A Kids’ Service, by members of the West Fork Unitarian Universalists.
We would love to have you come celebrate and worship with us. Please join us at the Progressive Women’s Association in downtown Clarksburg, WV on June 21, 2015 at 11 am.
Children are always welcome, especially for this service. This week’s service will focus on the children.
Please stay for coffee or tea after the service.
The building is wheelchair accessible, with an accessible restroom.
I believe in the existence of a universe of suns and planets, among which there is one sun belonging to our planetary system; and that other suns, being more remote, are called stars; but that they are indeed suns to other planetary systems. I believe that the whole universe is NATURE, and that the word NATURE embraces the whole universe, and that God and Nature, so far as we can attach any rational idea to either, are perfectly synonymous terms. Hence I am not an Atheist, but a Pantheist; that is, instead of believing there is no God, I believe that in the abstract, all is God; and that all power that is, is in God, and that there is no power except that which proceeds from God. I believe that there can be no will or intelligence where there is no sense; and no sense where there are no organs of sense; and hence sense, will, and intelligence, is the effect, and not the cause, of organization. I believe in all that logically results from these premises, whether good, bad, or indifferent. Hence, I believe, that God is all in all; and that it is in God we live, move, and have our being; and that the whole duty of man consists in living as long as he can, and in promoting as much happiness as he can while he lives.
A Philosophical Creed
Written at Hebron, N.H., May 28, 1833,
By Abner Kneeland
On June 25 through 28, 2015, The Act 2 Theatre Company will present Set Me Free, two one-act plays directed by West Fork Unitarian Universalists’ own Cricket Hall.
Show dates:
Thursday-Saturday June 25-27 at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday June 28 at 2:00 p.m.
at the
Friedlander’s Center (home of Starving Artists Studio)
354 West Main St
Clarksburg WV
Set Me Free
For more details, see the announcement on the Act 2 Theatre Company web site.
As the first means of establishing influence over the young, I would say, you must love them.
http://callandresponse.blogs.uua.org/channing-is-still-relevant-on-the-noblest-work-on-earth/
So, to sum up, I’m saying the word God might be used to refer to “the source of meaningfulness”, “comprehension” and “knowledge of life”.
http://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2015/05/dead-deer-in-fallen-tree-meaning-what.html
Join us on Sunday, 7 June, for a celebration of the summer at Valley Falls State Park — picnic and hiking on the banks of the Tygart Valley River.
Tygart Valley River at Valley Falls
We will meet in the picnic area at eleven.
Email westforkuu@gmail.com for more information or to carpool.
If the destination is known in advance, what’s the point of the journey?
— Christopher Benfey, Red Brick, Black Mountain, White Clay
“It occurred to me that there were two sets of virtues, the résumé virtues and the eulogy virtues. The résumé virtues are the skills you bring to the marketplace. The eulogy virtues are the ones that are talked about at your funeral — whether you were kind, brave, honest or faithful. Were you capable of deep love?”
“But if you live for external achievement, years pass and the deepest parts of you go unexplored and unstructured. You lack a moral vocabulary. It is easy to slip into a self-satisfied moral mediocrity. You grade yourself on a forgiving curve. You figure as long as you are not obviously hurting anybody and people seem to like you, you must be O.K. But you live with an unconscious boredom, separated from the deepest meaning of life and the highest moral joys. Gradually, a humiliating gap opens between your actual self and your desired self, between you and those incandescent souls you sometimes meet.”
— David Brooks, “The Moral Bucket List”
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/12/opinion/sunday/david-brooks-the-moral-bucket-list.html
SHHHHH – IT’S A SECRET!
West Fork UUs Are Having a House Concert
featuring Andrew McKnight
Award-winning singer/songwriter, guitarist & storyteller from northern Virginia’s Blue Ridge
What’s a house concert? Just like it sounds: imagine a mini-Carnegie Hall, up close and intimate in the comfort of someone’s living room. You’re invited to be a part of a very special evening, but you must RSVP to make reservations and get directions.
Sunday April 19 3:30pm in Clarksburg
Suggested donation: $10-$20/person (all goes to the artist’s “salary”)
RSVP: westforkuu@gmail.com reservations & directions
(931-4895 day of the show)
About the Artist
“With a voice reminiscent of Don McLean, McKnight traverses from old-time Appalachian tunes to contemporary folk and blues, all backed up by his dead-on guitar playing” – The Boston Globe
“The skillful songwriter’s interest in history is revealed in songs such as the Civil War ballad ‘The Road to Appomattox’ … He also works in true folkie tradition, updating lyrics to classic material such as ‘Worried Man Blues’ or reworking Robert Johnson’s ‘Crossroads’.” – The Washington Post
The nationally acclaimed Americana artist’s solo performances are like one man theatre; the songs are woven together with humorous stories and poetic drama, and the musical soundscape traverses influences from Appalachia, tasteful slide and jazzy blues, feisty anthems, rustic folk, and even a little fancy flatpicking on a Carter Family tune.
Enjoy music, essays, videos and more at:
www.AndrewMcKnight.net
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