Sermon Archive

Here you will find Brookmeade’s past worship services! These can also be accessed through our YouTube Channel, or you can sign up to get them emailed to you. Feel free to explore more about Who We Are and what our Worship is like and find directions to our church.

• 12/14/25 – 3rd Sunday of Advent – “Look Who’s Comin” – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese
• 12/7/25 – 2nd Sunday of Advent – “Let That Stuff Go, For Real” – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese
• 11/30/25 – 1st Sunday of Advent – “The Word Is Woke” – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese
• 11/23/25 – 24th Sunday after Pentecost – “Today!” – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese
• 11/16/25 – 23rd Sunday after Pentecost – “Salvation is in the Patient Endurance” – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese
• 11/9/25 – 22nd Sunday after Pentecost – “Resurrection” – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese
• 11/2/25 – 21st Sunday after Pentecost/All Saints’ Day – “Being Seen” – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese
• 10/26/25 – 20th Sunday after Pentecost – “Intentions Matter: Humbled or Exalted” – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese
• 10/19/25 – 19th Sunday after Pentecost – “Keep Going: One More Step” – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese
• 10/12/25 – 18th Sunday after Pentecost – “Returning to Give Glory” – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese
• 10/5/25 – 17th Sunday after Pentecost – “Increase Our Faith” – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese
• 9/28/25 – 16th Sunday after Pentecost – “Greed and the Great Reversal” – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese
• 9/21/25 – 15th Sunday after Pentecost – “God’s Contempt for Human Ways” – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese
• 9/14/25 – 14th Sunday after Pentecost – “Joy in Heaven” – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese
• 9/7/25 – 13th Sunday after Pentecost – “Stuff or Eternity? Counting the Cost of Discipleship” – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese
• 8/31/25 – 12th Sunday after Pentecost – “Humble Thyself at the Labor Day Picnic” – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese
• 8/24/25 – 11th Sunday after Pentecost – “Sometimes We Buck Tradition: Legal Does Not Equal Moral” – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese
• 8/17/25 – 10th Sunday after Pentecost – “Not Peace, But Fire!” – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese
• 8/10/25 – 9th Sunday after Pentecost – “Confronting Policy Murder” – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese
• 8/3/25 – 8th Sunday after Pentecost – “Where Is Your Treasure Today?” – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese
• 7/27/25 – 7th Sunday after Pentecost – “Teach Us To Pray” – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese
• 7/20/25 – 6th Sunday after Pentecost – “What If We Stop Stealing Other People’s Joy?” – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese
• 7/13/25 – 5th Sunday after Pentecost – “Pulled To Action, Pulled By Love” – Message from Guest Speaker Quinn Bacon, MDiv.
• 7/6/25 – 4th Sunday after Pentecost – “And What Did We Learn?” – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese
• 6/29/25 – Pride Sermon Series: “Hope Will Never Be Silent – Hope Grounded in Love” – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese
• 6/22/25 – Pride Sermon Series: “Hope Will Never Be Silent – Hope of Resistance” – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese
• 6/15/25 – Pride Sermon Series: “Hope Will Never Be Silent – Hope of Belonging” – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese
• 6/8/25 – Pride Sermon Series: “Hope Will Never Be Silent – Hope of our History” – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese
• 6/1/25 – Pride Sermon Series: “Hope Will Never Be Silent – Hope of the Rejected” – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese
• 5/25/25 – Sixth Sunday of Easter – Message from Rev. Beverly Ross
• 5/18/25 – Fifth Sunday of Easter – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese “Making All Things New: Love One Another Like I Have Loved You”
• 5/11/25 – Fourth Sunday of Easter – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese: “Returning To Ourselves”
• 5/4/25 – Third Sunday of Easter – “Undone” – Message from Rev. Kim Wood, UCC Southeast Conference Minister
• 4/27/25 – Holy Hilarity Sunday – “Joy Is Resistance” – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese
• 4/20/25 – Easter Sunday – “Everything [in] Between: Grief & Hope” – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese – Worship Resources from A Sanctified Art, LLC
• 4/13/25 – Palm Sunday – Sermon Series: “everything [in] between” – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese: “shouting & silence” – Worship Resources from A Sanctified Art, LLC
