMENT

13.3        PROCEDURES

13.4        EFFECTIVE DATE

 

ARTICLE 14. POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

14.1        POLICIES AND PROCEDURES MANUAL

           14.1.1. PLACE

14.2     AMENDMENTS

 

ARTICLE 15. INDIVIDUAL AND PERSONAL LIABILITY

15.1          PERSONAL LIABILITY

15.2          INDEMNIFICATION

 

ARTICLE 16. RECORDS AND REPORTS

16.1.        MAINTENANCE OF CORPORATE RECORDS

16.1.1.  SECRETARY

16.1.2.  TREASURER

            16.2     COMMUNITY MEMBERS’ INSPECTION RIGHTS

 

ARTICLE 17. SPECIAL MEETINGS

17.1          SPECIAL MEETINGS OF THE CORE COUNCIL

17.2          SPECIAL MEETINGS OF THE CORES OR TEAMS

17.3          SPECIAL MEETINGS OF THE CONGREGATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BYLAWS OF CASTLE ROCK CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING

A Colorado Nonprofit Religious Corporation

 

Preamble

The Bylaws of this corporation are adopted for the purpose of prescribing and defining the means and methods by which this Church, its Membership, its Councils and its Officers shall function and carry out their respective duties, obligations and purposes.   The provisions herein contained shall govern and control the means by which all actions to be taken by or on behalf of this Church and Organization shall be accomplished.

 

ARTICLE 1

 

Name

       

           1.1   The Name of this corporation is CASTLE ROCK CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING (“CRCSL”) and is a chartered member community of UNITED CHURCH OF RELIGIOUS SCIENCE/UNITED CENTERS FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING.

 

ARTICLE 2

 

Offices

 

                        2.1 Principal Office:  The principal executive office for the transaction of the business of CASTLE ROCK CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING is located at 7780 E. Windcrest Row;       Parker,             Colorado 80134. 

 

 

ARTICLE 3

 

Community Members

 

            3.1   Community Member:  A Community Member of the CASTLE ROCK CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING shall be those individuals participating in good standing accordance with the Community Membership Covenant granting such membership.   Community Members shall herein also be referred to as “Member” or “Voting Member”.

 

                      3.1.1   Registry of Community Members (“Registry”):  The CORE Council will maintain a Registry of Community Members in good standing which shall be used as the official list of Members for all action taken under these Bylaws.

                      3.1.2  Good Standing:  Good Standing shall be presumed unless a finding is made by the CORE Council, as described herein, that the Member is not in good standing pursuant to the provisions of its Community Membership Covenant.

                      3.1.3  Termination of Membership:  Membership may be terminated through resignation or by action of the CORE Council should it determine that the Member is no longer in good standing with the Community Membership Covenant.  

 

          

ARTICLE 4

Fulfillment Structure

 

         4.1   CORE:  The CORE takes its name from the acronym (Consciousness of Reality Evolving).  The CORE shall synthesize the Visioning, Stewardship, Operational and Ecclesiastical COREs into a clear direction for the benefit of all Community Members.

 

         4.2   COREs :   The central CORE group at CASTLE ROCK CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING is the CORE COUNCIL and directly oversees four sub-Core’s which are:

·        Visioning CORE

·        Ecclesiastical CORE

·        Stewardship CORE

·        Operational CORE

4.3  General Corporate Powers: Subject to the Colorado Nonprofit Corporation Law and any limitations in the Articles of Incorporation and these Bylaws relating to action taken for its Community Members or its business and affairs in its operation, CRCSL shall be managed and all corporate powers shall be exercised by or under the direction of the CORE Council.

 

        4.4  Community Spiritual Leader:  The Senior Minister shall be the Community Spiritual Leader (“CSL”).

        4.5   CORE Council:  The CORE Council of the CASTLE ROCK CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING shall con­sist of two classifications of Members and consist of a maximum of 11 Members:

                  4.5.1. Non-elected Member: The Community Spiritual Leader (CSL) and the Coordinator of the Visioning CORE who is appointed by the CSL as described herein.

