The After Party Noontime Prayer

Join an online prayer community on the eve of our national election, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2024 11:30 CST

Join us for EBCA’s Fall Festival and Trunk or Treat on October 24!

Please bring 1 or 2 bags of peanut-free candy for your trunk or treaters!

Join us October 16 at EBPC for our Halloween Cookie Decorating Party.

Please bring a drink and a cookie decoration to share. RSVP to Amethyst Kurbegov.

Join us for an outdoor “Blessing of the Animals” service on October 13th at 11:15am during our Sonshine Worship service! Celebrate the joy and companionship our pets bring to our lives as we gather in gratitude and love. Bring your furry, feathered, or scaly friends for a special blessing, and enjoy a community filled with laughter, worship, and connection. We will have refreshments for the humans and even some treats for the animals as well! We look forward to seeing you and your beloved pets there!

We will have reserved separate rooms for cats, dogs, and feathered and scaly pets to reside so pet owners who wish can attend the 10:00 a.m. service before the Blessing of the Animals following our service. Cats in crates please. Dogs on leashes. And for heaven’s sake, if you are bringing a snake, you know what to do! Please don’t freak us out!  

Join us for World Communion Sunday with a Potluck to follow.

EBPC invites the community to a free screening of the 2017 Oscar-Nominated Netflix short film “Heroin(e),” followed by a discussion featuring experts in the fields of substance misuse and mental health challenges in Middle Tennessee. The 40-minute documentary follows the work of a first responder, drug court judge and street missionary in one of the most plagued areas of the country, Huntingdon, West Virginia. Despite the often tragic situations, the inspirational efforts of these three women provides hope for Appalachia as well as for individuals and families here in the Greater Nashville area who are dealing with these same issues. This is an opportunity to learn more about how our own frontline warriors are making a difference and how you can become a partner in addressing one of the most prevalent health crises in modern history.

Doors open at 3:40PM

This event is free, but be sure to secure your spot by visiting: https://tinyurl.com/2p8fbtdn

Ladies Open-Seat Club is September 17th (6:30-8:45 PM) at Pinot's Palette in Cool Springs. This will be a fun get-together that is sure to spur creativity and lively conversations and potentially a Sunday morning gallery showing following the Worship service. The registration is open to the general public and currently has 10 spots open on a first-come basis. So if you are planning to attend, please sign up as soon as possible.

https://www.pinotspalette.com/franklin (Just go to the Sept. 17th event to register). Be sure to note that you would like to be seated with the EBPC Ladies' Group.

Cost: $41 per guest for supplies and instruction.  You can also purchase beverages during the evening.

Adults Open-Seat Club Gathering. RSVP in order to receive a gate pass for The Governors Club neighborhood. Tropical attire is encouraged but optional.

Ladies are invited to join for an evening of food and fellowship. RSVP HERE

Join us for an “Chicken and Bluegrass”, our outdoor service on Sunday, July 7th at 10am! Experience some uplifting, fun music with Matt Combs on fiddle and Nate Strasser on keyboard while enjoying a delicious chicken feast. Don't miss this harmonious blend of music and community under the open sky! 

Backyard Cookout for Rising Middle and High School youth at Reid and Adam Johnson's house! Wednesday, June 13th from 6-8 p.m. 1704 Overcheck Lane, Brentwood. Text Elizabeth to RSVP at 919-724-0976

What happens when a faith built on love, sacrifice, and forgiveness grows political tentacles, conflating power, money, and belief into hyper-nationalism? From director Dan Partland and producer Rob Reiner, GOD & COUNTRY looks at the implications of Christian Nationalism and how it distorts not only our constitutional republic, but Christianity itself.

EBPC Goes to the Movies

As we close in on the Academy Awards, be on the lookout for some fun opportunities to enjoy fellowship, eat some popcorn, and enjoy some great films starting with American Symphony followed by a Q&A with Nate Strasser and documentary filmmaker Barb Hall. This moving documentary follows the life and career of the prolific musician, Jon Batiste. While his career swells with awards and creative projects, his wife pursues treatment for leukemia. The film explores the triumphs and turmoil of a year filled with extreme highs and lows. Throughout, viewers witness Batiste’s enduring faith and inspiring creative spirit, showing us a steadfast, heart-forward faith in the midst of a wandering journey, our theme for Lent. Stay tuned for details via Realm, ebpctn.org, and our social media!!

We Make the Road By Walking, by Brian McLaren

Join us Sunday morning from 9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.(beginning February 18) for a deeper dive on bible and faith as Brian McLaren offers a brilliant retelling of the biblical story and a great reintroduction to Christian faith. Weekly readings can be read in 10-12 minutes before each session and can be quickly covered each Sunday morning making it a doable and rich study for interactive learning and personal growth. Facilitators: John and Kira Hilley and others. You will find this book a great companion for our Lent series and for your life. (Let us know if you are interested or need more information: jhilley@ebpctn.org.)

It is time for our Annual Mardi Gras Service with Pancake Brunch! A yearly highlight with an abbreviated worship service (10 a.m.) followed by our celebrative pancake brunch with games and music!

December 2023 saw the release of the movie of the Broadway musical The Color Purple. We’re not sure what of the many themes from this movie will guide our service but we know there will be some wonderful music and communion will be celebrated. Written about the movie release in Religion Unplugged: “Few movies are as effective at bringing a worship service to life while answering why God allows bad things to happen as the 2023 remake of “A Color Purple.” The movie literally shouts for joy its praises and laments to God through its captivating musical numbers, which are as beautiful as any musical performance captured on film and blur the line between film and church, and deals explicitly with the questions it raises about how you can believe in God even though bad things happen in a deeply and explicitly Christian way.”

Pixar Animation Studios is an American computer animation studio that has produced 27 feature films. Pixar is known for finding and developing great stories and using computer animation to tell them. The Gospel (gospel means “good news”) of Jesus Christ is the great story of Jesus of Nazareth who shared the good news of God’s love for all and helped people love God and love each other. On this Sunday through word and music we explore a Pixar film to demonstrate Jesus’ Gospel truths for our lives of faith today. What could that Pixar film be? Encanto, Toy Story, Inside Out? Up? Nate, Ajene’ and John know and we are working up a great surprise.

Room in the Inn Men’s Clothing Drive - Donations needed by November 21

Items Needed: Gently used Men’s Winter Clothing of any size, NEW underwear, NEW socks, gently used Men’s shoes

We’re celebrating 10 years with Pastor John Hilley!

Join us after worship on October 29 as we recognize his decade of dedication and leadership at EBPC with an appreciation reception.

EBCA Fall Fest with food trucks, children’s performers, a photo booth, and games - join hundreds of families for a joint church/preschool event.

Men’s Group, Wednesday, October 25

6-7:30 pm (5:30 pm pre-gathering)

Topic: Dads, How do we navigate as fathers for our sons and daughters?

Facilitator: Dan Davis of Animate Mentoring