All Services

Here are all our previous service posts; some are the full text of the service.

Sunday April 29, 2018: But How Do We Fit In? - We hear much about the importance of preserving the environment, preserving the natural world in contrast to the world that has been created by human artifice. But aren’t people part of the natural world, too? This Sunday Robert Helfer will contemplate the idea of “nature” and consider our place in it. Our services are Sundays … Continue reading

Sunday, April 22, 2018: Love the Dandelions - You love roses, but you only grow dandelions. If you love roses so much, why not plant them? Lisa deGruyter will be leading the service. Our services are Sundays at 11 a.m. at the Progressive Women’s Association Uptown Event Center, 305 Washington Ave. in downtown Clarksburg, behind the Courthouse. There are classes for children and … Continue reading

Sunday, April 15, 2018 - “There can be no peace without justice and respect for human rights.” Irene Khan This Sunday, John Hall will give a lesson titled “Pushing the Pendulum – Five Decades of Social Justice.” Our services are Sundays at 11 a.m. at the Progressive Women’s Association Uptown Event Center, 305 Washington Ave. in downtown Clarksburg, behind the … Continue reading

Sunday, April 8, 2018 - “A rebirth out of spiritual adversity causes us to become new creatures. James E. Faust” Last week was Easter, but this week we will discuss “The Easter We Need” with Cricket. The lesson will be about symbols, rebirth, and Spring. Our services are Sundays at 11 a.m. at the Progressive Women’s Association Uptown Event Center, … Continue reading

Sunday April 1, 2018: Rebirth - Please bring flowers to share. Whatever is blooming, or a twig in bud, is fine. We will have our Flower Ceremony, which was created by Dr. Norbert Čapek for the Liberal Religious Fellowship he founded in Prague, then Czechoslavakia, in 1925, and which became the largest Unitarian Church in the world. He sought a ceremony … Continue reading

Sunday, March 25, 2018 - The bad news is nothing lasts forever, The good news is nothing lasts forever. J. Cole This Sunday, John Hall will bring us “Good News: Things that are going well and things that are getting better.” Our services are Sundays at 11 a.m. at the Progressive Women’s Association Uptown Event Center, 305 Washington Ave. in … Continue reading

Sunday March 18, 2018: The Great Showman - Our forays into Unitarian and Universalist history normally focus on our heroes, the stars of social justice and liberal religion. But perhaps we need to be equally aware of our slightly less reputable past. This Sunday Robert Helfer will venture into the world of Phineas Taylor Barnum, Universalist, the master of “flimflam” behind the revelation … Continue reading

Sunday, February 25, 2018 - “The wolf will live with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat, the calf and the lion and the yearling together; and a little child will lead them.” – Isaiah 11:6 We would love to have you come worship with us. This Sunday our youth will present a service about inspiring children, … Continue reading

Sunday, February 18, 2018: Our UU Presidents - Jefferson, though a sincere student of the teachings of Jesus and a Unitarian, was denounced as an atheist. We know the contumely, insult, and mob violence to which Priestley was subjected in England. Franklin, the Adamses, and Fillmore were all Unitarians, but they were looked at askance. Lincoln, one of the most deeply religious men, … Continue reading

Sunday February 11, 2018: Enshrining Our Values in Our Housekeeping - No matter how little we have or how temporary our lodgings, we can enshrine our values in our everyday life. And no matter how much we have, we can live in ways that don't enrich our lives. Lisa deGruyter will talk about living in ways that remind us of the beautiful and holy.

Sunday February 4, 2018 - "Someday is not a day of the week". Our services are Sundays at 11 a.m. at the Progressive Women’s Association Uptown Event Center, 305 Washington Ave. in downtown Clarksburg, behind the Courthouse. There are classes for children and adults 10 to 10:45 am, and a coffee gathering before the service. More about us. We would love to have you come worship with us.