• 4/6/25 – Fifth Sunday in Lent – Sermon Series: “everything [in] between” – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese: “righteousness & mercy” – Worship Resources from A Sanctified Art, LLC
• 3/30/25 – Fourth Sunday in Lent – Sermon Series: “everything [in] between” – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese: “lost & found” – Worship Resources from A Sanctified Art, LLC
• 3/23/25 – Third Sunday in Lent – Sermon Series: “everything [in] between” – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese: “rest & growth” – Worship Resources from A Sanctified Art, LLC
• 3/16/25 – Second Sunday in Lent – Sermon Series: “everything [in] between” – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese: “faith & works” – Worship Resources from A Sanctified Art, LLC
• 3/9/25 – First Sunday in Lent – Sermon Series: “everything [in] between” – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese: “stranger and neighbor” – Worship Resources from A Sanctified Art, LLC
• 3/2/25 – Last Sunday after the Epiphany – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese: “Transfigured So We Might Transform”
• 2/23/25 – 7th Sunday after the Epiphany – Message from Gavin Warren
• 2/16/25 – 6th Sunday after the Epiphany – Message from Gavin Warren
• 2/9/25 – 5th Sunday after the Epiphany – Message from Rev. Dorothy Gager: “Put Out Into the Deep Water”
• 2/2/25 – 4th Sunday after the Epiphany – Message from Rev. Anne-Marie Zanzal: “A Love That Holds Us”
• 1/26/25 – 3rd Sunday after the Epiphany – Message from Rev. Anne-Marie Zanzal: “Proclaiming Good News: A Call to Liberation”
• 1/19/25 – 2nd Sunday after the Epiphany – Message from Dr. Tammy Lewis Wilborn: “Dearly Beloved”
• 1/12/25 – 1st Sunday after the Epiphany – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese: “Properties of Fire & Water”
• 1/5/25 – 2nd Sunday after Christmas – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese: “Words for the Beginning: The Road Isn’t Straight” (Worship Resources from Sanctified Art, LLC)
• 12/29/24 – 1st Sunday after Christmas – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese: “Words for the Beginning: Lessons in Joy & Laughter” (Worship Resources from Sanctified Art, LLC)
• 12/22/24 – 4th Sunday in Advent – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese: “Words for the Beginning: Hope Is Worth The Risk” (Worship Resources from Sanctified Art, LLC)
• 12/15/24 – 3rd Sunday in Advent – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese: “Words for the Beginning: Do The Good That Is Yours To Do” (Worship Resources from Sanctified Art, LLC)
• 12/8/24 – 2nd Sunday in Advent – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese: “Words for the Beginning: We Can’t Go Alone” (Worship Resources from Sanctified Art, LLC)
• 12/1/24 – 1st Sunday in Advent – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese: “Words for the Beginning: You Are A Blessing” (Worship Resources from Sanctified Art, LLC)
• 11/24/24 – 27th Sunday after Pentecost – Message from Rev. Beverly Ross: “Gratitude in Hard Times”
• 11/17/24 – 26th Sunday after Pentecost – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese: “The Beginning of the Labor Pains”
• 11/10/24 – 25th Sunday after Pentecost – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese: “Beware, Being Rich Doesn’t Make One Righteous Nor Right”
• 11/3/24 – 24th Sunday after Pentecost/All Saints Day – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese: “One Cannot Hate Any People and Love God”
• 10/27/24 – 23rd Sunday after Pentecost – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese: “Faith Saves, Not Jesus”
• 10/20/24 – 22nd Sunday after Pentecost – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese: “Not To Be Served But To Serve”
• 10/13/24 – 21st Sunday after Pentecost – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese: “Liberation and Unity: The Work of the Spirit”
• 10/6/24 – 20th Sunday after Pentecost – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese: “What We Have Done To/For God”
• 9/29/24 – 19th Sunday after Pentecost – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese: “Sermon Series: The Forward Together Lectionary by the Repairers of the Breach for the Poor People’s Campaign” – “Prophetic Rebuttal to the Abuse of Governing Power”
• 9/15/24 – 17th Sunday after Pentecost – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese: “Sermon Series: The Forward Together Lectionary by the Repairers of the Breach for the Poor People’s Campaign” – “Who Asked this from Your Hand? Doing Justice as Worshiping God”
• 9/8/24 – 16th Sunday after Pentecost – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese: “Sermon Series: The Forward Together Lectionary by the Repairers of the Breach for the Poor People’s Campaign” – “The Power of Acting Up and Acting Out” (Title and Commentary by Rev. Dr. Stephanie Buckhanon Crowder)
• 9/1/24 – 15th Sunday after Pentecost – Message from Dr. Tammy Lewis Wilborn: “Labor Pains”
