Upcoming News and Events
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π A Note from the DRE
π€ Join a Religious Exploration Collaborative (REC) Monthly Meeting
π£οΈMore Than Words: Pronouns Workshop
π HVUUC Annual Trunk or Treat!
β¨ Many Gifts, One Community
π Happy October Birthdays!
π 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.
β¨ Many Gifts, One Community
Religious Exploration is growingβand with that growth comes more opportunities for our whole community to help bring it to life! π
Volunteering with RE doesn't have to mean becoming a teacher. There are so many ways to share your time, interests, skills, and gifts:
β Lead a class and help guide exploration and conversation.
β Assist a lead facilitator and be an extra supportive presence.
β Support Wonder Worship and help create meaningful worship experiences for our youngest UUs.
β Help with communications, organization, or behind-the-scenes projects.
β Lend a hand where needed without committing to an ongoing role.
If you've been a friend of HVUUC for 3 months or longer, stop by the Volunteer Sign-Up Board in the church lobby and see where you might like to jump in!
For the safety of our children and youth, background checks are required for volunteers working directly with them and are fully provided by the church.
Our programs don't happen because of one person. They happen because a community of people chooses to show up, share what they have, and create something meaningful together.
You don't have to do everything. Come share your something. πβ¨
Join us for church on Sept 27, 2026.
9:30am RE
11:00am Service
12:00pm Coffee Hour
12:30pm Social Justice Meeting
So much has changed, both with technology and humanity, since Rev. Tiffany last explored topics around Artificial Intelligence. So she revisits this topic, this time with an eye toward who we humans are becoming as usage of AI becomes more pervasive in our society.
Our HVUUC Gardening Group is dreaming into how our outdoor spaces can grow and flourishβand weβd love your input!
What would you like to see planted? How might we use our grounds for connection, reflection, play, and learning? And if youβre feeling called, would you like to be part of bringing these ideas to life?
Take a few minutes to share your thoughts here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSchsq6LG6IF2M3RsrXgHcTwa-VSk7Z7DQccrtLHjKo-khWd2w/viewform?usp=publish-editor
Have questions or want to connect directly? Weβd love to hear from you: Garden@hvuuc.org
Together, weβre cultivating not just gardensβbut connection, beauty, and shared purpose.
Join us for church on May 3, 2026.
9:30am Religious Education
11:00am Service
12:00pm Coffee Hour
With our passion for diversity and economic justice, it makes sense that Unitarian Universalist communities would be the ideal place for building a bridge between people coming from different socio-economic classes. Rev Tiffany asks where are we succeeding and where is there still room to grow?
β¨ The Happenings:
π Youth Lock-In is officially locked in!
May 16β17 β more details coming soon via email, E-News, and Facebook!
πΈ Stay Connected
Join our HVUUC Families Facebook Group to keep up with all things RE:
https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1CbL7p4Lp9/
π Summer All-Ages RE is FULL β and itβs 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 havenβt 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!
β¨ Religious Education Update April 19th β¨
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!
π May you receive the joy you give us all, tenfold.
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β¨ This Weekend in RE:
β¨ Religious Education Update β April 12, 2026 β¨
π°A heartfelt thank you to everyone who helped prep, set up, and celebrate at our Annual Egg Hunt! It was such a joyful and connected gathering β weβre so grateful for each of you who made it special π₯π§Ί
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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 Boardβs 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: