Sunday, 5 April 2020: Sublime Liberation

April 3, 2020April 3, 2020Robert

Phoebe Durst will lead the service and Lillie will provide live music.

We are forgoing meeting in person during the coronavirus epidemic. We share music, readings, and hymns, on our usual presentation slides, have a story and a talk, and share joys and sorrows, as well as a virtual “coffee hour” discussion, starting at 10:30, with the service at 11. If you prefer not to be seen, video is optional. If you would like to participate, please email westforkuu@gmail.com for details and a link, or for help with using Skype.

If you are a regular attendee, we have added you to our Google Group if we had an email address. If you have not gotten a group email already, please email westforkuu@gmail.com so that we can add you to the group, which we will be using for staying in touch with each other during this time. Public announcements will continue to be posted here on the website and on our Facebook page and Twitter account, as usual.

Email westforkuu@gmail.com or use our contact form for more information or write to us at PO Box 523, Clarksburg WV 26302

UU Lent 2020 – Day 37 – Forgiveness

April 3, 2020CZ

Always forgive your enemies – nothing annoys them so much. – Oscar Wilde

Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it. – Mark Twain

Marmalade [A story about reconciliation] by Orlanda R Brugnola

Here Is the Place to Be Forgiven by Katie Kandarian-Morris

UU Lent 2020 – Day 36 – Acceptance

April 2, 2020CZ

According to the dictionary, acceptance means 1) the action of consenting to receive or undertake something offered, 2) the action or process of being received as adequate or suitable, typically to be admitted into a group, 3) agreement with or belief in an idea, opinion, or explanation, and 4) willingness to tolerate a difficult or unpleasant situation.

A Day At The Lawn by Erik Walker Wikstrom

Transcending Boundaries by Yvonne Seon

April’s Theme is Liberation

April 1, 2020CZ

According to the dictionary, liberation is 1) the act of setting someone free from imprisonment, slavery, or oppression; release. and 2) freedom from limits on thought or behavior.

Here is a sermon from Rev. Chris Jimmerson at First UU Austin called Collective Liberation

Image Credit: Soul Matters Circle

UU Lent 2020 – Day 36 – Confession

April 1, 2020CZ

According to the dictionary confession means: 1) a formal statement admitting that one is guilty of a crime, 2) an admission or acknowledgment that one has done something that one is ashamed or embarrassed about, 3) intimate revelations about a person’s private life or occupation, especially as presented in a sensationalized form in a book, newspaper, or movie, and 4) a statement of one’s principles.

Confessing Communities by Robin Tanner

UU Lent 2020 – Day 35 – Rain

March 31, 2020March 31, 2020CZ

Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby. – Langston Hughes

Rain is good for me. I feel like I achieve clarity actually when it rains. The longer I have to sit and wait, the clearer my game becomes to me. – Venus Williams

Higgins: A Drop with a Dream by Christopher Buice

Water Makes Its Mark by Matt Alspaugh

UU Lent 2020 – Day 34 – Reach

March 30, 2020CZ

In my opinion, there is no aspect of reality beyond the reach of the human mind. – Stephen Hawking

The power of choosing good and evil is within the reach of all. – Origen

The Life That Stretches Between Us by Emmy Lou Belcher

A Springtime Prayer by George A Tyger

Time will tell

LinkMarch 29, 2020LdeG

The sermon from Rev. Andrew Brown of the Unitarian fellowship in Cambridge, England this morning, parts of which were read in our service.

Time will tell—‘It is impossible to think in advance of experience, and no experience is merely empirical’

UU Lent 2020 – Day 33 – Love

March 29, 2020March 29, 2020CZ

A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. – Jesus Christ

Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates. – Lao Tzu

You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection. – Buddha

Hope, Not Nearly There by David Breeden

I am not alone. There is a Love holding me. by Heather Rion Starr

The Promise and the Practice: Repairing Our Mistakes with Love (Time for All Ages) by Jaelynn Pema-la Scott and Erika A. Hewitt

A Gesture of Love by Kimberly French

UU Lent 2020 – Day 32 – Surrender

March 28, 2020March 28, 2020CZ

“Some people believe holding on and hanging in there are signs of great strength. However, there are times when it takes much more strength to know when to let go and then do it.” – Ann Landers

“If you surrender completely to the moments as they pass, you live more richly those moments.” – Anne Morrow Lindbergh

“The creative process is a process of surrender, not control.” – Julia Cameron

The Promise and the Practice: Lamentation for Two Voices by Rebekah Savage and Erika A. Hewitt

Who Am I Not to Be Blessed? by Chris Jimmerson

West Fork Unitarian Universalists

Gathering north central West Virginia UUs