Join us next Saturday, August 22, beginning at 400 to celebrate the end of summer with an afternoon filled with great food, laughter, games, and fellowship!
Hamburgers (beef, vegan, and vegetarian options) & hot dogs
Fruit Dessert Bake-Off Competition
Cornhole
Backgammon/Checkers
Bocce Ball
Jump house and bubble area for the children
Dunk Tank (weather permitting) – Ever wanted to soak your minister or a few brave church volunteers? Here’s your chance!
Door Prize Drawings
Email fellowship@hvuuc.org with any questions.
Religious Exploration: A Little More Space to Breathe
Registrations Are Open!
Volunteers Make the Magic Happen!
Wonder Worship Continues!
Youth Group Gathering
Youth Group Trip to Wilderness at the Smokies
Religious Exploration Book Sale Update
We're seeking an On-Call Nursery Caregiver Substitute to support our nursery throughout the year.
This flexible paid position is perfect for someone who enjoys working with young children and would like to serve our congregation on an occasional basis.
Position Highlights:
• Paid hourly
• Flexible on-call schedule
• Historically 6–8 substitute hours annually (may vary)
Responsibilities include creating a safe, welcoming, engaging environment where every child and family feels they belong.
A background check will be completed at no cost for the selected applicant.
Apply Here:
https://form.jotform.com/262084690861059
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Volunteers Make the Magic Happen
As our Religious Exploration programming continues to grow, so does our need for wonderful volunteers!
Whether you'd enjoy:
Leading a class
Assisting a facilitator
Helping little hands explore the garden
Supporting Wonder Worship
Or serving quietly behind the scenes...
...there is a place for your unique gifts.
Each Sunday we're currently seeking:
2 adults for K–2
2 adults for Grades 3–5
2 adults for Grades 6–12
1 Adult Discussion Group Guide
1–2 Wonder Worship volunteers (serving 2–3 Sundays each month)
Not a classroom person? Wonderful! We have plenty of behind-the-scenes opportunities as well.
If you'd like to explore where your interests and gifts best align, we'd love to hear from you!
Volunteer Interest Form:
https://form.jotform.com/262058660418055
Background checks are required for those serving with children and youth and are provided by the church at no cost to you.
Join us for church on March 3, 2024!
9:30am Religious Education
11:00am Sunday Service
The fifth source of Unitarian Universalism is "Humanist teachings which counsel us to heed the guidance of reason and the results of science, and warn us against idolatries of the mind and spirit." And we've always had a health representation of skeptics, atheists and agnostics here in our community. How does the guidance of reason help us be better humans?
Headlines
Minister’s Note
Coffee Hour Help Needed
Garden Club
Choir Rehearsal
Social Justice Initiatives
Click here to read the entire newsletter.
Click here for past newsletters.
You can also find a few printed copies at our visitors table in the sanctuary.
Up to date church info is always available at www.hvuuc.org
Join us for church on February 25, 2024!
9:30am Religious Education
11:00am Sunday Service
12:00pm Coffee Hour
12:15pm Choir Rehearsal
3:00pm Cake Day Celebration
Medical technology can keep your body functioning longer than ever, whether you want to or not. Who decides (and why), and what can you do about it?
February's Wednesday Night supper will showcase the delicious casserole that our church makes for Kitchen of Hope once a month, accompanied by salad, bread and desserts as usual.
Must RSVP by this Sunday February 25th.
Email WNS@hvuuc.org or fill out the sign up sheet in the Fellowship Hall.
The price for this delightful time of fellowship and good food :
$8 per person
$15 for two people
$5 for kids under 12
The Let's Chat Covenant Group is looking for new members.
Previous sessions were Praise and Flattery, Shame and Scorn, Joy, Laughter, and the ever present Change. The topics are always varied and interesting!
We meet 2nd and 4th Monday's at 6:30 to 8:30 in the REZ.
Email letschat@hvuuc.org if you are interested.
Join us for church on February 18, 2024!
9:30am Religious Education
11:00am Sunday Service
12:15pm Music Committee
12:15pm Garden Club
12:30pm Social Justice Committee
What do you think of, when you think of those "Wow" moments we experience in life? Do you want to whoop and cheer and clap? Or do you want to sit in awestruck silence? Come explore with your community how both of these approaches work, and both do something important for the human experience.
Church family, it appears that someone is phishing again: pretending to be a leader in our congregation in order to access sensitive information. This time, pretending to be our board President in order to access our directory. Please don’t ever give out passwords or buy gift cards for anyone in our congregation via email. Please always make a phone call to verify, or just ignore it!
During Sunday, February 25th's service we will have a speaker presenting from the Final Exit Network. There will also be a presentation following the service with a slideshow and question and answer time.
Please bring a brown bag lunch if you plan to stay for the session after the service. For more information on the FEN please visit their website: https://finalexitnetwork.org/
Email dre@hvuuc.org with any questions.
Join us for church on February 11, 2024!
9:30am Religious Education
11:00am Sunday Service
12:15pm Choir Rehearsal
Lent has traditionally been a time of contemplation and fasting in the Christian tradition. Unitarian Universalist Christians have taken a broader view of this time, with the #UULent photo-a-day spiritual practice. Last year Rev. Tiffany managed to participate in every day of the observance, taking photos and writing reflections based on the key word given for the day. She shares what she learned last year as she gears up for another season of practice, and reflects on how times and practices of intentional contemplation can be beneficial to people of every belief and no belief.
For our UU Christians and for those who are just curious, we will be having an Ash Wednesday gathering with ashes and communion on Wednesday 2/14 from 5:45pm to 6:45pm. The liturgy we will be using was created by Unitarian Universalist Minister and UUA Board Member Rev. Sam Trumbore, and is designed for small group contemplation.
For more information contact Rev. Tiffany at minister@hvuuc.org
Join us for church on February 4, 2024!
9:30am Religious Education
11:00am Sunday Service
12:00pm Coffee Hour
1:00pm Religious Trauma Workshop
There’s no question: 2024 is going to be a year of change. Of course - what year isn’t? When change feels unsettling or scary, how do we shift our relationship with anticipation of change? Our faith calls us to the work of transformation. How can we work to embrace the change that is coming? How can we learn from our own relationship and reactions to change how to deepen our call to transformation within ourselves and our faith communities?
Headlines
Minister’s Note
Coffee Hour Help Needed
BoT Meeting Change
Path to Membership
Choir Rehearsal
Social Justice Initiatives
Click here to read the entire newsletter.
Click here for past newsletters.
You can also find a few printed copies at our visitors table in the sanctuary.
Up to date church info is always available at www.hvuuc.org
Volunteer Choir Leader, Rachel Reece, will be hosting Bi-weekly Choir Rehearsals for a 3-month trial period from February to May on the 2nd and 4th Sunday following Sunday Services. Grab your coffee and hugs then head over to the piano with your hymnals for some exercises and fun community time with other music lovers as part of our Music Program.
Join us for church on January 28, 2024!
9:30am Religious Education
11:00am Sunday Service
12:20pm Special Presentation by Amerika Grewal about the injustice at the Texas border.
Annual Social Justice Sunday: Mark will speak about the significance of having a spiritual foundation for our civic activism and the intersection of UU Principles with our civic responsibilities.