                  4.5.2.  Elected Member: A maximum of nine Members.  To be eligible to a Member of the CORE Council, a candidate must be:

·        A Minister, a Practitioner Member or a Community Member of the CASTLE ROCK CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING.

·        Unrelated legally or not living in the same household as another Member of the CORE Council.

·        Must have completed Science of Mind I Foundational Class or equivalent as determined by the CSL.

·        Effective after December 31, 2008; must be a Community Member for a minimum of 6 months. 

           4.5.3   Elected Member Term of Service:  Each CORE Council member shall serve a term of three years, whose term shall begin immediately upon election.  A CORE Council Member may be re-elected to a successive term only once.

 

       4.6   The Visioning CORE: shall consist of the Community Spiritual Leader, the Community Youth Leader, up to nine additional Members.  All members of the Visioning CORE including the CORE Coordinator shall be appointed by the Community Spiritual Leader.

 

       4.7   The Ecclesiastical CORE shall consist of the Community Spiritual Leader, who will be Coordinator.  The CSL shall appoint all additional Members of the Ecclesiastical CORE which may include other ministers and spiritual practitioners of CRCSL and Community Members gifted and moti­vated to serve in this Core.

 

        4.8  The Stewardship CORE shall consist of a Coordinator who is a Member of the CORE Council and appointed as Coordinator by the Council.  The Coordinator will appoint all additional Members of the Stewardship CORE from Community Members gifted and moti­vated to serve in this Core. 

 

        4.9  The Operational CORE shall consist of a Coordinator who is a Member of the CORE Council and appointed as Coordinator by the Council.  The Coordinator will appoint all additional Members of the Operational CORE from Community Members gifted and moti­vated to serve in this Core.    

 

  4.10  The Community Youth Leader:  The Community Youth Leader represents and emphasizes the importance of youth in our Congregation. The role and qualifications of the Community Youth Leader (“CYL”) shall be those detailed in the Policies & Procedures Manual. The CYL shall serve as President of the Youth Council and participate on the Visioning Core as much as possible.

 

                                                     ARTICLE 5

Annual Gatherings

   5.1    Meetings of the Congregation at the Annual Gathering.  The CASTLE ROCK CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING shall meet at an Annual Gathering. The Annual Gathering shall consist of All Community Members as provided in Article 3 and any interested parties.

                   5.1.1   Annual Gathering Program: The CORE Council shall organize and conduct the Annual Gathering Program which supports a climate of safety, trust, and an absolute reliance upon the guidance of Spirit.

   5.1.2    Purpose:  The Annual Gathering is a time of inspiration, sharing, rejoicing and  renewing our commitment for the Vision in addition to conducting the business of the CASTLE ROCK CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING. 

                 5.1.3   Time and Place: The Annual Gathering shall meet at a time and location as determined by the CORE Council and shall be at a location accessible to the general membership.    

    5.1.4   Notice:  The date and place of the Annual Gathering shall be sent to all Members on the Registry no less than thirty days in advance.

 

        5.2    Specific Powers of the Annual Gathering

   

5.2.1  Conduct of Business: The Gathering shall conduct any business brought before it by the CORE Council including but not limited to elect members of the CORE Council as provided herein.  The CORE council will be solely responsible for the agenda and a call for vote on all agenda items requiring such vote.  The agenda to be considered and acted upon including resolutions initiated by a Community Member will be determined by Policies and Procedures Manual of CRCSL.

5.2.2  Amend Bylaws: The Gathering has the power to amend these Bylaws in accordance with Article 13 herein.

                5.2.3 Adjournment: Any Annual Gathering may from time to time be adjourned without conducting business or taking any action by the vote of a majority of the Members present and rescheduled at a later date.  Where any such meeting is adjourned for fewer than thirty days, it shall not be necessary to give any notice of the time and place of the rescheduled Gathering other than by announcement at the meeting at which such adjournment is taken.  When any Annual Gathering is deemed to be adjourned for thirty days or more, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given in accordance to Article 5.1.4.