Taking Care
With June being Alzheimer's and Brain awareness month, our next Documentary Film will be Sunday, June 8th at 5pm! We will be showing a film titled “Taking Care”. This film is a 38-minute documentary following the journey of acclaimed filmmakers Seth Rogen and Lauren Miller Rogen as they navigate the complexities and heartbreak of Lauren’s mother’s advancing Alzheimer’s disease. Through humor, heart, and an unwavering commitment to change, Taking Care imparts a message of hope, resilience, and the profound impact individuals can have when they seek solutions to society’s greatest challenges.
Franklin Pride Fest
🌈 Join Us in Serving at Pride! 🌈
Our church is excited to be volunteering at this year’s Pride Festival—and we’d love for you to be part of it! 💛
This is a beautiful opportunity to show up in love, serve joyfully, and stand in solidarity with our LGBTQ+ siblings. Whether it’s offering a helping hand, a warm smile, or just being a kind presence—your time and heart can make a difference.
Let’s embody the love of Christ in a real, visible way. No matter your experience, all are welcome to serve.
📅 Saturday, June 7th, 12-6pm
📍 Franklin Pride Fest
📝 Leticia (585) 319-7999
“Let us love, not in word or speech, but in truth and action.” – 1 John 3:18
#VolunteerWithUs #ChurchAtPride #FaithInAction #AllAreWelcome #LoveWithoutLimits
End-of-School Youth Rally
Friends, It's time for an end-of-the-school-year YOUTH RALLY for our Presbytery Friday night, May 23rd 2025 at Bellevue Presbyterian Church. Christian artist Ryan Stevenson will kick it off with an acoustic concert. Following that will be free pizza, energizers, worship, fun and games, plus dodgeball, pickleball, mixed martial arts, basketball, board games, and more. Rally runs from 6:30 pm until as late as 10 pm. It's free to all presbytery youth. Let's blow this thing up and show the world that young people still have a space here in the PCUSA! C'mon, bring your people! This will be a fun night, maybe the start of something in our presbytery to energize and galvanize the younger generation. Contact Chris Peterson concerning questions and interest.
Friends and Family Service
We are excited to invite you to a special Friends and Family Church Service on May 18! This is a wonderful opportunity to bring your loved ones—friends, family, neighbors, and coworkers—to experience the warmth and love of our church community.
The Grace Table
The GRACE Table
EBPC continues to develop a vibrant community of individuals and families who are searching for connections, support, understanding, and hope. This is despite the difficulties that they might be facing behind closed doors due to substance use disorders and mental health challenges.
Next Gathering: Tuesday, May 13th (5:45-6PM-Fellowship Time; 6:00-7:30 PM- Meal and Program)
The topic for the evening will be: “I’m Madly in Anger With You: Exploring the Impact of Rage in Relationships”
What does anger look like and what generates it?
What are its destructive outcomes?
How can we develop self-control to turn down the temperature?
Yarnell Beatty, an EBPC member and father, will utilize his own tragic story of losing his oldest son Alex to a 10-year battle with addiction and offer practical lessons that might help participants find peace in their own homes.
To properly prepare for our gathering, we ask that you please sign up to attend at:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0A4EA8A92BAAF94-55961691-thegrace#/
If you would like to volunteer to help with meal preparation and set up, please sign up at:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0A4EA8A92BAAF94-55435034-thegrace#/
We are an ever-expanding circle, so please be sure to invite someone to join you at The GRACE Table.
Almost Cinco de Mayo
You're invited to join Nueva Vida for an “Almost” Cinco de Mayo celebration, where we'll thank our supporters and provide a brief update on the status of our programs (Food Bank, ESL, and Spanish Church).
Event details:
Sunday, May 4th (Almost Cinco)
2nd Presbyterian Church on Belmont Blvd
Live music: 5:30 PM
5:45 PM Dinner, followed by a short presentation
Event ends at 7 PM
To RSVP or make a donation email: Mark DeVries at, Mark.DeVries@ministryarchitects.com
All EBPC members are welcome to attend!
Serve Lunch at Room In The Inn
The next lunch serve opportunity will be Friday, May 2 from 11am - 1pm, then starting in June it will be the third Friday of every month. Text Erin Morrow at (615) 275-7518 to sign up.
Youth Second Sundays
SECOND SUNDAY: MOVIE AFTERNOON
April 13th, 2025, from 12:00 – 3:00PM
Food, Popcorn, Games, & Fun!
Youth, come hang out after service for our 1st SECOND SUNDAY event!
We are turning the space into a cozy movie lounge!
We’ll have:
Popcorn, food, drinks, games, and plenty of good vibes!
Bring a blanket, pillow, or beanbag if you'd like to chill in comfort.
Invite a friend:
The more the merrier! This is your space to relax, connect, and have fun.
We can’t wait to see you there!
Let’s make it a day to remember!
G.R.A.C.E. Table
EBPC is launching a new initiative as part of its eight-year Breaking the Silence ministry. The GRACE Table offers a space where recovery is centered on healing through relationships, fostering trust, support, transformation, and resilience. Here, we have a shared focus on both individuals struggling with addiction as well as their support community. The GRACE Table will meet bi-monthly for gatherings that include a shared meal, a time to connect, and a diverse program that may feature testimonials, creative practices, educational presentations, and opportunities for reflection. Its mission is to foster spiritual nourishment, healing, enlightenment, and mutual support in a welcoming, stigma-free environment.
