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The Fellowship Building underwent a $1.4 million renovation in 2018 to improve its accessibility, usability and environmental sustainability. Our design/build team of architects Murphy & Dittenhafer and contractors AR Marani worked with the church’s...
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(The image above is an artist’s rendering of the Assembly Room after it is renovated.) On Sunday, June 4, Brown Memorial’s construction team gave an update on the South Tower and Fellowship Hall renovation project during a congregational ...
READ MORE >Small Groups are Back! Sometimes purely social gatherings are just the ticket so we are bringing back small groups. This year we will have small groups focused on five different topics. Each is focused on a specific topic so you will meet or get to know ...
READ MORE >Whether you're looking for education opportunities, social gatherings, or service and social justice advocacy, we hope you will find a place to engage and be known at Brown Memorial. Learn more about upcoming opportunities on our news webpage, in our wors...
READ MORE >Welcome to a new Brown Memorial! Our first normal start to the year since 2019. The pandemic has finally, officially been pronounced as over (though I know the coronavirus is still very much with us so do what you need to do to stay safe). &nb...
READ MORE >Jesus is a rotten guest. On his way to eat a meal at the home of a Pharisee he heals yet another person on the Sabbath intending to get a rise out of the experts in the law and the Pharisees. They say nothing, which is particularly charitable ...
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Join us for an in-person screening of this short film presented by Ankos Films and Stories of Food and Faith. This documentary highlights the work of four food-based ministries across the country including the Black Church Food Security Network ...
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Keith joined the Brown Memorial staff in 2020. He works very closely with the Trustees to manage capital improvement projects and coordinate repairs and maintenance in the newly renovated Fellowship Building, Church House and Brown’s historic, 150-year-...
READ MORE >Please note, footnotes do not transfer into the HTML versions of our sermons. Please refer to the PDF copies below for all citations. Because of policies of Pharaoh, Hebrew boys were more at risk than their Egyptian counterparts. Like every...
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Lent begins in the wilderness. The Spirit guides Jesus into the wilderness where he comes face-to-face with temptation and struggle. Yet, in his 40 days of fasting, resisting and wandering, Jesus is shaped and formed for ministry. Similarly, through the w...
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Did Christianity justify slavery, segregation and Jim Crow laws? Is Sunday still the most segregated day of the week? What should the beloved community look like? Join us for a three-part education series led by Taylor and Tom Stewart where w...
READ MORE >The Corinthians were divided over who is the better Christian, who gets the better seats at the table, who is the most righteous or the most authentic Christian? Is is people who have had the most ecstatic charismatic experiences, or those ...
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Go out into the world in peace. Have courage! Hold fast to what is good. Return no one evil for evil. Strengthen the faint-hearted, support the weak, help the suffering. Honor all people. Love and serve the Lord your God, rejoicing in the power of...
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When George Brown died in 1859, his estate was valued at $2,500,000, an amount that would top $7 billion in today’s dollars (George Brown was the son of Alex Brown, the founder of the first investment banking firm in the United States). George Brown lef...
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Connecting through small groups is an effective way to really get to know people. Here is a list of new and existing small groups to consider joining at Brown Memorial. Meeting dates and times vary. Contact group leaders or visit the READ MORE >
Two top-notch preachers will be with us on June 23 and August 4: June 23, 2019 Rev. Naomi Washington-Leapheart Rev. Naomi Washington-Leapheart will preach Sunday, June 23. She will lead a conversation with Taylor Branch—Brown Memorial member ...
READ MORE >Spotlight on the Director: Martha Socolar Growing up in Baltimore with her early years spent in the Bolton Hill neighborhood, Martha Socolar is very familiar with Brown Memorial Park Avenue Presbyterian and its work in the community. “I...
READ MORE >Michele: So, how are you feeling about the sabbatical? Andrew: I can’t wait! Next week I’ll head to my two week timber frame building class in the Berkshires assembling there with a group of strangers who will literally build a ho...
READ MORE >Study Space Gets a Makeover When one student from Mount Royal Elementary School arrived in the newly renovated third floor of Fellowship Hall for her weekly tutoring session, she was filled with wonder. Eyeing the bright green carpet where she...
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Leonard Bernstein’s “Chichester Psalms,” an exhilarating work that expresses the composer’s hope for fellowship and peace in the world, will be performed by the choirs of Brown Memorial and Beth El Congregation under the baton of Tom Hall. Michael...
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