Join us for church on November 9, 2025 and stick along afterwards for Potluck!

• 9:30am Religious Education

• 11:00am Sunday Service

• 12:00pm Potluck

“Honoring Those That Serve”

As Veteran's Day approaches, Rev. Tiffany leads us in honoring all who have served though military service. What does it mean to put your life on the line for your values? What does it mean to serve and protect? Unitarian Universalists hold a variety of beliefs regarding war, peace and military service, but one common thread that we hold to is the inherent worth and dignity of all who serve. Rev. Tiffany reflects on the many ways we live our values, and the power of her own father's example as a career Air Force officer.

To review items for sale at the upcoming service auction go to the main page: 

HVUUC 2025 Service Auction

a) Click on the blue link at the top, Auction, to view the silent auction items. 

b) Click on the blue link at the top, Live, to view the live auction items. 

c) You can view all the services with DATES listed in one place (PDF).

Then join us this Saturday at 6:00pm for the auction! If you’d like you can bring a snack to share!

Email auction@hvuuc.org with any questions.

Headlines

• Our Covenant

• Trans Day of Remembrance

• New Frontiers in Astronomy

• HVUUC Thanksgiving

• Service Auction

• Choir

• Facilities Volunteers

• Giving Tree Donations

Click here to read the entire newsletter.

Click here for past newsletters.

You can also find a few printed copies at our visitors table in the sanctuary.

Up to date church info is always available at www.hvuuc.org

Please bring heavy hors d-oeuvres, finger foods, or a snack to share. Someone will be available in the kitchen beginning at 5:00 to help do whatever you need to prepare and present your contribution.

It's always fun to have a plateful of tasty treats while browsing the silent auction offerings and vying for special live auction items.

PS: Potluck Sunday happens to be the next day, November 9.  Maybe prepare for two events at one time!

Email auction@hvuuc.org with any questions.

Don’t forget Daylight Savings time is this Sunday!

Join us for church on November 2, 2025!

• 9:30am Religious Education

• 11:00am Sunday Service

• 12:00pm Coffee Hour

“Gone But Not Forgotten”

This time of year many religious traditions take time to honor their dearly departed, and the Remembering service here in our church has become an annual tradition. During this service Rev. Tiffany names and honors the people connected to this congregation that have died this year, as well as important figures in the world. And then we share a ritual of remembering together. You are invited to bring photos or mementos of your departed friends and loved ones to place on the altar during this service.

Upcoming News and Events

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No need to wear yourself out making an entire meal. Join us at HVUUC for a Thanksgiving potluck from 2-5pm on Nov 27.

Sign up in the sanctuary or by emailing thanksgiving@hvuuc.org to tell us who’s coming & what you’re bringing.

Everyone is welcome!

Please email all submissions for the November newsletter by Monday November 3rd to newsletter@hvuuc.org.

At our recent Listening Circle, it became very clear that choir deserves more energy and attention than it has been given. This coming Sunday, November 2, will be the first official rehearsal for our re-booted choir program! Please assemble in the sanctuary by the piano at 12:30, after relaxing for a while at Coffee Hour. Rehearsal will last approximately an hour. 

This Sunday we will begin working on two songs for the upcoming Festival of Lights: Pass on the Light and De Noche. If you have never joined the choir or are hesitant to sing, you are invited to sit with the choir and simply observe! New voices are always welcome. 

Email musicdirector@hvuuc.org with any questions.

What happens at the Auction, besides purchasing items?

We will have lots of food while you peruse tables laden with Silent Auction Items. When you enter you will be given a bidder’s paddle. Use this number when purchasing items during the silent auction as well as the live auction.

The Silent Auction starts as you enter the church at 6 PM and after the first half of the Live Auction the Silent Auction ends, and all the winning bids are entered, and you can catch another snack.

How do you find out what is in the auction?

Click this link to to see what items and events have already been added to the auction. You can use the same link to enter your own auction items and events you may want to donate, as well.

Do want to spend another person’s money? You’ll need PROXY bidders so that people who can’t make the Auction but want to purchase items. If you can’t be at the Auction, you can ask about needing a PROXY bidder.

Can’t pay your whole bill that night? We can allow you to defer payments.

Email auction@hvuuc.org with any question.

Upcoming News and Events

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As winter approaches, so does Festivals of Lights on Dec 14! This is an annual, intergenerational service that recognizes different holidays around light that are celebrated by people in our congregation and people who have come before us.

We are looking for speakers, candlelighters, and singers. This is a wonderful chance to get involved and there are opportunities for all ages and interests.

Email Sarah at festivals@hvuuc.org to volunteer!