• 8/25/24 – 14th Sunday after Pentecost – Music Sunday: Equality
• 8/18/24 – 13th Sunday after Pentecost – Message from Rev. Diane Tugel
• 8/11/24 – 12th Sunday after Pentecost – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese: “Ridding Our Bitterness”
• 8/4/24 – 11th Sunday after Pentecost – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese: “One Love”
• 7/28/24 – 10th Sunday after Pentecost – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese: “Feeling the Love”
• 7/21/24 – 9th Sunday after Pentecost – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese: “A Healer’s Job Is Never Finished”
• 7/14/24 – 8th Sunday after Pentecost – Message from Rev. Jennifer Crane Crenshaw
• 7/7/24 – 7th Sunday after Pentecost – Pride Month Sermon Series: “The Good News of Broadway (In Musicals)” – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese: “Lost and Found”
• 6/30/24 – 6th Sunday after Pentecost – Message from Chaplain Dahron Johnson: “Unity? What Unity??”
• 6/23/24 – 5th Sunday after Pentecost – Pride Month Sermon Series: “The Good News of Broadway (In Musicals)” – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese: “What Prevents Us?” (Recorded at FUUN)
• 6/16/24 – 4th Sunday after Pentecost – Pride Month Sermon Series: “The Good News of Broadway (In Musicals)” – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese: “Good Enough”
• 6/9/24 – 3rd Sunday after Pentecost – Pride Month Sermon Series: “The Good News of Broadway (In Musicals)” – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese: “Love Wins”
• 6/2/24 – 2nd Sunday after Pentecost – Pride Month Sermon Series: “The Good News of Broadway (In Musicals)” – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese: “Everything Is Different Now”
• 5/26/24 – Trinity Sunday – Message from Dr. Tammy Lewis Wilborn: “From Mourning to Morning”
• 5/19/24 – Pentecost Sunday – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese: “Breathing Something New Into Being”
• 5/12/24 – Mothering Sunday – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese: “Joy Fulfilled in Oneness”
• 5/5/24 – Sixth Sunday of Easter – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese “The Fruit of Love is Joy”
• 4/28/24 – Garden Dedication Service – “May the Circle Be Unbroken”
• 4/21/24 – Fourth Sunday of Easter – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese: “The Agency in the Power to Lay It Down”
• 4/14/24 – Third Sunday of Easter – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese: “Decolonizing the Great Commission”
• 4/7/24 – Second Sunday of Easter – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese: “Wandering Heart: Here’s My Heart”
• 3/31/24 – Easter Sunday – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese: “Wandering Heart: And I Hope”
• 3/24/24 – Palm Sunday – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese: “Wandering Heart: Songs of Loudest Praise”
• 3/17/24 – Fifth Sunday of Lent – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese: “Wandering Heart: Teach Me”
• 3/10/24 – Fourth Sunday of Lent – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese: “Wandering Heart: I’m Fixed Upon It”
• 3/3/24 – Third Sunday of Lent – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese: “Wandering Heart: Praise the Mount”
• 2/25/24 – Second Sunday of Lent – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese: “Wandering Heart: Rescue Me From Danger”
• 2/18/24 – First Sunday of Lent – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese: “Wandering Heart: Jesus Sought Me”
• 2/11/24 – Last Sunday after the Epiphany – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese: “Epiphany Revelation Series: Changing Before Our Eyes”
• 2/4/24 – Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese: “Epiphany Revelation Series: Drawn to the Holy”
• 1/28/24 – Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese: “Epiphany Revelation Series: Jesus the Healer”
• 1/21/24 – Third Sunday after the Epiphany – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese: “Epiphany Revelation Series”
• 1/14/24 – Second Sunday after the Epiphany – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese: “Epiphany Revelation Series: Following the Good News”
• 1/7/24 – First Sunday after the Epiphany – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese: “How Does a Weary World Rejoice?: We Trust Our Belovedness”
• 12/31/23 – First Sunday after Christmas – Music Sunday: “We Root Ourselves in Ritual”
• 12/24/23 – Christmas Eve Candlelight Service: The Lights of Christmas, Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese: “How Does a Weary World Rejoice?: We Make Room”
• Fourth Sunday of Advent 12/24/23 – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese: “How Does a Weary World Rejoice?: We Sing Stories of Hope”
• 12/21/23 – The Longest Night: A Worship Service for the Weary
• Third Sunday of Advent 12/17/23 – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese: “How Does a Weary World Rejoice?: We Allow Ourselves To Be Amazed”
