🏳️⚧Trans Day of Remembrance | Service & Nursery Care
Friday, November 20 | 6:00–8:00 PM 📍 HVUUC
Our community will be hosting a Trans Day of Remembrance service on November 20, honoring and remembering transgender lives lost to violence and affirming our commitment to love, dignity, and belonging.
Our nursery will be open during the service! 💜
If you anticipate your child(ren) joining us in the nursery that evening, please email Jess Ox at dre@hvuuc.org to let our caregiving team know.
This helps us prepare a fun, welcoming, and engaging evening for our young UU friends while their families participate in this meaningful service.
Thank you for helping us plan with care and intention!
💜 A Note from the DRE | One Fantabulous Year!
🌟 Youth Group Gathering!
🍲 From Vision to Action | Youth Feed the Hungry Project!
🏳️ ⚧️Trans Day of Remembrance | Service & Nursery Care
📚 Free Library Spotlight | A Celebration of Youth Service!
✨ Wonder Worship | What a Wonderful Turnout!
🤝 Religious Exploration Collaborative (REC)
🍂 No RE Programming November 29th
🎂 November Birthdays!
🌈 Gratitudes Across the Bridge
Click through for a collection of upcoming news and events at HVUUC. Click the images to be directed to more information.
As winter approaches, so does Festivals of Lights on Dec 13! This is an annual, intergenerational service that recognizes different holidays around light that are celebrated by people in our congregation and people who have come before us. We are looking for speakers, candlelighters, and singers. This is a wonderful chance to get involved and there are opportunities for all ages and interests.
Email Sarah or Cathrine at festivals@hvuuc.org to volunteer!
We will also be decorating the sanctuary on Dec 12 from 9a-12pm and welcome all help. If you have any fresh evergreen trimmings, please bring them!
Join us for church on Nov 8, 2026.
9:30am RE
11:00am Service
12:00pm Potluck
1:00pm Metaphysics Group
What do the characters of the Medusa myth and the characters of the Moana Disney movie have in common? They can teach us a lot about the paths to healing, both when they work and when they don't work. Come explore these complexities with Rev. Tiffany.
(content warning for trauma stories and a brief mention of sexual assault)
Streaming LIVE February 16, 2022 1:45 - 2:30 pm PST on Facebook/YouTube/Twitter accounts for the National Center for Youth Law
Join us for LIVE ZOOM church on Sunday, February 13 at 11:00 a.m. Pre-register for Zoom at this link:
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUqf-2qqTotHNyaMHsNABWv2YV2kqqrhq46
Religious Education is continuing to offer opportunities for fellowship for both children and adults. Our next RE Pop Up is a Game Day in February for all ages! We will have two spaces set up for adults, one space for youth, and one space for elementary aged kids.
Game Day Pop Up will be on February 19th from 1:00-3:00.
Please BYOG (Bring your own games)
Masks are required!
Click here to reserve your free tickets today. Registration deadline is Feb 13th.
Remember, that our Church has two AED's. (Automatic External Defibrillator). One is located as you enter the sanctuary on the right hand far wall. The second is in the REZ (Religious Educational Zone) as you enter on the left-hand side.
Click here to watch the helpful video called “AED DEFIB Demonstration”. The short 4-minute clip could save a life!
There's been a little confusion about submitting info for the newsletter.
The forms on our website called "news" and "events" are for submitting items to be published under the “Congregational News” and “Featured Events” sections of our website hvuuc.org. These forms are not for submitting information to our monthly newsletter.
However, if you'd like the info submitted on these forms to also be included in our newsletter be sure to say so in the "note to office" section of the form. Otherwise it will only be published to the website.
To share information for the monthly newsletter, email our office administrator Jessica at newsletter@hvuuc.org .
We hope this clarification helps! If you have further questions email office@hvuuc.org.
February 2022 nUUsletter highlights:
Listening Circles
Church Work Day
Social Justice Committee
Volunteers Needed
Click here to read the full newsletter.
