“We have much work to do,” she told the assembly. “I believe we are up to it. I look forward to working with you on this transformative path ahead.” – Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray
Yesterday, the Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray was installed as the first woman president of the Unitarian Universalist Association. UU World’s Christopher Walton wrote this article.
Namaste,
Cricket
We have Spiritual Outings on the first Sunday of each month during the summer. This month, we will gather at Watters Smith Memorial State Park at 11 a.m. for a short service, followed by a potluck picnic, conversation, and hiking the trails.
We will meet at the Pioneer shelter in the picnic area near the historical area.
Please email westforkuu@gmail.com if you would like to carpool.
We would love to have you come worship with us.
Email westforkuu@gmail.com or use our contact form for more information
or write to us at PO Box 523, Clarksburg WV 26302
We missed you today! If you weren’t able to make it today the service is available here.
Have a Blessed Week!
Namaste,
Cricket
“Kid president believes the things we say can make the world more awesome. Here he shares a list of 20 things we should say more often. What would you add to it?”
Dr. Mayim Bialik talks about her connection to religion even though she is a scientist in this thought provoking video.
Namaste,
Cricket
The longest day of the year has arrived. Summer is finally here. This is a major holiday for pagan communities all over the world.
Have a Blessed and wonderful day!
Namaste,
Cricket
Program 487: Scandinavian Solstice; Italy 2017
Release Date: 06-17-2017
Description
Hear how the summer solstice is celebrated in Scandinavia, where the official start of summer is a big deal. Then listen in as Italian friends discuss the effects of their country’s high unemployment rate — and how Italians are meeting the challenge — before taking listener calls to share tips for a “dolce vita” vacation. And come along as we visit with some Tuscan craftsmen keeping traditions alive in their hill town home.
Guests
We gather together this morning,
Because others came before us.
Some have left examples for us to follow,
Others lessons for us to learn from,
and the paradox is that many have left both pain and joy.
We honor our ancestors this morning, not because they are perfect,
But because, without them, we would not be here,
Together,
Sharing our joy, our pain, our living and our dying.
– Christopher A. Rothbauer Continue reading
Return of the Prodigal Son
Rembrandt
Forgiveness flounders because I exclude the enemy from the community of humans and myself from the community of sinners.
– Miroslav Volf, Exclusion & Embrace: A Theological Exploration of Identity, Otherness, and Reconciliation
Edward Kim on Volf’s Exclusion & Embrace
Prelude I Believe in You – Don Williams
Welcome The beauty of the whole – Meg Barnhouse
We gather to worship, our hearts alive with hope that here we will be truly seen, that here we will be welcomed into the garden of this community, where the simple and the elegant, the fluted and frilled, the shy and the dramatic complement one another and are treasured. May we know that here, each contributes in their way to the beauty of the whole. Come, let us worship together, all genders, sexualities, politics, clappers and non-clappers, progressive or conservative, may we root ourselves in the values of this faith: compassion and courage, transcendence, justice and transformation.
Chalice lighting Community Chalice Lighting – Atticus Palmer
We call this light before us in hope that we may always remain a strong community,
working together to make the world a better place.
When we are grieving or sad,
When we are challenged,
When we need help,
This flame guides us out of the darkness.
When we are cheerful,
When we celebrate,
When we accomplish a great task,
When we return to a place that makes us happy,
The chalice reminds us to share our happiness with others.)
In case you missed today, Sunday, June 4, 2017, the full service is here.
Namaste,
Cricket
PS: We missed you too!
West Fork Unitarian Universalists 