Sun. Sept. 3rd: Contribute Our Wealth Offering

The 1st Sunday of each month is COW Sunday. We ask everyone bring in non-perishable food items. We will bring the groceries to Second Harvest Food Bank. We also take up a monetary collection which is split between Second Harvest Food Bank and Heifer International. Brookmeade doing a small part to alleviate hunger!

Sun. Aug. 6th: Contribute Our Wealth Offering

The 1st Sunday of each month is COW Sunday. We ask everyone bring in non-perishable food items. We will bring the groceries to Second Harvest Food Bank. We also take up a monetary collection which is split between Second Harvest Food Bank and Heifer International. Brookmeade doing a small part to alleviate hunger!

 

Sun. July 30th: Music Sunday and Blessing of the Backpacks

Sun. July 30th is Music Sunday featuring a performance by guest musician Eric Moeller.

We will also celebrate “Blessing of the Backpacks” on July 30th during our worship service. All Brookmeaders who are going back to school are invited to participate. Students in any grade (or pre-school), teachers, and support personnel are invited to bring their school backpack or lunch box or other back-to-school symbol. The Rev. Jennifer Crane will lead this time of blessing.

Accepting Donations for Community Baby Shower through Aug. 20th

Jobs Plus Nashville (JPN) in partnership with Taking a Leap Forward (TALF), is preparing for our It Takes a Village…Community Baby Shower. JPN is a community-based jobs training program serving the residents of Sudekum Apartments and Napier Place housing developments. TALF is a ROSS-Social Services grant for Napier Place residents in hopes of helping them become self-sufficient by focusing on employment, education, job training and mental health. This community event will feature a mix of education, motivation, financial empowerment and opportunity for expecting/new mothers and fathers. Our focus will be “Juggling Work and Parenthood” as well as Infant Safe Sleep Ambassadors training for parents by the Metro Public Health Department. We would greatly appreciate you making a donation to our event in the form of gently used baby items needed for expecting and new mothers/fathers that will be used as gifts. We extend our deepest appreciation for any support you can provide as we seek to serve, equip and empower our residents to realize their greater employment and life possibilities.  Please drop donations of gently used (or new) baby items at the Brookmeade office by Sunday, August 20th.

Brookmeade Seeks Supervisor Pastor

Brookmeade Congregational Church UCC in Nashville is seeking a 10-hr/wk pastor whose responsibilities will include supervising two Vanderbilt Divinity School students: a 20-hr/wk Student Pastor and a 10-hr/wk Field Placement Intern. Other responsibilities within this shared innovative ministerial model include pastoral care, monthly preaching, visioning, coordination, and work with Brookmeade’s Council and its ministry teams. Qualifications: M.Div. degree, ministerial standing or privilege of call in UCC preferred, pastoral ministry experience, experience in supervising/mentoring ministerial students. Brookmeade UCC is a small, caring, Open and Affirming, progressive congregation uniting personal faith and social responsibility. By June 15, send cover letter and resumé to the church office.

Please share this announcement with anyone you know who might be interested in serving our congregation in this way. Is that person you?