• Second Sunday of Advent 12/10/23 – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese: “How Does a Weary World Rejoice?: We Find Joy in Connection”
• First Sunday of Advent 12/3/23 – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese: “How Does a Weary World Rejoice?: We Acknowledge Our Weariness”
• Last Sunday after Pentecost 11/26/23 – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese: “Matthew 25 Sermon Series: 3. Seeing the Holy in Others”
• 25th Sunday after Pentecost 11/19/23 – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese: “Matthew 25 Sermon Series: 2. Taking the Risk”
• 24th Sunday after Pentecost 11/12/23 – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese: “Matthew 25 Sermon Series: 1. Getting Ready”
• 23rd Sunday after Pentecost 11/5/23 – All Saint’s Day – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese: “Remembering and Rejoicing”
• 22nd Sunday after Pentecost 10/29/23 – Music Sunday: “Let Us Love God & Our Neighbor”
• 21st Sunday after Pentecost 10/22/23 – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese: “What Do We Need to be Giving to the Emperor?”
• 20th Sunday after Pentecost 10/15/23 – Message from Rev. Jennifer Crane Crenshaw
• 19th Sunday after Pentecost 10/8/23 – Message from Rev. Diane Tugel: “The Journey”
• 18th Sunday after Pentecost 10/1/23 – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese: “There Is Still Room, Even For You”
• 17th Sunday after Pentecost 9/24/23 – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese: “Offensive Grace”
• 16th Sunday after Pentecost 9/17/23 – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese: “It’s Quiet Uptown…Seventy Times Seven”
• 15th Sunday after Pentecost 9/10/23 – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese: “Building The Community”
• 14th Sunday after Pentecost 9/3/23 – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese: “From Bedrock to Stumbling Block”
• 13th Sunday after Pentecost 8/27/23 – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese: “But Who Do You Say That I Am?”
• 12th Sunday after Pentecost 8/20/23 – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese: “Unchanging Jesus? Growth Requires Change”
• 11th Sunday after Pentecost 8/13/23 – Message from Rev. Liz DeWeese: “Room to Doubt”
• 10th Sunday after Pentecost 8/6/23 – Message from Rev. Beverly Ross – Hiroshima Day of Remembrance
• 9th Sunday after Pentecost 7/30/23 – Message from Rev. Beverly Ross
• 8th Sunday after Pentecost 7/23/23 – Message from Rev. Anne-Marie Zanzal
• 7th Sunday after Pentecost 7/16/23 – Message from Rev. Beverly Ross
• 6th Sunday after Pentecost 7/9/23 – Brookmeade’s 70th Anniversary – Message from Rev. Beverly Ross and Rev. Dorothy Gager
• 5th Sunday after Pentecost 7/2/23 – Message from Chaplain Dahron Johnson
• 4th Sunday after Pentecost/Pride Weekend 6/25/23 – Message: “Yes, and…” by Rev. Beverly Ross
• 3rd Sunday after Pentecost/Juneteenth 6/18/23 – Message: “Walking Humbly with God” by Rev. Anne-Marie Zanzal
• 2nd Sunday after Pentecost 6/11/23 – Message from Rev. Beverly Ross
• Trinity Sunday/Pride Month 6/4/23 – Message from Rev. Beverly Ross
• Pentecost Sunday 5/28/23 – Message from Pastor Laura Hodges
• 7th Sunday of Easter 5/21/23 – Message from Pastor Laura Hodges
• 6th Sunday of Easter 5/14/23 – Message: “In the Belly of a Whale (or a Fish)” by Rev. Diane Tugel
• 5th Sunday of Easter 5/7/23 – Message: “Who Are We Becoming?” by Pastor Liz DeWeese
• 4th Sunday of Easter 4/30/23 – Music Sunday
• 3rd Sunday of Easter 4/23/23 – Message from Pastor Laura Hodges
• 2nd Sunday of Easter 4/16/23 – Message from Pastor Laura Hodges
• Easter Sunday 4/9/23 – Message from Rev. Beverly Ross
• Palm Sunday 4/2/23 – Message from Rev. Beverly Ross: “Who Is Coming Through the Other Gate?”
• Fourth Sunday in Lent 3/19/23 – Message from Rev. Beverly Ross: “Listening When God Is Speaking”
• Third Sunday in Lent (Amistad Sunday) 3/12/23 – Message from Rev. Jean Norton
• Second Sunday in Lent 3/5/23 – Message from Pastor Laura Hodges
• First Sunday in Lent 2/26/23 – Message from Pastor Laura Hodges
• Transfiguration Sunday 2/19/23 – Message from Rev. Diane Tugel: “The Mountaintop”
• 6th Sunday after the Epiphany 2/12/23 – Message from Pastor Laura Hodges
• 5th Sunday after the Epiphany 2/5/23 – Message from Pastor Laura Hodges
• 4th Sunday after the Epiphany 1/29/23 – Message from Rev. Beverly Ross
• 3rd Sunday after the Epiphany 1/22/23 – Message from Pastor Laura Hodges
• 2nd Sunday after the Epiphany 1/15/23 – Message from Pastor Laura Hodges
• 1st Sunday after the Epiphany 1/8/23 – Message from Rev. Beverly Ross, Baptism Renewal
• New Year’s Day 1/1/23 – Guided Meditation and Communion
• Christmas Eve Candlelight Service 12/24/22 – Service of Readings and Carols
• 4th Sunday of Advent 12/18/22 – Message from Pastor Laura Hodges
• 3rd Sunday of Advent 12/11/22 – Message from Rev. Beverly Ross
• 2nd Sunday of Advent 12/4/22 – Message from Pastor Laura Hodges
• 1st Sunday of Advent 11/27/22 – Message from Rev. Beverly Ross
