Greater Nashville UU News Update
March 13, 2019
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Important information about what is and isn’t recyclable or compostable and what items have to go into the trash!
In March we are celebrating our membership in Greater Nashville UU Congregation!
Each Sunday, March 10 - March 31, we will be taking updated photos for our Breeze Membership Directory in the entryway. Come by and get a photo of yourself and your family. We will send you the high resolution digital photo for free.
Look for the “draft” copy of the Membership Directory at lunch and make sure your information is correct!
Look for the sign-up sheet for new hard copy Directories that will go our after our Canvassing drive in April. They will be spiral bound and cost $10. If you would lke a PDF copy, it will be free. Of course, you can look up members any time in the Breeze Online Membership Directory.
During your March covenant groups, team meetings, and RE classes, take a group photo. On March 24, immediately after the service, we will take an updated congregation wide photo in from of our Rainbow flag. We will be making a photo album of these photos.
Learn how to get a log into Breeze, our Membership database. In Breeze you can look up photo numbers and emails, fill out reimbursement forms, and even donate money to the congregation. Jesse Spencer-Smith will be available during lunch in March to get you a Breeze invite and make sure you are able to log in.
Guest Rev. Doug Traversa speaks on “Life is Like a DVD”
Mary Early-Zald, Intern Minister, "Sit-ins to Walk-outs: The Youth are our Now."
Past Sermon Audio Files
The communities we live in and are a part of help shape who we are. What is our role in shaping healthy communities? Audio now available.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
During the Sunday 2/17/19 service about being Unitarian Universalist and crafting our elevator speeches to tell people our loves stories of being part of our UU faith community, we offered these lines for our collective elevator speech (granted, it needs to be a TALL building for this elevator ride). You asked for a copy - here it is - the story of a church that Love builds. -Rev. Carmen Emerson
The weekend will be filled with fun and fellowship at Natchez Trace State Park.
The Time For All Sages Team (formerly known as the Storytellers' Team) has voted to change its meeting time.
Visit Religious Education & Covenant Groups
ARE = Adult RE; CRE = Children's RE
This year for the UUA Common Read, we will be reading: Justice on Earth: People of Faith Working at the Intersections of Race, Class, and Environment, edited by Manish Mishra-Marzetti and Jennifer Nordstrom (Skinner House Books, 2018). Discussion Dates: Sunday, January 27, 9:30 - 10:30 AM, Sanctuary, Sunday, February 24, 9:30 - 10:30 AM, Sanctuary, Sunday, March 24, 9:30 - 10:30 AM, Sanctuary
Visit Community
Announcements
Please send cards and correspondence to Judy at her home address while she recovers from her recent accident.
Effective this Sunday, March 17, Mindfulness Meditation will replace Soul Matters as the third Sunday morning Adult RE offering. Please follow this link (https://www.nashvilleuu.org/events/2018/9/16/are-soul-matters-covenant-group-tjg5c-8k3m5) for more information.
Events
Save the date for Rev. Emerson’s going away party after the service on Sunday, April 7, 2019.
Celebrate Earth Day on this Saturday in the gardens.
Visit Social Justice, Outreach, Volunteering
Announcements
For several years, NOAH member organizations have worked on three areas of concern in Nashville: affordable housing, economic equity, and criminal justice. These issues were identified through one-to-one conversations in a Listening Campaign and selected at the Issues convention in 2014.
Nashville Chapter Americans United for Separation of Church and State is the organization with which we share the offering plate in March. The chapter has affiliated with the Tennessee Public Education Coalition (21 organizations) to work for support of public schools and oppose school vouchers.
The Nashville Peace and Justice Center is a community based coalition of organizations and individuals working to promote equity and to create a peaceful, just, and sustainable society through reflection, education, and non-violent action.
Events
Save the date for this workshop sponsored by our Social Action Committee.