Together with the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Nashville, we of UUCH will be ordaining Denise Gyauch, who served as our Ministerial Intern from Fall 2013 through March of this year.

When: Saturday, May 23rd

Service starts at 2:00 p.m., Reception to follow.

Where:

First Unitarian Universalist Church of Nashville

The ordination-planning team absolutely guarantees a good time. Highlights include:

• Anthem by the joint Huntsville and FUUN choirs
• Peter Mayer (really--THE Peter Mayer) singing twice in the service
• A sermon by Dan McKanan, Ralph Waldo Emerson Unitarian Universalist Association Senior Lecturer in Divinity at Harvard University (and an old friend of Denise)
• Cake (because you can't have a party without cake!) provided by UUCH

Questions: 

Please email Denise at denise.gyauch@gmail.com.

Most of all, please join us!

In the summer months, the Children and Youth Religious Education Program takes a special turn from the regular fall and spring curricula. We invite UUCH members and friends to plan a class session for the children and youth. You'll be part of a teaching team as either the lead teacher or a helper, and we'll be sure to have a regular RE teacher there as support. Even children and youth can partner with an adult to lead a session!

We invite you to sign up to lead a session that shares a special talent, hobby, skills, or learning area of yours. Here are some topics to get your creative juices flowing: music, finger painting, scrapbooking, nature walks, gardening, yoga, science, paper airplanes, drawing, Lego, origami, fossils, friendship bracelets, mythology, sidewalk chalk, pottery, cookie-making. The possibilities are limitless!! What's a joy to you can be a joy to others.

Leaders will prepare a topic/activity that is adaptable to children ages 4 to 12. Senior high youth are invited to participate as leaders and helpers, or to attend the regular worship service in the sanctuary. Because of our exciting program growth, we'll need even more leaders and helpers this summer than before! So, don't be shy! We have room for the sharing of your gifts. There's nothing like spending time with the children and youth at our church. Their energy, creativity, and intelligence are contagious. And they benefit from interacting with caring adults who make an investment in them. This is what multi-generational community is all about!

For the next month, we'll have a poster standing in the church foyer and fellowship hall where you can sign up for a summer Sunday session. Or, you can contact Erin Reid, Director of Religious Education, at eereid@hotmail.com.

Are you planning to go to Nashville for Denise Gyauch's Ordination? Singer and songwriter Peter Mayer (of "Blue Boat Home" and "Holy Now" fame) will be singing two songs at her Ordination Service! And if you want to hear more from Peter Mayer, consider extending your road trip to Nashville to attend a concert in the sanctuary of First Unitarian Universalist Church Nashville (1808 Woodmont Blvd.) that evening. Peter's latest CD, Third Street, was released in November, and this concert will highlight a mix of new songs as well as some old favorites. Tickets are $20 at the door. Hope to see you there!

At our Circle of Candles on Sunday, May 17th, candles were lit for: