This Sunday, December 13, visit the SIFE Gift table to help support Nashville’s immigrant and refugee students. One immediate and pressing material need for these students is access to basic hygiene products, which are are quickly exhausted through use by an entire family or household. At the SIFE Gift table you can purchase a share in bulk ingredients so that the students in the SIFE Math Classroom can produce their own deodorants, toothpastes, and other personal hygiene products while learning about fractions, decimals, ratios, and pre-algebra concepts in a meaningful hands-on way. Thank you for making a difference. Click to read more…

Join our long tradition of going for Chinese all-you-can-eat buffet following the Christmas Eve service. 

The Children’s Religious Education program is holding a Toy & Book Drive to replenish and update some of its resources in December. Choose a book or toy to purchase from the garland in the Fellowship Hall. If you are able, purchase two copies and we will donate the 2nd item to Napier Enhanced Option Elementary School. Please bring in donations over the next three Sundays, by December 23. Click to read more…

After the Chili Dinner and Hanging of the Greens on December 1, the Youth are hosting a Coffeehouse open mic night! This is very informal and lots of fun. You can definitely be added as an act the night of, however, we really, really appreciate knowing we have enough acts ahead of time, so sign up!  All are welcome - this is very fun and informal. Youth, children, and parents - think about how you can contribute! Sign up your Coffeehouse Act Now!

Amazing things are happening in the Still Springs Memorial Garden.

We are starting a campaign to ensure the upkeep of our building, while at the same time cutting our utility bills and improving our sustainability. We need your help in creating a name for our campaign!

We are looking for a new Sunday Lunch Organizer. This is a good way to meet people and we really do have fun in the kitchen. 

Our very own Caitlin Sprowls will be presenting at the Main Library downtown on Saturday, November 3. Come hear Caitlin talk about her research on the sensitivity of sea lion whiskers.

Many, many thanks to everyone, young and old, who worked in the Memorial Garden on October 20. 

Hello! I am Mary Early-Zald, the Intern Minister here at this year. My favorite Nashville restaurant is Monell's, because we have the chance to sit around a community table, where strangers can share a meal and become friends.

If I were to sum up my ministry in one word, that word would be hospitality.

First Common Read Session: This year Greater Nashville UU is going to participate in the UUA Common Read.

Training on Breeze: How to See Your Pledge and Pay with Automatic Drafts. Bring your computer or smartphone to lunch any Sunday starting October 21 and Jesse Spencer-Smith will train you on using Breeze, our membership database, to see contributions you have made to GNUUC. Also, bring a blank check and he can walk you through setting up automatic withdrawals of your pledge!

With sadness we inform you that Mary Ellen Aurelius died on Sunday, September 30, 2018.

It's official - save the date! 10th Annual Church Retreat

This year Greater Nashville UU is going to participate in the UUA Common Read. A Common Read invites participants to read and discuss the same book in a given period of time. It can build community in our congregations and our movement by giving diverse people a shared experience, shared language, and a basis for deep, meaningful conversations. This year we will be reading: Justice on Earth: People of Faith Working at the Intersections of Race, Class, and Environment, edited by Manish Mishra-Marzetti and Jennifer Nordstrom (Skinner House Books, 2018). Find at Amazon.com. First discussion date: October 28, 2018, 9:30 - 10:30 AM.

Please update your Kroger Community Awards Partner this month! Click the link to find out how.

We often hear that people “do not have time” to read the newsletter, and believe that the time has come to let go of this traditional monthly format in favor of more brief and timely communications. What is most helpful to you in terms of communications from GNUUC? Please email Rev. Carmen Emerson and Kris Thresher, Office Administrator to let us know.

Do you know of someone in the congregation that could benefit from meals during a time of need? Meal Train is a great way that we can coordinate to provide meals on specific dates. If you can volunteer to make meals on occasion, let Kris Thresher know and we'll include you on the next Meal Train request. It is all coordinated via email. Only sign up for dates you are able to provide.

If you are signed up to bring sides, main dishes or desserts, please bring your receipts for reimbursement. Please contact Denise Graves, who is coordinating the summer lunches, if you have any questions.