Click here for past newsletters.
Up to date church info is always available at www.hvuuc.org
Join us for LIVE ZOOM church on Sunday, February 6 at 11:00 a.m. Pre-register for Zoom at this link:
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJArcemqrT4vH9w8X06J--cpfwSSM6jUsQNp
Martin Luther King Day was VERY cold in the area – so the Kingsport MLK Parade was postponed until THIS Saturday, February 5.
Holston Valley Unitarian Universalist Church will be officially participating in this event. Look for our HVUUC banner and walk with us! Feel free to join us and if you’d like you can bring posters of support for peace and justice.
WHEN AND WHERE
Saturday, February 5 at 11:30am
We’ll meet at the corner of Center & East Sevier Street in Kingsport for the parade or you can meet at the church no later than 10:45am if you want to carpool.
Email us at showup@hvuuc.org to let us know if you're coming or want to carpool.
To act with caution and allow Covid infection rates to recede (we hope), the start of the Men’s Gathering Covenant Group will be delayed a couple weeks.
Our first meeting will be Tuesday, February 15, 6:30-8:30pm in the sanctuary. We will gather in person, and adhere to the relevant church guidelines. Subsequent Tuesday meetings will be March 1 & 15, April 5 & 19 and May 3.
People committed to participating in the group will hear from us before the 1st meeting when we’ll email a prompt, a quotation, or a question for your consideration.
Contact George or Tom with questions at gatherings@hvuuc.org
Join us for LIVE ZOOM church on Sunday, January 30 at 11:00 a.m. Pre-register for Zoom at this link:
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJctde-trTooHta-YR5jMvZZWYcor3NVYB4V
George Cross and Tom Burns are starting a Covenant Group for men beginning Feb. 1 and meeting for 6 sessions, scheduled the 1st & 3rd Tuesdays in February, March, and April.
Our general theme is social justice, but our process will focus on personal experiences, our own complicity in various problems, but also our evolution in awareness and change--including resistance to change--around social justice issues.
Join Rev. Tiffany and your church leadership for Listening Circles.
This is a facilitated experience designed to allow all attendees to speak and listen to each other in an atmosphere of safety and equality. We want to hear from you about our pandemic responses and your understanding about how we live our vision. Your thoughts and your story are welcome here. Share where you’re at without worries about cross-talk or judgement.
You can find full details and the link to register at the event page by clicking here.
The Social Justice Committee will be taking 5th Sunday Donations for our local Johnson City chapter of the NAACP. Please remember to write “5th Sunday Offering NAACP” in the memo line of checks if you would like to participate.
For more information about this local chapter, visit https://jcwcnaacp.org/.
Rev. Tiffany will be out from Monday January 24 through Sunday January 30 on study leave. But can be contacted for emergencies through church leadership.
During this same time Jessica, our Office Administrator, will be working from home instead of from the church.
Regular office hours will reconvene on Tuesday February 1st.
Join us for LIVE ZOOM church on Sunday, January 23 at 11:00 a.m. Pre-register for Zoom at this link:
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJclcu2urjwuE9Sicdbxvk2y97cmlMGuoyE3
The Stewardship Committee needs volunteers to help plan and execute the Stewardship Campaign for the spring. This is an opportunity to facilitate a critical process for the church. The tasks primarily involve communications to promote congregant involvement, such as distributing pledge cards, follow up by phone/email, and contributing to announcement design.
The peak activity is January through March, with most time spent in preparation and follow up. For more information and to volunteer, please contact Charlie at stewardship@hvuuc.org
Sarah W and Cindi H will offer a UFO Pop Up in January as a demo! Come join us with your Unfinished Objects, and we can share our space as we work on those pesky crafts or tedious tasks that have been sitting around waiting to be finished. We can connect and chat and maybe even help each other, making it fun to finish together.
You can find all the details on the event page by clicking here.
