If you signed up to volunteer for RITI Winter Shelter tonight, please check your email for information from Nathaniel B.! Wednesday, December 7 is our first night to host for the season and we are looking forward to meeting our guests.

Our Share the Plate partner for December is the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee Guest At Your Table Program. UUSC works around the world to advance human rights and social justice, transforming our UU values into action. GNUUC has a long tradition of celebrating our UUSC Guests. The theme of this year’s program is “Hope. Courage. Action.”

Nathaniel B. is our coordinator for Room In The Inn Winter Shelter for the 2022-2023 year. We will be acting as hosts to eight guests on the first Wednesday of each month, from December to March. Those dates are December 7, 2022, January 4, 2023, February 1, 2023, and March 1, 2023. Click Read More for volunteer positions needed and a sample schedule. Contact Nathaniel B. with questions or to volunteer.

Open Table Nashville takes a stand on the side of people experiencing homelessness, and works for justice by fostering personal and systemic transformation. In July, Tennessee became the first state to enact a law that makes it a misdemeanor if a person camps on or near a state roadway, and makes it a felony to camp on public property. Please give, to provide urgently needed help.

Thank you for your extraordinary generosity toward Nashville Cares this year. At GNUUC we have a long-standing tradition of generous support for Nashville CARES through our enthusiastic participation in its annual AIDS Walk fundraising. Their mission is to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Middle Tennessee.

Friends,

With great sadness, I write to inform you of the death of Geoff Achtmann last night, Monday, October 17, at 9:20 p.m., at Alive Hospice. His beloved wife, Gina, was with him.

We will gather sometime soon to celebrate Geoff’s life and the gift of his presence at Greater Nashville UU Congregation; details will follow when that celebration is planned.

In grief and gratitude,
Rev. Denise

Rev. Denise Gyauch

Minister, GNUUC

“The vote is the most powerful nonviolent change agent you have in a democratic society. You must use it because it is not guaranteed. You can lose it.” (John Lewis)

Early voting has started in Nashville. Make a plan to vote in the critical midterm elections! Click Read More for voter information.

A Panel discussion on what is happening in Public Schools in Tennessee and the nation.

Every fall, NOAH (Nashville Organized for Action and Hope) holds its annual Public Meeting. These meetings are a time for accountability – from our city leaders and from ourselves. This year, NOAH will hold its first in-person annual meeting since 2019! We will gather at 3:00 pm on Sunday, October 9, at Jefferson Street Missionary Baptist Church, 2708 Jefferson St. Mayor Cooper and other decision-makers will be present to see how NOAH is "Building the Beloved Community" and to answer our questions.

We’ll be making snack bags for Room In The Inn (RITI) as part of our 5th Sunday Service Project. The snack bags will be provided to the RITI community members. They give out 150-175 each week. Creating snack packs is a simple way to provide practical help to an individual experiencing homelessness.

We will have a table set up with notecards you can write an encouraging note on to include in the pack as well.

Email gnuuc@gnuuc.org items you are able to bring, plus quantity so Kris T can make sure we have a variety of items.

Click Read More below to see a list of needed items.

GNUUC has only recently completed needed repairs to its main buildings. We are also rebuilding our programs in the wake of the disruption caused by the pandemic. We are now at a stage of rebuilding that we can host RITI-served homeless men overnight at GNUUC, yet RITI certainly needs our financial support all the more this year. Please give generously!

Greater Nashville UU has been a longtime Room In The Inn partner, and we need to decide whether or not to continue our work as a host congregation, providing overnight accommodations and meals to a small group once a month.

Do we need a new stadium for the Tennessee Titans? City leaders are hashing out the details, sometimes behind closed doors. The people of Nashville deserve to get all the facts & weigh in!

Join NOAH's Economic Equity & Jobs Taskforce for a Community Forum on Sept 25. Bring your questions for our panel.

A big welcome back to the Sai Group, who will be renting the RE building on Sunday afternoons starting at 2:30pm. They love our updated space and have already had a work day to weed and clean up our grounds. They are excited about possible joint projects we might do with our space in the future. If you see them, introduce yourself and say, "hi!."

At GNUUC we have a long-standing tradition of supporting Nashville CARES through our enthusiastic participation in its annual AIDS Walk fundraising. Their mission is to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Middle Tennessee.

Our goal this year is to raise over $1,000! Donations under $100 go to Share the Plate, with 50% going to Nashville Cares and 50% going to the GNUUC Plate. Donations of $100 or more go to the Direct Donor Fund, with 100% going to Nashville Cares.

This year, an outdoor AIDS Walk and Nashville Cares festival are planned for Saturday, October 1. Festivities start at 8 AM and go until 2 PM. We’ll send out an update when we know exactly when the walk is (usually in the morning). To join our Team of Walkers and/or donate directly to Nashville Cares via our Team, go to (link: https://give.nashvillecares.org/gnuuc )

Click Read More for ways to donate.

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.

The RE Building Improvements are complete! We are excited to have children, teen, and adult programming in the RE Building again this year. Check out the photos!

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.