Sunday, January 28, 2018: 1800 years of UU History - The Christian roots of Unitarian and Universalist ideas go back to the first centuries of Christianity. Today we will watch a presentation by Sarah Lewis briefly over-viewing all of our past. Our services are Sundays at 11 a.m. at the Progressive Women’s Association Uptown Event Center, 305 Washington Ave. in downtown Clarksburg, behind the Courthouse. There … Continue reading

Sunday, January 21, 2018: 1800 years of UU History - The Christian roots of Unitarian and Universalist ideas go back to the first centuries of Christianity. Today we will watch a presentation by Sarah Lewis briefly over-viewing all of our past. Our services are Sundays at 11 a.m. at the Progressive Women’s Association Uptown Event Center, 305 Washington Ave. in downtown Clarksburg, behind the Courthouse. There … Continue reading

Sunday, January 7, 2017 - Come toast the new year with us. See you at 10:30 am for a potluck breakfast and small devotion. Our services are Sundays at the Progressive Women’s Association Uptown Event Center, 305 Washington Ave. in downtown Clarksburg, behind the Courthouse. There are classes for children and adults 10 to 10:45 am, and a coffee gathering before … Continue reading

Sunday, December 31, 2017 - For last year’s words belong to last year’s language And next year’s words await another voice. T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets Our services are Sundays at 11 a.m. at the Progressive Women’s Association Uptown Event Center, 305 Washington Ave. in downtown Clarksburg, behind the Courthouse. There are classes for children and adults 10 to 10:45 am, and a coffee … Continue reading

Sunday, December 24, 2017: People, Look East - People, look east. The time is near Of the crowning of the year. Make your house fair as you are able, Trim the hearth and set the table. People, look east and sing today: Love, the guest, is on the way. Join us for a service of songs and readings. Come early for an extended … Continue reading

Sunday, December 17, 2017 - Join us at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Morgantown at 10:45am for a special interactive service.

Sunday, December 10, 2017: Extreme Practices - Prelude: Avanti – Corvus Corax Welcome: To learn more about being human – Erika A. Hewitt Welcome to this morning, this day, and this opportunity to be together in community — which is a time of joy, comfort, and sometimes challenges. This Unitarian Universalist congregation is a place where we come to learn more about … Continue reading

Sunday, December 3, 2017: Revelation Is Not Sealed - Perhaps the greatest function of Unitarian Universalist congregations is the relief of the loneliness of the heretic.

Sunday, November 26, 2017 - “Unitarian Universalist congregations affirm and promote seven Principles, which we hold as strong values and moral guides. We live out these Principles within a “living tradition” of wisdom and spirituality, drawn from sources as diverse as science, poetry, scripture, and personal experience. These are the six sources our congregations affirm and promote:” Where do African Proverbs fit into our sources? Cricket Hall … Continue reading

Sunday, November 12, 2017: Extreme Practices - We would love to have you come worship with us.

Sunday, November 5, 2017: Remembering Our Dead - We would love to have you come worship with us.

Sunday October 29, 2017 - We would love to have you come worship with us.

Sunday, October 22, 2017: Words of Comfort - Prelude: Somebody Else’s Troubles – Steve Goodman Welcome: To learn more about being human – Erika A. Hewitt Welcome to this morning, this day, and this opportunity to be together in community — which is a time of joy, comfort, and sometimes challenges. This Unitarian Universalist congregation is a place where we come to learn … Continue reading

Sunday October, 15, 2017 - “We still wonder if those early extravagant expectations of the sixties are inevitably doomed to failure”. That question rings poignant today. Were our expectations too lofty and extravagant? Are our principles too hard to follow?