• 24th Sunday after Pentecost 11/20/22 – Message from Guest Pastor Rev. Dorothy Gager
• 23rd Sunday after Pentecost 11/13/22 – Message from Pastor Laura Hodges
• 22nd Sunday after Pentecost 11/6/22 – “A FIAT” Message from Mike Ross
• 21st Sunday after Pentecost 10/30/22 – Music Sharing Sunday: All Saints Day featuring Remembrances from Brookmeade members of loved ones past and present
• 20th Sunday after Pentecost 10/23/22 – Message from Rev. Beverly Ross
• 19th Sunday after Pentecost 10/16/22 – Message from Pastor Laura Hodges
• 18th Sunday after Pentecost 10/9/22 – Message from Pastor Laura Hodges
• 17th Sunday after Pentecost 10/2/22 – World Communion Sunday, Message from Rev. Beverly Ross
• 16th Sunday after Pentecost 9/25/22 – Message from Pastor Laura Hodges
• 15th Sunday after Pentecost 9/18/22 – Just Peace Sunday, Message from Rev. Beverly Ross
• 14th Sunday after Pentecost 9/11/22 – Message from Rev. Beverly Ross
• 13th Sunday after Pentecost 9/4/22 – Message from Rev. Diane Tugel: “Changing Times”
• 12th Sunday after Pentecost 8/28/22 – Message from Pastor Laura Hodges
• 11th Sunday after Pentecost 8/21/22 – Message from Rev. Beverly Ross, New Member Recognition
• 10th Sunday after Pentecost 8/14/22 – Message from Rev. Beverly Ross, Mission Moment with Cheryl Noe from Project CURE, Appreciation for Pastor Laura Hodges
• 9th Sunday after Pentecost 8/7/22 – Message from Pastor Laura Hodges, Communion, New Member Recognition & Baptism
• Music Sharing Sunday 7/31/22
• 7th Sunday after Pentecost 7/24/22 – Message from Pastor Laura Hodges
• 6th Sunday after Pentecost 7/17/22 – Message from Rev. Beverly Ross
• 5th Sunday after Pentecost 7/10/22 – Message from Rev Beverly Ross
• 4th Sunday after Pentecost 7/3/22 – Message from Pastor Laura Hodges
• 3rd Sunday after Pentecost 6/26/22 (Pride Weekend) – Message from Rev. Beverly Ross
• 2nd Sunday after Pentecost 6/19/22 (Juneteenth/Father’s Day) – Message from Pastor Laura Hodges
• Trinity Sunday 6/12/22 – Message from Pastor Laura Hodges
• Pentecost Sunday 6/5/22 – Message from Rev. Anne-Marie Zanzal
• 7th Sunday of Easter 5/29/22 – Music Sunday
• 6th Sunday of Easter 5/22/22 – Message from Pastor Laura Hodges
• 5th Sunday of Easter 5/15/22 – Message from Pastor Laura Hodges
• 4th Sunday of Easter 5/8/22 – Message from Rev. Beverly Ross “The Perfect Mother”
• Nature Sunday 5/1/22 at Edwin Warner Park, featuring Holy Communion
• Easter Sunday 4/17/22 – Message from Rev. Beverly Ross “Hope and Renewal Are Still Here”, Liturgy of Farewell & Release for Pastor Anne-Marie Zanzal
• Palm Sunday 4/10/22 – Message from Pastor Laura Hodges
• Fifth Sunday in Lent 4/3/22 – Message from Rev. Anne-Marie Zanzal
• Fourth Sunday in Lent 3/27/22 – Message from Pastor Laura Hodges
• Third Sunday in Lent 3/20/22 – Message from Pastor Laura Hodges
• Second Sunday in Lent 3/13/22 – Message from Rev. Anne-Marie Zanzal
• First Sunday in Lent 3/6/22 – Message from Rev. Anne-Marie Zanzal, Holy Communion
• Transfiguration Sunday 2/27/22 – Message from Rev. Anne-Marie Zanzal, Prayer for Ukraine
• Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany 2/20/22 – Message from Rev. Anne-Marie Zanzal
• Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany 2/13/22 – Message from Pastor Laura Hodges
• Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany 2/6/22 – Message from Pastor Laura Hodges, Holy Communion
• Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany 1/30/22 – Music/Psalm Sunday
• Third Sunday after the Epiphany 1/23/22 – Message from Rev. Anne-Marie Zanzal
• Second Sunday after the Epiphany 1/16/22 – Message from Pastor Laura Hodges
• First Sunday after the Epiphany 1/9/22 – Message from Rev. Anne-Marie Zanzal
• Second Sunday after Christmas 1/2/22 – Burning Bowl Ceremony led by Pastor Laura Hodges
• 12/24/21 Christmas Eve Video of Scriptures and Hymns, with a short message from Pastor Beverly Ross
• Fourth Sunday of Advent 12/19/21 – Message from Rev. Anne-Marie Zanzal
• Service of Remembrance & Ceremony of Release for the Miller Meditation and Foster Memorial Gardens 12/12/21
• Third Sunday of Advent 12/12/21 – Message from Pastor Laura Hodges
• Second Sunday of Advent 12/5/21 – Message from Rev. Anne-Marie Zanzal
• First Sunday of Advent 11/28/21 – Message from Rev. Beverly Ross
• Last Sunday after Pentecost 11/21/21 – Transgender Day of Remembrance & Guest Speaker Olivia Hill
• 25th Sunday after Pentecost 11/14/21 – Sermon by Rev. Beverly Ross
• 24th Sunday after Pentecost 11/7/21 – Sermon by Rev. Anne-Marie Zanzal
• 23rd Sunday after Pentecost 10/31/21 – Music Sunday: Celebrating All Saints Day
• 22nd Sunday after Pentecost 10/24/21 – Sermon by Rev. Beverly Ross
• 21st Sunday after Pentecost 10/17/21 – Sermon by Pastor Laura Hodges
• 20th Sunday after Pentecost 10/10/21 – Nature Sunday at Edwin Warner Park
• 19th Sunday after Pentecost 10/3/21 – World Communion Sunday, Sermon by Pastor Laura Hodges
• 18th Sunday after Pentecost 9/26/21 – Sermon by Pastor Laura Hodges “Desert Places”
