First Sundays of the month we collect our COW (“Contribute Our Wealth”) Offering. Monetary donations are split between Second Harvest of Middle TN and Heifer International. You can also bring canned goods on Sunday morning to donate to Second Harvest. Please designate your check for COW Offering or if you give online you can choose COW offering on the drop-down menu on Tithe.ly. Thank you for supporting these important organizations and helping Brookmeade fight hunger!

This Sunday, June 30th there will be a Congregational Meeting following worship and an extended fellowship time. Please attend in person as you are able so that you can participate in the discussion and be prepared for the vote we need to take. You can find more details about what will be discussed in your weekly email.
Thank you, Church Council

We are currently beginning to organize transportation from Nashville to Washington DC for the Poor People’s Campaign March on Washington Saturday June 29th. There has been a grant provided for the transportation, so we are hoping to make it either very low cost or no cost to those attending. We are expecting that it will be a bus trip overnight one way, and overnight the way home and expect to return in time for worship on Sunday. If you are interested in joining us for the march please email Pastor Liz and indicate your interest. 

Brookmeade UCC and FUUN (First Unitarian Universalist Church of Nashville) will be sharing a joint worship service hosted at FUUN (1808 Woodmont Blvd, Nashville). The worship will begin at 10 am. Pastor Liz will be preaching, and Rev. Wesley King will lead music. We will continue our Pride Sermon Series The Good News of Broadway (In Musicals). We hope you will plan to join us in person or online! Please note there will not be a service held at the Brookmeade building Sunday, 6/23.

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.