Thank You from the Timmises

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A note from Patrick & Catherine Timmis

Dear Blacknall family, 

We have successfully completed our move to Michigan, where Patrick will begin a teaching job this year. We’re having difficulty putting into words how much Blacknall’s love and support has meant to us during our time in Durham. You took care of us physically, spiritually, and emotionally during an overwhelming and daunting time in our life. You have been Christ to us. We already miss you dearly, and we pray that God will give us an opportunity to worship with you again before too long. In the meantime, you are in our prayers.

All our love,

The Timmises

Prayer for this nation | January 19

We have been invited to join in prayer with our brothers and sisters at St. John’s Missionary Baptist Church on the eve of the presidential inauguration. In light of the violence at the Capitol last week and the threats of further violence especially around the inauguration next Wednesday, we will gather to pray twice on Tuesday, January 19.

  • 12 p.m. | In person, socially distanced and masked in the parking lot at St. John’s, 917 Onslow St., Durham

  • 7 p.m. | Zoom link on CCB.

Let us come together in prayer for our nation and against those forces that would tear down, destroy, and pull us apart. If you have questions, please contact David Dunderdale.

A Letter from Pastor Allan Poole

I haven’t slept much this past week. I keep returning to the events of last Wednesday, a day in the season that Christians call Epiphany, in which Christ is revealed as Messiah and Lord. But last Wednesday will not be remembered for that noble and hopeful proclamation. Instead, it will be remembered as the day in which thousands of Americans, many identified specifically as Christians, tried to overturn the results of a national election by force, with the encouragement of the President. The violence that ensued has resulted in several deaths, and that day has left us fearful what may occur in the inauguration next week.

Parade Drive By to Celebrate Dave Stuntz

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Sunday, Dec. 27, 2-4 p.m. | Blacknall Perry St. Entrance
Dave Stuntz, Blacknall’s Director of Music Ministries for 23 years, retires at the end of December. Share your gratitude by waving, honking, and dropping off cards as you drive by. Celebratory signs and cards encouraged.

Directions

Please line up on Iredell Street and turn right on Perry Street. Please stay in your car; someone will be there to collect cards.

Read brief notes of thanks from Paula Rinehart & Lowrie Beacham here.