Please welcome Julie Leyva to her new role as Blacknall's part-time Middle School Coordinator! We're so grateful for Julie's willingness to help fill a staffing gap before we hire a permanent Director of Middle School Ministry.

Starting Monday, October 23, Julie will be running the Middle School side of our Sunday evening youth group, organizing Middle School social events, helping plan and implement youth curriculum, and more.

Julie has been a member at Blacknall since 2017. You may have seen her leading a book study, preaching at a Lent service, or hyping up the crowd on the Women's Retreat skit team. Julie is currently a Ph.D. student in New Testament at Duke University, and she also preaches twice a month at a local retirement home. (So she's uniquely qualified to help us see Acts 2:17 in action!) Julie is wise, fun, dedicated, and loves God and God's Word. We're so excited that she's joining the youth team this year!