Jessica Bowman
The Bridge Weekly 7/19/26

 🌉 The Bridge Weekly 7/19/26

 

✨ A Note from the DRE

 🌈 Religious Education is now Religious Exploration!

 🎲 Summer All-Ages RE: D&D 101

 🔥 S'mores & Stories

 💜 Wonder Worship Task Force

🛠️Behind the Scenes Gratitude

🧸 Nursery Wish List

The Bridge Weekly 7/19/26
Jessica Bowman
Group Tables at the Church Picnic

If your group or committee is looking for additional volunteers, or if you'd simply like to share information about your group's purpose and activities, tables will be available at the church picnic for displays and outreach.

If you would like to reserve a table, please email fellowship@hvuuc.org or speak with Debbie after a service. We encourage all groups to take advantage of this opportunity to connect with our church community!

Group Tables at the Church Picnic
Jessica Bowman
Volunteers Needed For Church Picnic

Volunteers needed for the annual church picnic on August 22!  If you enjoy sharing ideas or just want to help create a fun day for our church family, I'd love to have you on the planning committee and/or working team.  Those with the sacred knowledge of flipping burgers without burning them would be extremely helpful to have on board.

If you're interested, please email fellowship@hvuuc.org or talk to Debbie after the service.

Thank you!  Debbie Vasut, Fellowship Trustee

Volunteers Needed For Church Picnic
Jessica Bowman
Natural Tunnel State Park Trip, Wonder Worship, ...

Upcoming News and Events

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Natural Tunnel State Park Trip, Wonder Worship, & Men's Group
Jessica Bowman
Nursery Pick-Up Reminder

Nursery Pick-Up Reminder

A friendly reminder that our wonderful nursery caregivers provide care for our littlest members each Sunday from 9:15 AM–12:15 PM.

As we continue nurturing an intergenerational church community, we invite families to pick up their children promptly following the worship service so they can join the congregation for coffee hour, potlucks, and other opportunities to connect across generations.

If you anticipate needing childcare beyond 12:15 PM on a particular Sunday, please reach out to our Director of Religious Exploration, Jess Ox, at hvuucdre@gmail.com in advance so we can explore available options together.

Thank you for helping us create a caring and connected community for all ages!

Nursery Pick-Up Reminder

Group Tables at the Church Picnic

Group Tables at the Church Picnic

If your group or committee is looking for additional volunteers, or if you'd simply like to share information about your group's purpose and activities, tables will be available at the church picnic for displays and outreach.

If you would like to reserve a table, please email fellowship@hvuuc.org or speak with Debbie after a service. We encourage all groups to take advantage of this opportunity to connect with our church community!

Volunteers Needed For Church Picnic

Volunteers Needed For Church Picnic

Volunteers needed for the annual church picnic on August 22!  If you enjoy sharing ideas or just want to help create a fun day for our church family, I'd love to have you on the planning committee and/or working team.  Those with the sacred knowledge of flipping burgers without burning them would be extremely helpful to have on board.

If you're interested, please email fellowship@hvuuc.org or talk to Debbie after the service.

Thank you!  Debbie Vasut, Fellowship Trustee

Nursery Pick-Up Reminder

Nursery Pick-Up Reminder

Nursery Pick-Up Reminder

A friendly reminder that our wonderful nursery caregivers provide care for our littlest members each Sunday from 9:15 AM–12:15 PM.

As we continue nurturing an intergenerational church community, we invite families to pick up their children promptly following the worship service so they can join the congregation for coffee hour, potlucks, and other opportunities to connect across generations.

If you anticipate needing childcare beyond 12:15 PM on a particular Sunday, please reach out to our Director of Religious Exploration, Jess Ox, at hvuucdre@gmail.com in advance so we can explore available options together.

Thank you for helping us create a caring and connected community for all ages!

Back Numbers are Useful for Lighting Fires

Back Numbers are Useful for Lighting Fires

Join us for church on July 12, 2026.

  • 9:30 am Religious Education

  • 11:00am Service

  • 12:00pm Potluck

Back Numbers are Useful for Lighting Fires

HVUUC member, Wanda E., explores ideas of worth and dignity as we age. Retirement doesn't mean uselessness. It enables us to find new ways to offer our many life's experiences and dispel the negative nomenclature of aging.

MUSIC LOVERS: James Shawcross and Sierra Stratton-Ramsay will be preforming a flute sonata for our special music this Sunday.

Join the Wonder Worship Taskforce

Join the Wonder Worship Taskforce

I'm inviting anyone who is interested to join the Wonder Worship Task Force!

Join the Wonder Worship Taskforce!

This will be a short-term, collaborative team focused on:
🌟 Exploring the overall structure of Wonder Worship
🌟 Brainstorming ideas and possibilities
🌟 Helping think through how everything comes together in practice
🌟 Reflecting on our first few weeks after launch and recommending any helpful revisions

Paypal Pledges

Paypal Pledges

When you pay your Pledge using PayPal, PayPal keeps 3% of your pledge. The Church doesn't receive your full donation. If you’re using Paypal, please increase your pledge payments by 3% so the Church can receive your full pledge. If not, we ask that you please use Zelle.

Please make your donations to the Church using Zelle or a direct bank deposit. Ask Stewardship@hvuuc.org for the Zelle Link or how to do a direct bank deposit.

Soapbox Sunday - NO RE

Soapbox Sunday - NO RE

Join us for church on July 5, 2026.

  • NO RE

  • 11:00am Service

  • 12:00pm Coffee Hour

  • 5:00pm RE Collaborative Meeting

Soapbox Sunday

This is a yearly tradition in which a handful of your very own friends volunteer to "get up on their soapbox" to speak to us about something they feel is of great importance to them. This is our church's nod to the 1st ammendment rights of the people of this country. This year, we also commemorate the 250th Birthday of our country.

And Your Best Advice Is?

And Your Best Advice Is?

Join us for church on June 28, 2026.

  • 9:30am Religious Education

  • 11:00am Service

  • 12:00pm Coffee Hour

And Your Best Advice Is?

Come explore questions about your own and others "Best Advice". What is it? What was its source? Why is it pertinent? How do you share it? This exploration is facilitated by Steven Roberts.

Religious Education Update — June 28, 2026

Religious Education Update — June 28, 2026

✨ REC — Be Seen, Be Heard, Be Part of the Magic

🌟 All Ages, All In: A Summer of Community Connection

📖 Storytellers: S'mores & Stories

🧘 Healers: Family Yoga with Tish & More

🚒 First Responders with Gray Volunteer Fire Department

✨ Visionaries: Stargazing with Donnie and Mike Frisch

📚 RE Book Sale Fundraiser

🎬 Family Movie Night Fundraiser

🌈 Summer RE Class Updates

🦴 This Sunday: Fossil Exploration 2!

📱 Coming Soon: Simplified RE Sign-In & Sign-Out

Don't Forget Me When I'm Gone

Don't Forget Me When I'm Gone

Join us for church on June 21, 2026.

  • 9:30am Religious Education

  • 11:00am Service

  • 12:00pm Coffee Hour

  • 4:00pm Youth Group

Don't Forget Me When I'm Gone

People try so hard to be remembered--to have a legacy--after their death. No other creature on the planet cares about this except humans. Guest speaker Bradley discusses his thoughts on humanity's fight against natural law, why we do it, and is there any point to it.