ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Greeters Needed!
Looking for an easy, low-pressure way to connect with your community?
Become a Greater Nashville UU Greeter!
Volunteer once a month at one of the two welcome tables. There is a short training and you are ready to go.
Have a friend? Volunteer together!
Those who attend regularly online - this is a great way to attend in person once a month and relieve those who work to make the service happen each week.
If you are interested, contact Zenith via email or Lisa on Sundays.
GNUUC Legacy Project
Greater Nashville UU is starting a Legacy Project to document our history.
If you have photos, newsletters, videos, or other media that is part of our history, bring it to Greater Nashville UU between now and December 20th.
Susan T and Kristin R are leading this project and will be organizing the materials. If you have digital media, talk to Kristin R. to get an upload link. Caren S-S will also be recording stories from our past.
Long term we will create a library of materials for congregants to learn from.
This is an ongoing project that will take several months to put together, and will make a lasting impact on recording the legacy of our congregation.
If you are interested in helping with this project, reach out to Susan T or Kristin R.
Sun., Nov. 29, noon: Thanksgiving Leftovers Potluck
On Sunday, November 29, after Sunday service, join us for a Thanksgiving Leftovers Potluck! Bring your family favorites to share.
Sun., Nov. 29, During Lunch: Bring Items for RITI Snack Bags and Help Us Build Them!
On Sunday, November 29, during lunch, we will make snack bags for our 2026-2027 Room In The Inn Guests to take with them after their night with us. We need 32 snack bags total.
Please sign up to bring items. Click Room In the Inn Community Service Project to see what is needed.
Email kristin.reveal@gnuuc.org with what you would like to donate or sign up on the form in the lunch room. Thank you!
November Share the Plate: Razom for Ukraine
This month we’re sharing our plate with Razom for Ukraine. Razom means “together” in Ukrainian, and the name describes how the organization works. Ukrainian and Ukrainian American volunteers founded it in 2014, and it has grown from a grassroots effort into an international nonprofit with offices in New York, Washington, Kyiv and Lviv.
Razom’s work rests on three commitments:
Delivering aid: tactical medical kits, surgical equipment, evacuation vehicles, generators, water filtration units, and winter supplies for front-line medics, rescuers, and families.
Educating: hands-on trauma care and mental health training for first responders, healthcare fellowships, and job training for displaced people and veterans.
Building connection: linking community organizations across Ukraine and sharing Ukrainian culture with the world through film and literature.
Their guiding belief is “Ukrainian success is the world’s success.” Your gift helps people meet hardship with care, skill, and solidarity. To learn more, visit razomforukraine.org.
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)
Sun., Nov. 1, 2026, 4 PM: Día de los Muertos National Day of Action Vigil
NOAH's Immigrant Rights Campaign and Faith Leaders Caucus are joining hands with organizations like Migra Watch, TIRRC and faith leaders across the region, giving faithful witness to the call center that is setting up shop in Nashville.
Please join NOAH on November 1 at 4 PM for a National Day of Action Vigil at 801 Royal Pkwy, Nashville, TN 37214.
This Día de los Muertos, join us to honor and remember the lives taken by ICE and Border Patrol — and to demand an end to the violence.
We'll gather and grieve publicly for the people who have died in ICE custody and been killed by ICE and Border Patrol agents, drawing on the Día de los Muertos tradition of honoring loved ones.
This action is part of End the ICE Age, a national day of action happening in cities across the country October 31–November 2. We're demanding Congress get ICE out of our communities, redirect ICE funding, and shut down ICE detention centers for good.
A core principle behind all Disappeared In America events is a commitment to nonviolent action. We expect all participants to seek to de-escalate any potential confrontation with those who disagree with our values and to act lawfully at these events. Weapons of any kind, including those legally permitted, should not be brought to events.
