Sundays, Oct 24, Nov. 7, 14, 21, and Dec. 5, 5-6 p.m. at Blacknall
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Childcare is available. Contact Goodie Bell with any questions.
Please join us on Sunday evenings for outdoor worship at our Iredell St. lot (714 Iredell St.). This is an opportunity for all ages to see familiar (or new!) faces, witness to our neighbors and celebrate the Lord’s table.
Please note: There will not be a service on Oct. 17, please come to Festival of the Bean!
Sunday, Oct. 17, 3:30-7 p.m. | Camp Chestnut Ridge, Efland, NC
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Please join us for our Annual Festival of the Bean fall picnic and chili cook-off. Come and enjoy food, fellowship, games, s’mores, and a campfire along with the beauty of fall.
If you plan to enter your chili for competition (and we hope you do!), please bring by it 4 p.m. in a crockpot along with a ladle for serving and any condiments specific to your chili. Be sure to give your chili a fantastic name (names should not indicate who made it). The competition categories are Traditional, Vegetarian & Spicy, and the overall winner will be declared Lord or Lady of the Bean. If you are not bringing chili, please bring individually wrapped slices of corn bread to share.
Schedule
3:30 - Festival begins, check in chili for competition
4:00 - Cut-off time for entering chili for the judging
4:15 - 4:45 - Chili tasting and judging
4:00 - 6:00 - Games and Fellowship
5:15-6:00 - Dinner & Fire pit
6:15 - Announcement of the winning chili (Lord or Lady of the Bean)
6:30 - Clean up
We plan for the following Covid mitigation strategies at this time:
Deacons will serve Chili and toppings
Please wear masks and try to maintain distance when in line for Chili
Everyone is encouraged to spread out while eating
Questions? Contact Maggie Holland.
November 12-14, 2021 | Location/Format TBA
We are excited to announce the theme and speakers for this year’s retreat! Blacknall’s Kat Burgett and St. John Missionary Baptist’s Sylvia Belcher will be speaking on “Encounters with Jesus”.
Please stay tuned for more details. The retreat committee is evaluating the safest format, based on the latest CDC recommendations and women’s comfort levels for gathering.
Contact: Becky Gould
The Young Adults & Friends Weekday Morning Scripture Reading Group invites you to read scripture with them at 7:30 on weekday mornings. “Join us for 15 minutes while we read Scripture together, say a prayer, and head into our days. Newcomers (of all ages) are welcome any day of the week!”
We’re eager for each woman at Blacknall to participate in our study of Romans 8, using the study guide If God Is For Us: The Everlasting Truth of Our Great Salvation. The large group gathering and teaching begins on Thursday, September 23 (9:30-11:15 a.m.). Join us on Thursday mornings to hear teaching, enjoy fellowship, and meet in small groups.
You may also listen to the talks online and join a Zoom small group or follow the study on your own. It is no small thing for the women of the church to be engaged together around a portion of God’s Word! There is no fee aside from the cost of the book, which can be purchased from your favorite book seller. Please register using the link below.
Due to forecasted rain, The Betty will be held in the sanctuary. Please come, wear your mask, and hear what the Lord has to say to us through our storytellers.
The Betty is Blacknall’s effort to create a space for women to bear witness to the amazing/head-scratching/wonderful/ impossible/painful/glorious/joyful work of God in our lives. We invite 3-4 women to step up to the mike and share a reading, recite a poem, do a comedy sketch, or tell a short story about a time they encountered Jesus. Humorous content is encouraged! Serious reflections are too! Maybe you’ve encountered Jesus on a literal mountaintop, or maybe it was in a cramped office, or maybe it was in a grocery store. If Jesus was there, no story is too wild or too mundane. The Betty is a forum for all of us to hear, resonate with, and reflect on these sacred stories in the company of other listeners. It is the promotion of a culture of God-story tellers. We hope you’ll join us.
Please consider joining John Nicholson and Paula Rinehart for prayer (and fasting, if you can) for Afghanistan as we pray for the church under duress there, for allies who need safe passage out, for the mercy of God in a crisis situation, for Christ to reveal Himself to this stricken people. Contact: Paula Rinehart.
Small groups (sometimes called Discipleship groups or Home groups) are a great way to share life, hear the word, and grow in love for Christ and one another. Several co-ed small groups are starting up or continuing this fall.
UPDATE: Fall groups are now full, please contact Goodie Bell if you’re interested in future groups.
Groups will meet for 8-10 weeks from September through Advent.
Suggested Format: (Individual groups may vary.) Open with fellowship time. Spend 30 minutes reading the upcoming Sunday’s sermon text and considering questions like “What jumps out to you on your first reading of this text? What does this scripture say about who God is? What does this mean for our life together in Christ?” Close with prayer time, sharing, and perhaps a hymn.
Childcare subsidy available: Up to $200 per 10 week session per family.
Small Groups Contact: Pastor Goodie Bell
Paul spends the first 11 chapters of his letter to the Romans explaining what it is that we believe. When he gets to chapter 12 he says, “Therefore…” Here he begins his description of what our lives should look like because of the truth of the gospel. This Fall we will take a 4-week pause in our sermon series on the Gospel of Mark to look together at Romans chapter 12. Specifically, we will be asking the question, “How are we to be the Church? How can we live life together in a manner that reflects the truth of the gospel?” We will spend four weeks listening to God’s Word to us from Romans 12.
For an overview of Paul’s letter to the Romans, check out The Bible Project’s videos: