Seeking your used Books, CDs, DVDs, Records, Legos and Games for a fundraiser! Bring your donations Brookmeade and they will be taken to McKay’s to raise money for educational resources at Brookmeade. This fundraiser will conclude with a Team Tidying Day at Brookmeade, so get your items in before then and join Team Tidying Day, 10-2pm, Sept. 14! See Becca G. with any questions. See link to McKay’s to see what used items they look for: http://www.mckaybooks.com/what-we-take
In July we delivered 53 pounds of food to Second Harvest Food Bank. This is a result of the COW Offerings for the past three months. Remember to bring in non-perishable food items in the first Sunday of every month. The COW offering also accepts cash and checks. All the money is split between Second Harvest and Heifer International. Brookmeade doing its part to help alleviate hunger.
Project CURE Volunteer Group is scheduled for Sat. Aug. 3rd from 9:30 am – 12 pm (2300 Clifton Ave, 37209). We will be sorting medical supplies to be sent to hospitals in developing countries. Everyone is welcome, including newcomers! See you there!
Learn & Grow classes will resume on Sunday, August 11th with a book series. Join us in reading Republican Like Me by Ken Stern, Love Your Enemies by Arthur C. Brooks, and Dying of Whiteness by Jonathan M. Metzl. During this book series we will explore how to maintain communication and build relationships with people whose views are different from ours. We will also look at the role of policies in our political landscape. This series will conclude with Brookmeade’s participation in an event hosted by Vanderbilt Divinity School.
Join us Sunday, July 28th as we welcome Guest Preacher Rev. Sarah Jordan at our 10:30 am worship service! “Rev. Sarah Jordan, (she/her/hers), originally from Mobile, Alabama, is a community-taught artist and an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (PCUSA). She has lived in Davidson, NC, Nashville, TN and Chicago, IL. She is interested in the intersections of art, social justice movements, and faith. She dreams of a church that is moved by the Holy Spirit, deeply rooted in the gospel, and oriented toward collective liberation. Currently, she works as a Clinical Associate at The Next Door, a residential recovery center for women in Nashville.”
Wed. 7/10 – Council Meeting 5:30 pm Sun. 7/14 – Deacons Meeting 12 pm
Wed. 7/17 – Worship & Gathering 5:30 pm
Sun. 7/21 – Education Team Meeting 9:15 am
Sun. 7/21 – Mission & Outreach 12 pm
Sun. 7/28 – Congregational Meeting & Potluck 11:30 am
We hope you can join us for our next Congregational Meeting & Potluck on Sunday, July 28th at 11:30 am. There is a signup sheet located in the fellowship hall!
As Brookmeade moves towards digitizing important files, please come to an information session on Sunday, July 14th at 9:15 am to learn more about how to use Google Docs to share and save important documents!
The first Sunday of every month is COW Sunday (Contribute Our Wealth). Everyone is encouraged to bring non-perishable food for Second Harvest. All money donations are split between Second Harvest and Heifer International. Brookmeade doing its part to alleviate hunger!
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