We are cancelling Religious Education and the service for this Sunday due to the winter storm. We will post some inspiring videos and music Sunday morning. Stay warm and safe.
Services
Sunday January 17, 2016: Our Deepest Roots
“Our Deepest Roots”, with John Hall (rescheduled from January 10, because of illness).
Please join us for coffee and conversation at 10:45 a.m. at the Progressive Women’s Association’s Uptown Event Center, 305 Washington Ave. in downtown Clarksburg, West Virginia. The worship service starts at 11:00. Our ongoing Religious Education classes begin at 10:00.
For further information, email westforkuu@gmail.com or visit our website at https://westforkuu.org/
Sunday January 10, 2016: Our Deepest Roots
“Our Deepest Roots”, with John Hall.
Please join us for coffee and conversation at 10:45 a.m. at the Progressive Women’s Association’s Uptown Event Center, 305 Washington Ave. in downtown Clarksburg, West Virginia. The worship service starts at 11:00. Our ongoing Religious Education classes begin at 10:00.
For further information, email westforkuu@gmail.com or visit our website at https://westforkuu.org/
Sunday January 3, 2016: Altars, Shrines, and Every Day Practice
Prelude
Chalice Lighting:
Rabbi Hillel, a Jewish contemporary of Jesus, said, “Separate not thyself from the congregation and its concerns, nor postpone thought for thy spirit until the day of thy death. Say not, ‘By and by, when I have leisure, I will care for my soul,’ lest perchance thou never find leisure.”
Song:
Come, come, whoever you are
Wanderer, worshipper, lover of leaving
Ours is no caravan of despair
Love yet again come Continue reading
Sunday December 27, 2015: No Service
There will be no Sunday service or religious education classes on December 27, 2015. Our next service will be on Sunday, January 3, 2016.
On Thursday, December 24, some members of West Fork Unitarian Universalists will be attending First Unitarian Universalist Society of Marietta’s “All Ages Christmas Eve Candlelight Service”. Note that their service starts at 6:00 p.m. this year. See their site at http://fuusm.org/ for further information.
For further information about West Fork Unitarian Universalists, email westforkuu@gmail.com or visit our website at https://westforkuu.org/
Sunday December 20, 2015: Celebrate the Light
Prelude: Ring Solstice Bells by Jethro Tull
Welcome
Chalice Lighting
We gather in the chill of winter solstice,
finding warmth from each other, nourishing
hope where reason fails.
Grateful for small miracles, we rejoice
in the wonder of light and darkness
and the daring of hope.
I’d like to invite each of each who has brought a candle to come forward and light your candle while we sing “Come, come, whoever you are” three times.
Song and Candle Lighting: Come, come, whoever you are
Wandererer, worshipper, lover of leaving
Ours is no caravan of despair
Come, yet again come Continue reading
Sunday December 13, 2015: The Virtue of the Uncarved Block
“The Virtue of the Uncarved Block” with John Hall
Please join us for coffee and conversation at 10:45 a.m. at the Progressive Women’s Association’s Uptown Event Center, 305 Washington Ave. in downtown Clarksburg, West Virginia. The worship service starts at 11:00. Our ongoing Religious Education classes begin at 10:00.
For further information, email westforkuu@gmail.com or visit our website at https://westforkuu.org/
Sunday December 13, 2015: Politics and Religion
Welcome
Welcome and Happy Holidays, Happy St. Nicholas Day, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Abolition Day, Bodhi Day (Tuesday), Second Sunday of Advent
Chalice Lighting
~ Kimberly Knight, Minister of Digital Community, Extravagance UCC
No, my prayers will not stop the killing.
No, my prayers will not bring back the innocent.
No, my prayers will not relax the gnarled fist of hatred.
No, my prayers will not open the greedy hearts of those who profit from death.
But, my prayers can gently break the silence of despair.
But, my prayers can channel my rage at the machine.
But, my prayers can embolden me to be the hands and feet of The Divine.
But, my prayers can encourage others of faith to awake, arise and act.
I do not pray for God to send us a miracle.
I pray for God to remind us how to be the miracle.
I am because you are and only together, with a radical belief that a paradigm shift is possible, active hope and faithful resolve to be the change we seek, can we make it stop.
Sunday December 6, 2015: Politics and Religion
Politics and religion are inseparable. Lisa deGruyter will explore this and some practical ways to live our Fifth Principle: “The right of conscience and the use of the democratic process within our congregations and in society at large”.
Please join us for coffee and conversation at 10:45 a.m. at the Progressive Women’s Association’s Uptown Event Center, 305 Washington Ave. in downtown Clarksburg, West Virginia. The worship service starts at 11:00. Our ongoing Religious Education classes begin at 10:00.
After the service on Sunday everyone is invited to a potluck lunch at Robert and Lisa’s house. A vegetarian soup will be the main course. If you would like, bring bread, or a dessert to share. If you cannot bring a dish, don’t worry, there will be enough to spare.
A Meeting for Business will follow lunch, for members and anyone else who would like to participate in the discussion and planning.
For further information, email westforkuu@gmail.com or visit our website at https://westforkuu.org/
Sunday November 22, 2015: The ‘Miracle’ of Good Luck, New Jersey
Welcome: Welcome to this Place, by Cathy Rion Starr
Welcome to this place of peace;
May we find some moments of quiet contemplation.
Welcome to this place of celebration;
May our hearts soar with gratitude for the gift of life.
Welcome to this place of sacred love;
May we gently hold all that is broken here.
Welcome to this place of inquiry;
Here, may we be challenged to open our minds and hearts ever wider.
Come into this place of community;
May we, together, draw the circle of love and justice ever wider.
Welcome to this sacred place;
Come, let us worship, celebrate, grieve, and love together
Chalice Lighting: Legacy Chalice Lighting, by Paul Sprecher
We light this chalice to honor the memory of those who have come before us,
kindling flames of wisdom in dark times,
willing to challenge orthodoxy even at great personal risk,
giving us a legacy of freedom and a love of truth,
A legacy that warms our hearts and lights our paths.
