Join us for church on June 28, 2026.
9:30am Religious Education
11:00am Service
12:00pm Coffee Hour
Come explore questions about your own and others "Best Advice". What is it? What was its source? Why is it pertinent? How do you share it? This exploration is facilitated by Steven Roberts.
✨ REC — Be Seen, Be Heard, Be Part of the Magic
🌟 All Ages, All In: A Summer of Community Connection
📖 Storytellers: S'mores & Stories
🧘 Healers: Family Yoga with Tish & More
🚒 First Responders with Gray Volunteer Fire Department
✨ Visionaries: Stargazing with Donnie and Mike Frisch
📚 RE Book Sale Fundraiser
🎬 Family Movie Night Fundraiser
🌈 Summer RE Class Updates
🦴 This Sunday: Fossil Exploration 2!
📱 Coming Soon: Simplified RE Sign-In & Sign-Out
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Join us for church on June 21, 2026.
9:30am Religious Education
11:00am Service
12:00pm Coffee Hour
4:00pm Youth Group
People try so hard to be remembered--to have a legacy--after their death. No other creature on the planet cares about this except humans. Guest speaker Bradley discusses his thoughts on humanity's fight against natural law, why we do it, and is there any point to it.
This Sunday during the service we will explore what the Muppets teach us about ourselves and community. And we're going to start by voting for our favorite Muppet. Votes will be counted Friday July 14 at noon, so get those votes in!
If you want to show up on Sunday wearing any Muppet clothes or costumes that you have, it would be welcome!
We are looking for more volunteers at the Kitchen Hope in Kingsport to prepare meals, serve and clean up. This is a great opportunity to help the less fortunate in our community.
We need volunteers for the 1st Tuesday of every month. It is a 2 hour slot, mostly 3:00-5:00, but could use your services earlier as well.
To volunteer, or for more information, please contact: hunger@hvuuc.org
Join us for church on Sunday July 9, 2023
9:30 Religious Education
11:00 Sunday Service
Join us after the service for a special Kitchen Reveal Celebration!
Unitarian Universalism is an open path that embraces pluralism and draws the circle as wide as we can. While saying our sources of inspiration and guidance for how to walk that path are "everything" is accurate, but doesn't give us the specific pointers that we may need. Today is the first in a series on Exploring our Sources, and our first Source is "Direct experience of that transcending mystery and wonder, affirmed in all cultures, which moves us to a renewal of the spirit and an openness to the forces which create and uphold life”
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Minister’s Note: Update from GA
Summer RE Activities
Social Justice
Treasury Report
Kitchen Update
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Church Family,
I have returned from Pittsburgh’s General Assembly three days ago (as of the day I’m writing this, June 28th) and I am still marinating in the inspiring worship services, intriguing workshops, and the challenging but fulfilling work of governance for our Unitarian Universalist Association. There were several important votes that happened this year, and I want to let you know how they went.
Click through to read the full update about Article 2 Revisions
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Summer RE is in full swing and there is more to come in July! Here is the full list of activities for July RE.
July 2 - NO RE!
July 9 - Making Bird Houses w/Derek Sennes and Libby Ridley
July 16 - Surgery w/Stephanie Hart and Sophia Peterson
July 23 - A Window Between Worlds - RE and Covenant w/Justin Ridley and Jessica Bouchard
July 30 - Astronomy w/Mike Frisch
Please join us as you are able! Don't miss out on these RE opportunities!
Join us for church on Sunday June 25, 2023
9:30 Religious Education
11:00 Sunday Service
What is Evil? Where did it come from? How does it manifest in the world about us? How do we recognize in others and in ourselves? Can we do anything to stop it, or even avoid it? These are questions that have confounded us since the beginning of time. Let’s explore them using sacred writings, story, and art.
Soapbox Sunday is coming soon! If you have something you'd like to talk about on July 2nd, please talk to Bradley or email him at rscchair@hvuuc.org.
Ever since the Typhoon Mawar devastated the people of Guam, we have been hearing from people who want to help. This page is FULL of ways you can help. Please keep in mind that money donations are the most needed and most appreciated in these situations:
https://guamrecovery.com/how-you-can-help-typhoon-mawar-disaster-relief-efforts/
Rev. Tiffany will be out of the office from Sunday June 18th until Monday June 26th for professional development
Justin will be out of the office from Saturday June 24 until Tuesday July 4 for vacation time
Please note that scammers and spoofers and hackers LOVE to target us while our minister is away. If someone reaches out to you by email during these times claiming to be Rev. Tiffany or Justin, they are NOT. You can reach out to the office at office@hvuuc.org if you have any concerns about this.
Join us for church on Sunday June 18, 2023
9:30 Religious Education
11:00 Sunday Service
As Unitarian Universalists, we share an ethical framework in our principles. Our individual moral stances may vary yet they converge in a democratic process to this common ground. Presumably the purpose of the 4th principle, how we search for truth and meaning, is to inform how we should act in the world. Yet knowing a truth or finding meaning in a narrative does not directly provide a moral direction. How do we bridge the gap from narrative to a personal moral? One must acknowledge a feedback loop from our communal ethic back to the individual. I’d like to introduce the concept of moral constructivism as a framework for investigating this question. The outcome should provide interesting questions for the individual to wrestle.
