World Relief Durham is seeking donations of various household items: bath, bedding, kitchenware, cleaning supplies, etc., to supply refugee families resettling in Durham. See the full list. Please drop off your donations on the table in the Lower Atrium anytime on or before Friday, June 9. Please contact Andrea Tshihamba with questions.

Blacknall’s Good Neighbor Team will be setting up an apartment this Sunday afternoon on May 21. We could use 2-3 volunteers at the location. There will be no heavy lifting. If you would like to volunteer at the apartment, please call or text Andrea Tshihamba at (952) 334-9411. Also watch for the grocery cards on the table in the Lower Atrium on Sunday.

Join the team that is making a practical impact and loving our neighbors who are refugees! Blacknall has enjoyed a long-standing partnership with World Relief Durham (WRD). One of the tangible ways we realize this commitment is through the team of Blacknall volunteers who, once a month, set up apartments for refugee families who have recently arrived in Durham. If you want to join this team, please attend the next local volunteer orientation on Tuesday, May 9, from 6 - 7:30 p.m. on Zoom.

Jill French and Scott Mollenkopf are getting married on Sunday, May 28, at the conclusion of the 11 a.m. service! All are invited to witness their vows and celebrate with them at a dessert reception in the Fellowship Hall afterwards.

Shortly after they get married, Jill and Scott will be moving to Charlotte. Jyoti, Jill’s daughter, would like to stay in Durham. She has been preparing to live semi-independently for many years and ideally would like to live in the North Street Community when a place becomes available.

Walltown Neighborhood Ministries Food Bank is looking for volunteers on March 1, 8, 11, 27, and 30. (Click “read more” to see all times and details.)

Walltown Neighborhood Ministries Food Bank is looking for volunteers to help with a food distribution on Thursday, February 23. The distribution will serve over 160 families in need.

Blacknall is setting up an apartment for a new refugee family this weekend. On Sunday, February 12, we need individuals willing to pick up groceries and other needed items. Cards with these items will be available on the table in the Lower Atrium on Sunday. The groceries and other items will need to be returned by 1:00 pm on Sunday (a quick turnaround).

Blacknall is setting up an apartment for a new refugee family this weekend, January 21-22. We need individuals willing to pick up groceries and other needed items, retrieve items from World Relief storage, and/or assemble furniture.

ISI is looking for additional Supper Club hosts to sign up for the spring 2023 semester. The registration deadline is January 29. 

Supper Clubs connect international students with committed hosts in the Triangle area by sharing meals together in hosts’ homes during one semester. Two - four students are assigned to each host. The hosts and students will meet at the Kick-Off event at Blacknall and then at the host’s home for three meals throughout the semester.

Ron & Betsy, longtime Blacknall-supported global workers, are joining International Students, Inc. and the iStudentsDuke staff team! They will travel from Central Asia where they have been working for nearly 25 years. We need your help to prepare their home in Durham for their December arrival.

On Saturday, November 12, let’s “pitch in” to do outdoor clean-up: raking & collecting of leaves, sticks and acorns; also, dusting cobwebs and sweeping porches. Easy. Together. “The more the merrier!”

Use this sign-up to let us know you will be there. The address is 401 Clarion Dr., Durham.

Samaritan Health Center, a local Blacknall partner, is looking for a few friendly drivers to surprise our volunteers with a hand delivered thank you gift during the first weekend of December. The majority of the delivery locations are in Durham, with some in Hillsborough, Cary, and Raleigh. SHC will match the quantity & location to your availability. Put on some Christmas music and enjoy a drive across the Triangle while you bless our community—-children are welcome! Email Meredith Martindale with interest.

The International Ministry Team is wanting to put together some care packages for some of our global workers. For instance, Woody McClendon recently completed 10+ years as president of JAARS. He and Mary are preparing for a sabbatical soon. we want to celebrate with them and give them some items to bless them on their sabbatical. Think of Durham related items, Blacknall related items (such as books we are studying in a Sunday School Class), or things that otherwise would bring joy. Please drop any items you'd like to contribute off this Sunday in the church office.

Please consider helping the Stulac family this Saturday, June 25, 1-4 p.m.. They are moving to Caronport, Saskatchewan and need your help loading their moving truck. They have many boxes of books as well as furniture to load. Their address is 4305 White Cliff Lane Durham, NC, 27712. If you have any questions, please contact Stu.

***Thank you to everyone who donated. The need has been met.***

Blacknall-supported global workers Jim & Julianna Gieser (Cape Town, South Africa) are looking for summer clothes for their four children while they are in the area on furlough, June 17 - July 22.