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TriPride
Church Dance Party
Pronoun Workshop
The Giving Tree
Service Auction
Trunk or Treat
Women’s Night
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You can also find a few printed copies at our visitors table in the sanctuary.
Planning to attend this year’s Service Auction on Nov 7? We’d love for you to bring a finger food to share! After all, bidding wars are much more fun when there are snacks involved.
Bring your favorite appetizer, nibble, or tasty little something—and come prepared to bid, laugh, and have a great time!
Email fellowship@hvuuc.org with any questions.
💜 A Note from the DRE
🤝 Join a Religious Exploration Collaborative (REC) Monthly Meeting
🗣️More Than Words: Pronouns Workshop
🎃 HVUUC Annual Trunk or Treat!
✨ Many Gifts, One Community
🎂 Happy October Birthdays!
💜 Gratitudes Across the Bridge
What is a Service Auction?
Great question! A service auction is a Fun Raiser in which friends and members donate services. We, all the members and friends of this HVUUC community, can bid on these services to win them. The winning bidders will pay the church, while the donor of the service provides the service.
What does a service mean? ….
Our Water Communion ritual comes with two options this year, both next Sunday, Sept. 19: In-person and online.
Find all the details for both versions of the service by visiting the Water Communion event!
Join us for virtual church on Sunday, September 12th . The pre-recorded service will be available on YouTube at 11:00 a.m at this link: https://youtu.be/uB3O5vNP5Y0
After Virtual Church ends on Sunday, September 12th, grab a cup of your favorite morning beverage and meet us at 11:30 in the Zoom fellowship hall! You can come to virtual coffee hour on a computer, tablet, smart phone, or even a landline or flip phone. Register at: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUtfumoqjwpEtD2qswQ3z6W_NVfRKe7JjMB
Water Communion is coming on Sunday, Sept. 19. So what if you would like to attend in person as part of a larger (up to nine people) Fellowship Group but are single, a couple, or a very small group?
You have options!
Reach out to people on your own whom you’ve missed seeing AND if you would like help coordinating with other small groups, Charis (musicdirector@hvuuc.org) is happy to make matches! Just email her with the number of folx in your group before Wed. Sept., 15.
In preparation for Water Communion (Sunday, Sept. 19 with a socially distanced, fully masked, outdoors-at-HVUUC option), and with the growing usage of our building by staff, small groups, and committees, we could use some help.
The gardens and grounds are overgrown and need some TLC to look their best after 18 months of exhuberant growth
If you can pitch in, please contact Greg K at facilities@hvuuc.org. Greg says that the work can be done individually and in small groups after you find out from him what needs to be done.
We are excited to announce the newest staff member at HVUUC! Jessica Bowman has joined the team as our office administrator. Jessica, her husband, and four children moved to the tri-city area in the summer of 2019. She enjoys hiking, various fiber arts, and craft beer.
Jessica will be keeping strict work hours so it’s important to keep that in mind when communicating time sensitive information moving forward. She will be in the office Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:00 - 2:30. You can reach her by phone during those hours at (423) 477-7661 or by email at office@hvuuc.org.
Join us for virtual church on Sunday, September 5th . The pre-recorded service will be available on YouTube at 11:00 a.m at this link: https://youtu.be/PiJZ40FWYAA
Rev. Jacqueline Luck, our minister emerita who served at HVUUC from 2008 to 2015, lives in New Orleans, as does one of her sons and his family. They all are safe and well in Dallas, TX, and soon will move to a hotel in Shreveport, LA. They are not able to return to NOLA at this point and do not know whether their home has taken on water, but she says the exterior is in good shape.
Rev. Luck would also like to congratulate us on our new settled minister.
We at Holston Valley Unitarian Universalist Church hold the people who are suffering the effects of Hurricane Ida in our hearts. If you wish to send financial help, please consider donating to the Unitarian Universalist Association's Disaster Relief Fund at https://giving.uua.org/disaster-relief
Hurricane Ida as it made landfall—NASA
The board-approved reopening plan and supporting materials are available under the “Reopening Tab.” Here is a summary of the most critical points combined with some plans we have going forward.
Please send any submissions for the September newsletter to newsletter@hvuuc.org by Tuesday, August 31.
Join us for virtual church on Sunday, August 29 . The pre-recorded service will be available on YouTube at 11:00 a.m at this link: https://youtu.be/pc6TcGaCSuI
Join us for virtual church on Sunday, August . The pre-recorded service will be available on YouTube at 11:00 a.m at this https://youtu.be/rPpyNX0XE2Ind
A new Dream Covenant Group is beginning on September 11th, co-facilitated by Wendy Hearl and Brandie Worley. To sign up email dreamcg@hvuuc.org
Join us for virtual church on Sunday, August 15th. The pre-recorded service will be available on YouTube at 11:00 a.m at this https://youtu.be/m71HG3C9Opc
A new small group ministry for men is beginning on September 7. George Cross and Tom Burns are co-facilitating. To sign up email gatherings@hvuuc.org
On Thursday, August 12th at 7:00 pm, Rev. Tiffany will be one of the featured individuals on the online series “Conversations That Matter” from the McKinney Center.
Learn more about the program and register to attend the series on Zoom by clicking this link.
Conversations That Matter featuring Rev. Tiffany Sapp & Edward Wolff
Join us for virtual church on Sunday, August 8th. The pre-recorded service will be available on YouTube at 11:00 a.m at this https://youtu.be/Fafl3TWD9DY
