✨ Religious Education Update April 19th ✨
A heartfelt thank you to all of you who dedicate your time, energy, wisdom, and so much more to our Religious Education Program. I appreciate each and every one of you more than words can express!
💛 May you receive the joy you give us all, tenfold.
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✨ This Weekend in RE:
Jess will be out of town this weekend, but everything is in wonderful hands! If any needs arise, Brooklyn will be your go-to — thank you, Brooklyn, for supporting our RE spaces this Sunday 💜
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🌞 Summer RE Workshops — Signups Now Open!
We’re opening the door for congregants to share their passions, talents, and wisdom with our community through Summer RE Workshops!
If there’s something you love and feel called to share, we would love to support you in bringing it to life. A co-facilitator can be provided unless you're already teamed up with someone.
✨ Already in the works: an emotional regulation class, an astronomy experience, and more!
📍 The signup board is now available in the lobby — we are so excited to learn from one another in this beautiful, shared way!
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✨ 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 💜
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Thursdays | 12–1pm
☕ In person (tea, coffee, or even a little lunch in the Fellowship Hall)
💻 Zoom or 📞 phone options available
I’d love to sit with you and hear your story 🤗
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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 is designated for scheduled game nights. Please leave those games available for that use. If you have a game you’d like to contribute, you’re welcome to add it!
— Summer REZ Revamp
Our REZ building is ready for a refresh! If you’re interested in being part of the renovation group this summer, please reach out to Jess at dre@hvuuc.org.
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🌱 Facilitators Needed — April & May
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 community doesn’t just learn from curriculum — we learn from the presence of each other.
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🌈 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.
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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.
📧 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!
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🌿 Class Updates
🌼 K–5
This week, our younger group will explore the many forms of generosity through wonder questions such as:
✨ I wonder how generosity can change the world?
✨ I wonder how we can show generosity in everyday life?
Sue and Greg will be facilitating this meaningful and engaging lesson.
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🌟 6–12
Last week’s joyful and silly session opened the door to deeper conversations about the nervous system and how we experience the world around us.
This sparked a new exploration path: vibration and how we feel and process energy.
This week, Brooklyn and Jill will guide the youth through this expressive and curiosity-filled discussion.
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💜 Stellar Sex Health
Last Sunday, the class explored romantic and sexual orientations, with many students discovering the beautiful diversity of relationships.
Students will meet again this Sunday in the Meditation Room as they continue building on these meaningful and foundational understandings.
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🌿 Adult RE 2
Byron will be guiding Adult RE 2 in a discussion around the senses and our experience of the world through them, helping to prepare hearts and minds for the service to follow: Regaining Our Senses.
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✨ There is so much growth, curiosity, and connection unfolding — thank you for being part of this shared journey 💜