Sermons from Brookmeade

• Fifth Sunday after Pentecost 7/4/2020 – 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