✨ Religious Education Updates ✨
There is so much beautiful energy flowing through our RE spaces right now — thank you for being part of it all! Here are a few updates, opportunities, and upcoming events to stay connected:
✨ Journey Chats with Jess — Now Open!
I’m offering 1:1 “Journey Chats” as a space to connect and learn more about you — what’s bringing you joy, what you’re exploring, and how I can support you through RE offerings like classes, workshops, discussions, and events 💜
Current openings are Thursdays from 12–1pm. We can meet in person (tea, coffee, or even a little lunch downstairs in the Fellowship Hall ☕🥪), or connect via Zoom or phone — whatever feels aligned for you!
I’d love to sit with you and hear your story! 🤗
🥚 Annual Egg Hunt — April 5th
Join us for our Annual Egg Hunt immediately following service on April 5th!
✨ Please note: There will be no RE classes that morning as we come together for this all-ages celebration.
🏘️ REZ Building Updates
● A Giveaway Box is now located in the REZ lobby. Feel free to take what interests you and/or leave something that may be meaningful to someone else.
● The game bookcase in the REZ is designated for family game nights. Please leave those games available for shared use. If you have a game you’d like to contribute, you’re welcome to add it! (Games will be relocated soon, but for now this is their home.)
🎭 Community Event: Phoenix Homeschool Dance
Phoenix Homeschool is hosting a dance:
Through the Looking Glass
🗓️ May 2, 2026 | ⏰ 6–9pm
📍 YWCA of Bristol, TN
💲 $15/ticket | Open to homeschoolers ages 11+
Please contact Phoenix Homeschool directly to RSVP and purchase tickets.
🌱 Facilitators Needed — April
If you feel called to support our RE program by facilitating, we would love to have you!
Please reach out with your availability and preferred age group. If you don’t yet have a background check on file, we can get that completed easily.
✨ Our children don’t just learn from curriculum — they learn from who shows up.
🌈 Coming Soon: Wonder Worship!
We are excited to introduce Wonder Worship — a children’s church experience!
✨ Pilot Date: May 24th
After Community Candles, youth K–12 who would like to participate will be led out of the sanctuary for their own meaningful and engaging worship experience.
☀️ Expressions Summer Day Camp — July 20–25
Our Expressions Summer Day Camp is in the works!
If you’d like to be involved in planning, preparation, or facilitating creative activities, we would love your support.
📧 Reach out: dre@hvuuc.org or hvuucdre@gmail.com
We’ll be gathering as a team in April and organizing volunteers for this exciting week of creativity and connection!
🌿 Class Updates
🌼 K–5
Last week, our younger group explored our UU principle of interdependence, even getting their hands in the pollinator garden!
This week, they’ll be diving into neurodiversity through hands-on, engaging activities — including filling eggs together with Brooklyn and Kita while exploring how beautifully different all of our brains can be.
🌟 6–12
Last week, our youth explored Ostara and reflected on how themes of rebirth and renewal are showing up in their own lives. They also began filling eggs — a perfect symbol of that energy — in preparation for the upcoming egg hunt!
This week, they’ll continue that creative work while diving into the lesson:
✨ “Beautiful Brains, Beautiful Chaos” ✨
exploring neurodiversity through movement, reflection, and shared experience.
🌿 Adult RE 2
Last week, Heather led a thoughtful discussion on self-empowered ways of contributing to our community and world.
This week, Byron will guide the group in a conversation around neurodiversity, helping to open hearts and minds ahead of the service to follow.
✨ There is so much growth, creativity, and connection unfolding — thank you for being part of this shared journey 💜