Mark your calendars and please begin collecting your donations for the annual church yard sale to be held on Saturday, October 23. We don’t have a great deal of storage room, so it will be best if you can hold onto them until closer to the date. Mike Morgan will come pick up things from your house if you ask him. In this year of tight budget, fundraisers like this take on an especial importance for the church, so please plan on participating!
Please join us for a Wednesday night Adult Religious Education presentation on Wednesday, September 15, beginning at 7:00pm when Michael Rose will discuss his book Audible Signs: Essays from a Musical Ground with us. Whether it’s a song by Brahms or by the Boss, a serenade by Mozart or a ballet by John Harbison, music radiates a diverse spectrum of meaningful signs, hidden in plain hearing. To enjoy the interplay of musical signs, it helps to recognize them in the first place. The various iconographic strategies of “Audible Signs”—including commentary on graphic works, books, poems, and film—yield new appreciations and critiques of composers of vastly divergent styles and technical materials. Mr. Rose, Associate Professor of Composition at Vanderbilt University’s Blair School of Music, composes a variety of chamber and symphonic music for many distinguished performers and venues.
November
28 – OPEN
21 – OPEN
14 – OPEN
7 – Judy & Jack Goetz
October
31 – OPEN
24 – Stephanie & Caroline Colvin
17 – Sarajane Powell & Maryellen Aurelius
10 – Tracy Primich
3 – the Spencer-Smith family
September
25 – Saung Kim & Bob Niemi
19 – Sandy Blanz & Lenore Rankin
12 – Lenore & David Vanderkooi
5 – Judy & Jack Goetz
August
29 – Dan Ramey & Echoe Harris
22 – Barbara Belfiglio
15 – Susan & Manfred Menking
8 - Patricia Green & Lara Bryson
1 – Jeff & Cintra Bristol
July
25 – Alan & Twilla McClellan
18 – Stephanie & Caroline Colvin
11 – Saung Kim & Bob Niemi
4 – Mike Morgan & Larry Romans
June
27 – Kathy Morante & Bob Watkins
20 – Cintra & Jeff Bristol
13 – Helen Hyatt & Sandy Blanz
6 – Carol Jankura
May
30 – Twilla & Alan McClellan
23 – Tracy Primich
16 – Sheri Fitzsimmons & Holly Miles
9 – Judy & Jack Goetz
2 – Barbara Belfiglio
April
25 – Lenore & David Vanderkooi
18 – Twilla & Alan McClellan
11 – Susan DeRiemer
4 – Bob Watkins & Kathy Morante & Sybil
March
28 – Jeff & Cintra Bristol
21 – Margaret Wright
14 – Twilla McClellan & Holly Miles
7 – Saung Kim & Bob Niemi
February
28 – Lela Gregory & Jeff Harris
21 – Susan & Manfred Menking
14 – Tracy Primich
7 – Mike Morgan & Larry Romans
January
31 – Nancy Colowick & Ninez Giles
24 – Lenore & David Vanderkooi
17 – Sarajane Powell & Mary Ellen Aurelius
10 – Saung Kim & Bob Niemi
3 – Kathy Morante & Bob Watkins
(updated 16 August 2010)
We are making an effort to assess the immediate and longer term needs of our congregation in the aftermath of the recent flood. We want to be able to provide whatever assistance is available including the recently established UUA Tennessee-Kentucky Emergency Flood Relief Fund.
In order to fully assess the needs of all GNUUC members and friends, we are asking everyone to please take some time to complete this survey form available online as a Word Document or as a PDF.
As this recovery process is going to be a lengthy process, please feel free to update your form from time to time as your situation changes or becomes clearer.
Lunch and Learn is a wonderful time for newcomers to ask questions about Unitarian Universalism and our congregation. Bring your lunch into the educational room at the rear of the sanctuary.
The Rosemergys will leave for their annual vacation to northern Michigan on July 15. Dan will again be the guest minister at the Central Mine Reunion services on July 25. They will then travel to the Traverse City, MI, area for two weeks on Lake Michigan before returning to Nashville on August 10.
While Dan is away, there will be a number of ministers available to handle emergency pastoral care situations. David Frese, Chair of the Caring Committee (383-9084) or the Church office (673-7699) will have the schedule of ministers available at particular times and can assist in contacting them.
8:30am
Gathering and Continental Breakfast
9:00am
Welcome and Opening Remarks – Dan Rosemergy
9:15am
PRESENTATION: “Networking with the Future” (The World Future Society) WELCOME TO THE FUTURE (Whether You Want It or Not)
Presenters: Bob French and Christ Orndorff
10:00am
PANEL: “Experiencing Change in Our Lives”
10:45am
Break
11:00am
PRESENTATION: “Our Changing World”
11:45am
WRAP UP: Adapting to Change-learning to balance our lives and sustaining a sense of well-being in the midst of change
Presenter: David L. Crenshaw, Vanderbill Kennedy Center Parent Stress Intervention Project “Mindfulness”
12:30am
Lunce and Table Conversation with Guest Presenters
RESOURCE PERSONS:
Bob French, GNUUC & World Future Society
John C. Orndorff, World Future Society
David L. Crenshaw, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center
Rev. Dan Rosemergy, Minister-GNUUC
Please make plans to attend the congregational meeting scheduled for Sunday, May 23, immediately following the worship service. At the Annual Meeting, members vote on the budget, board positions and other agenda items. Lunch will be served after the congregational meeting.
On Monday, May 10, at 7:00 p.m., Roger Wiesmeyer will perform the Four Serious Songs Opus 121 by Johannes Brahms with Baritone Mark Van Sickle. Michael Rose will be joining us to discuss the spiritual, theological and musical ramifications of Brahms’ last vocal work. Also on the program will be the Viola Sonata Opus 120/1 performed by the rising young conductor Dean Whiteside. This will be our last chance to hear him before he leaves for Vienna so don’t miss it! A love offering will benefit the minister’s discretionary fund.
All members and GNUUC friends are invited to join us for our ANNUAL SPRING DINNER on Saturday, May 1. Socialize with GNUUC friends, partake in good food and entertainment, and learn a bit about how we fund our congregation.
Contact any of the Table Captains to join in the festivities: Fran Gebuhr 498.3913, Sarajane Powell 915.0181, Helen Hyatt 673.1893, Pam & Gary Linn 297.1354, Sherri Fitzsimmons 662.3404, Charles & Marj Sumner 646.9946, or contact our Administrative Secretary, Nikki, at gnuuc@gnuuc.org or 673-7699 to sign-up.
ENTERTAINMENT: Fran Gebuhr & FRIENDS (a troupe of crooners & swooners!)
DINNER: 6:30 PM – Sanctuary
ATTIRE: Casual (Contact your Table Captain)
CHILDCARE: Childcare is available for $5 per child, starting at 6:15 PM in the RE building. Sign-up for child care in the lunch line.
For additional information, please contact Helen Hyatt 673.1893 or Wayne Morris 615.292.2006
Come join Michael Moryc on Wednesday, April 21, at 7:30 p.m. for a tour of Alaska’s Inside Passage in a non-conventional way. He and his wife, Rachel, spent the first two weeks of last September touring the cities of the Inside Passage by using the Alaska Marine Highway System – the ferries! Not only did this turn out to be more economical than most traditional methods, but it also allowed the flexibility of what ports and how long they stayed at them. Come see images from the trip covering awesome landscapes, city histories and wildlife encounters. It is sure to be a night of wonderment!
Lunch and Learn is a wonderful time for newcomers to ask questions about Unitarian Universalism and our congregation. Bring your lunch into the educational room at the rear of the sanctuary.
