Black Lives of UU will host an explicitly Black online forum to discuss the 2016 Proposed Congregational Study/Action Issue (CSAI): “A National Conversation on Race” on Monday June 6 at 9:00 PM ET.
All Black UUs are invited to participate in this forum moderated by BLUU Lead Organizer Kenny Wiley and CSAI author Debra Greenwood.
I’ll begin with a little bit of my own history, talk briefly about the sorts of things we share in common with Catholicism that you’ll often hear me preach about, and then move onto the areas where we could do better in following some of Catholicism’s strengths that are in line with our values – but where we may not currently do so well
If you weren’t able to be here this Sunday, May 22, the words and the music are all here:
We and the other congregations in the Appalachian Cluster have been invited to join the Charleston UU congregation for their annual retreat in Kanawha State Forest. We will have no RE or service in Clarksburg. Email westforkuu@gmail.com if you would like to carpool.
May 29 – WEEKEND IN THE FOREST (no service at UUC)
Rev. Patricia Hart and Carol Sroczynski, Worship Leaders
Come join UUC’s annual Memorial Day campout in Kanawha State Forest – for children, youth, parents, and everyone! The site is reserved for UUC on both Friday and Saturday nights. We will gather in time for a potluck supper on Saturday, and have an informal worship service Sunday morning at 10am. Come for the weekend, for Saturday’s potluck, or just for the Sunday service – all are welcome!
The more you can free yourself from your internalization of the gaze of others, the more liberated you feel. As you bring more humor to issues of the body’s appearance, the more you will unleash the healthy energies of the mind.
Under Your Skin: A Thai forest monk explains why a healthy body image is not what you think it is.
We will be discussing the ideas in this article; reading it beforehand is optional, but helpful.
Prelude Galileo – Indigo Girls
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 In memory of all the flames – Amarette Callaway
In memory of all the flames that didn’t die—
in the midst of darkness,
in spite of the darkness,
we light this flame today.
“The light shines in the darkness,
and the darkness did not overcome it.” (John 1:5 NRSV)
If you happened to yesterday morning’s service.
Here’s a link to the full service
We have Spiritual Outings on the third Sunday during the summer. This month, we will gather at the West Virginia State Wildlife Center in French Creek at 11 a.m. for a short service, followed by a potluck picnic, conversation, and a walk around the elk, bison, wolves, and other animals. The trail and restrooms are wheelchair-accessible.
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
http://www.uua.org/worship/words/opening/your-body-welcome-here
With all of the body shaming and bathroom wars, sometimes we need to take a moment to step back and remember that that we are who we are and we are loved.
Namaste,
Cricket
Venue change for West Fork UUs on Sunday, May 1, 2016.
Because of a scheduling problem we will be meeting at Lisa and Robert’s house on Sunday, May 1. If you plan to attend and do not know the address, please email us at westforkuu@gmail.com for directions.