Sunday, October 8, 2017: Good Humor - I tend to be too serious in the best of times. Disasters, natural and human, tend to make us all worried and serious. It’s hard to keep seeing and dealing with problems as we need to without falling into being too critical or despairing. There will be some humor this Sunday, and some ideas about … Continue reading

Sunday, October 1, 2017: Deegan & Hinkle Lakes Park - We have Spiritual Outings on the first Sunday of each month during the summer. This month, we will gather at Deegan & Hinkle Lakes Park in Bridgeport at 11 a.m. for a short service, followed by a potluck picnic, conversation, and walking. Please email westforkuu@gmail.com if you would like to carpool. For a map, please … Continue reading

Sunday, September 24, 2017 - “No matter what message you are about to deliver somewhere, whether it is holding out a hand of friendship, or making clear that you disapprove of something, is the fact that the person sitting across the table is a human being, so the goal is to always establish common ground.” – Madeleine Albright Our services … Continue reading

Sunday, September 17, 2017 - “Tell me the facts and I’ll learn. Tell me the truth and I’ll believe. But tell me a story and it will live in heart forever.” – Native American Proverb Our services are Sundays at 11 a.m. at the Progressive Women’s Association Uptown Event Center, 305 Washington Ave. in downtown Clarksburg, behind the Courthouse. There are … Continue reading

Sunday, September 10, 2017 - “The Principles are not dogma or doctrine, but rather a guide for those of us who choose to join and participate in Unitarian Universalist religious communities.” – Rev. Barbara Wells ten Hove Our services are Sundays at 11 a.m. at the Progressive Women’s Association Uptown Event Center, 305 Washington Ave. in downtown Clarksburg, behind the Courthouse. There … Continue reading

Sunday, September 3, 2017: French Creek Wildlife Center - We have Spiritual Outings on the first Sunday of each month during the summer. This month, we will gather at the West Virginia State Wildlife Center at French Creek at 11 a.m. for a short service, followed by a potluck picnic, conversation, and visiting the animals. Please email westforkuu@gmail.com if you would like to carpool. … Continue reading

Sunday August 27, 2016 - “Until one has loved an animal a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.” – Anatole France Our services are Sundays at 11 a.m. at the Progressive Women’s Association Uptown Event Center, 305 Washington Ave. in downtown Clarksburg, behind the Courthouse. There are classes for children and adults 10 to 10:45 am, and a coffee gathering before … Continue reading

Sunday, August 20, 2017 - “The Principles are not dogma or doctrine, but rather a guide for those of us who choose to join and participate in Unitarian Universalist religious communities.” – Rev. Barbara Wells ten Hove Our services are Sundays at 11 a.m. at the Progressive Women’s Association Uptown Event Center, 305 Washington Ave. in downtown Clarksburg, behind the Courthouse. There … Continue reading

Sunday, August 13, 2017: Weeding and Not Weeding - The summer routines of yard maintenance bring us into direct contact with nature, with the living things that inhabit the space around us. Some can bring us great joy, others perhaps less so. And so we must decide when to weed, and when not to weed. These decisions we make are part of our spiritual … Continue reading

Sunday, August 6, 2017: Audra State Park - We have Spiritual Outings on the first Sunday of each month during the summer. This month, we will gather at Audra State Park at 11 a.m. for a short service, followed by a potluck picnic, conversation, and walking or swimming in the Middle Fork River. Please email westforkuu@gmail.com if you would like to carpool. We … Continue reading

Sunday, July 30, 2017: Pagan Pride Day - We have Spiritual Outings on the first Sunday of each month during the summer. This month, we also have an additional outing on the last Sunday of the month. We will staff an information booth at the Morgantown Pagan Pride Day at Mason-Dixon Historical Park in Core, West Virginia, from 11:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. … Continue reading

Sunday, July 23, 2017 - "All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt." - Charles M. Schulz

Sunday, July 16, 2017 - “Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves – slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future; live the actual moment. Only this moment is life.” ~Thich Nhat Hanh” Our services are Sundays at 11 a.m. at the Progressive Women’s Association Uptown Event Center, 305 Washington … Continue reading

Sunday, July 9, 2017 - “Justice, equity, and compassion in human relations points us toward something beyond inherent worth and dignity. It points us to the larger community. It gets at collective responsibility. It reminds us that treating people as human beings is not simply something we do one-on-one, but something that has systemic implications and can inform our entire … Continue reading

