Brookmeade is so excited to once again have a booth at the Nashville Pride Festival which will be held in downtown Nashville the weekend of Sat. June 22nd and Sun. June 23rd, featuring spectacular musical performances and fun for the whole family! Our booth will be open from 11 am to 5 pm both days, so feel free to come say hello and find out more about our open and affirming community, where you can belong no matter where you are on life’s journey!

For more information about the Pride Festival, click HERE.

Thursday, June 20, 7:00 pm, at Christ Church Cathedral 900 Broadway, Nashville. This service will include worship, fellowship, Eucharist for all who would like to receive it, and a celebration of God’s beautiful diversity! We will have the opportunity to hear Chaplin Dahron Johnson preach, and Pastor Liz will be one of the celebrants on the chancel for the Eucharist. We hope you will put it on your calendar and join us of this special community worship experience, and bring your friends!

Hosted by First Unitarian Universalist church of Nashville (FUUN) 1808 Woodmont Blvd, Nashville. Wednesday June 12th 6:30 pm. This event is an ecumenical event for people of many different faith traditions and no faith tradition, all are welcome and included in this gathering to honor the spiritual nature of us all. For those interested in singing with a large group choir join us at 5:30 pm for rehearsal.

Our Restorative Yoga Class meets Mondays at 4:30 pm. All are welcome! If you’d like more information about the class and pricing please contact the church office!

This Sunday, May 26th we are so excited to welcome guest minister Dr. Tammy Lewis Wilborn to our pulpit!

Dr. Tammy Lewis Wilborn is a retired board-certified licensed professional counselor-supervisor with 20+ years of professional experience. Among other accomplishments during her long career, Dr. Wilborn owned and managed a mental health private practice, held faculty appointments at the University of New Orleans and Xavier University of Louisiana, founded the annual Black Women’s Wellness Conference of New Orleans, and author of Playing A New Game: A Black Woman’s Guide to Being Well and Thriving in the Workplace. As a mental health and wellness expert and professional keynote speaker, Dr. Wilborn has informed, inspired, and ignited audiences of all types to be well, whole, and free as God intended.

Dr. Wilborn holds a Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, a Master of Science in Counseling, and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Loyola University of New Orleans. She is also a 2021 graduate of Loyola University of New Orleans’ Women’s Leadership Academy.

Dr. Wilborn answered her call to ministry in 2020 and is a 3^rd year Master of Divinity student at  Vanderbilt Divinity School with a concentration in Pastoral and Prophetic Congregational Leadership. She is on the ordination track for the United Church of Christ and is a member of Howard Congregational United Church of Christ.

Dr. Wilborn has been married for 14 years to her husband and best friend Juan and is the mother of two adult sons and a 12-year-old son who thinks he’s an adult. 

All are welcome to join us for regular worship on Sunday, May 12th when we will honor Mothering Sunday. This is a shift from the focus on Mothers to a focus on how we care for one another. This shift is because “Mother’s Day” can be hard for people for many different reasons, and by shifting our focus we can name that difficulty, honor and be gentle with it, and still honor the craft of mothering. Because we have postponed Nature Sunday we will not be having a Potluck for Mothering Sunday. 

Nature Sunday Postponed Announcement:

We have decided to postpone our Nature Sunday service on 5/12 due to concerns about the burgeoning cicada invasion of 2024. We will reschedule for a date this fall when the weather will be a bit cooler, and nature more hospitable for us to enjoy together thoroughly. Stay tuned for an announcement about that event later this year and thank you for being flexible in our worship schedule together.

A great gathering of Nashville’s three UCC churches will occur at Holy Trinity Community Church at 11:00 AM for a Spring potluck brunch.  Special Guest Speaker:  Rev. Heather Fosburgh, Associate Conference Minister of the Southeast UCC Conference!  Participating too is the recently formed Nashville UCC Choir!  Event’s theme:  “Prayer as Self-Care & Care for Others”.  All are invited to bring family, friends, and favorite brunch items for great UCC fellowship & inspiration!

For the next 3 months, starting April 8th, we will have yoga class on Monday afternoons at 4:30 pm. This class will continue with recordings from our beloved yoga teacher, Ali Sperry, while she is on maternity leave. So grateful for all who attend regularly. We are building a lovely group of yoga devotees! Consider joining us! Class cost reduced while we are using the recordings. Contact the church office for details.