Our annual interactive and intergenerational Water Communion service where we celebrate our interconnectivity is this Sunday. Many people bring water from their travels throughout the year, or from another water source that holds meaning for them.
If you’d like, please bring your water for water communion this Sunday!
💜 A Note from the DRE
💧 This Sunday: Water Communion
✨ Wonder Worship: Celebrating Our SHINE!
🌻 August 30: RE Kickoff on the Deck!
🎶 August 30: The Journey Home
🚌 Youth Group Trip: Wilderness at the Smokies
🎙️ September 13: Youth-Led Service!
🗺️ Curious Conversations: Exploratorium!
📚 Regular RE Begins September 13 — Please Register!
🙌 Your Gifts Belong Here: Volunteer With RE!
🎵 Heartstrings & Harmonies: What's on Your Soundtrack?
💜 Gratitude from the Bridge
The NUTs group will be hosting a sing-along at the church picnic on Saturday, August 22nd between 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 in the sanctuary. Everyone is encouraged to bring their ukulele and their voice and sing along.
Click through for a collection of upcoming news and events at HVUUC. Click the images to be directed to more information.
Kitchen of Hope in Kingsport is this month’s Fifth Sunday offering recipient. The Kitchen of Hope, where teams from various local organizations prepare and serve meals to anyone who needs them, has been operating since 1998. Everyone is welcome. On average, the kitchen serves 153 meals per day.
If you would like to learn more about the Kitchen of Hope, a video is available here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJMiT_zn8QU
If you would like to contribute, please place your gift in the envelope included in the bulletin on Sunday morning August 30th. If you cannot attend that Sunday but would like to participate, you can give electronically through our website at https://hvuuc.org/donate. Designate in the instructions that your contribution is for the “Fifth Sunday” collection. This option will be available August 23rd through September 6th.
Join us for church on November 30, 2025.
9:30am Religious Education
11:00am Sunday Service
12:00pm Coffee Hour
Rev. Tiffany facilitates an interactive service where we explore and actually "do" spiritual practices of Gratitude and Wonder. This service is highly accessible for all ages, and should be a lot of fun.
At the Music Listening Circle we received the feedback that many in the congregation would enjoy hymn singing more if we did favorite hymns more frequently and let obscure and unknown hymns stay obscure and unknown!
We would like to create a list of favorite hymns. If you would like to give your input into the favorite hymns, please email hymns@hvuuc.org.
A few seats to events from Auction are available.
If you couldn't attend the auction or were there but want more opportunities, there are still some seats available to fun events. You can connect with others, and all proceeds go to the church! You can purchase them for a set price by emailing Auction@hvuuc.org with the item number and how many spots you want. We will extend the "post auction sale" to November 30th. You can look up these events on the Auction web page to read more about them.
Contact Auction@HVUUC.org to purchase a seat to a fun event, or a service or item. First come, first served.
Deadline: November 30th 2025.
Click here to see what events and items are still available.
We are excited to announce that we have entered into a contract with the Phoenix Homeschool Group for them to rent our Religious Education Zone building for their homeschool co-op from 12:30 to 4:30pm every Tuesday.
The Phoenix Homeschool Group is closely aligned with our values, and are very excited to have a place to meet that is open and inclusive.
Join us for church on November 16, 2025. This Sunday is the last to donate holiday decor to the victims of Hurricane Helene.
9:30am Religious Education
11:00am Sunday Service
12:00pm Coffee Hour
4:00pm Youth Group
A shift into the “Fifth Spiritual Paradigm” seemed all but certain at the end of the 20th Century. Today, the decline in democracy, the advance of AI, and other elements of the polycrisis threaten the future of the humanity. In this talk, Rev. Laura George, JD explores the stalled paradigm shift and offers hope that planetary Partnership and Peace are still possible!
Volunteers are needed to stay after service on 11/16 to bag items for the Giving Tree.
The Social Justice Committee is reminding everyone that it's the time of year for collecting Giving Tree items. Our tree will be in need of items for children, women, and men such as:
handwarmers
gloves
hats
scarves
socks
underwear
The Giving Tree donation bin will be in the Fred Ball room next to the grocery card table. You may leave items as they are packaged. Or, if you choose, you may put items in ziploc bags, just not the zippered bags.
We will collect items all through the holiday season to keep the tree replenished. Additionally, monetary donations are welcomed, and we will do the shopping for you!
Volunteers are needed to stay after service on Nov. 16th to bag items in preparation for decorating the Giving Tree in downtown Johnson City on Fri. Nov. 28th at 11 a.m.
Email givingtree@hvuuc.org with any questions.
Many people have been asking how they can help people who have lost their SNAP nutritional support this month. We would like to invite you to donate to the Jonesborough Area Ministerial Association, which runs the Jonesborough Food Pantry.
Please just click on this link for easy donating!
https://give.tithe.ly/?formId=96ef5196-a56f-4145-b179-9e5f74eb68b8&brid=5LtdELwwtD7rM3QoR_-wkg
Help Wanted !!!
We need help with our Facilities maintenance and projects.
With increasing usage and the change of seasons, there are numerous things to be addressed, both large and small. From general cleaning, small maintenance tasks, major repairs to Capital projects- volunteers are needed.
All genders and ages welcome, there’s something that needs done that you can help with. Our list is long currently.
To paraphrase “ Ask not what your church can do for you, instead Ask what you can do for your church “.
Weekends, weekdays, evenings, I’ll work with your schedule and talents to continue our efforts to improve our facilities.
Please contact facilities@hvuuc.org or Steven Roberts in person.
It's the time of year for collecting Giving Tree items!
Our tree will be in need of items for children, women, and men such as: gloves, hats, scarves, socks, and hand warmers. We will collect items all through the holiday season to keep the tree replenished.
Additionally, monetary donations are welcomed and we will do the shopping for you!
If you would like to volunteer for bagging items to be hung on the tree or for the day of tree decoration, you can email givingtree@hvuuc.org.
Join us for church on November 9, 2025 and stick along afterwards for Potluck!
9:30am Religious Education
11:00am Sunday Service
12:00pm Potluck
As Veteran's Day approaches, Rev. Tiffany leads us in honoring all who have served though military service. What does it mean to put your life on the line for your values? What does it mean to serve and protect? Unitarian Universalists hold a variety of beliefs regarding war, peace and military service, but one common thread that we hold to is the inherent worth and dignity of all who serve. Rev. Tiffany reflects on the many ways we live our values, and the power of her own father's example as a career Air Force officer.
To review items for sale at the upcoming service auction go to the main page:
a) Click on the blue link at the top, Auction, to view the silent auction items.
b) Click on the blue link at the top, Live, to view the live auction items.
c) You can view all the services with DATES listed in one place (PDF).
Then join us this Saturday at 6:00pm for the auction! If you’d like you can bring a snack to share!
Email auction@hvuuc.org with any questions.
Headlines
• Our Covenant
• Trans Day of Remembrance
• New Frontiers in Astronomy
• HVUUC Thanksgiving
• Service Auction
• Choir
• Facilities Volunteers
• Giving Tree Donations
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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
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.
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!