Sunday, July 2, 2017: Watters Smith Memorial State Park - We have Spiritual Outings on the first Sunday of each month during the summer. This month, we will gather at Watters Smith Memorial State Park at 11 a.m. for a short service, followed by a potluck picnic, conversation, and hiking the trails. We will meet at the Pioneer shelter in the picnic area near the … Continue reading

Sunday, June 25, 2017 - Prelude: “Beauty in You” by Meg Barnhouse Welcome: Wind, Water, Sun By Seth Carrier-Ladd Chalice Lighting: The Pride Flame By Linda Lee Franson Song: Gathered Here Rainbow Principles: Respect the importance of all beings. Offer fair and kind treatment to all. Yearn to learn throughout life. Grow by exploring ideas and values together. Believe … Continue reading

Sunday, June 18, 2017: Genealogy as a Spiritual Practice - Prelude: Leader of the Band – Dan Fogelberg Welcome: The Paradox of Ancestry We gather together this morning, Because others came before us. Some have left examples for us to follow, Others lessons for us to learn from, and the paradox is that many have left both pain and joy. We honor our ancestors this … Continue reading

Sunday, June 11, 2017: Creeds and Other Tests of Faith - Prelude I Believe in You – Don Williams Welcome The beauty of the whole – Meg Barnhouse We gather to worship, our hearts alive with hope that here we will be truly seen, that here we will be welcomed into the garden of this community, where the simple and the elegant, the fluted and frilled, … Continue reading

Sunday, June 4, 2017: Coopers Rock State Forest - Prelude – Wildflowers by Dolly Parton with Emmylou Harris &Linda Ronstadt Chimes Opening for Flower Communion By Thomas Rhodes Announcements Greeting: #361 “Enter Rejoice and Come In” Greet your neighbor in any way you feel comfortable, as we sing this familiar song. Chalice Lighting: Infinite Spirit of Life, we ask thy blessing on these By … Continue reading

Sunday May 28, 2017 - “All around us lies what we neither understand nor use. Our capacities, our instincts for this our present sphere are but half developed. Let us confine ourselves to that till the lesson be learned; let us be completely natural; before we trouble ourselves with the supernatural. I never see any of these things but I … Continue reading

Sunday, May 21, 2017 - Prelude: “GONNA BUILD A MOUNTAIN” from Stop The World I Want to Get Off Composed by Bricusse and Newley Performed by Penn Yan Community Chorus Welcome: “You come into the world with nothing, and the purpose of your life is to make something out of nothing.” – Henry Louis Mencken Chalice Lighting: Global Chalice Lighting … Continue reading

Sunday, May 14, 2017: Hypocrite! - Prelude: Deportee – Cisco Houston Welcome: To learn more about being human – Erika A. Hewitt Welcome to this morning, this day, and this opportunity to be together in community — which is a time of joy, comfort, and sometimes challenges. This Unitarian Universalist congregation is a place where we come to learn more about … Continue reading

Sunday May 7, 2017: Pura Vida! -

“A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.”- Marcus Garvey “Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.” – Harriet Tubman Sunday our youth […]

Sunday April 30, 2017 - “A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.”- Marcus Garvey “Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.” – Harriet Tubman Sunday our youth … Continue reading

Sunday April 23, 2017 - I enjoy the cleaning up—something about the getting of things in order for winter—making the garden secure—a battening down of hatches perhaps… It just feels right. —David Hobson This Sunday Cricket will explore cleaning as a Spiritual Practice. We would love to have you come worship with us. Our services are Sundays at 11 a.m. … Continue reading

Flower Ceremony and Egg Hunt: Sunday April 16, 2017 -

Today we are celebrating our Flower Ceremony created by Dr. Norbert Čapek for the Liberal Religious Fellowship he founded in Prague, then Czechoslavakia, in 1925, and which became the largest Unitarian Church in the world. Lunch and egg hunt after the service.

