Our Share the Plate partner for July is Planned Parenthood of Tennessee and North Mississippi. Planned Parenthood's mission is to improve health and well-being by providing high-quality, nonjudgmental sexual health care, honest and accurate sexuality education, and reproductive health and rights advocacy.

Roy Zimmerman brings his clever and timely songs to Nashville again. The topics are always current, and his slant on them is often devastating. Hear him Friday, July 12 at 7:30 at First Unitarian Church.

Nashville Chapter Americans United for Separation of Church and State thanks you for sharing the collection plate. We came close to defeating school vouchers and will be vigilant next legislative session for attempts to expand them.

GNUUC was well represented at the NOAH Issues Convention, with 15 of us in attendance! Delegates listened to two-minute “pitches” for each of the ten proposed problem areas and then voted for the three problem areas for NOAH to focus its work on going forward: Affordable Housing, Economic Equity & Jobs, and Education.

Highlander Research and Education Center in New Market, TN, has trained generations of organizers in the labor, civil rights, and other movements working for social justice and human dignity. Highlander serves as a catalyst for grassroots organizing and movement building in Appalachia and the U.S. South. Click to watch slide show!

If you would like to share an announcement or event with the congregation through the weekly eblast or Order of Service, please use the forms on the website to do so.

Thank you to all the members, family, and friends who joined us for the “People as Populations, Politics and Prophets” workshop sponsored by the GNUUC Social Action committee.

Here is the garden in late spring.

All students were appreciative of Greater Nashville UU’s efforts and donations for the SIFE Hygiene Project. They enjoyed the experience, gained knowledge they likely wouldn’t have without hands-on learning, and much appreciated the hygiene products.

A brief review of lunch changes...

Bella's latest MRI results were great!

Greeters needed for Sunday Services

Moving Forward As Members

We’re changing the way we do a few things to better align our lunch practice with our UU principles! Please read for important details. Contact Annie Terrell if you have any questions or to volunteer! In addition, you can now prepay for your lunch on Breeze! You can even setup recurring payments. Click to read more…

The current FLUSH total is $1,745.00! We have $755 to meet our first goal of $2,500 to replace all the toilets in the main and RE building. We are over 1/2 way there!

The final copies of the directory will be printed next week. Please check your information in Breeze to make sure it is correct. If you don’t have an individual or family photo you can add it in Breeze, or email it to Kristin. Click More to order a hard copy or PDF directory.

The Tennessee Immigrant & Refugee Rights Coalition (TIRRC) is a statewide, immigrant and refugee-led collaboration whose mission is to empower immigrants and refugees throughout Tennessee to develop a unified voice, defend their rights, and create an atmosphere in which they are recognized as positive contributors to the state. Please give generously to share the plate in May!

NOAH’s fourth annual banquet will be held on May 9

Hey, read about GNUUC's playground depaving project in Yes! magazine, here:

Thanks to all who made this possible!