Every year at the Unitarian Universalist Association there is a Ware speaker. The speaker was originally a gift from the Ware family and this goes back all the way to 1922. History of the Ware Lecture
This year the speaker was the Rev. Dr. Cornel West. Here is a video from the evening. It includes a small slideshow and the Evening Sing. Rev. West’s speech begins at 42 min. Hope you enjoy.
~Namaste
Cricket
Today is an historic day. As a friend said, “This is a once in a lifetime thing for most activists. We don’t get to WIN. Most of the time, we see incremental progress in our lifetimes, but it is rare to get a big win like this.”
UUA President Peter Morales draped the General Assembly podium with a rainbow flag and invited same-sex couples to join him on the stage this morning to celebrate the Supreme Court’s marriage equality decision. An ecstatic crowd wept, cheered, and then sang “We Are Standing on the Side of Love.”
(Photograph © Christopher L. Walton/UUA)
Have a beautiful Rainbow day!
~Namaste
Cricket
Nine people, each with a family, friends — let us make sure they are not lost from the story.
Sharonda Coleman-Singleton
Reverend Clementa Pinckney
Cynthia Hurd
Tywanza Sanders
Myra Thompson
Ethel Lee Lance
Rev. Daniel L. Simmons
Rev. Depayne Middleton-Doctor
Susie Jackson
http://www.buzzfeed.com/jessicasimeone/these-are-the-victims-of-the-charleston-church-shooting
Emanuel AME Church has faced many hardships over the years, but the church has persevered and thrived. May Emanuel’s faithful find the strength to make their way through the tragedy that has taken the lives of nine of their members, including their pastor. We share their grief, and we stand with them in love and solidarity.
— The Rev. Peter Morales, president of the Unitarian Universalist Association
https://www.uua.org/news/press-release/church-shooting-charleston
We have been gathering UUs and having weekly Sunday evening house meetings since September 2011. We have recently moved our gatherings to 11 a.m. Sundays.
We are grateful to have received a Chalice Lighters grant from the Ohio-Meadville District, with contributions from UUs in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia, to help us hold monthly public worship services.
Our services are the third Sunday of each month, 11 a.m. at the Progressive Women’s Association in downtown Clarksburg.
We would love to have you come worship with us.
Children are welcome. There is childcare and an activity for young children during the service, and a coffee hour afterwards.
The building is wheelchair accessible, with an accessible restroom.
Email westforkuu@gmail.com or use our contact form for more information
or write to us at PO Box 523, Clarksburg WV 26302
This week we elected officers and looked at a possible building.
Sunday, July 29 we will be going on a picnic and blueberry-picking expedition at Dolly Sods. Some may be camping at Dolly Sods Saturday night, and possibly tubing on the South Branch in Smoke Hole Canyon on Saturday.
Friends, family, and anyone interested are invited. Come enjoy our mountains and meet UUs. Email westforkuu@gmail.com for details and carpool possibilities.
Our founding officers are:
Moderator – Lisa deGruyter
Committee on Ministry and Oversight
Chair – Ginnie McNeill (one-year term)
Suzie Hall (two-year term)
Robert Helfer (three-year term)
Board of Directors
President – John Hall (one-year term)
Ginnie McNeill (two-year term)
April Keating (three-year term)
Secretary – Robert Helfer (two-year term)
Treasurer – Kathleen Gilbert (two-year term)
There was no service May 27, but we had a picnic lunch at Robert and Lisa’s.
Sunday, June 3 will be a discussion of our Covenant of Right Relations.
There will be no gathering or service Sunday, May 27, because most of us will be traveling out of town for Memorial Day weekend.
The draft bylaws were discussed and revised this week, and will be finalized Sunday, June 3.
Suzie Hall will be leading the service Sunday, May 20.
We will have a business meeting during the 5 p.m. gathering hour next Sunday, May 20, to review and adopt the bylaws draft and other business.
Weekly updates and news will be now be posted here on the website instead of going to the email group so they will be available to everyone; we will be using the email group for discussions. If you would like to get the posts by email rather than checking the blog, click the “Follow WFUU by email” button in the right-hand sidebar.
We also have a new Facebook page, which you can Like to get the WFUU posts in your Facebook newsfeed, and a Google+ page if you prefer Google+. See the Follow section in the sidebar.
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