Click through for a collection of upcoming news and events at HVUUC. Click the images to be directed to more information.
This quarter's recipient of the 5th Sunday Offering is Family Promise of Greater Kingsport.
Family Promise’s mission is to help low-income and unhoused families achieve sustainable independence. They provide a network of faith congregations and community agencies to promote a collaborative response for unhoused families with children. In particular, this response allows these families to remain together while addressing the challenges confronting them in obtaining housing. These families receive case management specific to their needs and in-depth support as they progress.
If you want to watch a short promotional video about Family Promise's work, please go to the following link https://youtu.be/ODaGwpqhgiU
If you wish to support Family Promise's work, please make your donation in the white envelope that will be included in the Sunday's bulletin on March 29th.
If you cannot attend on Sunday, March 29th and still want to support Family Promise’s work, you can follow this link to donate electronically through HVUUC’s website at https://hvuuc.org/donate. Designate special instructions that it’s for 5th Sunday. This will be available one week prior and one week after the date of 5th Sunday.
Join us for church on March 15, 2026.
9:30am Religious Education
11:00am Service
12:00pm Coffee Hour
4:00pm Youth Group
The Buddhist tradition has a lot to say about the connections between Peace and Power, and the connections between our inner state of being and how we impact the world. This Sunday Rev. Tiffany gets a little help from bestselling author and Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh to explore these big questions.
Safety and Security has emerged as a big topic that our congregation has a lot of interest in at the moment. To best understand where the congregation is at with these matters, a team of board members, facilities volunteers and your minister are hosting Listening Circles to gather everyone's thoughts as we discern a way to move forward for our congregation's safety and security.
All security listening circles will contain the same content, just on different days and different formats.
They are:
In Person: Sunday April 5th from 1:00pm to 3:00pm
Zoom: Tuesday March 24th from 6:30pm to 8:30pm
zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/99010898582?pwd=hwS9ZTXDtnHb6YuUaUyZSCgmNxpkKC.1
Our Annual Pledge Drive Ends Sunday March 22nd. It is important that Friends and especially Members pledge. These times are unsure, but please be sure that this church can stay open this next year! more than half of the congregation has pledged so far. It's important that you pledge not the amount!
Email pledge@hvuuc.org with any questions.
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