Sunday April 9, 2017 - We have a special guest this Sunday. Andrew McKnight, former environmental engineer turned award-winning singer/songwriter and guitarist from the foot of northern Virginia’s Blue Ridge. His musical journey is nearing a million miles of America’s blue highways and scenic backwaters. His music and messages are infused with great reverence and warmth for the human journey and … Continue reading

Sunday April 2, 2017 - “Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have.” – Thomas A. Edison This Sunday, John Hall will be discussing the first principle with his lesson “Measuring up: What is Worthy?” We would love to have you come worship with us. Our services are Sundays at 11 a.m. at the … Continue reading

Sunday March 26, 2017 - Prelude: Persephone Smiles by Heather Jinmaku Welcome: Springtime Call to Worship By Susan Davison Archer The earth is warming, the birdsong increases, the sweeter breezes brush our cheeks, and the earth holds hope in its seeds and buds. Come, let us gather this morning, with joyful noise, with warm hearts, and with hopeful spirits, for … Continue reading

Sunday March 19, 2017: The Doctrine of Love - But, says the reader, is it likely that persecution ever rose from men’s believing, that God was an enemy to wicked man? Undoubtedly; for had all professors of Christianity believed that God had compassion on the ignorant and those who are out of the way, how could they have persecuted those whom they believe in error?

Sunday March 12 2017: Saving Daylight - Prelude: Here Comes the Sun – George Harrison Welcome: Here in this sanctuary – Jack Mendelsohn Welcome to this community. Here in this sanctuary of ancient dreams and wisdom and beauty we come to grow, to be healed, to stretch mind and heart, to be challenged, renewed; to be helped in our own continuing struggles … Continue reading

Sunday February 26 2017: Church! What Is It Good For? - "When our values are threatened, a congregation is an anchor against despair." - Doug Muder in UU World

Sunday February 19, 2017 - “Indeed our survival and liberation depend upon our recognition of the truth when it is spoken and lived by the people. If we cannot recognize the truth, then it cannot liberate us from untruth. To know the truth is to appropriate it, for it is not mainly reflection and theory. Truth is divine action entering … Continue reading

Sunday February 12, 2017 - Prelude: P!NK “Don’t Let me Get Me” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asaCQOZpqUQ Welcome: “All That Lies Within You” by Angela Herrera Consider this an invitation To you. Yes-you With all your happiness And all of your burdens, Your hopes and regrets. An invitation if you feel good today, And an invitation if you do not, If you are aching- … Continue reading

Sunday February 5, 2017: Democratic Process - Prelude: Heyr himna smiður – Árstíðir [Heyr, himna smiður (Hear, Smith of the Heavens) was written by the Icelandic chieftain and poet Kolbeinn Tumason, according to tradition, on his deathbed in 1208 AD. Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson set the poem to music in 1973. This recording features the Icelandic “Indie Rock” group Árstíðir. For more information, see … Continue reading

Sunday January 29, 2017 - Dance, when you're broken open. Dance, if you've torn the bandage off. Dance in the middle of the fighting. Dance in your blood. Dance when you're perfectly free.” ― Jalaluddin Rumi

Sunday January 22 2017: Our UU Presidents - Prelude: America (My Country ‘Tis of Thee) – Aretha Franklin 2009 A hymn from the first Unitarian hymnbook published in the brand new United States, in 1789, and noted as Thanks for National Protection O Come, let us sing to the Lord a new song, And praise him to whom all our praises belong ! … Continue reading

Sunday January 8, 2017 - Prelude: Willow by Heather Jinmaku Welcome: Do Not Be Alone Right Now By Karen G. Johnston Do not be alone right now. Gather together. Gathering together grows courage: in ourselves and in others who see the numbers swelling. It is a small thing, but right now it is an important thing. Great sources of wisdom … Continue reading

Sunday January 1, 2017 - Brunch! New Year’s Brunch! Potluck New Year’s Brunch! We want to start off 2017 right, by having a potluck brunch. Come and join us for good fellowship and food. We will have a small devotion provided by Cricket. We will start at 10:30 AM. Our services are Sundays (usually at 11 a.m.) at the Progressive … Continue reading

Sunday December 25, 2016 - Prelude: Ring Solstice Bells – Jethro Tull Chalice Lighting We gather in the chill of winter solstice, finding warmth from each other, nourishing hope where reason fails. Grateful for small miracles, we rejoice in the wonder of light and darkness and the daring of hope.

