GREAT NEWS. We will be in Risk Level 1 this week for Sunday Service! For more details on on Level 1 click here.

Miss having coffee after church? On Sunday, April 10th, coffee, lemonade, and cookies will be served. What a great opportunity to socialize with friends!

Our Congregational Meeting will be on April 24th via zoom. There will be no in-person service that day.

April 2022 nUUsletter highlights:

• In Your Own Words

• Church Work Day

• Religious Education

• Social Justice Initiatives

• Family Listening Circles

• Recycling Info

• Treasure’s Note

Click here to read the full newsletter.

Click here for past newsletters.

Up to date church info is always available at www.hvuuc.org

The Question Box

In our never-ending quest for truth and meaning, come participate in a well-loved Unitarian Universalist tradition, the question box! Submit your questions to the ushers on the day of the service, or email minister@hvuuc.org with the subject line "Question Box". Rev. Tiffany will pick out some questions to explore on the fly. Answers are not guaranteed and "hard" questions are encouraged!

Join us for in-person church on Sunday, April 3 at 11:00 a.m.!

Click for for more info.

Chaplain Michael Woods follows up his guest sermon with us, held Sunday March 27th, with resources for veterans and their families.

Click here to download this helpful resource.

The Nominating Committee, consisting of Joy Boyd, Cynthia Goodman, Tish Kashdan, Lance Klosterman, and Judy Tucker (Chair), began working in January to ensure the strong history of HVUUC Board Governance.

The nominees to be presented at the annual meeting on April 24, 2022 are:

Past President: Dave Kashdan
Vice President: Dottie Blades
Secretary: Michele Markstrom-Frisch (serving one year to fill in for Dottie Blades, current secretary)
Treasurer: Deb Helmer
Facilities: Doug Chaffin
Membership: Cynthia Goodman

Nominating Committee:

Joy Boyd (Chair)
Tish Kashdan ( returning member )
Linda McCoy ( serving a one-year term to
replace Cynthia Goodman)
Josh Beckett ( new member two-year term)
Alicia Culbertson (new member two-year term)

Thank you to the current Board of Trustees for working so diligently these past two years to help our church community navigate a global pandemic.

This Friday night, April 1st, 6:30, is Ladies night at Mary Williamson’s.

Ladies night has been a long time coming. Let’s hope this is the first of many in 2022.

Mary will be making a big pot of pumpkin soup. As always, please bring a snack or drink to share. Parking is rough. People are encouraged to carpool. Limited parking is available at the house, additional parking on the culled sac.

We will have fires on the porches for those of you who wish to socialize outside.

If you are unable to take a short and steep hike, please park at the house. Otherwise, bring a flashlight, park at the top of the driveway, and come on down. Please respond to womensgroup@hvuuc.org for further information.

Do you have something to say? Maybe it's time to say it during a Sunday morning service.

The idea of public speaking can be intimidating, but it can also be quite a feeling of accomplishment to communicate your ideas in a way that can get your point across, sharing it with your religious community.

Rev. Tiffany will be hosting a "Shared Pulpit Seminar" to give you the tips and tools you need to put together a 15 minute message. Attending this seminar does NOT obligate you to do any speaking, but it might be a great opportunity to think about the possibilities. We can only accommodate 12 people in this seminar so sign up soon.

When

Saturday May 14 from noon until 4pm, in-person.

Email minister@hvuuc.org to sign up.

To our wonderful Holston Valley UU families,

Religious Education and Rev. Tiffany want to hear from you. We are offering two Listening Circles in April to give you an opportunity to share what you would like to see in our future Religious Education programming.

Friday, April 15th from 6-7:30
Saturday, April 23rd from 10-11:30

Both of these will be hosted on Zoom. Please mark your calendar and get registered!

Once on the event page, pick the time slot you would prefer and then click "RSVP"

Click here to register now.

Emails dre@hvuuc.org with any questions.

Rev. Tiffany will be out of the office from March 25th until April 2nd.

And then again from April 7th until April 13th.

Please contact the Board President if you have an emergency.

Please email all submissions for the April Newsletter by Wednesday, March 30 to newsletter@hvuuc.org.

The Nominating Committee, consisting of Joy Boyd, Cynthia Goodman, Tish Kashdan, Lance Klosterman, and Judy Tucker (Chair), began working in January to ensure the strong history of HVUUC Board Governance.

The nominees to be presented at the annual meeting on April 24, 2022 are:

Past President: Dave Kashdan
Vice President: Dottie Blades
Secretary: Michele Markstrom-Frisch (serving one year to fill in for Dottie Blades, current secretary)
Treasurer: Deb Helmer
Facilities: Doug Chaffin
Membership: Cynthia Goodman

Nominating Committee:

Joy Boyd (Chair)
Tish Kashdan ( returning member )
Linda McCoy ( serving a one-year term to
replace Cynthia Goodman)
Josh Beckett ( new member two-year term)
Alicia Culbertson (new member two-year term)

Thank you to the current Board of Trustees for working so diligently these past two years to help our church community navigate a global pandemic.

Religious Education is thrilled to announce that Adult RE 1 has resumed!

The group will meet from 9:30-10:45 n the first floor of the REZ, second room on the right.

Some important things to know about this:

• The curriculum is The Great Courses. The group will watch a short video related to religions, science, philosophy, etc and follow it with a group discussion.

• The facilitation will rotate among the group members. This means that each week someone is responsible for unlocking the building, turning on the DVD, encouraging discussion from the provided guide, taking attendance, and locking the building back up.

Please contact Sarah White at DRE@hvuuc.org if you have any questions!
We are so happy to be in person with our community!

A new playground structure was ordered and was shipped Thursday March 10th. A workday will be called as soon as the playground comes in. The area where the playground was removed and with some minor work ready to install the playground.

The risk assessment team is happy to announce that this Sunday we will be operating under level 2 or “medium” risk. Here is what you need to know.

Level 2 (Medium)

• Everyone wears a mask inside on Sunday

• Vaccinated folks don’t need to wear a mask outdoors (or indoors for small groups)

• No temperature taking

• Unvaccinated folks still need to socially distance

• Colored wrist bands to indicate comfort levels

• We can sing indoors WITH MASKS ON

Wristbands

Color-coded armbands will indicate your level of contact comfort. These will reduce awkward & repeated questions about comfort levels. Choose the appropriate band as you enter, to let folks know how much close interaction you’re comfortable with.

• Red=Maintain 6’ distance

• Yellow=Talking OK, no touch

• Green=Appropriate touch OK -- just ask.

There will be bins at the door & on the deck to deposit wristbands for cleaning after the service.

Click here to read more about Level 2.

Our Signs of Spring is a non-traditional outdoor Sunday Service experience.

What does that mean?

Click to read more.

March 5th workday was a big success. We removed the play structure and swings. Time has not been kind to these old favorites. We raked a bunch of leaves and worked on our gardens and flower beds. I want to thank everyone for their help.

News and Events

To submit an event or news item to our website click “News and Events Submission” under the “News and Events” menu heading at the top of the site. Or go to hvuuc.org/submissions

Submit an event for occasions with a physical date and time that you would like to promote publicly such as a small gathering. Submit a news item for general messages such as the announcement of an upcoming covenant group.

Reservations

If you would like to reserve a room in the church for an event first check the calendar here to be sure there is not a scheduling conflict, then email the office administrator at office@hvuuc.org with the details of your reservation.