Religious Education Update
✨ The Happenings
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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 August 9, 2026.
9:30 am Religious Education
11:00am Service
12:00pm Coffee Hour
12:30pm Metaphysical Group Presentation
The Merchant's Last Coin is a story of a person who gives up everything for the sake of greed. How much can we lose when we lose sight of who we are? And if greed can transform us, can generosity do the same?
A Little Space to Breathe Before Our RE Year Begins!
Our fall Religious Exploration schedule has shifted! Summer All-Ages RE will continue August 9, 16 & 23, followed by a celebratory All-Ages RE Kickoff on August 30. After our Labor Day weekend pause, regular K–12 and Adult RE classes will officially begin September 13!
Religious Exploration: A Little More Space to Breathe
After hearing from our RE community, we're excited to share our updated schedule for the beginning of our new Religious Exploration year!
August is a season of transition—summer winds down, school begins, schedules shift, and families and volunteers start finding their new grooves. Your responses made it clear that a little extra space to breathe before jumping into our regular classes is very welcome!
Here's our new schedule:
Registrations are officially OPEN!
Whether you're enrolling a little one, a youth, or yourself, now is the perfect time to reserve your place for the year ahead.
A special note for our adults: If you're currently participating in—or interested in joining—one of our Adult Discussion Groups, please take a moment to complete the registration form, too. Registration isn't just for children...YOU matter, too!
Your registration helps us:
* Plan for our continually growing programs.
* Understand participation as we dream about future expansion.
* Keep our communication lists up-to-date so everyone who wants information receives it.
Register Today:
Nursery through Grade 12:
https://form.jotform.com/262060977369064
Adult Discussion Groups:
https://form.jotform.com/262061181173146
You can also find program descriptions and QR codes on colorful material throughout the sanctuary, in the lobby, on the REZ door and billboard, and in the Fellowship Hall!
Let us know what kinds of social justice issues you’re interested in tackling as a congregation by taking this quick survey from the Social Justice Committee.
Email sjchair@hvuuc.org with any questions.
The Women’s Retreat is scheduled for Sept. 18-20 at Camp Bays Mountain. All who identify as women are welcome. We need volunteers NOW to help organize this event so we can have a wonderful, meaningful time together.
Please respond ASAP if you would like to help plan this exciting event. Many hands make light work. More to come after we get a group to organize. Thanks!
Email womensgroup@hvuuc.org
Our HVUUC Gardening Group is dreaming into how our outdoor spaces can grow and flourish—and we’d love your input!
What would you like to see planted? How might we use our grounds for connection, reflection, play, and learning? And if you’re 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? We’d love to hear from you: Garden@hvuuc.org
Together, we’re cultivating not just gardens—but 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?
✨ 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:
https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1CbL7p4Lp9/
🌞 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.