Principles and Practices
David V. McFarland — The Grateful Heart as a Spiritual Practice
“The Grateful Heart isn’t a time or a place. It’s a state of being that is accessible through the spiritual practice of gratitude that’s designed to inspire living fully at any moment.”
Working toward a goal, inch by inch
David Mallett, Garden Song.
“All you need is a rake and a hoe, and a piece of fertile ground.”
Inspiration from UUs around the country (and the world)
Music from 1970 by the late Ric Masten, with the Starr King School For The Ministry Band
Ric Masten, who called himself “an ordained troubadour minister”, was a poet and folksinger whose traveling Unitarian Universalist ministry was formed of music, poetry, and humor.
Join us on Sunday, 6 July, for a celebration of the summer at Audra State Park — picnic, hiking, and perhaps swimming in the Middle Fork River.
The Middle Fork River at Audra State Park
We will meet in the picnic area at eleven.
Email westforkuu@gmail.com for more information or to carpool.
Part 2 of our celebration of famous Unitarians, Universalists, and Unitarian Universalists presented 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 15, 2014 at 11 am.
Children are welcome. There will be an activity for children during the service, and a coffee hour afterwards.
The building is wheelchair accessible, with an accessible restroom.
On Sunday 1 June 2014, members and friends of the West Fork Unitarian Universalists will join with the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Morgantown to celebrate a Flower Communion to be conducted by Rev. Rose Edington and Rev. Mel Hoover of Charleston.
The Flower Communion is conducted in many Unitarian Universalists churches as an annual spring-time ritual. It was created in 1923 by Norbert Čapek, minister of the newly formed Unitarian church in Prague, as a way to bind the members of the congregation more closely together. His wife, Maja Čapek, brought the ceremony to the United States in 1940. For more information about the Čapeks and the Flower Communion, see Reginald Zottoli’s description of The Flower Communion: A Service of Celebration for Religious Liberals or the brief biography of Norbert & Maja Čapek provided by the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Essex County (Orange, New Jersey).
The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Morgantown is located at 429 Warrick Avenue, Morgantown, West Virginia. The service begins at 10:45 a.m. Each person please remember to bring one flower of your choice, from your own garden or from the field or from the roadside.
Those who would like, please join us for lunch following the service.
Please join us for our worship service at the Progressive Women’s Association in downtown Clarksburg, WV on May 18, 2014 at 11 am. Our service will be a celebration of famous Unitarians, Universalists, and Unitarian Universalists presented by members of the West Fork Unitarian Universalists.
We would love to have you come celebrate and worship with us.
Children are welcome. There will be an activity for children during the service, and a coffee hour afterwards.
The building is wheelchair accessible, with an accessible restroom.
Please join us for our worship service at the Progressive Women’s Association in downtown Clarksburg, WV on April 20, 2014 at 11 am. Our service, a celebration of Spring and Easter, will be lead by Rev. Kathryn (Kat) Hawbaker of the First Unitarian Universalist Society of Marietta, Ohio.
We would love to have you come celebrate and worship with us.
Children are welcome. There will be an activity for children during the service, and a coffee hour afterwards.
Join us after the service at Robert and Lisa’s for Easter dinner and to hunt Easter eggs. Ham, potato salad, and a vegetarian main dish will be provided. Bring a dish to share if you wish.
The building is wheelchair accessible, with an accessible restroom.
Please join us for our worship service at the Progressive Women’s Association in downtown Clarksburg, WV on March 16, 2014 at 11 am. Our service will be a celebration of famous Unitarians, Universalists, and Unitarian Universalists presented by members of the West Fork Unitarian Universalists.
We would love to have you come celebrate and worship with us.
Children are welcome. There will be an activity for children during the service, and a coffee hour afterwards.
The building is wheelchair accessible, with an accessible restroom.
Please join us for our worship service at the Progressive Women’s Association in downtown Clarksburg, WV on February 16, 2014 at 11 am. Our guest minister will be Rev. Jay E. Abernathy, Jr., of the Unitarian Universalist Church of the South Hills, Pittsburgh.
We would love to have you come celebrate and worship with us.
Children are welcome. There will be an activity for children during the service, and a coffee hour afterwards.
The building is wheelchair accessible, with an accessible restroom.
West Fork Unitarian Universalists 