First Unitarian Universalist Church Nashville Service Times

Denomination: Unitarian Universalist

Our Beliefs

We are a community of women, men and children with diverse spiritual orientations, who come from many different backgrounds. We invite you to come visit us and learn more about us.

We seek to share a journey of spiritual growth and work together to find ways to live our faith in the world, while respecting the right to freedom of individual beliefs. Our principles and statements of covenant and mission speak our most cherished values, both as part of a larger faith and as an individual congregation. Please take time to explore this website to find out more about who we are and what we do.

Our Ministry

The ministry of the congregation, in our free tradition, is the responsibility of the entire Congregation. It’s a ministry in which the lay leadership, the professional staff and the membership all have complementary responsibilities in fulfilling the covenant between the members and friends of the congregation and in carrying out the mission of the congregation.

We have two professional ministers on staff: our Senior Minister, The Reverend Gail Seavey and Assistant Minister, Holly Meuller. We also have an intern minister, Sara Green.

9 a.m. and 11 a.m. Sundays

6 pm Wednesday Night Dinners

May topics are Transcendence/Harmony

May 6: “Transcendence of Relationships in Prison Ministry”
Guest Minister Mandy Goheen, Church of the Larger Fellowship for Prison
Sister Helen Prejean was once asked how she kept from getting attached to the men she served on death row. She replied, “I don’t.” We explore how to be in the “I” and “Thou” relationships instead of objectification of people who have lived in systems of mass incarceration.

May 13: “A Harmony on the Edge of Falling Apart”
Rev. Gail Seavey and Worship Associate Elaine Bailey-Fryd
There is a Harmony called Shalom that transcends permanence and change, order and chaos, creating and falling apart, including and integrating all things. We will explore transcendence and harmony from our experiences of Process Theology.

May 20: Religious Education Sunday
Children and Volunteers, and Marguerite Mills, Director of Lifespan Religious Education
We have sought guidance this year through the lens of our Unitarian Universalist values, coming to know that we can see right from wrong, and that we have the power to make a difference. When all is said and done, it is our respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part, and our appreciation of its beauty, excitement, and mystery, that carries us through. Join us as we share with you some of what we’ve done this year.

May 27: “Be Still”
Intern Minister Sara Green
This season is ending. Soon, we will leave from this space for vacation, to visit family and to rest. But before we rush off into the next chapter, let us pause in gratitude, fortification and hope as we continue the work together and apart.