Due to predicted inclement weather, Brookmeade has decided to hold worship ONLINE ONLY this Sunday 1/25. There will be no in-person worship held at our building.
Watch worship live on our YouTube channel at 10:30 am this Sunday.
Our Learn & Grow class will be meeting on Zoom at 9:15 am. Check your email for a link to join or contact the church office to have a link emailed to you.
Thank you for being flexible this Sunday! Please stay safe, check on your community/neighbors, and contact the church office if you have any further questions or concerns.
Our next date to host Room in the Inn will be Friday, February 13th @ 6:00 PM as Brookmeade opens our doors and our hearts to the unhoused community of Nashville in extravagant welcome & service! You can sign up online or in the hallway of the church. There are volunteer opportunities available for all skill sets and abilities, including cooks, overnight hosts, drivers, helping with set up and laundry, etc. Please contact the office with any questions!
Join our Project CURE Volunteer Group Saturday, February 7th from 9:30 – 11:30 am! We help sort medical supplies on the first Saturday of every month 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.
Thank you, Brookmeade, for always being kind, thoughtful, and generous. During this season of uncertainty for so many families we will be collecting canned goods. If you can bring a few cans each week, this will help us help those in need. We will keep track of our collection and hope to celebrate how we have helped. Monetary donations are also always welcome! Leading up to the “Souper Bowl of Caring” on February 8th, we will be collecting extra soup cans in particular.
Our next COW Offering benefiting Second Harvest and Heifer International will be Sun. 2/1.
The annual MLK Day March at TSU will begin at 9 am on Monday, January 19th, beginning at the Jefferson St. Missionary Baptist Church (2708 Jefferson St.), and ending at the TSU Gentry Center with a Convocation at 10 am.
For more information about Nashville’s MLK Day events, click HERE.
The second phase of our Visioning process has included some grief work and will still include some congregational/covenant-building work. Pastor Liz has used her training and experience to organize four after-worship sessions.
We will continue the second part of this work in the new year, starting on Sunday, January 11th, with a session on Practicing Consent and Healthy Covenantal Boundaries, followed by a session on January 18th, working on Conflict Resolution Training. Pastor Liz intends to help us build tools for building a stronger and healthier covenant for moving forward. This work may include some challenging conversations, so we invite you to be brave and welcome the opportunity to grow as we learn together.
Be brave, take a risk, and come join in the Visioning work that lays a foundation for the ministry God is calling Brookmeade to become. We need your voice and your knowledge. And we hope your love for this institution and its people will be enough to draw you to the good work ahead of us.
Once we complete Phase 2, Phase 3 will begin in February, and in this phase, we will begin the work of naming God’s mission (the purpose for our ministry) and God’s vision (the direction that mission will take) for our future ministry. This is the fun work, the dreaming, the brainstorming. It will really help us all be on the same page if we don’t skip any steps along the way. Let us continue this journey in ministry and allow God to show us how good it can get!
This is our schedule for the rest of Phase 2:
Following Worship:
Sunday, January 11: Practicing Consent and Healthy Boundaries
Sunday, January 18: Conflict Resolution Training
*Please contact the church office if you’d like a Zoom link to attend virtually for any of these dates! Videos of the first two grief-focused sessions are available in the Church office and a link can be sent to you to view them if you would like to catch up with us.
Brookmeade will be hosting Room in the Inn on Friday, January 9th! Check your weekly Brookmeade Beat email for a full update on our last RITI. Click HERE to sign up to volunteer on January 9th. There is also a paper sign up sheet located in the hallway of the church. Please contact the church office with any questions and for more details about how you can get involved! We have opportunities for all skills and levels of involvement ~ including drivers, overnight hosts, cooks, helping with set up, and dropping off donations. Thank you for helping us support this important ministry and helping to keep our neighbors warm and fed this winter!
On January 4th, our Learn & Grow adult Sunday school class continues at 9:15 am on Sunday mornings! We will continue to study the “Living the Questions: An Introduction to Progressive Christianity” series, finishing up Part 1 on January 4th, and then continuing into Part 2 “Reclaiming the World” on January 11th. This series is “for those who are yearning for something more than the shallow platitudes that too often pass for theology in our churches. It’s for those who are looking for a faith conversation that encourages questions and open dialogue.”
Upcoming Schedule:
January 4: Out into the World: Challenges Facing Progressive Christians
Our usual monthly COW Offering benefiting Second Harvest Food Bank and Heifer International will be Sunday, January 4th. Bring canned goods and cash to donate Sunday or give online via Tithe.ly (choose COW offering in the drop-down menu).
We continue to collect monetary donations, and canned chicken and tuna weekly throughout this winter season, as so many families face food scarcity and uncertainty. If you can bring a few cans each week, this will help us help those in need.
Join our Project CURE Volunteer Group Saturday, January 3rd from 9:30 – 11:30 am! We help sort medical supplies on the first Saturday of every month 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.
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