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Poems and song lyrics can bring profound meaning and provide calm and understanding for our busy lives. A Poetry and Song Lyrics Covenant Group will explore poems and lyrics to be selected by the leaders and participants.
The initial gathering will be held at 1:00 – 2:45 p.m. Sunday, October 12 in the R1 on the first floor of the REZ. The final three sessions are scheduled via Zoom on Monday nights, October 20, 27, and November 3 at 6:30 p.m.
Covenant Group Co-leaders Linda Good and Beth Calvert will choose the selections for the initial meeting, and participants will select for Zoom meetings.
After each reading, members will have some time for journaling, then voluntarily share thoughts and personal impact of the selection with the group.
Linda and Beth can be reached at poetry@hvuuc.org for questions and sign-ups.
Join us for church on September 7, 2025!
9:00am Religious Education
11:00am Sunday Service
12:00pm Coffee Hour
“Mary Oliver”
This Sunday, American poet Mary Oliver will be preaching, though Beth, Sarah and Rev. Tiffany are the ones who will be bringing life to her voice. Join us for exploring selected poems interspersed with times for contemplation. If you haven't heard her earth-centered, contemplative style before, you are in for a treat!
Registration is now open for RISE: Healthy For Life's Adult Stellar Sex Ed Workshop hosted at HVUCC from September through November 2025.
Class Dates are:
Sunday, September 14
Sunday, September 28
Sunday, October 19
Sunday, October 26
Sunday, November 2
Sunday, November 9
Time: 9:30 - 10:45 am (during Religious Education)
Location: HVUUC Religious Education Zone (REZ); upstairs in the Meditation Hall (R6)
For more information on Stellar Sex Ed please visit this site: https://risehfl.org/our-whole-lives-comprehensive-sexuality-education-for-youth-and-adults
Register Here: https://forms.gle/k2hhKRdktXAYh1cR6
For questions please contact our DRE, Justin Ridley, dre@hvuuc.org
Do you enjoy reading and sharing what’s on your bookshelf—or on your nightstand? Our congregation is starting a new, low-pressure book club called Chapters.
Unlike traditional book clubs, Chapters is designed to be flexible and welcoming. Each month, participants can share what they’re currently reading and make recommendations to others. If there’s interest in reading the same book, wonderful—but there’s no expectation that everyone will be on the same page (literally!).
We’ll also need to decide on the best location for our gatherings, and folks are welcome to bring snacks to share as we chat. We will meet one evening a month. This is a space to connect over stories, ideas, and perspectives, while honoring our varied interests. Whether you’re an avid reader or someone who just enjoys the occasional good book, Chapters offers a relaxed and friendly way to build community.
Interested? Please email chapters@hvuuc.org about your interest and what nights work best for you. Let us know—you might just discover your next favorite read!
Short term 7-week Covenant Group forming: Heart to Heart, (sessions #8 – 14), based on the book by the same title.
No requirement to have attended the Part 1 sessions (#1-7) to attend Part 2.
Group will meet every Wednesday morning from 10:00 am to 12:00 noon in the REZ, beginning on October 1 and ending on November 12, 2025.
Subjects vary per week (Nature, Success/failure, Friendship, Endings, etc.).
Facilitator: Wanda Earp
Enroll via heartsgm@hvuuc.org no later than Thursday, Sept 25th .Limit of 10 members. (Book can be purchased from Wanda for $5 or you can obtain your own copy).
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Join us for church on August 31, 2025!
NO RE THIS WEEK
11:00am Sunday Service
12:00pm Coffee Hour
“General Assembly Reports”
How will our church meet the calling of this moment in history? That was the question that drove programming at this year's General Assembly, the annual international meeting of Unitarian Universalists. Our delegates, Noel, Dana and Alesha report on what they saw and learned at General Assembly.
Headlines
New Book Club
Wendy Hearl and the Chaos Crew Concert
Church Dance Party
Dream Covenant Group
Mabon Ritual
Path to Membership
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It is super easy for someone who has our church's directory, or is just accessing our group hvuuc emails from our website, to create a fake email account, steal pictures from our website, and pretend to be the minister or other staff members. The best thing we can do is just ignore these things, since after you reply they then know that your email is a valid email and may target you in other ways.
Please keep the following things in mind:
1. We will NEVER ask for financial assistance via gift cards
2. We will NEVER reach out to individuals by email for financial assistance like this
3. Check the email that it's coming from, if it's not tiffanysappuu@gmail.com or tiffanyfaeanderson@gmail.com, it is not the minister!
Thanks you all, hang in there and I'll see you soon!
Rev. Tiffany
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Join us for church on August 24, 2025!
9:30am RE
11:00am Sunday Service
12:00pm Coffee Hour
“Intimate Strangers”
This sermon looks at the Good Samaritan story alongside real-life moments from hospital chaplaincy and wisdom from many faiths. It’s about how even short, unexpected encounters with strangers can become sacred when we choose to show up with compassion. In a world of passing strangers, we are called to be neighbors.
Please email all submissions for the September newsletter by Wednesday August 27th to newsletter@hvuuc.org.
