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.

We, the Board of the Greater Nashville Unitarian Universalist Congregation, support the adoption of the proposed 8th Unitarian Universalist principle.

Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth envisions a world in which reverence, gratitude, and care for each other and for the living Earth are central to the lives of all people. Its mission is to be a wellspring of spiritual and educational grounding and practical support for bold, accountable action for environmental justice, climate justice, and the flourishing of all life.

Thank you for your response to the GNUUC special collection on Sunday, March 13, 100% for the Sunflower of Peace; providing first aid and humanitarian support to the besieged Ukrainian people. We raised $627.50 for Sunflower of Peace. We are sending this amount now to Sunflower of Peace to help the Ukrainian people, experiencing a brutal military invasion of Ukraine by Russia, including war crimes against the Ukrainian people.

There is one more Sunday to contribute!

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.

Sunflower of Peace is a US-based 501(c)(3) registered non-profit organization whose current mission is to provide medical and humanitarian aid for people affected by violence in Ukraine. Sunflower of Peace was founded in 2014 and since then has worked on empowering orphans, internally displaced persons, and, recently, those most affected by COVID-19 and the Russian military invasion of Ukraine.

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.

Join NOAH this Thursday, February 17, at 6:30 p.m. for a webinar featuring panelists who are Nashville's criminal justice community leaders. They will demystify the roles of judicial positions, who have an enormous impact on criminal justice, mass incarceration, and community safety. Additionally, panelists will help you prepare to vote in the primary election on May 3.

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.

This month’s Share the Plate organization is the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC), the South’s largest and most effective nonprofit, nonpartisan environmental advocate and protector. SELC’s mission is to protect the basic right to clean air, clean water, and a livable climate; to preserve our region’s natural treasures and rich biodiversity; and to provide a healthy environment for all.

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.

Register for this Zoom webinar at: https://bit.ly/cahoots-noah.

Across the country, community leaders are recognizing that police are not the best suited to safely and effectively help people experiencing behavioral health crises. Nationally and in Nashville, such calls to police have resulted in injury and even death to those needing help. Community responder programs improve health outcomes, reduce unnecessary arrests, and save lives.

Our Share the Plate partner for January is Walden’s Puddle Wildlife Center of Greater Nashville. Walden’s Puddle provides care and treatment to sick, injured, and orphaned native Tennessee wildlife. A professionally-staffed wildlife rehabilitation facility in Middle Tennessee, Walden’s Puddle does not charge for services and receives no federal or state funding. “We are here to help wildlife in trouble.”

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

Click link to learn about upcoming December 2021 services, plus COVID safety update.

It would be wonderful to have a few extra helpers for the Christmas Eve service. If you aren’t already signed up and are willing to help with any of the following, please email Rev. Denise (revdenise@gnuuc.org) before Thursday at 5 p.m.:

• An extra “camera operator”: Bring your own device & log into Zoom so you can provide views of our vocalists (who will be on the platform, so you don’t need to move around much). You might also provide views of the congregation if you wish.

• Bell ringers (especially youth): we will need one or two folks to make a joyful noise to welcome us all into the worship service. We have a few bells to provide, but if you have extras, bring ‘em!

• Greeters: Welcome congregants at the door, help them sign in & mask up.

• Candle wranglers: Hand out candles & paper bobeches (did you know that’s their name?!) at the doors to the sanctuary, and help collect at the end of the service.

  • Also needed: large baskets or (perhaps festively wrapped) boxes to collect candles in the hall & foyer.

• Light outener: One attentive person to help switch off lights during the service.

• Readers: If you are willing to do a reading (or be a backup in case someone doesn’t make it), we have a couple of open spots being assigned soon…

Email revdenise@gnuuuc.org to be part of the team!