A deepfake video looks exactly like something we have actually seen, or could see (ken [見]); an AI-generated voice sounds exactly like something we have actually heard or could have heard (bun [聞]). Yet neither is truly real. Social media algorithms now hijack our eyes and ears with fabricated or decontextualised clips designed to trigger emotional responses and compel us toward actions that are as undesirable as they are destructive. Through Tamura’s translation, the word kenbun [見聞] — seeing and hearing — helps to reveal the very faculty under attack today, namely, our direct perception.

— Andrew J. Brown, “Seeing and Hearing: A free-religious response to the information crisis”, CAUTE — Making Footprints Not Blueprints, 8 May 2026.

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, 31 May, 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 “Seeing and Hearing: A free-religious response to the information crisis”, by Andrew J. Brown, CAUTE — Making Footprints Not Blueprints, 8 May 2026,

The article, “Seeing and Hearing: A free-religious response to the information crisis”, 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