Don’t forget to wear your costumes this Sunday!

Join us for church on Oct 26, 2025!

• 9:30am Religious Education

• 11:00am Sunday Service

• 12:00pm Trunk or Treat

“Halloween”

On the last Sunday of October, our congregation is visited by all sorts of interesting characters dressed up in their Halloween best! Rev. Tiffany hosts a very special service where we are taught about ethics from Robin Hood, the history of voting rights from a Suffragette, the importance of bees in our ecosystem from a bee, and many many other insightful characters. Come in costume and stay for the Trunk or Treat!

In the interest in increasing our security, all locks at the church have been rekeyed!

If you are a Board Member or a Staff Member, your key is ready for you! Come by the office during office hours to get your key, or ask Rev. Tiffany after the service.

If you are not Board or Staff but need access to the main building or the REZ, anyone can get through the door by getting the code to the key box outside the front door.  Contact a Board Member or Church Staff for that code.

Please note that front door keys will no longer open office doors.  If you need office access please discuss your needs with a Board Member, and they will help you through the process of getting office access.

Saturday, November 15, 2025

• 6:00 PM 7:00 PM

New Astronomy telescopes completely change our understanding of the Cosmos!  Astronomers and Physicists are scrambling to understand the meaning of these new discoveries.

With just two new Telescopes, our knowledge of the universe has changed forever!  The night sky is no longer a static tapestry.  The Vera Rubin Observatory and James Webb Space Telescope have produced a "time-lapse movie" of the Cosmos!

The quest for life in our Solar System.  Is Mars our best hope for discovering evidence of life?  What secrets do the Gas and Ice Giant planets hold?  Maybe their moons hold the answers!

Exoplanets -- We've discovered over 6,000 planets orbiting other stars in the Milky Way!  Some are quite Earth-like!  Our 2 new telescopes are giving us exciting new information on these Earth-like worlds!

Urban Lighting -- Rapid growth of bright urban lighting conflicts the night sky and handicaps ground based telescopes.  How can we resolve this issue?

Weather permitting, Donnie will set up his telescope after the presentations for views of the night sky.

Email astronomy@hvuuc.org with any questions.

Believe it or not. It's time to think about the Service Auction on November 8th.

If you’re new to HVUUC, our Service Auction is a much anticipated event every fall. Yes, it’s a fundraiser but really it’s more of a FUN raiser, where you and other congregants get together to offer a service, event, or item.

There’s no limit to the activities or the items you can “auction” off. You can offer handyman services, teach a paint party, host a dinner, auction off baked goods, original art, and more! Wherever your passion and talents lie, there’s room for it at the service auction.

Want to provide a meal but don't have the room? Use the churches kitchen for your event! You can check the church calendar on our website and reserve time and space by emailing office@hvuuc.org.

We would encourage you to donate items that can be redeemed any time during the next year.

Donate your services, event, or items using the Auctria website using the link below. Email auction@hvuuc.org with any questions.

Click here to donate now.

Rev. Tiffany and a few lay leaders are planning an interactive workshop that was created by the UUA's Side With Love. It helps congregations work together in assessing how tolerant or averse our church is about taking risks within our efforts to uphold UU values. It's not a project meant to necessarily increase or reduce that amount of risk, but it's more about accurately discerning what kinds of things we are collectively comfortable with at the moment so we can all have a better objective understanding of each other's perspectives going forward.

This will be a great chance to voice to the Minister and two Board members where your comfort levels are at when it comes to various church actions, and to deepen your connection with leaders and congregants in that regard. It should also help everyone involved develop or improve our skills to appropriately serve our community's wants/needs while avoiding going too far or coming up short.

We would like to encourage everyone to save the date for this workshop and try to attend it if you are able, and promote it to any other congregants who might be interested. It will be held Sunday, January 25th, after church from 12:30 to 2:30. Food will be provided! 

Upcoming News and Events

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Starting in the month of November, HVUUC's office hours will be changing from 10:00am to 3:30pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays.  These are the same number of hours before, but are being shifted to an hour later. 

As usual, Rev. Tiffany is available by appointment as well, and those appointments can be made using this link: https://calendly.com/tiffanysappuu

Join us for church on Oct 19, 2025!

• 9:30am Religious Education

• 11:00am Sunday Service

• 12:00pm Coffee Hour

“The End of the World as We Know It”

What does the genre of Apocalyptic literature teach us about human nature? For years as a young evangelical Rev. Tiffany was intensely interested in end-times stories. Now, with an entirely different perspective, she explores what these stories are and what they are not, and gleans what wisdom we can from them.