Jessica Bowman
Easter - Four Perspectives

Join us for church on April 20, 2025!

  • 9:30am Religious Education

  • 11:00am Sunday Service

  • 12:00pm Egg hunt and Open Mic

  • 4:00pm Youth Group

“Easter - Four Perspectives”

An Easter celebration highlighting the diverse perspectives present within Holston Valley Unitarian Universalist Church. This member-led service offers us an opportunity to hear about Easter, past and present, from four of our members, Denee Mattioli, Deb Helmer, Charlie Miller, and Lee Sinnot.

Easter - Four Perspectives
Jessica Bowman
Bring Flowers on April 27th!

Our annual Flower Communion service is on Sunday, April 27th! Please plan on bringing a flower for this very special service: store bought, from your garden, or a roadside wildflower: all are welcome!

If you'd like to volunteer to bring in an entire vase-worth of flowers to share with people who didn't bring a flower, email minister@hvuuc.org to volunteer!

Bring Flowers on April 27th!
Jessica Bowman
Women's Retreat

Registration closes April 30th, limited rooms still available as well as camping. INFO & REGISTRATION HERE: Www.tinyurl.com/hvuucwomen

THEME:
Radical Joy in Hard Times

PLACE:
The Peace Pentagon (www.peacepentagon.net)
88 Oracle Way, Independence, VA

We will have access to the entire campus which includes New River frontage, a babbling creek for water ceremony, turtle labyrinth, medicine wheel and peace pole as well as the picnic pavilion, bathhouse and, of course, the Peace Pentagon chapel.

CONVENER:
Rev. Becky Suzik, UU Peace Fellowship (https://uupf.org) Raleigh, NC;
Rev. Becky’s personal charity: www.joyfuel.org


The purpose of our gathering is to persist in bringing the frequency of JOY into our lives as we face difficult times. The greatest antidote to fear and separation is community, heart resonance and kindling JOY. And, yes, better together!

This gathering is flexible. Come Friday evening for a bonfire, drumming and stay on campus – rates ranging from $25/night camping to $100 for a private King bed and bath. Another option it to rent the whole house and share costs. Plus taxes.

OR – come for just Saturday.. arrive at 10 for a full day of JOY immersion.

PLANNING:
Are you interested in planning the details for the gathering? For example, food committee, leading a JOY activity, other?

REGISTRATION:
Fee: By Donation – No One Will be Turned Away;

INTERESTED? – More details as they are developed.

Email Noel:  VP@hvuuc.org

Register here: http://www.tinyurl.com/hvuucwomen

Women's Retreat
Jessica Bowman
Ecstatic Trance Workshop, Egg Hunt, and Easter ...

Upcoming News and Events

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Ecstatic Trance Workshop, Egg Hunt, and Easter Porch Pickin'
Jessica Bowman
We are the Panopticon

Join us for church on April 13, 2025!

  • 9:30am Religious Education

  • 11:00am Sunday Service

  • 12:00pm Potluck

“We are the Panopticon”

Jeremy Bentham's panopticon has handed us a surprisingly relevant concept for understanding how social media is increasing our self-consciousness to an oppressive degree. Rev. Tiffany explores how we are using technology as a weapon against ourselves, and makes some suggestions about healthy boundaries we can set with ourselves.

We are the Panopticon

Tree Day!

Tree Day!

HVUUC is serving again this year as one of 162 pick-up sites across the state for the TN Environmental Council’s native tree planting event! Tree Day is March 16th , 2024. On the morning of March 15th on the HVUUC back porch we will organize and bundle seedlings and prepare them for distribution. On March 16th , we will be open for community members who have ordered trees to pick them up 9:00 am-1:00 pm.

Volunteers are needed to help one or both days. Also, the tree crew needs clean plastic shopping bags and newspaper for bundling orders. You can drop either in the Tree Day box in the Fred Ball room during February. Thank you!

To learn more about trees or to order trees: https://www.tectn.org/tennesseetreeday.html

If you would like to help please email environment@hvuuc.org

Idolatries of the Mind and Spirit

Idolatries of the Mind and Spirit

Join us for church on March 3, 2024!

  • 9:30am Religious Education

  • 11:00am Sunday Service

“Idolatries of the Mind and Spirit”

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?

Wednesday Night Supper

Wednesday Night Supper

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 Two Paths of Awe

The Two Paths of Awe

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

“The Two Paths of Awe”

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.

Scam Email Alert

Scam Email Alert

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!

Speaker from Final Exit Network

Speaker from Final Exit Network

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.

Contemplation Through Photography

Contemplation Through Photography

Join us for church on February 11, 2024!

  • 9:30am Religious Education

  • 11:00am Sunday Service

  • 12:15pm Choir Rehearsal

“Contemplation Through Photography”

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.

Ash Wednesday Gathering

Ash Wednesday Gathering

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

Change: The Only Constant

Change: The Only Constant

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

“Change: The Only Constant”

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? 

Choir Rehearsal

Choir Rehearsal

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.