Sunday December 18, 2016 - If you were unable to come on Sunday, we missed you! See what you missed here.

Sunday December 11, 2016 - Buddhism and Unitarian Universalism value many of the same things, including experiential practice, study and self-inquiry, mindful awareness cultivation, insightful wisdom development, and loving-kindness, combined with active compassion in the world. This is the heart of sacred activism—empowering, educating, edifying, elevating, transforming, and liberating.

Sunday December 4, 2016: Walking In the Woods - Prelude: Heyr himna smiður – Árstíðir [Heyr, himna smiður (Hear, Smith of the Heavens) was written by the Icelandic chieftain and poet Kolbeinn Tumason, according to tradition, on his deathbed in 1208 AD. Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson set the poem to music in 1973. This recording features the Icelandic “Indie Rock” group Árstíðir. For more information, see … Continue reading

Sunday, November 27, 2016: NO SERVICE - There will be no Sunday service at West Fork Unitarian Universalists on Sunday, November 27, 2016. We suggest that WFUU members and friends attend the Morgantown Fellowship‘s Sunday service that day. Our normal schedule will resume on Sunday, December 4, 2016.

Sunday November 20, 2016: Joy in the Moment - Prelude: Morning Has Broken – Cat Stevens Welcome: Look To This Day by Kalidasa Look to this day: For it is life, the very life of life. In its brief course Lie all the verities and realities of your existence. The bliss of growth, The glory of action, The splendor of beauty Are but experiences … Continue reading

Sunday November 13, 2016 - We live in a world where things can go wrong at any moment. the future is uncertain, but we can gain peace now.

Sunday November 6, 2016 - "Our task is to be who we are, in every way we can be; our salvation proceeding in putting ourselves back together after each tumble...We irridesce, shine, and radiate. We exclaim and roar: we are." By Kenneth L. Patton

Sunday October 30, 2015 - Our service this week will be about the pagan sabbat of Samhain. The harvest had ended. Fall has begun. Winter is coming. And yet, this is the time of hope as we connect to our past and look foward to our future . Namaste, Cricket

Sunday 23 October 2016: Joy in the Moment - Between our fears for the future and our regrets of the past, we often forget to find joy in the moment. This Sunday we will rejoice, and Lisa deGruyter will talk about spiritual practices for being in the moment. We would love to have you come celebrate and worship with us. Please join us at … Continue reading

Sunday October 9, 2016 - This Sunday Cricket will lead us in a worship service focusing on the words of Audre Lorde and the inspiration found within them as we work to build a more fair and peaceful world.

Sunday, October 4, 2016: Defying the Nazis - Welcome: To Remind Ourselves What Is Real, By Elena Westbrook In a world ravaged by violence, by hatred, by conflicts that seem eternal and insoluble, sometimes the only thing we can do is be still for a moment to remind ourselves what is real: the sun that rose this morning, the dirt under our feet, … Continue reading

Sunday September 25, 2016 - Our youth and children will explore journeys in literature and faith. The service will be fun and interactive. We would love to have you come worship with us. Our services are Sundays at 11 a.m. at the Progressive Women’s Association Event Center, 305 Washington Ave. in downtown Clarksburg, behind the Courthouse. Our Religious Education/ Life … Continue reading

