Melanie Smith

  • Contemplative Worship

    October 5, 2025 through March 29, 2026 – Our Contemplative Worship Service meets in Fellowship Hall (on the ground floor of the church) Sundays at 8:30 am. Fall through spring, we move indoors for a unique worship opportunity – our Contemplative Worship Service. With a focus on achieving a direct, intimate, and experiential relationship with…

  • Social Justice and United Women of Faith

    Thursday, October 2, 2025: Brenda Calovini presents on the history of Social Justice and United Women in Faith. We gather at 9:30 am in the Parlor for light refreshments and conversation. Our program begins at 10 with a short business meeting taking place after the presentation. Social Justice and United Women in Faith No matter…

  • Creation Care: One Week At a Time

    Creation Care can seem like an impossible ask. “You want me to care for God’s creation? All of it? The earth, and everything in it? Little old me?” Yes, you! In your little patch of the world. If we each tend to the spaces around us, we can change the world. Do you need creation…

  • Home Gathering

    If you were mayor of your community, what’s the first thing you would do to make life better for you or someone you love? Could you imagine ways our church could be part of that solution? If you were to ask a friend “What do you think of BUMC” what do you think they would…

  • Colony Cupboard

    The Colony Cupboard is a resource closet at Brecksville-Broadview Heights High School that provides essential items like school supplies, personal hygiene products, and sometimes even food to students and families facing financial hardship. Launched by members of the BBH High School Counseling Department, the cupboard aims to eliminate barriers to success for students by ensuring…

  • Fall Classes for Adults and Teens – 2025

    Our classes are intergenerational and foster mutual spiritual support, accountability, and growth in discipleship. These groups provide encouragement, a place for open discussion about faith, and a structure for watching over one another in love, ensuring no one is lost in the community and promoting the practice of holiness. Learn more in our Fall/Winter Spiritual…

  • Green Team Forming

    Are you passionate about caring for God’s creation? Join us as we take our creation care efforts at Brecksville United Methodist Church to the next level by forming our first Church Green Team! This new team will bring together people of all ages to share ideas and work on projects that help our church and…

  • Sing for Unity

    On the UN International World Day of Peace, September 21, 2025, at 2 PM our own local time, we invite you to join us in song, and to be part of a musical movement. Together we will raise our voices to promote unity, community and peace across the globe. Join voices from every corner of…

  • Eat Your Green Beans

    A reflection on using your gifts and trying something new by Michael Houff, Leadership Board Member September 2025 – I remember a family dinner when I was in second grade. Green beans were on my plate. Yuck. In my stubbornness, I sat at the table the rest of the night staring at those green things.…

  • Women’s Study Group

    Asbury Bremeth, a Brecksville United Women in Faith Circle Women’s Study Group, meets on the second Thursday of the month at 10 am in The Parlor. ALL are welcome to join the conversation. Read on for what’s planned for the 2025-26 program year. Women of faith gather for meaningful conversation (bring your own beverage) at…