One Great Hour of Sharing
Click this link to watch this brief video, Repairing the Breach One Great Hour of Sharing 2025 on Vimeo
Around the world, millions of people lack access to sustainable food sources, clean water, sanitation, education, and opportunity. The three programs supported by One Great Hour of Sharing (OGHS) — Presbyterian Disaster Assistance, the Presbyterian Hunger Program, and Self-Development of People — all work in different ways to serve individuals and communities in need. From initial disaster response to ongoing community development, their work fits together to provide people with safety, sustenance, and hope. Received during the season of Lent (March 5 – April 20), each gift to OGHS helps to improve the lives of people in these challenging situations. The Offering provides us a way to share God’s love with our neighbors in need. In fact, OGHS is the single, largest way Presbyterian come together every year to work for a better world.
Here are FOUR WAYS YOU CAN GIVE:
- Through our collection on Palm Sunday, April 13th during service
- Text OGHS to 91999 to give
- Give online at pcusa.org/give-oghs
***MAKE SURE TO NOTE East Brentwood Presbyterian Church WHEN YOU GIVE***
THANK YOU for your continued generosity!
Zurawski vs Texas Screening
Join us for a screening of this critically acclaimed documentary, which follows three clients from Texas who were denied abortion care despite facing life-threatening pregnancy complications, and the attorney at the Center advocating for them. Dinner will be served at 5:30 PM on a first-come, first-served basis, with light snacks and refreshments available throughout the evening. Community discussion to follow the screening. Please note, due to the sensitive nature of the film, it is recommended for viewers 18 and older. Let us know you’re coming on Facebook.
Trip to Scotland
Email Pastor John if you are interested in traveling to Scotland in 2026!
Christmas Eve Candlelight Service
A service that considers those whose Christmas includes holding a candle and singing Silent Night and Joy to the World. Join us for our traditional service with its reading of the Christmas Story, hearing joyous music, and a message from Pastor John, “Love Knows Your Name.” Christ’s birth makes the vastness of God personal. When the angels visit the shepherds in the fields, their message is global but also personal: “To you…a savior is born.” This birth is good news for everyone, especially those who are ignored or disenfranchised. On this night, God is born, and this God of love knows your name. If you can’t join us in person for this beautiful one-hour service, join us online.
Christmas Eve in the Barn
Christmas Eve at the Barn (3:30 p.m.; 3:15 p.m. hot cider and crafts table opens) Hot Cider by our firepits. Christmas Story Reading. Sing carols amid the hay. This 30-minute service is ideal for all ages, especially for families with young children. In a time when it is so easy for us to focus on the BIG problems “out there” in our world, we focus our vision on something small, something close to home as we welcome the Christ child into our own church home at EBPC and into your own homes on this day. Christ’s birth makes the vastness of God personal. Our barn is accessed from Concord Road or from the far end of our Concord parking lot.
Holiday Harmony: A Christmas Celebration
In a season characterized by joy spread through gifts given and food shared, East Brentwood Presbyterian Church is ecstatic to offer another opportunity to experience joy through the sounds of Nate’ Strasser’s Holiday Harmony, A Christmas Celebration!
Known for his musical experience in award-winning films and including I Wanna Dance With Somebody, the Whitney Houston Biopic and Netflix series Captain Fall, Nate Strasser is stoked to bring together an event that boasts in its welcoming of people from all ages and walks of life. Attendees can expect to hear a variety of their favorite, traditional Christmas songs with a few twists! When asked why he chose to remix some of our favorite carols, Nate Strasser responded, “I hope to play the familiar carols that people love and want to hear, but play in a way that breathes new life into some of our most beloved, traditional Christmas carols.”
From the East Brentwood Presbyterian Church, we’d love for you and your family to come and join us, Sunday December 22, 2024 at 7:00PM, for an experience with joy through song and music! In the words of Nate Strasser, “All ages will love the music! It will be an upbeat, joyous event that you won’t want to miss!”
Beer and Carols
Beer and Christmas Carols @ The EBPC Barn hosted by Beer and Hymns Nashville. It is a BYOB event, and the ticket price is “Pay What You Want” (VENMO Link: @beerhymnsnash) Enjoy singing timeless carols together and some "extras" sprinkled through. There will be fire pits and heat lamps, but dress accordingly. For more info, please contact Sara Chang at schang@ebpctn.org
EBCA Christmas Program
Join us for our EBCA Christmas Program on Friday, December 6th where the 3s and 4s classes will lead us in a joyous Christmas experience.
Angel Tree
Join us in encouraging and spreading JOY this holiday season by:
Picking up an angel from the tree
Purchasing gifts from the family’s list
Dropping the gifts off by Dec. 6
Sonshine worship
Join us for a pre-Advent gathering that will include the Launch of the Glenview Angel Tree (Come select a very appreciative child-in-need to shop for this Christmas), Assembly of Finals Care Packages and Notes to distribute to our College Students, and An Advent Workshop to identify ways to create rituals and traditions at home this season. Refreshments will be provided.
Finals Care Packages
We are giving our College students and the Belmont choir students gift bags. The bags will be assembled during the Sonshine Worship on November 17. Please choose from the following items:
Hot chocolate
Popcorn
Gum
Mints
Candy canes
Holiday Oreos
Mini muffins
String lights
Coloring book
Colored Pencils
Other mental stress relievers
Note cards to include happy message for the students.
A Noontime Prayer and Liturgy
The After Party Noontime Prayer
Join an online prayer community on the eve of our national election, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2024 11:30 CST
