WORSHIP & EVENTS
Tomorrow (Thursday)
Sacred Sound Circle
Join us for a Sacred Sound Circle with Christina Wypijewska us this Thursday, May 2, from 6:30PM- 7:45PM for a nourishing and meditative sound journey designed to create space for deep listening and inner resonance for balancing the body and mind. NOT TO BE MISSED!
Please register by clicking here.
Click here for a NYT article about Sound Baths and Sound Healing
May 5th - Worship 9:30am
in person & via zoom
“For the beauty of the Earth…” and so begins a familiar song of praise.
Join us this season as we celebrate beauty! From the culinary arts, to music, to fabric arts, to visual arts, we’ll celebrate beauty all around us.
This week - our sense of force and pressure, “proprioception,” explored through clay
Previous services can be found here:
https://www.youtube.com/@brooksideUCC
Check your email for new opportunities to help on Sunday mornings, in addition to hosting coffee hour
Walk this Sunday! Join friends and neighbors for the third annual "Stomp Out the Stigma" Walk on Sunday, May 5, 1:00 p.m. (1:30 p.m. walk kick-off begins) with the Mendhams Stigma-Free Task Force! Enjoy a leisurely 1-mile walk, then relax at a Resource Fair with ice cream, snacks and a chance to win random door prizes! Adult registration is $20; and students $10, which includes a special Walk T-shirt. Register online through Community Pass.
Brookside will host a table at the resource fair from 1-3pm. If you’re able to help be at the table to share information about the church and our community, please contact Nicolette
Breakfast Bag Assembly 5/12
in the community
Regional Youth Event - July 28-31
Join Pastor Nicolette this summer with current 7-12th graders* from Maine to Maryland who will gather for fun, faith, and fellowship. This year’s event will be held at Silver Lake Camp, where Nicolette has been a volunteer chaplain for the last several years. There's a lake for swimming, a high and low ropes course for challenging, and all sorts of opportunities for learning and growing.
Click Here for More Information & To Register
If cost is a barrier, please reach out to Nicolette. Camp is for everyone, and this is a really special opportunity.
Sign up HERE to get email updates about RYE.
RYE webpage- bookmark this for handy reference.
For more information, contact Debby Kirk at kirkd@sneucc.org
Spring Blooms:
A 5Rhythms Movement Series
led by Sayrah Garrison
Join us on Fridays, April 5 - May 10 from 10:00AM- 11:30AM for an opportunity to get out of your head and into your body with movement, music and community connection!
Thank You for Attending!
A warm thanks to those of you who attended the Dances of Universal Peace this past Saturday with Andre Bernard! We had a wonderful time and hope to bring Andre back again to share this inspiring practice with you soon!
In our Hearts, In our Prayers:
The prayers shared aloud on Sunday morning*
Those who are in the process of healing
Those who mourn, especially several members of our church who have lost parents recently.
Those impacted by natural & humanmade disasters in Israel & Palestine, Ukraine and other sites around the world
Those who are caregivers
Those who feel broken in body, mind, or spirit
Those in times of discernment and change
Our leaders, our communities, our nation
*Prayers shared on Sunday morning are NOT published here, except by explicit request. If you would like a prayer included in @Brookside, please email office@brooksidechurch.org