Sat. Nov. 7, 4:30 PM - 8:30 PM: GNUUC Movie Night with Pizza and Popcorn (Fellowship Hall)
Join us on Saturday, November 7 at 4:30 PM for Movie Night with pizza and popcorn!
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?
Hosted by Gabby, Kristin, & Jesse.
Sat., Oct. 24, 11 AM: Souls to the Polls
Several NOAH congregations are marching to the polls on October 24th for justice and healing. Join us as we make sure no one is left behind this time! Come early for coffee and donuts!
Click the title for more information on times and location.
October Share the Plate Partner is Room In The Inn
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)
Sat., Oct. 17, 10 AM: Bellevue No Kings: Vote Early! Day of Action
Sign waving will begin at 9:30 AM on Rte 70S in front of Red Caboose Park.
If you are interested in meeting up as a group, contact Kristin R. kristin.reveal@gnuuc.org.
For more than a year, millions of people have come together to reject the idea that power belongs to kings, billionaires, or politicians who believe they are above the people and the law.
Now, we are taking the next step, turning people power into voter power. Unlike previous No Kings actions, No Kings: Vote Early, is not purely a protest. Instead, on October 17th, it's a day of nonpartisan voter participation: we are bringing our community together to make a plan to vote early and ensuring every eligible voter understands their options for how to vote and has the opportunity to make their voice heard.
Join Us at the Bellevue No Kings: Vote Early! Day of Action
Date: Saturday, October 17, 2026, 10 AM - Noon
Location: Bellevue Red Caboose Park
Focus: Nonpartisan voter participation, early voting plans, and community engagement ahead of the November midterm election.
Goal: Ensure every eligible voter knows their options, has a clear voting plan, and is ready to vote early.
There will be sign-holding along 70S followed by a rally with speakers, and then a march to Bellevue Library to vote.
Questions? Contact Mir S.
Sat. Oct. 17, 2026, 4pm: GNUUC Game Night (Pizza Provided)
Join us on for Game Night! Bring your favorite board game to share.
All ages are welcome.
Questions? Contact Ryan / Kristin
Sun. Oct. 4: Movie Viewing Bad Faith: 2026 Christian Nationalism in Power
In 2024, Nashville Americans United for Separation of Church and State brought you BAD FAITH: CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM’S UNHOLY WAR ON DEMOCRACY.
Now Nashville AU and Tennessee Advocates for Planned Parenthood bring you BAD FAITH: 2026 CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM IN POWER, which chronicles Christian Nationalism during Trump’s second term, expanding on the original film’s examination of the movement’s anti-democratic influence. The implementation of Project 2025 has accelerated a full-scale assault on government—gutting the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, tearing apart public education, social programs and health care, and purging federal workers to replace them with political loyalists.
Presentation will be followed by a Q & A.
ALL ARE WELCOME
Tickets are free https://givebutter.com/bad-faith-2026-riverside_commons
Donations are welcome.
Hang up on Ice
ICE & DHS are taking our land & building a call center facility for law enforcement agencies to expedite their cruel, harmful, and costly mass deportations across the nation!
NOAH Public Meeting Update
We held the Public Meeting on Sunday, but we are just getting started with the action!
People with expertise and those with lived experience in the areas of Public Safety Accountability, Tax Equity (consumers vs. billionaires), and Immigration Rights made it clear that we have to take action at the Metro Courthouse, at the State Capitol, in the Streets, and at the polls. When we do, we will ensure that "NO ONE GETS LEFT BEHIND THIS TIME!"
Watch the video of the Public Meeting here.
Voter Hub Events in NOAH!
The Big Call to Action at NOAH's Public Meeting was to get involved in our "Voter Hub" work ahead of this year's Mid-Term elections.
Several NOAH congregations, including Lee Chapel AME, St. Vincent DePaul, Edgehill UMC, Greater Bethel AME, Glendale UMC, Howard Congregational, Zion Missionary Baptist and Gordon Memorial UMC, are building power to educate and encourage all voters to head to the polls on November 3!
