Activities 

Activities & Announcements

The church has a wide variety of activities. The main places to find information about them on our website is the FUUN Blog, summarized below and on the home page. Also the Calendar should list times and places for all activities on the premises.

For those wishing to spread the word about an activity or news item, please see A FUUN Guide to Getting the Word Out. To reserve a room, see the Request a Room Reservation form.

See also:

• Lunch Bunch Map

News from Our Blog
	Adult RE: Reading Sacred Texts Something calls us forward. We search our hearts and minds and the world around us hoping to discover why we are here, who we are, and what our connection is to the mystery beyond our knowing.
	Adult RE: A Course in Miracles Thursday evenings in the Meditation Room, 7- 8:30 p.m. A Course in Miracles is a spiritual path whose foundation is forgiveness - overlooking in another what never really happened. As we practice forgiveness, we experience the world as a classroom and learn that we are not separate from God, that our guilt and fears are [...]
	Adult RE: Peacemaking - Personal and Global May 7 - June 11 Alcott Room This 6-week session continues our congregational conversation on peace. Since global peacemaking requires a commitment to personal peacemaking, we’ll start with a look at how we can achieve that in ourselves. Next, we’ll look at some successful examples of nonviolent movements of the 20th century. Can we carry them forward [...]
	Registration Closed for Rain Barrel Workshop on May 14. Registration is now closed for the Adult Religious Education rain barrel workshop on Wednesday evening, May 14. If you were hoping to attend but hadn’t signed up yet, please email greenteam@firstuunashville.org, so that we can plan another workshop. If you did sign up, you should receive a confirmation call from Warner Parks or the Cumberland [...]
	Matinee Idylls with Jeff Stein: Small Films, Big Films, and a Book about Films. Tuesday, May 13, 1:30 p.m., FUUN Social Area Join us on the second Tuesday of each month for learning, fellowship, and light refreshment. If you would like to attend but need transportation, please call Gail Sphar. In 2005 Jeff Stein made a small film based on Edwin Arlington Robinson’s Poem, “Mr. Flood’s Party,” Showing of this 10-minute DVD, a film that Jeff had [...]
	UUA National Advertising Update From the FUUN Denominational Affairs Committee: You are invited to check out the UUA website at http://www.uua.org/leaders/leaderslibrary/marketing/index.shtml for information about the UUA’s Time magazine ads and other advertising initiatives.
	Bone Marrow Drive Scheduled for May 18 Every year, more than 10,000 Americans get life-threatening diseases that can only be cured with a bone marrow transplant from an unrelated donor. The patients do not have a family donor and transplant is their only hope for a cure. Patients diagnosed with leukemia, lymphomas or other blood cancers make up approximately 72 percent of [...]
	Register NOW for Summer RE! Please register now for summer classes. And while you're at it, you can check off a couple more boxes and have your registration for the fall done as well. The deadline for summer registration is May 23.
	Youth Advisor Training Offered in May What is the secret of working with youth? There isn’t one. All it takes is a genuine interest, a willingness to learn from those younger than you, and the occasional ability to be determinedly silly, while still remembering that you are the adult. Oh, and you should also believe that our youth can change the [...]
	Fundraising Concert For Darfur Relief We are having a fundraising concert for Darfur Relief at 8 p.m. Saturday, May 17, 2008, at First Unitarian Universalist Church of Nashville. Featuring: Kathy Chiavola www.kathychiavola.com Greg Trooper www.gregtrooper.com Barry and Holly Tashian www.tashianmusic.com (Barry and Holly will be performing as a duet and with the FUUN Bluegrass Band) The FUUN Bluegrass Band There is a suggested donation of $10 [...]
	In the Mood: A concert by Vivian Slade “I’m in the Mood for Jazz”- cool classic jazz tunes as only Vivian can sing them. Come join us on Saturday, May 31, at 7 p.m. for an evening of your favorite jazz tunes, capped off with some of Vivian’s newest material. Light refreshments will be served before the show and during the brief intermission. [...]
	FUUN Spring Into Summer Picnic Mark your calendars for FUUN’s “Spring into Summer” Picnic on Sunday, June 1, after the second service at 1:00 p.m. at Edwin Warner Park (Area 3). The Fellowship Committee will provide ice, drinks, and paper goods–please bring a potluck dish to share! Also, you are welcome to bring sports equipment, outdoor games, and [...]
	Another Successful Yard Sale From Arran Addington: After much effort and the help of many, we have had another successful yard sale, raising approximately $3,200.00! I would like to thank the following: Robert Overall, Mark Jacobson, Stephanie Addington, Dustin Weaver, Scott Weaver, Aubrey Weaver, Dana Weaver, Sarah Plummer, Joan Moore, Sue Alley, Connie Sitzman, Margy May, Lisa Pasto-Crosby, Ian [...]
	Welcoming Congregation Class to be Offered on May 7 A number of years ago (October 16, 1995, to be exact) FUUN became certified as a Welcoming Congregation. What does that mean? The current GLBT & Friends Group is planning to inform new members and update “old” members about just that. As a hint, the Welcoming Congregation Program is defined as a completely volunteer program [...]
	Room in the Inn - Another Season of Warmth Wraps Up This winter, FUUN Room in the Inn volunteers served warm meals and offered a safe and dry place to rest to nearly 80 homeless men from throughout Nashville. We would like to offer a very heartfelt “thank-you” to all 33 volunteers who participated in our 2007 - 2008 season. Your hot meals, cool drinks, [...]