We are holding a CPR training class Sat. 5/24 at 1 pm. The CPR & First Aid Anywhere class will help you learn the lifesaving skills of adult and child CPR, how to use an AED, and how to help an adult or a child during choking-related emergencies. It also covers basic first aid skills to help a victim in the first few minutes before EMS arrives. Please note: successful completion of CPR & First Aid Anywhere training does not result in an AHA course completion card. You will gain valuable knowledge and hands-on practice.Please contact the church office to reserve your spot in this class, as space is limited! The cost is $35 (scholarships available). Thank you!
This is an invitation to participate in our Re-visioning Process beginning this Sunday, May 4th. Rev. Kim Wood will be joining us for worship Sunday morning, and then following worship, we will share together in a Potluck Lunch and a mini-retreat to begin the work of our visioning process to give us some direction and structure for our future ministry together. Please consider giving your time, energy, and thoughtfulness to this process.
Following the mini-retreat, we will gather in small groups to have discussions that will lead to our materials for our future ministries. Each group will decide when it is best to meet for their group. We will have three meetings in four weeks.
Then June 1st we will gather again as a large group to receive a report and offer some brainstorming for the work we produce from this part of the process.
Finally, Sunday, June 8th, we will celebrate Pentecost with what God has provided, and prepare to commit to digging into the work that follows.
Whatever you can offer to the process will be a blessing to Brookmeade’s future ministry. We look forward to seeing you there and to your commitment to our future together. You do not need to be a member to participate in the conversation. All are welcome at the table!
Brookmeade Congregational Church UCC Re-Visioning Process – Schedule of Events
May 4th – Potluck Lunch and Mini-retreat to kick off our Visioning Process – following worship until 2 pm: This is the big event, y’all come and discuss who God is leading us to become as a church. We need YOU, all of you, to come and participate in these conversations. This is your chance to share, to listen, to observe, to discern, and to hope about Brookmeade’s future ministry. The week of May 4th, we will train small group leaders and divide participants into small groups for three weeks of discussion.
May 11th – Small groups begin
May 18th – Small groups continue
Between May 18 and June 1 – small group leaders meet with leadership, compile information, analyze with Kim, start to lay out possibilities
May 25th – Memorial Day weekend – no programming
June 1st – Potluck Lunch – Large group: report of findings and some brainstorming
The week of June 1st, the Writing group will create a final draft from our June 1 session
June 8th – Pentecost Sunday, Big Celebration of God’s new vision – Covenant into a new model/structure
Thank you for your prayerful consideration of participation.
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!
Our next trip to the Project CURE Warehouse (2309 Clifton Ave, 37209) is scheduled for Saturday, May 3rd from 9:30 am – 11:30 am. We will be sorting medical supplies to be sent to Ethiopia and India! Newcomers are very welcome (no prior training is needed to participate)! Please RSVP to the church office ASAP if you plan to attend. Thanks and see you there!
Our Learn & Grow class will be on break the next two weeks (4/13 & 4/20), then will return on Sunday, April 27th at 9:15 am with a new study: The Message of Jesus: Words that Changed the World by Adam Hamilton!
Upcoming Schedule: The Message of Jesus: Words that Changed the World by Adam Hamilton
April 27: The Kingdom of God Has Come Near (Psalm 99:11-4; Mark 1:14-15; Matthew 13:31-33)
May 4: The World’s Most Important Sermon (Matthew 5:1-16; Matthew 7:21-23)
May 11: Jesus Spoke to Them in Parables (Matthew 25:31-40; Luke 10:29-37; Lue 15: 11-13, 17-20, 28-32)
May 18: Who Do You Say that I Am? (John 6:35, John 8:12; John 10:7-10; John 10: 11-15; John 11:21-27; John 14:5-7; John 15:1-5)
May 25: Final Words (John 13:24-35; Luke 22:24-27; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26; John 19:26-30; Luke 23:33-34a, 39-43, 46; Mark 15:33-34)
June 1: The Resurrection and the Life (Matthew 22:29-33; Luke 16:19-31; John 14:1-3; Matthew 28:16-20)
A great time of fellowship is planned for Easter Sunday 4/20 starting at 9:00 AM. All are invited to bring a potluck dish or two of breakfast foods to share and celebrate Easter with a potluck brunch before service begins. The fellowship hall at Brookmeade will be adorned with spring flowers and green, lilac, pink, and yellow tablecloths. Easter Sunday worship service begins at 10:30 AM, followed by more celebration at Coffee Fellowship at 11:30 AM and an Easter Egg Hunt for all children present! All are welcome!
All are welcome to join us for Maundy Thursday at 6:30 pm on Thursday, April 17 in the sanctuary. This service will take us on the journey in between the celebrations of Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday. This will be a service of community and shadows, and I will remind us of the depths of humanity before we can celebrate the victory of God’s power over anything. Let us come together to worship and to remember who we are, and who we are becoming.
This year’s AFSP Out of the Darkness walk is scheduled for Saturday, September 6th at Centennial Park. Check in starts at 11 am, The event starts at 1 pm. And our “All are Welcome” team is open for registry and donations: https://afspwalks.donordrive.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.team&teamID=363996 This walk is super easy and helps show support for the suicide prevention community in Nashville! To learn more, visit: https://afsp.org/
Please place your orders for Easter Lilies and Hydrangeas no later than Sunday, April 13th! Lilies are $20, Hydrangeas are $30. Please contact the church office to place your order, or pick up an order form in the front foyer of the church this Sunday! Flowers will be available to take home on Easter Sunday (April 20, 2025).
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!
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