What would we say if someone threw rubbish into our room through an open window? And yet, isn’t the same thing happening in the realm of thoughts, when someone throws their mental rubbish into our consciousness and subconsciousness, from which bad moods then inevitably arise?

The way some people, instead of engaging in directed thinking, allow themselves to be ruled by undesirable thoughts reminds me of a lady we saw walking with her little doggie. It tugged her here and there, and the lady followed it everywhere. At times, the doggie stood on its hind legs, and the lady pulled and scolded it until it deigned to run to the nearest post. This is unworthy of a person.

— Norbert Čapek, To the Sunny Shore: A Guide to Living Joyfully, translated by Andrew J. Brown (originally published in Czech, 1939)

We currently conduct a full worship service on the first Sunday of each month, and discuss a different short reading each of the remaining Sundays.

On Sunday, 12 October, we will open with a very brief service and chalice lighting, followed by our discussion. Robert Helfer will lead the service and discussion. This week’s reading is “Liberal, free-religion and the discipline of Verification–Deliberation–Accountability (VDA)”, by Andrew J. Brown, CAUTE — Making Footprints Not Blueprints, 3 October 2025

The article, “Liberal, free-religion and the discipline of Verification–Deliberation–Accountability (VDA)”, by Andrew J. Brown, can be found here.

Please Join us for Worship.

Our services are Sundays at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time on ZOOM and in person at the Progressive Women’s Association Event Center, 305 Washington Ave. in downtown Clarksburg, behind the Courthouse. A coffee hour, a time for discussion and socializing (including ZOOM participants), follows from the end of the service until 12:00 noon. More about us.

If you prefer not to be seen, video is optional. If you would like to participate online, please email westforkuu@gmail.com for details and a link, or for help with using ZOOM.

We would love to have you come worship with us.

Children are welcome.

The building is wheelchair accessible, with an accessible restroom. You may park on the south side of the building, which is marked reserved for the PWA, or the north, where the reserved spaces are available on Sundays.

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Email westforkuu@gmail.com or use our contact form for more information or write to us at PO Box 523, Clarksburg WV 26302