• 17th Sunday after Pentecost 9/19/21 (Pride Weekend) – Sermon by Rev. Anne-Marie Zanzal
• 16th Sunday after Pentecost 9/12/21 – Sermon by Rev. Anne-Marie Zanzal
• 15th Sunday after Pentecost 9/5/21 – Sermon by Rev. Beverly Ross & Holy Communion
• 14th Sunday after Pentecost 8/29/21 – Music Sunday: Change, Transformation and Moving Forward
• 13th Sunday after Pentecost 8/22/21 – Sermon by Rev. Beverly Ross “You Shall Go Where I Show You”
• 12th Sunday after Pentecost 8/15/21 – Sermon by Pastor Laura Hodges
• 11th Sunday after Pentecost 8/8/21 – Sermon by Rev. Anne-Marie Zanzal
• 10th Sunday after Pentecost 8/1/21 – Sermon by Rev. Beverly Ross
• 9th Sunday after Pentecost 7/25/21 – Sermon by Rev. Dorothy Gager “Who Am I?”
• 8th Sunday after Pentecost 7/18/21 – Sermon by Pastor Becca Griffin “They Will Have a Home of Their Own”
• 7th Sunday after Pentecost 7/11/21 – Sermon by Rev. Beverly Ross
• 6th Sunday after Pentecost 7/4/21 – Sermon by Rev. Beverly Ross
• 5th Sunday after Pentecost 6/27/21 – Open & Affirming Sunday, Sermon from Pastor Becca Griffin “Healing Our Collective Imaginations in the Everyday”
• 4th Sunday after Pentecost 6/20/21 – Hybrid Worship, Guest Preacher Dahron Johnson
• 3rd Sunday after Pentecost 6/13/21 – Hybrid Worship, celebrating Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, Message “Decentering Whiteness” from Rev. Beverly Ross
• 2nd Sunday after Pentecost 6/6/21 – Hybrid Worship, Message from Rev. Beverly Ross
• Music Sunday 5/30/21 – “Calling Out Around the World: Messages for Humanity” featuring music from Howard UCC Choir Members and Music Team, and from friends of the Brookmeade Community that have played at our past Coffee House/Open Mic Nights
• Pentecost Sunday 5/23/21 – Sermon “How Comes the Spirit?” by Rev. Beverly Ross, words of gratitude for Pastor Becca Griffin, Affirmation of new members
• 7th Sunday of Easter 5/16/21 – Sermon from Pastor Becca Griffin
• 6th Sunday of Easter 5/9/21 – In-Person Outdoor Worship (livestreamed) – Not available due to technical difficulties.
• 5th Sunday of Easter 5/2/21 – Sermon “Walking With A Gardener” by Pastor Becca Griffin
• 4th Sunday of Easter 4/25/21 – Sermon by Rev. Beverly Ross “Love All the Sheep”
• 3rd Sunday of Easter 4/18/21 – Sermon by Pastor Becca Griffin “Realness”
• 2nd Sunday of Easter 4/11/21 – Special Worship Service crafted by UCC National Staff
• Easter Sunday 4/4/21 – Sermon by Rev. Beverly Ross (Outdoor Worship Livestream)
• Palm Sunday 3/28/21 – Sermon by Guest Preacher Dorothy Gager
• 5th Sunday in Lent 3/21/21 – Sermon by Pastor Becca Griffin “Wholeness, Not Particular Perfection”
• 4th Sunday in Lent 3/14/21 – Sermon by Rev. Beverly Ross “Facing Our Pain and Redemption”
• 3rd Sunday in Lent (Amistad Sunday) 3/7/21 – Sermon by Pastor Becca Griffin
• 2nd Sunday in Lent 2/28/21 – Sermon by Rev. Beverly Ross
• 1st Sunday in Lent 2/21/21 – Sermon “Waiting on the World to Change” by Guest Preacher Stephen Underwood
• Last Sunday after the Epiphany: Transfiguration Sunday 2/14/21 – Sermon “How Can We Be Transfigured?” by Rev. Beverly Ross
• 5th Sunday after the Epiphany 2/7/21 – Sermon by Pastor Becca Griffin
• 4th Sunday after the Epiphany 1/31/21 – Music Sunday
• 3rd Sunday after the Epiphany 1/24/21 – Sermon “We Are Called To Love” by Rev. Beverly Ross
• 2nd Sunday after the Epiphany 1/17/21 – Sermon “We Are Called” by Rev. Beverly Ross
• 1st Sunday after the Epiphany 1/10/21 – Sermon “Baptism in Light” by Pastor Becca Griffin
• 2nd Sunday after Christmas 1/3/21 – Sermon “Sister Nature” by Pastor Becca Griffin
• 1st Sunday after Christmas 12/27/20 – Sermon by Rev. Beverly Ross, “For Such a Time as This”
• 4th Sunday of Advent 12/20/20 – Christmas Pageant “The Unicorn at the Manger”
• 3rd Sunday of Advent 12/13/20 – Sermon by Pastor Becca Griffin, “Oh Mary, Don’t You Weep”
• 2nd Sunday of Advent 12/6/20 – Sermon by Pastor Becca Griffin, “At Peace At Home”
• 1st Sunday of Advent 11/29/20 – Music Sunday
• 24th Sunday after Pentecost 11/15/20 – Sermon by Rev. Beverly Ross
• 23rd Sunday after Pentecost 11/8/20 – Sermon by Pastor Becca Griffin
• 22nd Sunday after Pentecost 11/1/2020 – All Saints’ Day, Communion, Sermon by Rev. Beverly Ross
• 21st Sunday after Pentecost 10/25/2020 – Sermon by Rev. Beverly Ross
• 20th Sunday after Pentecost: Children’s Sabbath 10/18/20 – Sermon by Pastor Becca Griffin
• Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost 10/11/2020 – Sermon by Rev. Jennifer Crane Crenshaw
• Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost 10/4/2020 – Blessing of the Animals and World Communion Sunday with Sermon from Rev. Beverly Ross
• Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost 9/27/2020 – Sermon by Rev. Beverly Ross on Philippians 2:1-13
• Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost, 9/20/20 – Service of Recognition and Affirmation of the New Pastoral Team, Sermon by Pastor Becca Griffin
• Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost, 9/13/20 – Pastor Becca Griffin, “The ‘F’ Word”
• Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, 9/6/2020 – Rev. Beverly Ross, “Preparing for Change,” Communion Sunday
• Music Sunday: “New Beginnings,” 8/30/20
• Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, 8/23/20 – Rev. Diane Tugel & Pastor Laura Hodges, Farewell Sermons
• Tenth Sunday after Pentecost, 8/9/2020 – Rev. Diane Tugel – “Aye!” – Matthew 14
• Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, Communion Sunday, 8/2/2020 – Becca Griffin intro to video from Rev. Alan Storey – Genesis 32 – Jacob Wrestles, Matthew 14, Loaves & Fishes – “Wrestling and Sharing
• Eighth Sunday after Pentecost 7/26/2020 – Rev. Eddie Colf – Matthew 13
• Seventh Sunday after Pentecost 7/19/2020 – Rev. Diane Tugel
• Sixth Sunday after Pentecost 7/12/2020 – Laura Hodges – “Spiritual Nourishment”
• Fifth Sunday after Pentecost 7/5/2020 – Becca Griffin – “Rest for the Weary”
• Fourth Sunday after Pentecost 6/28/2020 – Angela Dillon – Continued series on Anti-Racism
• Third Sunday after Pentecost 6/21/2020 – Pastor Laura Hodges – Father’s Day – continued series on Anti-Racism for June
• Second Sunday after Pentecost 6/14/2020 – Rev. Diane Tugel – “Neighboring” – continued series on Anti-Racism for June
• Trinity Sunday/Communion Sunday 6/7/2020 – Pastor Becca Griffin introduces a ted talk by Ruby Sales and a prayer from Howard Thurman called “Open Unto Me” is our benediction– these are two voices in this video that will begin our focus on antiracism and racism this month. During the Month of June we will focus on antiracism and racism in response to police brutality and murder committed against George Floyd and Breonna Taylor among too many others due to systematic racism in our country.
• Pentecost Sunday/Music Sunday 5/31/2020 – Grieving Loss and Welcoming the Spirit (video)
• Seventh Sunday in Easter 5/24/2020 – Memorial Day, Graduate Recognition Sunday, Message from Rev. Diane Tugel – “Grounding” (video)
• Sixth Sunday in Easter 5/17/2020 – Teacher Appreciation Day – Message from Pastor Becca Griffin Acts 17:22-31 (video)
• Fifth Sunday in Easter 5/10/2020 – Mother’s Day – Message from Rev. Jennifer Crane Crenshaw, Acts 7:55-60; 1 Peter 2:2-10 (video with music from Steve Deasy, Mike Ross, Lauryn Ross, and Claudia Nygaard, scripture reading from Kevin and Robbie Hunter, photography from Raymond White, Becca Griffin, and our special Time with Furry Family with Jon Warkenton and Cocoa!)
• Fourth Sunday in Easter 5/3/2020 – Pastor Laura Hodges, “Being the Church,” Acts 2:42-47 (video with music from Steve Deasy, Mike Ross, special guests Meredith Cox and Eliza Blades, and special guest Lee Duncan, reading from Jolie Grace Wareham, photo offerings from Debbie Bright, Becca Griffin, Keri Jobe, and Time with Furry Family with Mike and Adora Ross and their pup, Sophie!)
• Third Sunday in Easter 4/26/2020 – Guest Speaker, Rev. Neelley Hicks of Harper Hill Global (video with music from Steve Deasy, Mike Ross, and Charles and Keri Jobe; with photography contributed by Julie Langdon, Debbie Bright, Becca Griffin, and Raymond White; new segment Time with Furry Family includes Debbie Bright and her pup, Coco!)
• Second Sunday in Easter 4/19/2020 – Rev. Diane Tugel – “Sheltering in Place” (video with music from Steve Deasy, Charles and Keri Jobe, Becca Griffin, and Mike Ross with photography contributed by Robbie Hunter, Erin Perry, and Adora Ross)
• Easter Sunday Worship 4/12/2020 – Becca Griffin – “Resurrected Love” (video with music from Steve Deasy, Keri Jobe, and Angela Elliot, with reading contributed by Agnes Osadolo)
• Maundy Thursday Worship 4/9/2020 – Rev. Diane Tugel – Maundy Thursday/Communion Worship Meditation (video with music from Steve Deasy, meditation with Rev. Diane Tugel, readings from the DeHart family, Laura Hodges, and Becca Griffin)
• Online Worship Recording 4/5/2020 – Palm Sunday/Communion Sunday – Sermon from Laura Hodges – “The East Gate” — communion led by Rev. Diane Tugel (video with music from Steve Deasy, Mike Ross, Keri Jobe, Beverly Ross, Adora Ross, Becca Griffin, photography by Debbie Bright, Robbie Hunter, Abbey Labrecque, and featuring art from Betty Walther contributed by Agnes Osadolo)
• Online Worship Recording 3/29/2020 — Music Sunday — with reading from Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson and words from Rev. Jean Norton about Therapeutic Music (video with music from Steve Deasy, Mike Ross, Keri Jobe and Charles Jobe, Beverly Ross, and Lee Duncan, with photographic contributions from Julie Langdon, Robbie Hunter, Debbie Bright, and art from Mike Moyers and Kimiko Sakai)
• Sermon 3/22/20 – Becca Griffin – Good Shepherds (video with music from Mike Ross and prayers read from the New Century Hymnal by Adora Ross)
• Sermon: 3/15/20 – Laura Hodges – Faith, Anxiety, and Covid-19 (video)
• Sermon: 1/26/2020 – Becca Griffin – Fungi: A Network – Matthew 14:12-23; Isaiah 9:1-4, Fantastic Fungi – Brookmeade Congregational Church UCC, Nashville, TN (text with audio)

