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2931 Kingston Pike
Knoxville, TN 37919
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TN Valley Unitarian Universalist Church

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THIS SUNDAY:

Without Fear, Without Hate-In-Person and Virtual Worship

02-05-2023 11:00 amRev Chris Buice

After the attack on the Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, the members of the congregation rallied around two core concepts of their faith: nirbhau (without fear) and nirvair (without hate.) Although Sikhism is by some estimates the 5th largest religion in the world, very … read more.

    News

    • TVUUC Spring Retreat March 3-5 2023
      Let’s retreat! And eat! And relax! Come to The Mountain Retreat & Learning Center in beautiful Highlands, NC March 3-5, 2023. This will be at the same time as a Youth Con for middle schoolers so we get to share the Center with their young spirits. March is a great time on top of Little Scaly Mountain because ...
    • Save the date! Rev. Duncan Teague Workshop
      ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ! The 8th Principle Task Force, with the support of The TVUUC Endowment Fund, is bringing in Rev. Rev. Duncan Teague, our former intern minister, to facilitate a racial justice workshop on February 25th. Rev. Teague is also doing the sermon on February 26th. More info soon!
    • What is QUUestions??
      What is QUUestions?? QUUestions is a new meeting for visitors or those who want to know more about TVUUC, Unitarian Universalism, and the path to membership. It is also open to current members who may want to deepen their connection TVUUC and Unitarian Universalism. The meetings will be held on the last Sunday of the ...
    • Wake for Roe Sermon Discussion-What’s Next-TVUUC Reproductive Justice Task Force
      The TVUUC Reproductive Justice Task Force invites you to attend a discussion following the Wake for Roe service on January 22nd at 12:30 pm. Come and learn more about the task force, as well ways that individuals and the congregation can be involved in the struggle for Reproductive Justice. Pizza and refreshments will be provided
    • The Alliance Used Book Sale Returns!
      ๐’๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž!!! ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐”๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐ฌ๐š๐ฅ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐…๐ž๐›๐ซ๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ก! ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ, ๐๐ฏ๐’๐ฌ, ๐œ๐’๐ฌ, ๐ฏ๐ก๐ฌ ๐ญ๐š๐ฉ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐ฅ๐ฉ’๐ฌ, ๐ ๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ & ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ! (๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  January 29th) ๐๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐ƒ๐Ž ๐๐Ž๐“ ๐›๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ : *๐„๐ง๐œ๐ฒ๐œ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐๐ข๐š๐ฌ, ๐Œ๐š๐ ๐š๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ, ๐Ž๐ฅ๐ ๐“๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ* *๐€๐ง๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐š๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง*
    • Erven Williams’ Memorial and Celebration of Life
      With great sadness, we share that Erven Williams passed away on December 31, 2022. Erven was the beloved husband of Elnora Williams and father of Elandria (deceased) and Frederick Williams. Erven was a long-time member of TVUUC, joining on May 29, 1991. Erven was involved in several TVUUC groups, but many will best remember him ...
    • ****Brunch & Meeting to be Rescheduled**** Let’s Connect Program Leader Orientation and Potluck Stand-up Brunch Sunday January 15, 2023
      To Be Rescheduled – Letโ€™s Connect Stand-up Potluck Brunch and Program Leader Meeting before the service this Sunday. TVUUC Program Leaders start in the fellowship hall at 10:00 where you can fill your plate with yummy finger food and grab a cup of coffee.ย  Next, please join us in the Lizzy Crozier French room at 10:15 ...
    • ๐€๐ซ๐ญ ๐„๐ฑ๐ก๐ข๐›๐ข๐ญ ๐‘๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ญ ๐“๐ž๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ž ๐•๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฒ ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ง ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‚๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ก
      ๐€๐ซ๐ญ ๐„๐ฑ๐ก๐ข๐›๐ข๐ญ ๐‘๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ญ ๐“๐ž๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ž ๐•๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฒ ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ง ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‚๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐…๐ซ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐‰๐š๐ง๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘, ๐Ÿ”:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ•:๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ ๐ฉ๐ฆ. ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌโ€™ ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ค๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ”:๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ ๐ฉ๐ฆ. ๐…๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ ๐›๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐“๐•๐”๐”๐‚ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ ๐†๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ž ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐“๐•๐”๐”๐‚ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ ๐†๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ž The TVUUC Art Gallery Committeeโ€™s mission is to support the programming and outreach of Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church through ...
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    Religious Education

    • TVUUC Virtual Visit
      While we continue to be connected in community even as we are staying physically distanced, I know many of us are missing being in our beloved TVUUC building.ย  So when I stopped in one day recently, I made a little walk-through visit video so your family can visit your favorite spaces from home.ย  Feel free ...
    • RE Reflection Room Resource: Dancing Spider Yoga
      We are delighted to share a new spiritual practice resource, created for our kids (and friends of all ages!) by TVUUC friend Piper Hansen, who originally planned to visit our preschool RE class to introduce yoga, but has now recorded versions that we can share with everyone:   I am Piper Hansen, I am 18 years old ...
    • RE Learning Lab Challenge – The Three R’s!
      This week’s Learning Lab Challenge comes to us from Karen White, and she invites us to take part in a challenge that includes a “Three R’s” scavenger hunt. Are you ready to see what you can find? The Three Rโ€™s – Recycle, Reuse, and Reduce   Take the Three Rโ€™s Challenge! Try these challenges first, and then check ...
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    TN Valley UU Church

    2931 Kingston Pike
    Knoxville, TN 37919
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    (865) 523-4176

    Meet Our Senior Minister

    Rev. Chris Buice has served Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church since 2001. Rev. Buice is an inspirational speaker and a community leader with a passion for compassion.

    Conversations with the Sacred
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