This year’s Out of the Darkness Suicide Awareness walk to Support AFSP is Saturday, September 19th at Centennial Park. Check in starts at 10:00, and the event starts at 11:00. Our team is “All are Welcome” – you can join or donate by clicking this link: Register for our team or donate . Thanks for helping bring awareness to this important organization and cause!

All are invited to this fall potluck gathering of Nashville-area UCC churches & UCC friends to grow in being closer to God and one another: Brookmeade Congregational Church, Circle Community Church, and Howard Congregational Church. Start time is 9:15 AM, closing at 10:30 AM. Hosting church is Circle Community Church, meeting at our Brookmeade building. After our potluck breakfast together: a brief all-musical program with inspirational congregational singing, music videos, and musical offerings by Circle Community Church. Bring family & friends and a breakfast dish-to-share for a great time of UCC fellowship & inspiration!

On Sunday, September 13th instead of our traditional coffee fellowship time we will go out to lunch together following worship! We will be going out to a nearby restaurant. Longhorn steakhouse or Anatolia’s have been discussed, but we are open to suggestions! Please sign up in the long hallway this Sunday (or RSVP online by clicking HERE) so we have an idea of how many to expect. Thank you! 

We have scheduled an outdoor gardening and maintenance day on Saturday, September 12th. We hope you will join us, along with some members from the Circle community church, for the important work of preparing our property for the upcoming winter months. We will meet from 9 am to 12 pm. Thank you for helping us keep our property beautiful!

Our next COW Offering (collected on the first Sunday every month) is Sunday, 9/6! “Contribute Our Wealth” benefits Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle TN and Heifer International. Help Brookmeade fight hunger in the Nashville and wider world community by donating canned goods, cash or check, or donating online via Tithe.ly (choose COW Offering in drop down menu). Thank you for your generosity!

Join our Project CURE Volunteer Group Saturday, September 5th from 9:30 – 11:30 am! Our monthly volunteer group meets every first Saturday of the month. We help sort medical supplies at the Project CURE warehouse (2309 Clifton Ave. 37209). These are surplus supplies that are sent to countries all around the world that need them. No training required to participate! Please RSVP to the church office if you plan to attend. Thank you for helping support this important ministry.

Our Learn & Grow adult Sunday school class returns Sunday, September 6th at 9:15 am with a new discussion led by the book Separation of Church and Hate by John Fugelsang. Reading along is suggested, but not necessary, to participate in class discussions.  

“For more than two centuries, the United States Constitution has given us the right to a society where church and state exist independently. But Christianity has been hijacked by far-right groups and politicians who seek to impose their narrow views on government, often to justify oppressive and unequal policies. The extremists who weaponize the Bible for earthly power aren’t actually on the side of Jesus—and historically they never have been. How do we fight back against those acting—literally—in bad faith?

Comedian and broadcaster John Fugelsang finally offers the answers. In this informative, perspective-shifting book, Fugelsang takes readers through common fundamentalist arguments on abor­tion, immigration, LGBTQ rights, and more—exposing their hypocrisy and inaccuracy through scripture, common sense, and deeply inappropriate humor. It offers practical tips on how to debate your loved one, coworker, or neighbor on the issues that divide us using that Bible they claim to follow.

But Fugelsang’s message is about more than just taking down hypocrites. It’s about fighting for the love, mercy, and service that are supposed to make up the heart of Christianity. Told with Fugelsang’s trademark blend of radical honesty, comedy, and deep political and religious knowledge, Separation of Church and Hate is the book every American needs today. It’s a rallying cry for compassion and clarity for anyone of any faith who’s sick of religion being used as a cloaking device for hate.”

We have scheduled an indoor organizing day on Saturday, August 8th, and an outdoor gardening and maintenance day on Saturday, September 12th. We hope you will join us for the important work of keeping our space clean, and preparing our property for the upcoming winter months. We will meet from 9 am to 12 pm both days, with the option for going out to lunch afterwards for anyone who is available! 

Our next COW Offering (collected on the first Sunday every month) is Sunday, 8/2! “Contribute Our Wealth” benefits Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle TN and Heifer International. Help Brookmeade fight hunger in the Nashville and wider world community by donating canned goods, cash or check, or donating online via Tithe.ly (choose COW Offering in drop down menu). Thank you for your generosity!