Highlighting Significant Decisions
In 2009, Town Council approved beginning each regular business meeting with an invocation to highlight the significance of the Council’s deliberations and decisions.
Qualifications
- Spiritual leaders from all faiths, beliefs and religious perspectives are welcome
- Substantially equal opportunity to give the invocation on a rotating basis
- Group represented by the speaker has a place of public assembly
- In the absence of a spiritual leader, a Councilmember may give a general invocation
- Preference is given to spiritual leaders who reside in, or who represent a group which has a place of public assembly located in the Town
Guidelines for content
- Invocation should be brief (one to two minutes maximum)
- Invocation should be positive and respectful of the diverse religious and spiritual makeup of the community and Council audience
- Invocation should refrain from addressing items on the Council agenda