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What is Our Weekly Eblast?
In addition to our website event and blog postings, the FUUN Communication Team sends out a weekly email with upcoming plans for worship and religious education, announcements for church programming and broader UU events, as well as social action initiatives hosted by both the FUUN Social Justice Team and our local/national partners.
What’s Featured in the Midweek Messages?
Our Minister, Rev. Diane Dowgiert, shares a blurb each week in our eblast that highlights how we, as Unitarian Universalists, can be in shared ministry with one another. What is Shared Ministry? Shared ministry lives out the affirmation that all people are called to ministry. As members of a faith community, we are invited to serve together in a spirit of mutuality as partners. Working cooperatively, we strive to discover, develop, utilize, and support the gifts of each person and, as responsible stewards, to participate in the ongoing creative and restoring activity in our communities and the world.
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Special Congregational Meeting May 19, 2024
Congregational Meeting May 19: The FUUN Board invites you to a special Congregational Meeting scheduled for May 19 at 11:30 a.m. FUUN has actively started the search process for a new settled minister and we will solidify votes for nominated members to serve on our...
Midweek Message April 17, 2024
Mid-week Message from our Developmental Lead Minister April 17, 2024 Friends, It was such a joy to open the most recent edition of the UU World and find an article about FUUN, complete with a photo of the building taken by Bill Taylor. The article describes the...
Share Your Thoughts on NOAH’s Bylaw Amendments
Provide Feedback on NOAH's Proposed Bylaw Amendments: NOAH's proposed bylaw amendments will be voted on at its upcoming membership meeting on May 14, 2024. As a coalition of faith, labor, and civil rights organizations, NOAH relies on the engagement of its member...
NOAH 10th Birthday Banquet Celebration
NOAH Banquet June 18, 2024 First UU Nashville is proud to be a member of NOAH (Nashville Organized for Action and Hope), a coalition of congregations, labor unions, and other nonprofit organizations working for social justice in education, affordable housing, criminal...
DRUUMM Public Worship
DRUUMM (Diverse Revolutionary UU Multicultural Ministries) Public Worship: The Beloved Community and Social Justice Teams are both committed to anti-racism and to supporting BIPOC people within our denomination and society as a whole, which are part of what needs to...
Midweek Message April 10, 2024
Mid-week Message from our Developmental Lead Minister April 10, 2024 “If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.” Henry David Thoreau Friends, As stewardship season draws to a...
Midweek Message April 3, 2024
Mid-week Message from our Developmental Lead Minister April 3, 2024 “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.” attributed to Aristotle Friends, This is the time of year when I’m reminded of the importance of every member, friend, and staff person to the...
Environmental Transformation: An Article from Our DLRE, Marguerite Mills
Environmental Transformation: An Article from Our DLRE Rachel Carson (1907-1964), marine biologist, writer, conservationist, and Unitarian Universalist, wrote Silent Spring (1962), a book about the dangers of environmental pollution that is credited with leading to...
April Share the Plate Partner: Who Speaks for Earth
Who Speaks for Earth brings awareness about endangered species around the globe, and encouragesthe pursuit of careers in environmental conservation among a more diverse population of children and youth through music, interviews, imagery and art. Project...
A Pause on Movie Nights
The Saturday Night Movie Series will take a break for April. However, with the numerous activities happening at Church, you're bound to find something engaging. Mark your calendars for Saturday, May 11, when we resume the screenings. Don't forget, you can still...
Reserve Your Herb and Craft Fair Baked Goods!
Herb and Craft Fair Baked Good Reservations Don't want to have to worry about all baked goods selling out before you make it to the FUUN Herb and Craft Fair? Don't worry — you can reserve items this year! "Reserved" items will be set aside with your name and held from...
Membership Team Hosted Book Read Starts April 22, 2024
Membership Team Hosted Book Read: Join us as we explore the book, "Awe-The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How it Can Transform your Life" by Dacher Keltner. April 22, 2024 at 7:00 on ZOOM. "Revolutionary thinking has shown how humans have survived over the course...
Midweek Message March 20, 2024
Mid-week Message from our Developmental Lead Minister March 20, 2024 “We’re all swimming to the other side.” Pat Humphries Friends, If you are reading this, congratulations! It means you are alive to commemorate – and maybe even marvel at – the 4th anniversary of the...
Help us Pick May’s Movie Night Feature
We’re happy to keep our movie nights going into June! Could you help us choose May’s feature film?
Building Beloved Community Beyond the Binary
Building Beloved Community Beyond the Binary Event format: Online & on-site Date & time: Saturday, April 27, 2024, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm Building Beloved Community Beyond the Binary is our first collaborative, multi-site, justice-making event happening throughout...
Low Wage Workers’ Moral March to State House March 2, 2024
Low Wage Workers' March on March 2, 2024: On March 2nd, thousands of poor and low wage workers, faith and moral leaders, advocates and allies will gather at over 30 state houses and in Washington, D.C. for a day of nationally coordinated, simultaneous direct action....
TN UU’s United!
TN UU's United: Our siblings in faith across the state we call home are banding together in our shared values, creating connection, community, paving the way for the future to be just. Uniting UU's across TN in Social Justice work that aligns with our values and...
FUUN Book Group Upcoming Reads
FUUN Book Group Reads for the New Year The Book Group meets on the 3rd Tuesday from 12-1:30 p.m. in the Social Hall and on Zoom. All are welcome. Please email the Book Group for the Zoom link. March 19: Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning by Liz CheneyApril 16:...
Board Community Conversation Set for April 14
Board Community Conversation Join the Board of Directors for a community conversation after the service and social time on Sunday, April 14. The theme of this quarter's conversation will be "Aligning the Ambitions of FUUN." The Board will share some findings of a...
Annual Easter Egg Hunt
Kids, youth and families are welcome to attend our annual Easter Egg Hunt on Sunday, March 31 at 11:15 a.m. Festivities will begin just following the service. Bring your bag to collect the eggs. There will be lots of toys and candy! 6th,7th Grades will get to help...