The mission of Holston Valley Unitarian Universalist Church is to promote spiritual growth, religious freedom, and ethical action.
We work together as a church to transform ourselves, our community, and our world by sharing love, pursuing justice, and seeking wonder.
We embrace diversity within the congregation’s membership and in theology. We are committed to being a vital and growing progressive congregation within our larger community.
We hope you will visit our church. Our worship services are at 11:00am; children’s and adult’s religious education classes are both before the service at 9:30am.
11 a.m. Sunday Worship Service
9:30 a.m. Children’s and adult’s religious education classes
Upcoming Services (Sundays @ 11 a.m.)
A worship service designed to appeal to your right brain, that is, more emotional, less analytical. We will also welcome new members to our congregation.
Linda will talk about her pilgrimage to the medieval abbey of Iona, off the coast of Scotlland and her spiritual quest. Iona is a place where they say, the distance between human world and spirit world is very thin.
Comprehensive sex education is important, because if you get it wrong, it can be dangerous. Same goes for religion. Also, we welcome new members to the congregation.
Process Theology gives us a new way to think about God. Instead of the omnipotent, omniscient God of the Bible, God is becoming God.
A service wherein congregants tell us why they are thankful.
This service presents the essence of Tao and the concept of wu-wei, or action by inaction.
This service explores causal thinking and magical thinking. And why we need both.
An annual service that celebrates light in several cultures.
When he was young, Truman Capote's only friend was an eccentric older cousin. He wrote a short memoir about his relationship with her and what they did at Christmastime.
The link to the auction website in the newsletter doesn’t work. This one does! www.auctria.com/auction/2019ServiceAuction
If you usually donate to WETS-FM or plan on donating this year, consider allowing your donation to help the church as well. We can continue to be an underwriter for programming which allows us to get our message out in the community. WETS gets 100% of the money, you still get the tax benefits, and our church gets our name out in the community. You can help 2 great organizations!
Our Religious Education year will be kicking off on August 18th! Please register your children and youth ASAP here RE Registration
In 1965, Rev. James Reeb — a Unitarian minister and civil-rights activist — was killed during the voting rights movement in Selma. Learn more about what happened in this new NPR podcast. Listen where ever you listen to podcasts. A visual narrative can be found here npr.org/whitelies.
The Women’s Group is looking for a few good women to host our monthly gatherings, 12 to be exact!
Winter is Coming! The quickest way to find out if church will be closed on any Sunday, including this Sunday, is to check the church website. If church is going to be cancelled due to inclement weather, that information will be posted at the top of the website by 8:00AM Sunday morning. www.hvuuc.org
Kitchen of Hope on Monday, August 6 is looking for volunteers to cook (1:30-3:30), serve (3-5), or clean up (4:45-6). Contact Kim at kitchenofhope@hvuuc.org
It’s time again for signing up for the next fiscal year of Coffee Hour leaders. We need 12 individuals who are willing to take responsibility for one month of coffee hour set-up and clean-up (usually 3 Sundays because Potluck Sundays aren’t included).
Thank you for your ongoing support of our very first summer camp adventure!
We are continuing to accept donations.
I have been asked if we will accept donations in the form of CASH, and the answer is YES!