Our 5th Sunday Aug 31st is the Stateline Abortion Access Partners. They kindly requested that we collect menstrual supplies that they can give to women in needs. So far the response has been very poor. PLEASE DONATE to help this worthy cause! Bin is in the entrance to the Sanctuary. THANK YOU!
SLAAP is run entirely by volunteers and relies on donations to carry out our work. Your support will help us meet the needs of patients who seek abortion care in Southwest Virginia, overcome "period poverty" in our region, work for comprehensive reproductive health care education, and fight for improved abortion access for all.
Email president@hvuuc.org with any questions.
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Our office manager Jessica will be out of the office Thursday August 21. If you have any important news or events to submit please do so by Tuesday August 19.
Join us for church on August 17, 2025!
9:30am RE
11:00am Sunday Service
12:00pm Coffee Hour
4:00pm Youth Group
“Water Communion”
Our annual interactive and intergenerational Water Communion service where we celebrate our interconnectivity. Many people bring water from their travels throughout the year, or from another water source that holds meaning for them.
If you would like something announced from the pulpit on Sunday mornings, please email religiousservices@hvuuc.org with your announcement two days ahead of time.
Circle Suppers are a UU tradition that has fostered many friendships over the years. Our first Circle Supper of this year is scheduled September 19 or September 20. If you can't attend one of those dates, perhaps you will be able to attend in October.
You should receive a registration form via email this weekend if you’ve asked to be involved. If you do not, you may pick one up in the sanctuary near the Candle Card Box. Please return your registration via email or place in the basket beside the Candle Card Box. Deadline to submit a registration is Sunday, August 31, at noon. You will then be contacted by your host(s).
Email circlesuppers@hvuuc.org with any questions.
Please plan to attend our church picnic Saturday, August 23, 5:00.
Bouncy House for the Kids! Bring salads, appetizers, drinks in cooler with ice, snacks, or desserts. The church will provide hamburgers, including veggie burgers, and hot dogs.
We need one more volunteer to come at 4:30 to help prepare the food. We also need two volunteers to help with cleanup. Email Fellowship@hvuuc.org
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Reminder: Church Picnic: Saturday, August 23, 5:00 - 7:30, at the church
Please bring appetizers, salads, vegetables, snacks, and desserts. The church will provide the burgers, hot dogs, buns, and condiments. There will be a bouncy house for the kids!
Join us for church on August 10, 2025!
9:30am RE
11:00am Sunday Service
12:00pm Youth Pizza Fundraiser
12:00PM Holy Ground Workshop
“Making Homes and Crossing Boundaries: What Teaching World Religions Has Taught Me”
The power of religions to make homes, cross boundaries, intensify joy, and confront suffering. These reflections invite us to think more deeply about what religion is and how it helps u navigate the human experience.
With guest speaker Dr. Jennifer Axsom Adler
The Music Team is looking for anyone who enjoys music that would like to occasionally help volunteering as a temporary choir director in the near future. James or Alesha will be more than happy to coach you on what to do and would only ask to schedule you for services that you are able and willing to be involved.
Email musicdirector@hvuuc.org if you would be interested to learn more!
Social Justice Committee have purchased, "Know your rights" cards and placed them on the shelf near the library in the sanctuary. These red cards can be used as a reference for individuals and also handed to police and/or immigration to communicate constitutional rights; such as remaining silent and requesting an attorney. These cards are written in both, English and Spanish.
These cards were purchased by Social Justice Committee as part of the church's, "Statement of Support of U.S immigrants facing oppressive violence" and "Standing on the side of LOVE". This statement can be found at https://hvuuc.org/immigration-support
Please take these cards for yourself and anyone else who may benefit from knowing their rights.
August 6th is the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki which nihilated over 200,000 humans. This is a prayer that this never happens again. Pray for Peace.
A NUCLEAR PRAYER
The Beginning and the End are in your hands, O Creator of the Universe. And in our hands you have placed the fate of this planet.
We, who are tested by having both creative and destructive power in our free will, turn to you in sober fear and in intoxicating hope.
We ask for your guidance and to share in your imagination in our deliberations about the use of nuclear force.
Help us to lift the fog of atomic darkness that hovers so pervasively over our Earth, Your Earth, so that soon all eyes may see life magnified by your pure light.
Bless all of us who wait today for your Presence and who dedicate ourselves to achieve your intended peace and rightful equilibrium on Earth.
In the Name of all that is holy and all that is hoped.
Amen.
Rev. Bishop Swing,
United Religions Initiative
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August 10th during the service will be our backpack blessing to ensure our students will have a blessed school year. If you have a student at home, bring their backpack to church, and if you are a teacher, please bring your teacher bag to be blessed as well.
Join us for church on August 3, 2025!
9:30am RE
11:00am Sunday Service
12:00pm Coffee Hour
“Shelter and Shadow”
Unitarian theologian James Luther Adams once said "Church is a place where you get to practice what it means to be human." In these days, how do we welcome, encourage and protect the humanity of each other?
With guest preacher Rev. Laura Bogle
Headlines
Minister’s Note
RE News
Holy Ground Workshop
Backpack Blessing
Church Picnic
Game Nights Return
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