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What goes too long unchanged destroys itself.
The forest is forever because it dies and so lives.
~Ursula K. LeGuin
Dear Ones,
We live in a time of great change: climate change (how can it possibly be this hot in mid-October?), political change (hoped-for and not-wanted, both), cultural change, ecosystem change, geopolitical change, personal change (almost always!) and so much more on both small and large scales.
Change can be hard for our somewhat limited brains to process. It helps me to remember that change is always part of life and that life requires constant change. (I survive physically by digesting my food, after all!)
When we are fearful because we can’t see what’s coming and when violent, unwanted change threatens our beloveds and our sense of security and justice, I think it’s time to get curious about change–to watch for it, to consider engaging it intentionally, and to be curious about how life at so many different levels continues, responds, and reshapes itself in response to change.
Together, how do we support ourselves and each other in meeting change with creativity and new life? What does it look like for a faith community to “keep the faith,” to hold its values steadily as the world and the powers that be tilt toward the threat of destruction? Maybe we can learn to be more like a forest.
Yours in hope and love,
Rev. Denise
RevDenise@gnuuc.org
P.S. Early voting in TN started this morning! Please make a plan to vote in this important election, and look around to see if others need encouragement or assistance to participate in the work of democracy. (Note about being a pro-democracy faith community: I will never tell you how to vote, but I will remind you, frequently, that the exercise of democracy aligns with our core values!)
This hybrid service will be in the Sanctuary at Greater Nashville UU Congregation and on Zoom. See How to Join a Virtual Service at GNUUC.
Children and youth will be dismissed to programming after the Time for All Sages.
After service, please join us for a potluck lunch.
Theme: Join us as we introduce the November Woven Faith theme of “Covenant.” An interactive, multi-generational service. All ages are welcome!
This hybrid service will be in the Sanctuary at Greater Nashville UU Congregation, as well as on Zoom. See How to Join a Virtual Service at GNUUC.
After the service, join us for a potluck lunch.
This hybrid service will be in the Sanctuary at Greater Nashville UU Congregation and on Zoom. See How to Join a Virtual Service at GNUUC.
Children and youth will be dismissed to programming after the Time for All Sages.
After service, please join us for a potluck lunch.
During lunch, we’ll be making 32 snack bags for our Room In The Inn (RITI) guests to take with them after they spend the night.
To sign up contact Kristin R. (email kristin.reveal@gnuuc.org or via Slack.)
When someone experiences hospitality and safety and a feeling of belonging, they experience sanctuary. ~ Charles Strobel, founding director
In October, GNUUC shares our plate with Room In The Inn, celebrating 40 years of hospitality to Nashville's unhoused neighbors. This winter, GNUUC once again hosts overnight guests through RITI's Winter Shelter program, offering dinner, breakfast, and a sack lunch for the road. Year-round, RITI provides showers, laundry, mail, legal and ID clinics, recuperative care, and pathways to permanent housing, along with Hope University's education and workforce programs. Please give generously!
How to give
Each Share the Plate gift is divided evenly: half supports the current Share the Plate recipient, and half supports GNUUC's general fund. To direct your gift to Share the Plate, use the keyword "share":
In the Sanctuary: cash or check in a provided envelope (memo: share)
Online: visit nashvilleuu.org/donate, then click Give to and choose the "Give to Share the Plate" fund
By text: text 615-246-5553 with "[Amount] share" (example: $50 share)
By mail: GNUUC, 374 Hicks Road, Nashville, TN 37221 (memo: share)
NOAH in a Nutshell
Nashville Organized for Action and Hope (NOAH) is an anti-racist, inter-faith coalition of congregations, community organizations, and labor unions (around 70 member organizations). We aim to amplify the power of ordinary people so that their voices are heard in the public arena. GNUUC is a founding member of NOAH.
NOAH is a member of Gamaliel, a national network of local organizations committed to building political power by uniting people of different races and faiths.
NOAH engages ordinary people in the political and economic decisions affecting their lives, acting as a unified voice for the faith and justice community to act on its values in the public arena. NOAH does not endorse political candidates but gets them to endorse our issues agenda, and pledge to work with NOAH if they are elected.
Currently, NOAH has four task forces, selected at its most recent Issues Convention: Affordable Housing; Education; Economic Equity, Jobs, and Transportation; and Transformational Justice. Additionally, there are three working groups: the Faith Leaders Caucus, made up of clergy members, Integrated Voter Engagement (IVE), which engages with voters about the issues they care about, and, more recently, the Immigrant Rights Campaign, which has partnered with The Remix to provide Know Your Rights trainings, among other things.
Theme: Join us as we introduce the November Woven Faith theme of “Covenant.” An interactive, multi-generational service. All ages are welcome!
This hybrid service will be in the Sanctuary at Greater Nashville UU Congregation, as well as on Zoom. See How to Join a Virtual Service at GNUUC.
After the service, join us for a potluck lunch.
Join us on Saturday, November 7 at 4:30 PM for Movie Night with pizza and popcorn!
Cost: This is an Auction Fundraiser Event. If you purchased tickets at the Auction, you are set. Otherwise, we encourage a suggested donation of $10.
We’ll be watching Wicked For Good, the continuation of the Wicked series. It is rated PG.
Adults - you will enjoy this movie too! Please come! Wicked reframes a familiar fantasy based on The Wizard of OZ, through complex moral, political, and social questions. It challenges the ideas of good and evil, showing how systems of power define morality to maintain control. The main character, Elphaba refuses to conform when she sees injustice, choosing truth over reputation. Wicked also explores how propaganda, fear, and bureaucracy sustain power. The Wizard’s regime depends on controlling narratives and silencing dissent. In short, Wicked asks profoundly adult questions: What does it cost to stay true to your values? How do we tell truth from illusion when authority shapes the story?
This hybrid service will be in the Sanctuary at Greater Nashville UU Congregation and on Zoom. See How to Join a Virtual Service at GNUUC.
Children and youth will be dismissed to programming after the Time for All Sages.
After service, please join us for a potluck lunch.
Join us for a potluck chili dinner and to decorate the building for the holidays! All ages welcome.
We need 5 people to bring a pot of chili to share. The rest of y’all can bring sides/desserts.
After dinner, we will decorate the building for the holidays.
Then, join us for an evening of Trivia! We’ll form teams and have several fun (and random!) categories to choose from. Prizes too!
