In the last couple of weeks of August, we are finishing our Summer Song Series. In September, we’ll continue with our Soul Matters series. September’s theme is “The Path of Belonging.”

Sunday, September 4: Interactive Service introducing Soul Matters Theme: All Ages Welcome

11 AM: Join us for an interactive service that introduces the Soul Matters theme. This service is designed for all ages and contains short, interactive components. We also encourage those of all ages to participate. If you would like to volunteer, contact Kristin R.

Light brunch after Service: Stay after the service for a light brunch.

Sunday, September 11: “Vision of Ministry” service, CRE starts, potluck!

Join us for Worship service at 11 AM. The board will be sharing its “Vision of Ministry” for the new year.

Children and Youth - join us for the new academic year in Children’s RE! Classes start on September 11. First, join the Worship service through the Time for All Sages. Then continue to the CRE building for class. Registration information coming soon.

Potluck after Service/Classes: Join us for a celebration potluck lunch after the Worship service and CRE classes.

Use our new Campus Incident Report Form to help us monitor what's happening on our campus.

When Dr. Levine suggested in her recent Sunday homily that we probably all have had moments of shamelessness, this memory was sitting there waiting to be shared.

COVID cases in Davidson County are currently high. Please do not attend in person if you have any symptoms OR test positive, or if you have had direct exposure to someone with COVID in the past week. If we receive several self-reports from attendees of the prior Sunday, we will move Sunday services to virtual only.

Per our policy, please let our Office Administrator, Kris T., know if you have COVID symptoms or test positive for COVID-19. Email gnuuc@gnuuc.org or call 615-673-7699 and leave a message. (Both of these go directly to Kris T’s email.) All self-reports will remain confidential.

When attending in person, make sure to sign in at one of the two doors to the Main building, or at the door to the RE building.

Masks when inside the building (Main or RE) are required.

The directories are here! You may pick up a copy on Sunday mornings, if you want one or we can email a pdf. Contact gnuuc@gnuuc.org for information.

Relationships enrich and inform my learning about nature.

The Unitarian Universalist General Assembly is this week!

General Assembly is Wed, June 22 to Sun, June 26!

Did you know you can watch the General Sessions and all the daily Worship Services via livestream? If you want to watch the livestream of GA (no registration required), go here: https://www.uua.org/ga/off-site/2022

You can also follow posts that attendees share and chat among us about GA in our NashvilleUU Slack channel. See #ga2022. If you need an invitation to Slack, let Kristin R know (kristin.reveal@gnuuc.org).

Click Read More below for a schedule of events.

Update: This is the final week to submit address changes and photos for our Members and Friends photo directory. We’ve had Breeze send Members & Friends an email to you with your current contact info. Confirm the information is correct. If it is not, reply to the email with changes.
If you don’t see the email, check your spam folder. Or contact Kristin R and she can email you directly (kristin.reveal@gnuuc.org).

We would like to distribute new paper copies of our Members & Friends directory soon!

Existing Members & Friends: You can also check your information in Breeze. If you would like to update your photo, you can do so in Breeze OR get a new photo on Sundays after the service - find Kristin R.

New Members & Friends: (or those who can’t remember how to log into Breeze) You can also click Read More and fill out the Directory Information Card to give us your information, if you would like to be included. You can upload a photo using the form, or ask Kristin R. to take a new photo on Sundays after the service. Kristin R. will also then send you an invite to Breeze.

As the weather heats up, the garden stays cool in the shade.

Invitation to learn about the Parables of Jesus from Dr. Amy-Jill Levine

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.