How can the arts help us open up the very heart of the Christian faith, celebrated at the Council of Nicaea in 325, that Jesus Christ is “one in being” with God? DITA2025 is a four-day symposium at Duke designed for clergy, lay people, artists, academics, and theologians alike. Speakers and artists include Rowan Williams, Sandra McCracken, Chigozie Obioma, Amy Peeler, Malcolm Guite, and more. DITA2025 will be held September 4-7, 2025, but early-bird registration closes on March 15. Register now. Contact Mary Lynn Myers with questions.
Durham CROP Hunger Walk 2025
The Durham 2025 CROP Hunger Walk is coming up on Sunday, March 23, at Duke Chapel. No one in this world should be hungry. That's why the CROP Hunger Walk is our chance to help families who are struggling with hunger and concerned about where they'll find their next meal. For more information, to donate, or if you'd like to walk and raise funds, please contact Doug Koenig.
CWS Crop Walk Update & Relief Efforts
Job Opportunity With the Congo Initiative
Congo Initiative, one of Blacknall's Deep Common Journey partners, is looking for an administrative coordinator. Please see the listing if you are interested.
Refugee Apartment Setup This Sunday
Host a Supper Club for Duke International Students
Samaritan Health Center Is Hiring!
SHC Is Hiring a Front Desk Coordinator
A Study of Dr. King's Letter from Birmingham Jail
The Mt. Level Community Partnership for Racial Justice invites you to join a five-week study of the “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” Penned from his Birmingham jail cell in 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King’s powerful letter continues to speak to us today. All are welcome. The study will meet on Tuesday evenings, April 9 - May 14, from 7 - 8:30 p.m. over Zoom.
Help Thank SHC Volunteers
Samaritan Health Center (SHC), a Blacknall-supported Durham ministry partner, is a free and charitable primary care clinic. SHC is looking for a few friendly drivers to surprise their volunteers with a hand-delivered, thank-you gift the December 1 -10. Please try to sign up by November 27.
Drivers Needed for Christmas Market Benefiting FMF
Trinity School Hiring a Part-time String Teacher
Racial Justice Alabama Pilgrimage (Apply by 10/22)
The Mt. Level Community Partnership for Racial Justice is hosting a pilgrimage from March 4 - 8, 2024 to places in Alabama important to the civil rights movement. The experience offers participants the opportunity to learn more about the history of racial injustice and hear stories about how God has worked through individuals and churches to pursue justice through nonviolent resistance. As a church-based partnership, the hosts will incorporate worship, prayer, and Scripture into the participant’s time together — seeking wisdom to understand what it means to pursue racial justice.
Meals for CCS Student Dinners
Samaritan Health Center ISO Volunteer Respiratory Therapist
Samaritan Health Center, a faith-based free and charitable clinic in Durham, is seeking a volunteer respiratory therapist to set up CPAPs for patients after their sleep studies. The studies are completed, and they have the CPAPs! However, they need an additional RT to set up the machines for patients.
Homestay Needed!
The Center for Christianity and Scholarship (CCS) at Duke, a Blacknall campus ministry partner, is seeking homestays for a male and a female intern beginning this August or September through May 31, 2024.
CCS at Duke Is Hiring
The internship program of the Consortium of Christian Study Centers (CCSC) provides training, development and coaching for recent graduates serving at Christian study centers for one year. The Center for Christianity and Scholarship at Duke University, a Blacknall-supported campus partner, has open positions. This is a full-time, paid internship that includes a vocational mentor and ongoing training with a cohort of other young professionals. A salary and housing are provided.
Art & Jewelry Opening with Blacknall Artists
“Revelations in Stone”
Bev Iber, a Graduate Gemologist and Blacknall member, is offering a six-week study of gemstones in the Bible and their meaning for us as Christians. There are two class options: Friday mornings beginning March 10 or Tuesday evenings beginning March 14.
All adults are welcome; consider inviting a friend! Total cost is $120 per person and space is limited to ten persons per class. (Scholarship spaces possible.)
BSF Offering a Men's Bible Study at Blacknall
Bible Study Fellowship (BSF), a Blacknall partner, invites all men to an ongoing Bible study that meets on Monday nights at 7 p.m. at Blacknall. The study, “People of the Promise: Kingdom Divided,“ unpacks a fascinating period in Israel’s history across 15 books, from its split into two nations, through dozens of kings and prophets, and ultimately to the heartbreaking exile into Babylon.