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Please bring heavy hors d-oeuvres, finger foods, or a snack to share. Someone will be available in the kitchen beginning at 5:00 to help do whatever you need to prepare and present your contribution.
It's always fun to have a plateful of tasty treats while browsing the silent auction offerings and vying for special live auction items.
PS: Potluck Sunday happens to be the next day, November 9. Maybe prepare for two events at one time!
Email auction@hvuuc.org with any questions.
Don’t forget Daylight Savings time is this Sunday!
Join us for church on November 2, 2025!
9:30am Religious Education
11:00am Sunday Service
12:00pm Coffee Hour
This time of year many religious traditions take time to honor their dearly departed, and the Remembering service here in our church has become an annual tradition. During this service Rev. Tiffany names and honors the people connected to this congregation that have died this year, as well as important figures in the world. And then we share a ritual of remembering together. You are invited to bring photos or mementos of your departed friends and loved ones to place on the altar during this service.
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No need to wear yourself out making an entire meal. Join us at HVUUC for a Thanksgiving potluck from 2-5pm on Nov 27.
Sign up in the sanctuary or by emailing thanksgiving@hvuuc.org to tell us who’s coming & what you’re bringing.
Everyone is welcome!
We will hold our Annual Congregational Meeting on Sunday, April 30th immediately following the church service in the sanctuary. Childcare will be provided. Anyone who has been an official member of HVUUC for at least 60 days as of April 30th is eligible to vote at the meeting. Items on the agenda will include:
2023-2024 Budget
Slate of Nominees for Board of Trustee positions
Other items as necessary
Learn more about the legislative process, how to advocate for reproductive freedom with your lawmakers, and attend committee meetings where relevant legislation will be heard - and do it all with other Planned Parenthood advocates by your side!
This is an in-person only event hosted in Nashville. Transportation options are available from Knoxville for those in east Tennessee.
Click here for more information and to register.
Join us for church on Sunday, March 19, 2023.
9:30am Religious Education, 11:00am Service
This Christmas HVUUC did an experiment called "the Giving Tree" and it taught a lot of us about the power of generosity and community. This sermon is NOT about the Shel Silverstein book, but is about Generosity as a spiritual practice.
Risk Assessment Team has determined that we are in Risk Level Low.
Sunday, March 19th from 5:00-8:00.
It's been a hot minute since we had a regular old free-form, just for fun with no agenda youth group gathering. We're baaaack!
Youth 12 years old through graduating senior are invited to come hang out, eat pizza, play games, and help relaunch our youth group post-COVID.
We will meet on the main floor of the RE building, up the hill from the church building.
Bring a snack or drink to share if you want--or even bring a friend!
Meet the youth group facilitators: Tristan L, Brittany A, Brandie W, and Cindi H!
Help plan upcoming events and activities!
Have fun!
A memorial service will be held for Amy Bond on March 25th at 1:00PM
Amy has been a long time member of our congregation, and played an important role in the Caring Team among other things before health concerns kept Amy staying closer to home. She had been an inspiring example of resilience, and her story featured in Rev. Tiffany's "Neuroplasticity in the New Year" service in January of 2022. We will miss her smiling face and strong spirit. All friends and members of HVUUC are invited to come to Celebrate her Life.
We've had the sermon series, we've had the workshops, we've had a bunch of Newsletter articles, and now it's time for you to share your feedback with your delegates about how you want them to represent you at General Assembly regarding the Article 2 revision vote.
Please use the google form below to give feedback and indicate your voting preferences to the people who will be representing you at General Assembly this year.
To see the full Article 2 Study Commission Report click here: https://www.uua.org/files/2023-02/article-II-study-report-2021-23.pdf
If you missed the workshops, we will soon be publishing a "Q & A" developed from the questions people posed at the workshops, so be watching for that soon.
DON’T FORGET DAYLIGHT SAVINGS THIS WEEKEND!
Join us for church on Sunday, March 12, 2023.
9:30am Religious Education, 11:00am Service
How do we address uncertainty and change together? Can we make it fun? What do the lessons and rules of Improv groups and Jam Sessions have to offer us?
Risk Assessment Team has determined that we are in Risk Level Low.
Some work will be taking place, beginning next week, in which two people will be volunteering their time for two full days. As a thank you, the church would like to provide them with lunch.
The dates are tentative because the weather is a factor, so this would be a task that may need to be filled on short notice. At the moment, the dates are during the week.
If you're interested in providing a light lunch, please email Doug at facilities@hvuuc.org
You can also find a few printed copies of the newsletter on the visitors table in the sanctuary.
Click here to read the entire newsletter.
Click here for past newsletters.
Up to date church info is always available at www.hvuuc.org
Heart to Heart 7 Week Covenant Group every Monday morning starting March 13 and ending April 24.
Topics include Listening, Gratitude, Balance, Forgiveness, etc.
10:30 am to 12:30 pm in the REZ.
Books can be purchased from Facilitator, Wanda Earp. Sign up deadline is March 10 via heartsgm@hvuuc.org. Limited space.
Join us for church on Sunday, March 5, 2023.
9:30am Religious Education, 11:00am Service
Several Holston Valley UU members and friends share what personally brings them to atheism and why they are proud to claim that title for themselves.
Risk Assessment Team has determined that we are in Risk Level Low.
This workshop will give us a chance to explore the proposed revisions to the Unitarian Universalist Association's Article 2 in greater depth, as a community.
The Article 2 Study Commission's full report was released in January, and may be helpful for anyone interested in this work. You can find a link to it here:
https://www.uua.org/uuagovernance/committees/article-II-study-commission/blog/article-II-report
There are two opportunities to participate in this workshop, both in-person and online.
March 5, 1:00PM in-person
March 7, 6:00PM online
If you’d like to join the zoom session you can find the link below. Please email minister@hvuuc.org to RSVP to either the in-person or online workshop.
Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/93111081367?pwd=SGxOQ1VDQVg5NS9qRXBTd0U5WEFwZz09
Girl Scout seniors Alexis, Moth, and Olivia are working on their gold award project, collecting period products for a local high school. They aim to improve access to period products for high schoolers and to eliminate period poverty.
They will have a well-marked bin set up near the front door starting the 5th of March specifically for collecting period products. This collection will be going on from March 5th to March 19th.
Thank you for supporting troop 543’s efforts and for supporting teens in need of period products.
