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SUMMARY:Belong Membership Class Starts
DESCRIPTION:Have you been thinking about learning more about NHUnited? \nOr have you been wondering about progressive theology? \nOr maybe you’ve been wondering about how the history of the church\, the Bible and faith all have contributed to this time we are living in? \nOr are you just looking to get more connected here at church? \nIf you answered yes to any of these\, BELONG may be for you! BELONG is our annual 8-session program (plus a one-day retreat!) designed to help people connect more with the church\, each other\, the neighborhood\, God\, and their call to ministry. During the program you will learn about NHUnited Church\, the history of Christianity\, theology\, grounding spiritual practices\, interpreting Scripture and how all of these come together in a community and spiritual life! \nThe next BELONG cohort begins on February 1\, 2026\, meeting on Sunday mornings from 8:30 – 10:15. It meets for a total of 8 weeks (with a  break week built in) and then finishes with a one-day retreat on March 28th (more info to come\, including cost and scholarships). Each class builds upon the ones before it so we ask that you do your best to be at all of the classes. If you know you need to miss one\, we understand\, but ask that if you know you’re going to miss more than one you wait for the next class. If you have any questions\, feel free to email Pastor Molly at Molly@NHUnited.org. \nSundays:\n2/1\, 2/8\, 2/22\, 3/1\, 3/8\, 3/15…\n…and concluding in a retreat on Saturday 3/22
URL:https://nhunited.org/event/belong/
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SUMMARY:Lunch Social
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a pop-up lunch social at Blind Lady Ale House this Sunday! Right after church\, we’ll walk two blocks over to enjoy some great food & beverages while spending time together. At Blind Lady\, they let people seat themselves at long picnic tables\, so don’t worry about who you’re sitting with or reservations. \nThey have a kid-friendly environment and great pizza\, salads\, frites\, sodas\, and ales. They support many local charities year-round\, which makes their food taste even better! We hope you can join us after worship this Sunday!
URL:https://nhunited.org/event/lunch-social-2/2026-02-01/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260204T183000
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SUMMARY:Young Adult Group
DESCRIPTION:Our Young Adult group is a dedicated space for those in their 20s and 30s to connect\, learn together\, and have fun! The group meets regularly on the first Wednesday of the month\, and the third Sunday of the month. They also have a monthly social or volunteer opportunity! If you have any questions or want to join\, please email group leaders Shannon (shan.herrmann@gmail.com)\, Ian (ian.bush96@gmail.com)\, or Jacob (jacobwilson858@gmail.com).
URL:https://nhunited.org/event/young-adult-group/2026-02-04/
CATEGORIES:Young Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260208T120000
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SUMMARY:Tomato Seed Sunday
DESCRIPTION:Our local veteran farmer Angelie and resident tomato geek Mike invite you to our second annual crash course in growing your own tomatoes. This will get you ready for spring gardening\, complete with sowing your own seeds to take home. Choose from Mike’s collection of over 200 varieties of tomato seeds to suit all skill levels of gardeners\, even 8 inch tall micro-dwarf varieties you can grow on a window sill!\n  \nYou can come blissfully unprepared 😊\, we’ll have soil\, cups\, labels and seeds. Please donate $1 per planting to cover expenses\, any extra left over will go toward the Normal Heights Community Fridge. If you don’t like getting your hands dirty\, bring a pair of gloves. Also\, if you want to grow a micro-dwarf indoors – you may want to bring your small pot to skip having to transplant your little friend later.\n\n  \nTYPES OF PLANTS\nRed\, orange\, yellow\, green\, purple\, striped\, tie-dyed\, metallic sheens\, giant\, saladette sized\, cherry\, sweet\, smoky\, tart\, acidic – you name it\, we’ve got it! We’ll have the following tomato seed varieties will be available… \n\n\n  \nIndeterminate Plants\n(harder to care for)\nVines that can grow very long and require support\, pruning and training of vines required (though that can be debated). Heirlooms are usually found in this category\, more info on that at the below.\n\n  \n\nDeterminate Plants\n(less hard to care for) \nVines that grow to a determined length\, but still require support.\n\n  \n\n  \n Dwarf Plants (not necessarily dwarf fruits!)\n(easier to care for) \nTechnically a determinate\, but generally less than 5 feet tall and has a thicker trunk. Basically grows like a bush\, needs minimal support and can also do well in planters. Many think dwarf tomatoes give small fruit\, but they can easily grow tomatoes that are 1/2 a pound or greater!