Sunday September 18, 2016: Veteran’s Park - We have Spiritual Outings on the third Sunday during the summer. This month, we will gather at the Hilltop Shelter at the Veterans’ Memorial Park in Clarksburg at 11 a.m. for a short service, followed by a potluck picnic, conversation, and walking the trail by the river. The picnic area, trail, and restrooms are wheelchair-accessible. … Continue reading

Sunday September 11, 2016 - Cricket Hall will lead us in a service about the 4th Principle which is a free and responsible search for truth and meaning. We would love to have you come worship with us. Our services are Sundays at 11 a.m. at the Progressive Women’s Association Event Center, 305 Washington Ave. in downtown Clarksburg, behind the … Continue reading

Sunday, September 4, 2016: Love in a Time of Fear and Loathing - Prelude: Once to Every Man and Nation Welcome: Thich Nhat Hanh (SLT 505) Let us be at peace with our bodies and our minds. Let us return to ourselves and become wholly ourselves. Let us be aware of the source of being, common to us all and to all living things. Evoking the presence of … Continue reading

Sunday August 28, 2016: Mother Jones Alive - In 1902 she was “the most dangerous woman in America”. Mary Harris Jones, commonly known as “Mother Jones”, was an Irish immigrant, a refugee of the “Great Famine”. Widowed in 1867 when her husband and four young children died of yellow fever, she became a champion of the rights of children and a tireless labor … Continue reading

Sunday August 21, 2016: Audra State Park - We have Spiritual Outings on the third Sunday during the summer. This month, we will gather at Audra State Park at 11 a.m. for a short service, followed by a potluck picnic, conversation, and walking or swimming in the river. The picnic area and restrooms are wheelchair-accessible, but the restroom is some way from parking, … Continue reading

Sunday August 14, 2016 - Prelude: Little Earthquakes by Tori Amos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqnssBkUSS8 Welcome: Committed to Respond By Lynn Harrison Committed to respond to the call of a wounded world… We join together this day with loving hearts, hands and minds. Embracing the interconnected web of water, air and earth… We light a fire of sustaining hope, ever bright with love … Continue reading

Sunday August 7, 2016: Redemptive Art? - Prelude: Amarillo by Morning – George Strait Welcome: We gather together to face ourselves honestly, By Philip Larson We gather together to face ourselves honestly, to forgive ourselves gently, to love one another fervently. Chalice lighting: For every time we make a mistake, By Maureen Killoran For every time we make a mistake and we … Continue reading

Sunday July 31, 2016: Tygart Lake State Park - We have Spiritual Outings on the third Sunday during the summer. This month, we have changed to the last Sunday because so many of us are in a theater production on the third Sunday. We will gather at Tygart Lake State Park at 11 a.m. for a short service, followed by a potluck picnic, conversation, … Continue reading

Sunday July 24, 2016 - Cricket Hall will lead us in a service about spiritual practice of touchstones and how they help us connect to “that which is not us”. We would love to have you come worship with us. Our services are Sundays at 11 a.m. at the Progressive Women’s Association Event Center, 305 Washington Ave. in downtown Clarksburg, … Continue reading

Sunday July 17, 2016 - Prelude: Mozart’s Jupiter Symphony 2nd Movement Welcome: “Belief must be something different from a mixture of opinions about God and the world, and of precepts for one life or for two. Piety cannot be an instinct craving for a mess of metaphysical and ethical crumbs.” ― Friedrich Schleiermacher, On Religion: Speeches to Its Cultured Despisers … Continue reading

Sunday July 10, 2016 - Welcome – Mission and Covenant Our Mission Be a beacon and a refuge for all Worship joyfully Grow in spirit Touch our community Our Covenant Love is the doctrine of this church, The quest of truth is our sacrament, and service is our prayer. To dwell together in peace, To seek knowledge in freedom, … Continue reading

Sunday, July 3, 2016: Science, Religion, and the Keys to Happiness - Prelude: Closer to Fine – Indigo Girls https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUgwM1Ky228 Welcome: I went to the doctor, I went to the mountains I looked to the children, I drank from the fountains There’s more than one answer to these questions Pointing me in a crooked line And the less I seek my source for some definitive The closer … Continue reading

Sunday, June 26, 2016: In All Thy Getting, Get Understanding - “In All Thy Getting, Get Understanding” Our service this morning consisted of the live feed of the Sunday morning worship service at the 2016 General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association in Columbus, Ohio.

