Worship

When you pull up to our church Sunday morning for our 10:30-11:30am service, you’ll encounter a beautiful mid-century modern building surrounded by trees and greenery. Coming up to the front doors, you’ll see our Brookmeade cross and bell on the front lawn which used to signal the start of service. You’ll also see a sculpture made for our church by William Ralston, and just beyond that, the front door with a pride flag in the corner. When you enter those doors, you’ll be greeted by one of our members, who will point out our children’s quiet-time bags, our all-gender restrooms, and—of course—our sanctuary.

You’ll find that Brookmeaders dress in a variety of ways from casual to formal and invite you to wear whatever makes you comfortable. We hope that you’ll grab a bulletin, sign your name in our visitor’s book on the way in, and find a seat in one of our comfortable chairs and enjoy worshipping with us! You might even get to enjoy the view of some wildlife, like bluebirds, monarch butterflies, deer, and bunnies, through our sanctuary window.

Our service follows the traditional format of hymns and liturgy but isn’t filled with the old traditional language. At Brookmeade we try to use gender-neutral language for God, talk about God’s kin-dom rather than Kingdom, and regularly bring our hopes and prayers for social justice into our worship.

We share communion on the first Sunday of the month where all are welcome to participate regardless of denomination or belief system.

Following service, you are welcome to stay and join us for Coffee Fellowship where we enjoy catching up with one another and eating good food.

If you are unable to participate in our in-person worship, we also livestream our services each Sunday on our YouTube channel! Sign up for our mailing list to get notified each time a video gets posted, and subscribe to our channel on YouTube. You can also find our previous services on our channel or by going to our Sermon Archive.

We’d love to get to know you, and are happy to talk about more ways you can Get Involved with Brookmeade outside of Sunday mornings!

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