Greater Nashville UU News Update
September 11, 2019
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Minister’s Notes
As I write, I realize this will be sent on 9/11. It has been eighteen years since the 9/11 attacks. It could be said that this series of events (and the responses to it) changed our country, and perhaps the world, irreversibly.
I’m excited to be talking with you over the next few Sundays about the September topic, “Expectations.”
An interesting way to look at expectations is through the lens of family systems. I will be meeting with a few members to start building a genogram.
Jesse Spencer-Smith will lead the service on Sunday, September 22, 2019.
We view the world through a lens shaped by our conscious and unconscious experience. Our view of the world can be transformed by exposure to powerful images, sometimes without our even noticing.
Rev. Sara Green is the UUA Youth and Young Adults of Color Ministry Associate. Come hear this dynamic new voice in our denomination.
October Soul Matters Theme: What does it mean to be a people of Belonging? First Sundays are Family Services. During these Sundays, children and youth stay in the service. These services are specifically designed to be children friendly and often involve stories, media, age appropriate songs, and inter-active content. Each family service will be an introduction to the monthly Soul Matters theme.
Visit Religious Education & Covenant Groups
ARE = Adult RE; CRE = Children's RE
This fall we are offering a 4 Sunday Faith Formations class on the Bhagavad Gita facilitated by Rev. Cynthia Stewart, one of our community affiliated ministers. Classes are on the 2nd Sundays in September through December from 9:30 - 10:30 AM in the RE Building main room. All are welcome!
GNUUC invites you to bring your vision for beloved community and your questions, fears, hopes, and full humanity into a new group that will advance the work of this congregation in building towards racially just, multicultural, anti-oppressive community within and through GNUUC. NOTE NEW MEETING DATE: 3rd Sundays at 9:15 AM in the RE Main Room.
Visit Community
Announcements
GNUUC's Building Beloved Community Covenant Group kicks off a new year with two new sources for discussion and reflection: * 1619 Project from the Pulitzer Foundation and White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Professor Robin DiAngelo. Both are powerful resources as we seek to grow as beloved community. All are welcome.
Visit Social Justice, Outreach, Volunteering
Announcements
GNUUC has a long tradition of participating in the annual AIDS Walk, raising AIDS Walk funds for Nashville Cares, and having a GNUUC community-outreach booth at the AIDS Walk Fair and Expo. We need your help!
GNUUC is invited to join the next Nashville Pledge to End Racism workshop series
Go team “Greater Nashville UU”!! Support the Nashville Aids Walk on October 5 by donating to Share the Plate in September, joining our team to walk or run, or volunteering at the GNUUC booth. Click to find out how!