Sunday, June 19, 2016: Prickett’s Fort State Park - We have Spiritual Outings on the third Sunday during the summer. This month, we will gather at Prickett’s Fort State Park at 11 a.m. for a short service in the graveyard, followed by a potluck picnic, conversation, and walking or a visit to the replica pioneer fort. The fort and restrooms are wheelchair-accessible. Please email … Continue reading

Sunday June 12, 2016: Each Person is Important - “Each Person is Important” — this Sunday the children of the congregation will conduct the service. We would love to have you come worship with us. Our services are Sundays at 11 a.m. at the Progressive Women’s Association Event Center, 305 Washington Ave. in downtown Clarksburg, behind the Courthouse. Our Religious Education/Life Long Learning Class … Continue reading

Sunday June 5, 2016 - Cricket Hall will reminisce about on of her favorite things as a child, her Grandmother’s Candy Dish and how that can and does relate to her faith. We would love to have you come worship with us. Our services are Sundays at 11 a.m. at the Progressive Women’s Association Event Center, 305 Washington Ave. in downtown … Continue reading

Sunday, May 29, 2016: Kanawha State Forest - We and the other congregations in the Appalachian Cluster have been invited to join the Charleston UU congregation for their annual retreat in Kanawha State Forest. We will have no RE or service in Clarksburg. Email westforkuu@gmail.com if you would like to carpool. May 29 – WEEKEND IN THE FOREST (no service at UUC) Rev. … Continue reading

Sunday, May 22, 2016: Dissent, Heresy, and Innovation - Prelude Galileo – Indigo Girls Welcome The beauty of the whole – Meg Barnhouse We gather to worship, our hearts alive with hope that here we will be truly seen, that here we will be welcomed into the garden of this community, where the simple and the elegant, the fluted and frilled, the shy and … Continue reading

Sunday, May 15, 2016: French Creek Wildlife Center - We have Spiritual Outings on the third Sunday during the summer. This month, we will gather at the West Virginia State Wildlife Center in French Creek at 11 a.m. for a short service, followed by a potluck picnic, conversation, and a walk around the elk, bison, wolves, and other animals. The trail and restrooms are … Continue reading

Sunday May 8, 2016 – Full Service - Prelude: Perfect by Pink Welcome: Even in the most broken places, there is room for love By Becky Brooks Mother’s Day is complicated. Joyful for many, yes, but complicated. It’s right there on the calendar, even if your mother has died. Even if you’ve been told, yet again, that you’re still not pregnant; or if … Continue reading

Sunday, May 1, 2016 - Note: Venue change. We will be meeting at Lisa and Robert’s house. Email us at westforkuu@gmail.com for directions. International Labour Day 2016, May Day, the first day of the month of May is celebrated all over the world with utmost importance. The day is also known as the International Worker’s Day which has a historic … Continue reading

Sunday, April 24, 2016: Frontier Faith and a God of Love - Prelude: Morning Prayer by Hosea Ballou Sung by Second Ireland Sacred Harp Singers Welcome Hosea Ballou said “Man, being not only a religious, but also a social being, requires for the promotion of his rational happiness religious institutions, which, while they give a proper direction to devotion, at the same time make a wise, and … Continue reading

Sunday, April 17, 2016: The Power of Touch - The Power of Touch, with service leader John Hall We would love to have you come worship with us. Our services are Sundays at 11 a.m. at the Progressive Women’s Association Event Center, 305 Washington Ave. in downtown Clarksburg, behind the Courthouse. There are classes for children and adults 10 to 10:45 am, and a … Continue reading