We will have a congregational game night at 5 pm on Zoom on Sunday, January 31st! We’ll play Jackbox Games which are easy to access through your internet browser on your computer or on your smartphone while we join together on Zoom (link will be emailed through the Brookmeade Beat). All are welcome for some creativity, trivia, and virtual board games!
Our next Council Meeting is Wednesday, January 13th at 5:30 pm on Zoom. All non-council members who wish to attend the meeting, please RSVP to brookmeade@comcast.net by noon on Wed. January 13th so that we can send you the zoom link!
We will reconvene with congregational meetings on Sunday, January 10th at 6pm. Please plan to be present! New officers need to be present as we will be recording an affirmation liturgy for online worship. We will also continue discussing our options moving forward.
Check your weekly email for details on how to join this Zoom meeting on your computer/smartphone or by calling in (audio only).
Please don’t hesitate to contact the church office with questions or concerns. Please spread the word about this congregational meeting!
Our next Project CURE Volunteer Group is scheduled for Saturday, January 2nd from 9:30 am – 12 pm at the Project CURE Warehouse (2300 Clifton Ave, 37209). We will be sorting medical supplies. Everyone is welcome, including newcomers but please RSVP to brookmeade@comcast.net so that we know to expect you! See you there and PLEASE WEAR A MASK!
After the success of our last interactive Thanksgiving Service on Zoom, we have decided to hold our annual Christmas Eve Service together in the same way. We hope to have even more participants for this Christmas service. This will be a simple service with the reading of the Christmas story and featuring Christmas carols. We will gather at 4:45 pm and the service will begin at 5 pm. See below for the link to the online bulletin. To join the service, click the link below (you will need to have the Zoom app downloaded on your smartphone or computer). Or if you’d like to call in (audio only) please dial by location and then enter the meeting ID followed by the # sign.
Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85454762749
Dial by your location
+1 929 205 6099 US (New York)
+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington D.C)
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)
+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)
+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
Meeting ID: 854 5476 2749
FOLLOW ALONG WITH THE ONLINE WORSHIP BULLETIN BY CLICKING HERE!
During the month of December, Brookmeade will be collecting for the UCC Christmas Fund which has been caring for active and retired clergy and lay employees of the United Church of Christ for over 100 years by providing emergency grants, supplementation of small annuities and health premiums, and Christmas “Thank You” gift checks each December to lower-income retirees. Over the past nine months, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the emergency financial needs of many who serve the church have increased dramatically. In such a time as this, the need for the Christmas Fund is more urgent than ever. United Church of Christ congregations and members have blessed the Christmas Fund with their generosity for many years. This year, your care and compassion will be especially appreciated by those servants of the church who are facing a time of need. Brookmeaders who wish to contribute can send checks to the church with the memo: Christmas Fund, or if you give with Tithe.ly, you can designate “UCC Christmas Fund Offering” when you give online. Thank you!
Calling all Brookmeaders! This year’s Christmas Pageant, The Unicorn at the Manger, will be brought to your home virtually with “a little help from your friends”.
Please see your weekly email to read the script and find the link to sign up for your favorite character ASAP. Once you sign up, you’ll be asked to wear a simple costume that represents your character (items you have on hand are fine), read through your part (probably a few lines), and then we will record our parts together on a Zoom call (date and time TBA).
The Pageant will be aired during online worship on Sunday, December 20th. Thank you! Worship and Gathering Team
We welcome everyone to join us Sunday mornings at 9:15 am for Learn & Grow: All Ages Sunday School! Please email brookmeade@comcast.net if you’d like the link to join our class.
Here are topics we will be discussing in the coming weeks!
December 6: Finishing discussion on “How to be an AntiRacist”.
December 13: How do we celebrate Advent? A look at the messengers who bring us the Christmas story.
December 20: Christmas Memories: Come and share a special song, ornament, decoration, or memory of Christmas.
December 27: No Learn & Grow This Week
January 3 – February 7: The Sermon on the Mount: A Beginner’s Guide to the Kin-dom of Heaven.
This Sunday we will be collecting our monthly C.O.W. offering to benefit Nashville’s Second Harvest Foodbank and Heifer International.
Nashville’s Foodbank has seen the same increased need for food as foodbanks around the U.S. during this pandemic. One in eight Middle Tennesseans struggle with hunger daily, and that includes one in seven children in our region.
There is even more hunger in other parts of our globe. Heifer International continues to address global needs for people to be self-sustaining, including in parts of the United States. For example, if our total C.O.W. offering this month totaled $300, half of that would pay for Heifer International to provide an alpaca to an indigenous family in the Andes. Alpaca are the only grazing animals that do not harm the sensitive high-altitude environment in which they live. One alpaca will provide fiber for spinning and weaving or knitting items for sale as well as to wear, plus fertilizer for summer crops.
Let’s share the blessings we have received by sharing some of our wealth to feed and clothe others.
You can send a check to the church with the memo “COW Offering” or when you contribute online with Tithe.ly you can designate “COW Offering”.
Council Meeting: Dec. 9th at 5:30 pm on Zoom. All non-council members who wish to attend the meeting, please RSVP to brookmeade@comcast.net by noon on Wed. Dec. 9th.
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