Sunday April 30, 2017

CZ

“​A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.”- Marcus Garvey

“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.” – Harriet Tubman 

 Sunday our youth and children will tall about three UU ladies who changed history, Ysaye Barnwell, Laurel Clark, and Maurine Neuberger.  

We would love to have you come worship with us.

Our services are Sundays at 11 a.m.  at the Progressive Women’s Association Event Center, 305 Washington Ave. in downtown Clarksburg, behind the Courthouse. There are classes for children and adults 10 to 10:45 am, and a coffee gathering before the service. More about us.

Children are welcome.  There is childcare and an activity for young children during the service.

The building is wheelchair accessible, with an accessible restroom.

Map

The schedule for the current adult religious education class is here.

Email westforkuu@gmail.com or use our contact form for more information

or write to us at PO Box 523, Clarksburg WV 26302

WV Interfaith Refugee Ministry

CZ

When asking yourself, “but what can I do, I am just one person?” The answer is always to find others and band together. 

Here is an opportunity to do just that. 

Namste,
Cricket 

Sunday April 23, 2017

CZ

I enjoy the cleaning up—something about the getting of things in order for winter—making the garden secure—a battening down of hatches perhaps… It just feels right. —David Hobson

This Sunday Cricket will explore cleaning as a Spiritual Practice. 

We would love to have you come worship with us.

Our services are Sundays at 11 a.m. at the Progressive Women’s Association Event Center, 305 Washington Ave. in downtown Clarksburg, behind the Courthouse.

Our Religious Education/ Life Long Learning Class will meet at from 10am to 10:45 am with a coffee gathering before the service. More about us.

Adult religious education, at 10, will be a discussion on applying our beliefs to current events.

Children are welcome. There is childcare and an activity for young children during the service.

The building is wheelchair accessible, with an accessible restroom.

You can park on either side of the PWA building. The lots are marked as private, but are available on Sunday mornings.

Map

Meditation on Peace

CZ

Rev. Kathleen Rolenz wrote Easter is Breaking about peace in our world.

Below is a guided medtiation on finding personal peace

In looking for things for this post John Lennon’s “Imagine came up multiple times, so I figured I should share it too.

May we find peace. May we bring peace. May we share peace.

Namaste,
Cricket

#UULent

Meditation on Worship

CZ

Today for lent we are to contemplate worship. What does worship mean to you? How do you worship? 

Namaste,
Cricket

#UULent

Here is an article on Worship Theory in UU.
If you Google the word Worship, this is definition that will pop up it is both a noun and a verb. 

noun

  1. 1.

    the feeling or expression of reverence and adoration for a deity.

    “the worship of God”

    synonyms: reverence, veneration, adoration, glorification, glory, exaltation; More

    verb

    1. 1.

      show reverence and adoration for (a deity); honor with religious rites.

      “the Maya built jungle pyramids to worship their gods”

      synonyms: revere, reverence, venerate, pay homage to, honor, adore, praise, 

    Flower Ceremony and Egg Hunt: Sunday April 16, 2017

    LdeG

    See last year for the full service.

    Today we are celebrating our Flower Ceremony, which was created by Dr. Norbert Čapek for the Liberal Religious Fellowship he founded in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, in 1925, and which became the largest Unitarian Church in the world. He sought a ceremony that would celebrate love and community and the interdependent web of life and love among a new and diverse congregation drawn from many backgrounds, and which would be a celebration not tied to any older religious ceremonies, which many of his congregation had rejected. Nearly a hundred years later, it is celebrated by Unitarian Universalist congregations everywhere.

    We will have a potluck dinner and egg hunt following the service at Robert Helfer and Lisa deGruyter’s house in Clarksburg. Ham and potato salad will be provided. Please bring a dish to share and baskets for collecting eggs. There will be cascarones. Your friends and family are welcome, too.

    We would love to have you come worship with us.

    Our services are Sundays at 11 a.m. at the Progressive Women’s Association Event Center, 305 Washington Ave. in downtown Clarksburg, behind the Courthouse.

    Our Religious Education/ Life Long Learning Class will meet at from 10am to 10:45 am with a coffee gathering before the service. More about us.

    Adult religious education, at 10, will be a discussion on applying our beliefs to current events.

    Children are welcome. There is childcare and an activity for young children during the service.

    The building is wheelchair accessible, with an accessible restroom.

    You can park on either side of the PWA building. The lots are marked as private, but are available on Sunday mornings.

    Map

    Meditation on Doubt 

    CZ

    Robert T. Weston wrote this responsive reading about doubts. 
    In this song from A Chorus Line Lea Salonga explores doubting yourself and being trained to doubt yourself. 


    We all have doubts. Sometimes we have to sit with that doubt. 

    Namaste,
    Cricket 

    #UULent

    Meditation on Art

    CZ

    What does art meant to you? In this interactive article on art from Khan academy; read the comments, watch the video, and take the survey. It’s a fun exercise.

    To answer the question What is Art? Here is Victor Hugo Zayas.

    I hope that today you can take a few moments to create some art or enjoy some art.

    Namaste,
    Cricket

    #UULent