Sat. April 13th: Spring Clean Up Day

Let us join together Saturday, April 13 at 9am for Spring Clean-up! The Easter Sunrise Service banner needs to be hung, the meditation garden needs TLC for a memorial service and the sunrise service, and I even hear there is some painting that needs to be done! While spring cleaning isn’t the most exciting taskContinue reading “Sat. April 13th: Spring Clean Up Day”

Sun. Apr. 28th: Guest Speaker Rev. Elizabeth Caldwell

Brookmeade welcomes Guest Speaker Rev. Elizabeth Caldwell on Sunday, April 28th. Rev. Dr. Elizabeth Caldwell is an author, teacher and quilter. She retired from thirty years of teaching at McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago in 2014. Having failed retirement, she enjoys teaching courses in religious education at VDS as an adjunct professor and writing children’sContinue reading “Sun. Apr. 28th: Guest Speaker Rev. Elizabeth Caldwell”

April 21st: Easter Sunrise Service and Breakfast (RSVP)

Easter Sunday: April 21st Sunrise Service, 6:15am: Watch the sunrise from the Miller Meditation Garden during our outdoor service of song and poetry. Breakfast at the Loveless Café, 7:45am (RSVP only) It’s a Brookmeade tradition! Sign-up in the Fellowship Hall, or RSVP by phone or email to the church office by Sunday, April 14th soContinue reading “April 21st: Easter Sunrise Service and Breakfast (RSVP)”

Sun. March 31st: Last Day to Order Easter Lilies and Hydrangeas

It is time to order the Lilies and Hydrangeas that will decorate our sanctuary for Easter Sunday! Order forms for Lilies and Hydrangeas are located in the front foyer. Please place your orders and make payment no later than Sunday, March 31st. You can leave your form and payment in the offering plate or onContinue reading “Sun. March 31st: Last Day to Order Easter Lilies and Hydrangeas”

Sun. March 31st: One Great Hour of Sharing

One Great Hour of Sharing (OGHS) a special mission offering of the United Church of Christ involves you in disaster, refugee/immigration, and development ministries throughout the world. When a disaster strikes or people are displaced or made refugees by violence or extreme poverty, you are part of the immediate response and of the long-term recovery.Continue reading “Sun. March 31st: One Great Hour of Sharing”

Sun. March 24th: RISE Gathering

February has flown by, which means RISE, the Gathering is just around the corner! At the RISE gathering, we will live into who we are as Brookmeaders by sharing and working together. Through our collaboration it is our hope that we will develop a focus and ground for decision making in the midst of ourContinue reading “Sun. March 24th: RISE Gathering”