I want to look at the lilies, indeed, all flowers, in a way that helps us understand the profound meaning of the adverb ‘closely’. It is an aspect of Jesus’ teaching that is nearly always overlooked, yet it changes how we see everything.

— Andrew J. Brown, “Looking Closely: The overlooked word in the teaching of the lilies of the field”, CAUTE — Making Footprints Not Blueprints, 4 July 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, 12 July, 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 “Looking Closely: The overlooked word in the teaching of the lilies of the field”, by Andrew J. Brown, CAUTE — Making Footprints Not Blueprints, 4 July 2026.

The article, “Looking Closely: The overlooked word in the teaching of the lilies of the field”, 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 Google Meet 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 Google Meet 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 Google Meet.

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

Exchanging small talk with people we’ve just met may be an unfortunate necessity, but with people we already know, it seems to suggest that they’re people to whom we have nothing to say. And yet if small talk is just talk that’s idle, insignificant and without stated purpose, then surely a substantial portion of the chatter that goes on between couples, friends and (or especially) families must count as small. Banality, however, need not always be insignificant.

— Dora Zhang, “Small Talk”, The Point, 18 May 2013

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, 28 June, 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 “Small Talk”, by Dora Zhang, The Point, 18 May 2013.

The article, “Small Talk”, by Dora Zhang, can be found here.

Please Join us for Worship.

Our services are Sundays at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time on Google Meet 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 Google Meet 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 Google Meet.

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.

Map

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

I may have been shocked by the poster, but I was not surprised by it. For a long time, I have been privately lamenting the instrumentalisation of everything: how nothing seems to be of value in itself any more but is only seen as useful in the service of some utilitarian function..

— Julian Baggini, “Art, sex, nature: why is everything sold to us as a means to an end, rather than an end in itself?”, The Guardian, 14 April 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, 21 June, 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 “Art, sex, nature: why is everything sold to us as a means to an end, rather than an end in itself?”, by Julian Baggini, The Guardian, 14 April 2026

The article, “Art, sex, nature: why is everything sold to us as a means to an end, rather than an end in itself?”, by Julian Baggini, can be found here.

Please Join us for Worship.

Our services are Sundays at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time on Google Meet 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 Google Meet 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 Google Meet.

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.

Map

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

We believe that the heights and depths of existence, its sorrows and joys, cannot be expressed in formulas or eternal doctrines, but must be lived and experienced throughout life. And we believe that human beings are born open, questioning, and with an innate capacity for goodness. We have no sure, common answers to life’s great questions.

— “The “Foundation of Faith” of the Danish Unitarisk Kirkesamfund (Unitarian Church Community)”,translated by Andrew J. Brown, CAUTE — Making Footprints Not Blueprints, 16 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, 14 June, 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 “The “Foundation of Faith” of the Danish Unitarisk Kirkesamfund (Unitarian Church Community)”, translated by Andrew J. Brown, CAUTE — Making Footprints Not Blueprints, 16 May 2026,

The article, “The “Foundation of Faith” of the Danish Unitarisk Kirkesamfund (Unitarian Church Community)”, translated 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 Google Meet 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 Google Meet 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 Google Meet.

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.

Map

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

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.

Map

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

History has told the story of the crown. Epic poetry has sung of the sword. The poet has sung the praises of the plow. And domestic science sings the praises of the needle. Skill to wield this small but powerful weapon makes a pleasure out of an occupation that once was drudgery and gives the assurance that all may become artists in their daily work..

— Miss Ina Randall, an oration delivered upon graduating from The Manual Training School at Ellendale N. D., on May 17, 1901, quoted by Doug Stow.

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, 24 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 “Industrial Training in the Schools”, by Ina Randall, reprinted by Doug Stow, Wisdom of the Hands, Tuesday, May 12, 2026,

The article, “Industrial Training in the Schools”, by Ina Randall, 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.

Map

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

Of all nations the United States with veins full of poetical stuff most need poets and will doubtless have the greatest and use them the greatest. Their Presidents shall not be their common referee so much as their poets shall.

— Walt Whitman, preface to the first edition of Leaves of Grass, 1855, quoted by Nissa Parmar, “Poetry’s Vital Role in Politics”, JSTOR Daily (December 10, 2025).

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, 17 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 “Poetry’s Vital Role in Politics”, by Nissa Parmar, JSTOR Daily (December 10, 2025).,

The article, “Poetry’s Vital Role in Politics”, by Nissa Parmar, 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.

Map

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

… the ordinary is not banal at all. It is messy, dense, artful. What is hidden behind habitual activities is a cacophony of textured, sensual experience – the lifeblood of human culture itself. The everyday has its own aesthetic integrity. And the more we study it, as social scientists say, the stranger and more interesting the ordinary becomes.

— Nadine Levy, “What if your life turned out to be ordinary? Slow down and relish this – it might even be enchanting”, The Guardian (April 19, 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, 10 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 “What if your life turned out to be ordinary? Slow down and relish this – it might even be enchanting”, by Nadine Levy, The Guardian (April 19, 2026)

The article, “What if your life turned out to be ordinary? Slow down and relish this – it might even be enchanting”, by Nadine Levy, can be found here.

Please Join us for Worship.

Our services are Sundays at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time on Google Meet 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 Google Meet 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 Google Meet.

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.

Map

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