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/
Author: Robert
Dead deer in a fallen tree . . . meaning what?
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
Sunday 7 June 2015
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.
The Journey
If the destination is known in advance, what’s the point of the journey?
— Christopher Benfey, Red Brick, Black Mountain, White Clay
The Moral Bucket List
“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
Good Things Matter
House Concert, 19 April 2015
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
Sunday 19 April 2015
“Earth Day Every Day”, a Special Music Service featuring Andrew McKnight.
Andrew McKnight is a nationally-acclaimed singer/songwriter and guitarist who celebrates rural America, weaving his masterfully crafted songs, humorous stories and poetic drama into a musical soundscape sketched with shades of Appalachia, tasteful slide and jazzy blues, feisty anthems, and rustic folk.
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 March 15, 2015 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.
The service will be followed by a potluck luncheon. Vegetarian soup will be provided.
You Can Sit Here Any Time
While wandering through Devon on a trip to England a couple of years ago, we came upon the Sidmouth Unitarian Church, the “Dissenter of Sidmouth”, founded in 1710,
Dissenter of Sidmouth
and we were inspired by the Dissenter Wall.
The Dissenter Wall — You Can Sit Here Any Time
“You can sit here any time, all ages and beliefs are welcome.”
We shall aspire to this motto.
Sunday 15 March 2015
Faith and Balance, a sermon by Suzie Hall.
Suzie Hall is a member 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 March 15, 2015 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.
