✨ The Happenings:
💜 Youth Lock-In is officially locked in!
May 16–17 — more details coming soon via email, E-News, and Facebook!
🕸 Stay Connected
Join our HVUUC Families Facebook Group to keep up with all things RE:
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🌞 Summer All-Ages RE is FULL — and it’s going to be incredible!
Our community is showing up in the most beautiful ways to share knowledge, creativity, and passion across generations:
6/7 — Coding 101 with Logan (youth stepping up 😍)
6/14 — Astronomy with Mike & Michelle
6/21 — Fossil Excavating 01 with Michael Jones
6/28 — Fossil Excavating 02 with Michael Jones
7/5 — No RE (Independence Day weekend)
7/12 — Dutch Oven Cooking with Greg Kramer
7/19 — Intro to DND with Lee Sinnott & Byron McCaughey
7/26 — Emotional Expression through Art with Alex (youth stepping up 😍)
8/2 — Joy & Emotional Regulation with Jess Ox & Elizabeth Franco
✨ Michael Jones and Greg Kramer are looking for a second volunteer to assist—reach out to Jess if you’d like to be part of the fun!
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🌱 Facilitators Needed for May
If you feel called to support our RE program by facilitating, we would love to have you! Share your availability and preferred age group, and we’ll help you get connected. If you don’t yet have a background check on file, we can take care of that 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 so excited to introduce Wonder Worship — a children’s church experience designed just for our youth ✨
🗓 Pilot Date: May 24th
After Community Candles, youth K–8 who would like to participate will be invited to their own meaningful and engaging worship experience.
✨ Older youth are warmly invited to volunteer and help bring this experience to life!
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☀ Expressions Summer Day Camp — July 20–25
Expressions Camp is in the works, and we are building something truly special! If you feel inspired to help with planning, preparation, or facilitating creative experiences, we would love to have you be part of it.
📧 dre@hvuuc.org | hvuucdre@gmail.com
We are currently gathering and organizing volunteers for this week of creativity, connection, and expression ✨
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🌿 This Week in RE: Vision & Imagination
🌼 K–5: Imagining What Could Be
Our younger group is stepping into the magic of imagination—exploring how the things we dream, picture, and wonder about can begin to shape the world around us. Through stories, creativity, and playful expression, they’ll discover that their ideas matter, their inner voice is powerful, and that every big creation starts as a tiny spark of imagination ✨
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🌟 6–12: Envisioning & Creating Your Reality
Our youth will dive into the powerful idea that imagination isn’t “just pretend”—it’s the very beginning of creation. Through reflection, drawing, and interactive experiences, they’ll explore how their thoughts, feelings, and focus can influence what they notice, choose, and move toward in life.
This week invites them to see themselves as active creators of their own experience—starting from within 💫
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🌿 Adult RE 2: Vision, Intention & Conscious Creation
In Adult RE 2, we’ll explore how imagination, focus, and intention quietly shape our lived experience. Through reflection and conversation, participants will consider what they are currently holding in mind—and how that may be influencing what unfolds in their lives.
This week will also include an interactive element, as we break into smaller groups for deeper conversation and shared insight—creating space for both personal reflection and collective growth 🌱
💫 Across all ages, we are exploring the idea that imagination is not separate from reality—but the very beginning of it.