General

2024 Officer Nominees

At the end of each worship service on May 19, 2024, the members of Blacknall will have an opportunity to vote for officers (Class of 2027) nominated to serve as elders and deacons.

Welcome Blacknall‘s New Director of Operations!

Faith Weiskirch will begin the role of Director of Operations at Blacknall in June. Faith brings 20 years of experience working at The Home Depot, including the last seven years as a store manager.

PNC Update (4.24.2024)

Since we began our search for our next Senior Pastor in December 2022, you have been praying. We are grateful; we have felt the Spirit’s guidance and encouragement every step of the way. We sense the Lord at work right now, and we yearn for the Spirit to keep moving. Would you join us in praying fervently in the coming weeks?

Follow-Up to Faithful Engagement: Race and the American Church

On April 5 and 6, Blacknall’s Committee on Jesus, Race, and the Church (JRC) hosted “Faithful Engagement: Race and the American Church,” a two-day workshop exploring the intersections of faith, Scripture, and race relations in the United States. The workshop's four-person teaching team included Blacknall member Charlene Brown and three other Christ-following leaders from Virginia. Charlene has been in deep relationship with these leaders for many years and has served with them in ministry, primarily through Intervarsity Christian Fellowship.

The Latest Award Winners in Blacknall’s Library

We’re celebrating National Library Week in our very own Blacknall Library. We offer books to capture the hearts and minds of readers of all ages, from theology to biographies to fiction.

Check Out the Choir!

There are five weeks left in our Blacknall choir season. If you love to sing, join us for this short stretch!

PNC Update (3.20.2024)

As we continue the work of discerning whom God is calling to be our next Senior Pastor, we have been grateful for your prayers and words of encouragement. We ask for your continued prayers for discernment as we meet with candidates, pray, and seek God’s wisdom and guidance.

Focus on Mission: PNC Update (2.25.2024)

In case you missed it last Sunday (2/25), we invite you to watch the update from the Pastor Nominating Committee (PNC) presented by committee members Melissa Hartemink and Don Hoover.

A "Thank You" to Volunteers Caring for Our Building & Supporting Operations

Many thanks to those who cleaned and painted and weeded and mulched at the Guild Work Day last Saturday: Mark Barger, David & Cindy Chapman, Rick Copland, Mike Eyster, Warren Gould, Lauren Holahan, Don & Traci Hoover, Joyce Kight, Judy Miller, Terry Risher, and Jake Vander Vis.
 
Thanks, too, to Rick Copland, Mike Eyster, and Roger Eibest for their faithful, weekly, behind-the-scenes service in taking care of our building and tackling projects large and small.

Thanks to Kathy Barger and Jason Petree for keeping our finances in order between Carol Smith's retirement in the fall and Kristin Stults's joining us earlier this month as our new Financial Administrator — and to Jason for overseeing the church office until we hire a new Director of Operations.

Host Our Friend from Congo for Dinner

Joel Asiimwe, a faculty member at UCBC (Christian Bilingual University of Congo), will be visiting Blacknall from February 29 – March 14. Would you be willing to host Joel for dinner with your family, friends, or small group?