The Auction & County Fair Raised $10,901!
A BIG THANK you to all those who donated events, items, and services!
A BIG THANK you to all those who spent countless hours organizing display tables, making bid paddles, entering items and bidders into Auctria, cooking food for the BBQ dinner and bake sale, and more!
A BIG THANK you to all those who attended the auction, on-site or online, and to those who placed bids!
We could not have pulled this off without ALL of you! THANK YOU!

The Auction Catalog is Live! To get to the Auction website choose from the following:

• Go to charityauction.bid/gnuuc2022

• Go to our website https://www.nashvilleuu.org/worship and from the Members menu, choose “Go to 2022 Auction and Country Fair Website”

Register for an Account and start bidding on Silent Auction items now! The Silent Auction will be open through April 30 at 3:30 PM.

If you can not attend the auction live, consider asking someone to be your proxy to bid for you. Determine your budget and ask them to bid up to an agreed upon amount. If you have registered online, you will have a bid number and they can pick up your bid paddle at the live auction.

Tickets

Admission tickets are $15 for adults and teens. Youth 12 and younger free

The ticket price includes a Country Fair BBQ Dinner with all the fixins’ (vegetarian option available) and three tickets for Popcorn / Games / Bake Sale Area. You will also receive a bidding number for Silent Auction and Live Auction.

Please come ready to celebrate Barbara’s life. Traditional dark clothing is not required.

The memorial service will begin at 3:30 pm on Saturday, April 23. We will be visiting the church’s Still Spring Memorial Garden after the service to plant a tree in her honor. The service will be available via Zoom for friends and family unable to attend in person. You will need to register with your name and email to join.

A reception will follow at the Vanderbilt Bridge Club, 85 White Bridge Road, Nashville, TN.

At GNUUC, the Auction is more than just a fundraiser. We decorate, have food and entertainment, and have a great time! This year our theme is “Country Fair.”

We are planning for an outdoor Live Auction, so everyone can attend.

The Silent Auction will be indoors. However, all items can be bid on via the Auction phone app, which has photos.

Tickets will be $15 and include dinner and lemonade/tea, plus tickets for the carnival items. Children 12 and under are free but must have a child’s ticket to attend.

Food will be BBQ and sides. (Meat and Vegetarian - Ryan D. says he knows of a Jack Fruit recipe!)

This year we will also have a Country Fair as entertainment. There will be a tasting for Specialty Food in the auction, popcorn, shaved ice, carnival-type games with a prize table.

We need Auction Donations Now! Click Read More below to learn how to donate to the live auction, silent auction, food table, bake sale, and carnival events/prizes. Please let us your donations by April 17!

Click Read More to find out about how you can donate items, food, and entertainment.

Our office administrator Kris will be in the office on Tuesdays from 10:00am - 2:00pm. Please email Kris if you plan to stop by. Rev. Denise will also be in the office on Tuesdays, from 10:00 am to 2:30 pm, but may have scheduled meetings during that time. Please email ahead of time if you want to be sure she is available. Dates may change as refurbishment of the building is scheduled.

Please send any photos or videos you have to gnuuc@gnuuc.org for the memorial service on Saturday, April 23, 2022. We would like to incorporate them into a slide show for the service. You may also text them to Sandy B. Contact information is in Breeze.

Visitors are arriving for the Spring festival.

Nature is providing an excellent landscape for our annual Spring Celebration and Easter egg hunt on April 17, 2022.

A memorial service is planned at GNUU on Saturday, April 23, 2022, at 3:30pm. A reception will follow at the Vanderbilt Bridge Club, 85 White Bridge Road, Nashville, TN.

Soul Matters welcomes feedback from any and all leaders in ourcongregation, so feel free to share the link with others. The survey is short - only 9 questions. It should take around 20 minutes to complete. The deadline to complete the survey is Monday, March 29.

We may have had snow, rain, sleet and hail, but between the daily deluge, Sandy B. and Jane W. still find moments to brighten up the garden for our spring visitors. Flowers are already starting to peek through the soil to get ready for the sun.

Jane W. and Sandy B. keep the garden looking beautiful year-round.

Our January 5h Sunday Community Service project has donated XX Welcome Home Baskets to the members of the Room In The Inn community.

Hybrid: Portland, Oregon / Zoom. June 22 - 26, 2022. Are you interested in attending GA this year? GNUUC will pay the registration fees for its 2 voting delegates. Plus, members can apply to the Larry Romans Leadership Fund if they are not a delegate and interested in attending for assistance with registration fees. If you are interested in attending or learning more, click Read More below.

Snow may be falling, but life continues to thrive in the memorial garden.

Jane W. has shared a gift with our visiting feathered friends.

Type of event: Webinar

Email: KCharles@uua.org

Sponsor: UUA Congregational Life Staff Group

With so much uncertainty in the wider world, sometimes it can be hard to find one’s bearings.

Join us to find our collective “compass” as we explore interdependence as a path to wholeness.

Stop by Greater Nashville UU to see our new outdoor gazebo, located between the playground and the Still Spring Park. It is now open to Teams, Covenant Groups, CRE, and other groups who may want to congregate outdoors. A BIG THANK YOU to Jesse S-S, Nathanael R, Sandy B, Larry B, Eric B. (Sandy and Larry's son), Jon H. (Kristin's brother), Caren S-S, and Amelia B for their help.

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