Join us for church on Nov 15, 2026.
9:30am RE
11:00am Service
12:00pm Coffee Hour
1:00pm Giving Tree Bagging Party
4:00pm Youth Group
The act of creation can be a highly spiritual experience. Come join longtime member Wendy Hearl as she explores spirituality and the human condition through her poetry.
🏳️⚧Trans Day of Remembrance | Service & Nursery Care
Friday, November 20 | 6:00–8:00 PM 📍 HVUUC
Our community will be hosting a Trans Day of Remembrance service on November 20, honoring and remembering transgender lives lost to violence and affirming our commitment to love, dignity, and belonging.
Our nursery will be open during the service! 💜
If you anticipate your child(ren) joining us in the nursery that evening, please email Jess Ox at dre@hvuuc.org to let our caregiving team know.
This helps us prepare a fun, welcoming, and engaging evening for our young UU friends while their families participate in this meaningful service.
Thank you for helping us plan with care and intention!
💜 A Note from the DRE | One Fantabulous Year!
🌟 Youth Group Gathering!
🍲 From Vision to Action | Youth Feed the Hungry Project!
🏳️ ⚧️Trans Day of Remembrance | Service & Nursery Care
📚 Free Library Spotlight | A Celebration of Youth Service!
✨ Wonder Worship | What a Wonderful Turnout!
🤝 Religious Exploration Collaborative (REC)
🍂 No RE Programming November 29th
🎂 November Birthdays!
🌈 Gratitudes Across the Bridge
Click through for a collection of upcoming news and events at HVUUC. Click the images to be directed to more information.
As winter approaches, so does Festivals of Lights on Dec 13! This is an annual, intergenerational service that recognizes different holidays around light that are celebrated by people in our congregation and people who have come before us. We are looking for speakers, candlelighters, and singers. This is a wonderful chance to get involved and there are opportunities for all ages and interests.
Email Sarah or Cathrine at festivals@hvuuc.org to volunteer!
We will also be decorating the sanctuary on Dec 12 from 9a-12pm and welcome all help. If you have any fresh evergreen trimmings, please bring them!
✨ The Happenings:
💜 Youth Lock-In is officially locked in!
May 16–17 — more details coming soon via email, E-News, and Facebook!
🕸 Stay Connected
Join our HVUUC Families Facebook Group to keep up with all things RE:
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🌞 Summer All-Ages RE is FULL — and it’s going to be incredible!
Our community is showing up in the most beautiful ways to share knowledge, creativity, and passion across generations:
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Join us for church on April 26, 2026.
9:30am Religious Education
11:00am Service
12:00pm Coffee Hour
12:30pm Annual Meeting
Just as the Native Americans have a long history of planting corn, beans and squash together in a way that benefits all three, our Unitarian Universalist community has planted many different kinds of people together to create a diverse and beautiful garden of humanity. Flower Communion is our annual celebration of that coming together. Please bring a flower and an open heart to this celebration. Members are invited to stay for our Annual Meeting afterwards.
Join us for church on April 19, 2026.
9:30am Religious Education
11:00am Service
12:00pm Coffee Hour
4:00pm Youth Group
Our senses are the means by which we experience our world and our life. While our five senses haven’t changed over thousands of generations, our experience in using them in the modern world is unlike any time before us. We are in a time and sensory bubble called modernity. This week Charlie Mattioli explores what we have won and what we have lost and why it matters in our lives and spiritual journey.
Do you enjoy listening to NPR and WETS? We can help support them and, in return, get information about HVUUC aired on the radio to let the community know who we are.
Just write your check to HVUUC with WETS noted on the memo line or enclose cash in an envelope marked WETS. Drop these in the offering basket or the donation dropbox on the back wall. Then we will bundle these donations and listen for our church name on the radio!
✨ Religious Education Update April 19th ✨
A heartfelt thank you to all of you who dedicate your time, energy, wisdom, and so much more to our Religious Education Program. I appreciate each and every one of you more than words can express!
💛 May you receive the joy you give us all, tenfold.
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✨ This Weekend in RE:
Join us for church on April 12, 2026.
9:30am Religious Education
11:00am Service
12:00pm Potluck
1:00pm Meeting about Music
Holy Humor: The Sacred Art of Not Taking Ourselves Too Seriously. Brought to us by Rev. Eric Coleman, his message will reflect on using humor as spiritual resistance and community building.
HVUUC is sending four individuals to UUA's virtual General Assembly this year, June 14-21! If you are interested in leadership development and building connections with other HVUUC folks as well as the wider UU community then please submit your application here: https://tinyurl.com/HVUUC-GA2026
Learn more about UUA's General Assembly here: https://www.uua.org/ga
Email vp@hvuuc.org with questions
Join us for church on April 5, 2026.
9:30am Religious Education
11:00am Service
12:00pm Egg Hunt
12:30pm Security Listening Circle
This Easter Sunday Rev. Tiffany and Alesha Chaffin explore the different ways we Unitarian Universalists relate to Jesus and the symbolism connected to Christian belief and practice.
On 08/19/2025, the Board appointed a special task force to review policy around those who are survivors of domestic abuse. At a special Board meeting on 01/06/2026, the Safe Here Task Force reported back to the board with; a letter, a statement of conscience, a proposed Abuse Response Policy, appendices, and a proposed charge if the Board determined to create the suggested Survivor Care Collaborative. The Board reviewed the documents over the next two months, consulting with the UUA and an attorney. In an Executive Session at the Board’s meeting on 03/17/2026, the Board voted unanimously to move forward in the following ways to address concerns of survivors and those who are close to survivors, security, and covenantal living:
Headlines .…
· The April Fool
· New Men’s Group
· Security Listening Circle
· Easter Egg Hunt
· Astronomy Presentation
· Bocce Ball Clean Up?
· Annual Church Meeting
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You can also find a few printed copies at our visitors table in the sanctuary.
HVUUC will hold its Annual Meeting on Sunday, April 26th at 12:30 in the church sanctuary at 12:30. All members are encouraged to attend to vote on the proposed slate of officers for 2026-2027, as well as the proposed budget and other church business. Childcare will be provided.
Email president@hvuuc.org with any questions.