• Sermon: 1/12/2020 – Becca Griffin – Jesus Baptism, Being Beloved, Eric Carle, Art and Delight – Brookmeade Congregational Church UCC, Nashville, TN (audio only)

• Sermon: 12/1/2019 – Becca Griffin – Despair – Isaiah 2:1-5, Mary Oliver’s “Wild Geese,” Omari Booker’s Mary and Child (omaribooker.com) – Brookmeade Congregational Church UCC, Nashville, TN

• Sermon: 11/24/2019 – Becca Griffin – “Being Still” – Psalm 46, Luke 23:33-43 – Brookmeade Congregational Church UCC, Nashville, TN

• Sermon: 10/6/2019 – Becca Griffin – “Faith” – Brookmeade Congregational Church UCC, Nashville, TN (audio only)

• Sermon: 9/22/2019 – Laura Brand Hodges – “Which Steward am I” – Luke 16:1-15 – Brookmeade Congregational Church UCC, Nashville, TN

• Sermon: 9/8/2019 – Laura Brand Hodges – “Seek out. Speak out. See in.” – Letter to Philemon – Brookmeade Congregational Church UCC, Nashville, TN

• Sermon: 8/25/2019 – Abbey Labrecque – “Embodied Hope” – Jeremiah 1:4-10 – Brookmeade Congregational Church UCC, Nashville, TN

• Sermon: 8/18/2019 – Becca Griffin – “Primal Story of Peace” – Hebrews 11:29-12:2 – Glencliff United Methodist Church, Nashville, TN

• Sermon: 8/11/2019 – Becca Griffin – “Remembering” – Isaiah 1; Hebrews 11:1 – Brookmeade Congregational Church UCC, Nashville, TN

• Sermon: 8/4/2019 – Abbey Labrecque – Psalm 107:1-9, 43 – Brookmeade Congregational Church UCC, Nashville, TN

• Sermon: 7/21/2019 – Abbey Labrecque – Luke 10:38-42 – Brookmeade Congregational Church UCC, Nashville, TN

• Sermon: 7/14/2019 – Becca Griffin – “A Good Samaritan” – Brookmeade Congregational UCC, Nashville, TN

• Sermon: 6/15/2019 – Abbey Labrecque – John 16: 12-15 – Brookmeade Congregational UCC, Nashville, TN

• Sermon: 5/5/19 – Abbey Labrecque – John 21:1-18 – Brookmeade Congregational Church UCC, Nashville, TN
• Sermon: 4/21/19 – Abbey Labrecque – John 20:1-18 – Brookmeade Congregational Church UCC, Nashville, TN

• Sermon: 4/7/19 – Abbey Labrecque – John 12:1-8 – Brookmeade Congregational Church UCC, Nashville, TN

• Sermon: 3/3/19 – Abbey Labrecque – Exodus 34:29-35 – Brookmeade Congregational Church UCC, Nashville, TN

• Sermon: 2/17/19 – Abbey Labrecque – Luke 6:17-26 – Brookmeade Congregational Church UCC, Nashville, TN

• Sermon: 1/6/19 – Abbey Labrecque – Matthew 2:1-12 – Brookmeade Congregational Church UCC, Nashville, TN

• Sermon: 12/9/18 – Becca Griffin – Ode to We, First Sermon at BCUCC – Brookmeade Congregational Church UCC, Nashville, TN

• Sermon: 11/25/18 – Abbey Labrecque – Revelation 1:4-8 – Brookmeade Congregational Church UCC, Nashville, TN

• Sermon: 11/4/18 – Abbey Labrecque – Mark 12:28-34 – Brookmeade Congregational Church UCC, Nashville, TN

• Sermon: 10/28/18 – Abbey Labrecque – Mark 10:46-52 – Brookmeade Congregational Church UCC, Nashville, TN

• Sermon: 10/15/18 – Abbey Labrecque – Mark 10:35-45 – Brookmeade Congregational Church UCC, Nashville, TN

• Sermon: 9/23/18 – Abbey Labrecque – Brookmeade Congregational Church UCC, Nashville, TN