\n\nMicro-dwarf\n(easier to care for)\n\n\nA dwarf tomato plant that is 2 feet tall or shorter\, and can even be grown indoors. They still crave sunlight\, regular watering and nutrients. Some varieties are only 8″ tall! Also\, don’t expect them to give you anything larger than a cherry tomato. \n\n\n\n“Do you have any heirlooms?” \n \n\n\n\n\nYes! But that might not mean what you think. Let’s clear up some misconceptions\, but first remember this quick fact: tomato plants are self-fertile – they don’t need another tomato plant to pollinate them. \nHEIRLOOM TOMATOES DEFINED\nAn heirloom tomato seed means that you can sow the seed from a fruit and the offspring will produce the same plant and fruit\, and that this has been consistently done for over 50 years. \nSize of fruit and size of plant aren’t a requirement for being an heirloom. However\, many heirlooms are indeterminate vines (grow to an undetermined length\, often 8+ feet). This is because that’s what mainly has been handed down\, but that’s changed… \nHYBRID TOMATOES DEFINED\nNope\, these aren’t scary gene spliced seeds cooked up in a laboratory. They’re simply the specific cross-breeding between two different varieties of tomato. Think labradoodles\, you know who the parents are and they came together to make something special and new. This is usually done to create a tomato that has special traits like disease resistance\, desirable fruit taste or appearance\, plant size or many other things. \nIf you had the patience\, you could make your own Hybrid tomatoes by collecting pollen from one parent plant\, then removing the pollen from the other parent’s self-fertile flower and adding the pollen in – boom you’ve just artificially inseminated a tomato. \nBuilt-in copy protection: these hybrid plants will create specific fruit\, but will not create specific seeds. If you plant the seeds from a hybrid fruit\, it will produce random fruit and there is a very low likelihood that it will resemble its parent. You’ll see many hybrids sold at Home Depot for this reason. A company can find a great crossbreed tomato\, keep the parents a secret and sell it over and over with a trademarked name. Sungold (a super sweet and delicious yellow/orange cherry tomato) and Earlygirl (a red tomato that gives fruit far earlier than most) are two popular examples. \nNEW STABLE BREEDS (future heirlooms)\n So say you took the extra time to take those hybrid offspring seeds and grew dozens (even hundreds) of tomato plants\, then selected the offspring that most resembled its hybrid parent. Great\, now do that over and over – year after year until you have a seed that can be grown and sewn forever and produce the same fruit. Yeah\, that could take a while! There’s companies and hobbyists all over the world doing this right now and thanks to their work we have the most diversity in tomatoes in human history. \nThe Dwarf Tomato Project\, for example\, is an amazing collaboration between gardeners in America and Australia to crossbreed dwarf tomatoes with heirlooms and other exciting indeterminate tomatoes in half the time\, because seeds would be sent between hemispheres as the other country’s spring was coming. This led to having more diversity in a compact plant that could be grown by those not rich in land. and free time\, making gardening more equitable. \nSo heirlooms tomatoes are great\, but they’ve just been around longer – that doesn’t necessarily make them better or more unique. Be sure to explore all the great varieties available!
URL:https://nhunited.org/event/tomato-seed-sunday/
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SUMMARY:Young Adult Group
DESCRIPTION:Our Young Adult group is a dedicated space for those in their 20s and 30s to connect\, learn together\, and have fun! The group meets regularly on the first Wednesday of the month\, and the third Sunday of the month. They also have a monthly social or volunteer opportunity! If you have any questions or want to join\, please email group leaders Shannon (shan.herrmann@gmail.com)\, Ian (ian.bush96@gmail.com)\, or Jacob (jacobwilson858@gmail.com).
URL:https://nhunited.org/event/young-adult-group-2/2026-02-15/
LOCATION:Contact us for location
CATEGORIES:Young Adults
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SUMMARY:Ash Wednesday
DESCRIPTION:Ash Wednesday is an ancient church observance that\, for centuries\, has invited us to consider the inescapable reality of our mortality. It is a service that each year takes its name from the ritual where we place ashes on our foreheads and are reminded that “from dust we come and to dust we shall return.” \nThis year we invite you to a reflective service called “Conversations with Death\,” an evening of meeting your mortality with sacred curiosity instead of fear or despair. This service will offer you tangible ways to enter that conversation\, allowing mortality to be your teacher\, and wondering what the reality of mortality changes for your faith today. This service is an introspective time\, and we look forward to worshiping and reflecting with you.
URL:https://nhunited.org/event/ash-wednesday/
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SUMMARY:Queer Small Group
DESCRIPTION:This care group brings together LGBTQ+ folks of all genders and journeys for twice-monthly gatherings (1st & 3rd Thurs) centered on friendship\, spiritual reflection\, and community care. Reach out to Cameron Byrd to learn more Cameron@CameronByrd.me
URL:https://nhunited.org/event/queer-small-group/2026-02-19/
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