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Sunday Worship

January 5, 2025

Welcome to Blacknall Memorial Presbyterian Church! Sunday worship is the heart of our life at Blacknall. Every Sunday we gather to celebrate Jesus Christ as our Lord. Our 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. services include many elements of a traditional Christian liturgy, such as confession and weekly communion by intinction (bread dipped in a communal cup). There is also a time of informal sharing and prayer.

Livestream Service (8:30 a.m.)

In the event that the livestream fails to start or stops working, we will upload a recording of the worship service here. Thank you for your patience!

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In-Person & Livestream Worship

Join us for in-person worship at 8:30 or 11 a.m. The livestream is at 8:30 a.m.

Children’s Worship

Children in pre-K(4) - 2nd grade should sit with their parents in the Sanctuary until they are called forward for the Children’s Blessing. Teachers will then escort children downstairs to their classrooms. See more details.

Sunday School (10 a.m.)

No Sunday School. Join us at 10 a.m. for Epiphany Donuts in the Fellowship Hall. Spring semester starts next Sunday, January 12.

Are you new to Blacknall?

We’d love to get to know you! If you are a visitor, please let us know you’re here by filling out the visitor form.

If you’re new or ready to get more involved, please consider signing up for our email list. Our weekly email shares important updates and opportunities to get involved in the life and ministry of the church.

Is there anyway that we can we pray for you? Please share your needs with us, anonymously if you wish.

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Upcoming Church Events

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Jan 8

Jan 8, 2025

A Christian Approach to Mental Health Care

Jan 8, 2025

Please join us for a conversation led by Dr. Warren Kinghorn and Dr. John Swinton as we discuss how to approach mental health care from a Christian perspective.

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Jan 8, 2025

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Church Announcements

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Inquirers & New Members Weekend February 15-16

Want to know more about Blacknall and what it means to be a member? Join us for our next Inquirers and New Members Weekend, Saturday morning, February 15, and Sunday afternoon and evening, February 16. Visit the registration page to sign up and see more details.

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Blacknall Survey of Service Engagement Coming January 12-31, 2025

Be on the lookout for an opportunity to share how you and your household are engaged in community service. The survey will assist Blacknall’s Durham Ministry Engagement Team and inform how DMET might provide better onramps for people at Blacknall who are interested in service opportunities in Durham.

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Praying Together for the Election Season and Beyond

Please join us on Tuesday mornings from 7 - 7:20 a.m. via Zoom to pray for our country, state, city, and church in this election season and on through to Inauguration Day. We will start on Tuesday, October 15, and continue through January 21.

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Check Out the New “Links” on Church Center

We’ve updated the Links page on Blacknall’s Church Center with new resources! On this page you can now find new links to Session and Diaconate member directories, the new facility/room request form, and an archive of video recorded classes only available to the Blacknall community.

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Love & Serve

Take Them A Meal

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Jan 6, 2025

Support Caitlin & Sam

Jan 6, 2025

Let's support Caitlin & Sam as Caitlin recovers from surgery during the month of January. Sign up to take them a meal.

Jan 6, 2025

Ways to Serve

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PowerPoint Volunteers Needed!

Are you willing to serve the church in an important way that's easy and requires no extra time outside of Sunday morning worship? Please consider joining Blacknall's PowerPoint Team (PPT)!

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Opportunities to Serve at Blacknall!

Looking for a place to serve at Blacknall? Check out the volunteer hub on Blacknall’s website. Whether you’re into decorating, singing, storytelling, or just hanging out with the cool kids (our middle/high school students, obviously!), we have a place for you to serve at Blacknall! There are also low commitment—but critical— positions that we need to fill.

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Thanksgiving & Prayer Requests

To protect the privacy of our members and attenders, we have moved most of the updates and prayer requests to a password protected page. You can find the password for the “Prayer Concerns” on the Links tab/page in Church Center.

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Concerns for January 5, 2025

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World

With the upcoming government transitions, we lift up our country, state, city, and church in our individual and corporate prayer times. We seek wisdom, discernment, and the peace of our nation.
We pray for those impacted by the violent shooting in New Orleans this past week, for the families and friends of those who died and for the entire community grappling with this tragedy.
We pray for the people of Israel, Palestine, and Lebanon and for a stop to the continuing cycles of violence. We pray especially that those who are most vulnerable would be protected from harm.
We pray for the people of Ukraine and that they would be set free from the Russian aggression.
We pray for our president and other world leaders that they would make decisions that are right and that would make for peace and justice.

Life Together

We thank God and pray for Wen Reagan, our Director of Music & Worship, and Nat Stine, our Choir Director, as they lead us in music and worship. We pray for our congregation that we would continue to grow in offering up our gifts and talents in our worship together.
We pray for our Officer Nominating Committee as they seek the Lord’s leading on the people to nominate to serve our congregation as elders and deacons. Please pray for Elizabeth Brill, Doug Busch, Hannah King, Tanya Kronstad, Sam Poole, Stephanie Wheatley (chair), Cullen Rodgers-Gates (vice chair), and Rachel Stine (Deacon rep), along with Goodie Bell and David Dunderdale (Pastors, ex officio).
We pray for our search for a new Communications Director. Please pray for the search committee: Lucy Dunderdale Cate (chair), Mindy Lance, Trig Steinbrenner, Tom Taylor, and Faith Weiskirch.