May this prayer by Rev. Elizabeth Tarbox and this look at the vulnerablity of God help us all look at our own vulnerability and the vulnerability of others that we might find strength in it.
Namaste,
Cricket
#UULent
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Meditation on Creativity
Today I will leave you with two ways to think about creativity and what it means. First, a meditation called “How Poets Pray” to help you think about creativity as a spiritual act. Second, a video guided meditation to help affirm your own creative spirit.
May these words and images help you focus on creativity and what it means to you.
Namaste,
Cricket
#UU Lent
Meditation on Partnership
This sermon by the Rev. Vail Weller is about coming together and working together. May it challenge us to find new meanings for partnership and new ways to partner in our own community and outside of it.
Namaste,
Cricket
#UULent
Meditation on Courage
http://www.uua.org/worship/words/blessing/go-boldly
May these words help you find courage.
Namaste,
Cricket
#UULent
Meditation on Quiet
http://www.uua.org/worship/words/meditation/183794.shtml
Hope this helps you contemplate quiet.
Namaste,
Cricket
#UULent
Sunday February 19, 2017
“Indeed our survival and liberation depend upon our recognition of the truth when it is spoken and lived by the people. If we cannot recognize the truth, then it cannot liberate us from untruth. To know the truth is to appropriate it, for it is not mainly reflection and theory. Truth is divine action entering our lives and creating the human action of liberation.”
― James H. Cone
This Sunday we will explore the connection between liberation theology and the Unitarian Universalist Association.
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.
Children are welcome. There is childcare and an activity for young children during the service.
The building is wheelchair accessible, with an accessible restroom.
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
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Namaste
Cricket
Image Credit – http://www.slideshare.net/chaoxine/liberation-theology-34109525
Trump Bars Refugees and Citizens of 7 Muslim Countries – NYTimes.com
“Yesterday’s executive order targeting refugees and Muslims is an affront to the core values of the United States. Our country has always been a beacon of liberty, and we should not now close our doors to people fleeing violence, hate, oppression, or persecution. All of the world’s major religions affirm the moral imperative to welcome the stranger. Unitarian Universalist congregations welcome individuals of all backgrounds and beliefs. I mourn with all of those whose hopes of a better future have been dashed due to the actions of President Trump.” -The Rev. Peter Morales, President of the Unitarian Universalist Association
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/01/27/us/politics/trump-syrian-refugees.html?_r=1&referer=http://m.facebook.com/
Monday Starts Chalica
Chalica is a week-long celebration of our Unitarian Universalist Principles. The holiday first emerged in 2005 out of a wish to have a holiday organized around Unitarian Universalist values.
Chalica begins on the first Monday in December and lasts seven days. Each day, a chalice is lit and the day is spent reflecting on the meaning of that day’s principle and doing a good deed that honors that principle. Not all Unitarian Universalists celebrate Chalica, but it has a growing following. There is a Chalica Facebook page, blog, and many Chalica-themed videos on YouTube.
Here is an article from UU World about it.
This year we will have two daily blog posts each day, one that will have ideas for activities for each principle and one with a devotion for the day.
Hope you enjoy celebrating this unique holiday with us.
Namaste,
Cricket
Sunday November 6, 2016
Kenneth Leo Patton (August 25, 1911-December 25, 1994), identifed as one of the major poets and a prophet of contemporary liberal religion, was a voice for a poetic, naturalistic humanism at a time when most humanists were defining a religion of reason. Minister and scholar David Bumbaugh has summed up Patton’s work: “It was he who taught a monotone rationalism how to sing; it was he who taught a stumble-footed humanism how to dance; it was he who cried ‘Look!’ and taught our eyes to see the glory in the ordinary.”
We would love to have you come worship with us.
This Sunday we will explore Kenneth Patton and his legacy within our faith.
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 be from 10am to 10:45 am with 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.
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
~
Namaste
Cricket
We are Unitarian Universalists
Transcript
We are Unitarian Universalists. We are people of many paths who are brave, curious, and compassionate thinkers and doers.
Every day, people are inundated with information, overwhelmed by demands, and pulled by a culture that seeks to divide us from the web of life. Unitarian Universalism reconnects, bringing people together with meaning and inspiration. We are a house without walls, a congregation without spiritual limits, and a movement that calls you to put more faith in yourself, your community, and your beliefs. We are a faith that honors your mind, your heart, your journey. Simply put, we are a guided path towards a better you and a better world.
Grounded in more than two hundred years of thoughtful, spiritual communities, we are people of many generations, ethnicities, genders and sexualities, and spiritual backgrounds. People engaged in making the world a better place. People focusing on what really matters – love, justice, integrity, and hope.
Unitarian Universalists have different beliefs. but shared values. We are Unitarian Universalists, and at the same time we may also be agnostic, Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, humanist, Jewish, Muslim, pagan, atheist, believers in God, and those who just let the great mystery be. The diversity of beliefs you’ll find in a Unitarian Universalist community is one of our strengths – we’re always learning how to see the world from a different perspective.
What unites us are our core principles that uphold seven real-world values:
- Believing in the worthiness of every person.
- Showing compassion and fairness.
- Accepting others for who they are.
- Growing through a personal search for truth.
- Leading with democratic spirit.
- Working for justice.
- And understanding that everything is interconnected.
Seven days a week, Unitarian Universalists live these principles by doing. When we gather we worship, reflect and remind ourselves what matters most in life. Whatever our age, we learn to live with more wisdom, more awareness, more gratitude and more soul.
We show our values by showing up to answer the call for social justice. We have a track record of standing on the side of love for civil rights, LGBTQ equality, immigration reform, environmental sustainability, reproductive justice, racial justice, and more.
Find what it means to live your deepest values out loud. Join us on this extraordinary adventure of faith!
Credits
Copyright and text – Unitarian Universalist Association
Animator – Elliott Cennamo
Voiceover – Stephanie Carey Maron
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