You should join them! Please review the flyers below, scan the QR code and show up to one of our Voter Hub events this fall.
UU Solidarity Summit Report by Kristin R.
Last weekend, Rev. Denise, Caren S-S, Kristin R., Nancy C., and Zenith V. traveled to Memphis for the TN UU Solidarity Summit, joining Unitarian Universalists from across the state for a weekend of learning, worship, and community.
Highlights included author Emily Yellin sharing stories from her memoir with Rev. James Lawson Jr., workshops on protest safety and community organizing, and presentations from MICAH, Planned Parenthood of Tennessee and North Mississippi, and Young, Gifted, and Green. The weekend closed with Rep. Justin Pearson at the National Civil Rights Museum.
Read Kristin's full reflection for more details and ways to get involved, including attending the NOAH Public Meeting this Sunday, September 27 at 3 PM, and participating in the Unitarian Universalists X Planned Parenthood of Tennessee and North Mississippi GOTV Phone Bank on October 8th, from 12-1 CT on Zoom.
September 24, 6 PM: Faith, Justice, Freedom: Understanding TN's Constitutional Bail Amendment
Do you know about Amendment 1?
Changes to Tennessee's bail system will be on the ballot this election, and the Wren Collective wants you to know about them!
Join NOAH as we attend this critical public meeting tomorrow night, September 24, from 6:00 to 8:00 pm.
RSVP here.
Piano Needs New Home
We've moved the piano generously donated by Roger W. into the Fellowship Hall.
This means we now need to find a good home for the piano that was previously there. This piano has been kept up-to-date with tuning and has been a great practice piano for the choir.
It is free to anyone who can come pick it up!
If you or someone you know is interested, please contact gnuuc@gnuuc.org.
NOAH Public Meeting on September 27! Same time, new location!
On Sunday, September 27 at 3 pm, NOAH will hold our annual public meeting “No One Left Behind This Time” at Riverside Seventh Day Adventist Church.
This is an opportunity to build community power around public safety accountability, closing corporate tax loopholes, and ending ICE overreach. This meeting will have expert speakers, lived-experience speakers, and direct actions you can immediately take to create an impact in your community. Let’s stand up together as Nashvillians to make sure that no one gets left behind whether at a traffic stop, a grocery line, or a detention camp.
For more background on the issues, click here.
GNUUC is a founding member organization of NOAH, so let’s turn out for this meeting!
Tues., Sept. 15, 5PM: Hang Up on ICE!
ICE & DHS are taking our land & building a call center facility for law enforcement agencies to expedite their cruel, harmful, and costly mass deportation across the nation!
Join Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition at Metro Nashville City Council on Tuesday, September 15th to speak out against the cruelty, surveillance, and stopping the development of a national immigration call center.
Introducing Woven Faith
A New Whole Church Curriculum for Greater Nashville UU!
This year, GNUUC is moving from Soul Matters to a new curricular series from the UUA called Woven Faith. We're excited to be part of its inaugural pilot year!
Woven Faith is built on a simple idea: the congregation is the curriculum. Rather than treating faith formation as something that happens only in a classroom, Woven Faith weaves a shared monthly theme through every part of congregational life — worship, religious education, small groups, fellowship, and justice work alike. Wherever you find your place in our community this year, you'll find the same thread running through it.
Each month centers on one of our UU shared values. This year's themes are:
September — Interdependence
October — Living the Questions
November — Covenant
December — Pluralism
January — Courageous Love
February — Equity
March — Transformation
April — Generosity
May — Expressing Our Faith
June — Justice
September’s Theme: Interdependence
We're kicking things off in September with Interdependence — the recognition that our lives, our choices, and our well-being are bound up with one another and with the wider world. You'll see this theme show up throughout September: in worship, in our small groups, in the Fellowship Hall, and beyond. We hope you'll find your own thread to add to the weaving.