Sunday Worship

November 3, 2024

Welcome to Blacknall Memorial Presbyterian Church! Sunday worship is the heart of our life at Blacknall. Every Sunday we gather to celebrate Jesus Christ as our Lord. Our 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. services include many elements of a traditional Christian liturgy, such as confession and weekly communion by intinction (bread dipped in a communal cup). There is also a time of informal sharing and prayer. Our musical worship incorporates traditional hymns as well as contemporary songs.

Livestream Service (8:30 a.m.)

In the event that the livestream fails to start or stops working, we will upload a recording of the worship service here. Thank you for your patience!

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In-Person & Livestream Worship

Join us for in-person worship at 8:30 or 11 a.m. The livestream is at 8:30 a.m. Learn more about the current sermon series and see past transcripts.

Children’s Worship

Children in pre-K(4) - 2nd grade should sit with their parents in the Sanctuary until they are called forward for the Children’s Blessing. Teachers will then escort children downstairs to their classrooms. See more details.

Sunday School (10 a.m.)

Join us for Sunday School for all ages! Read more about our classes for adults, youth, and children.

Are you new to Blacknall?

We’d love to get to know you! If you are a visitor, please let us know you’re here by filling out the visitor form.

If you’re new or ready to get more involved, please consider signing up for our email list. Our weekly email shares important updates and opportunities to get involved in the life and ministry of the church.

Is there anyway that we can we pray for you? Please share your needs with us, anonymously if you wish.

Welcome from Pastor David Dunderdale

Upcoming Church Events

Featured Events

Church Announcements

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Recommend Candidates for Deacon & Elder

We invite you to recommend a person to the ONC for consideration as a candidate for the office of deacon and/or elder. Full descriptions of the roles and qualifications are available for download. We encourage you to make multiple recommendations!

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Praying Together for the Election Season and Beyond

Please join us on Tuesday mornings from 7 - 7:20 a.m. via Zoom to pray for our country, state, city, and church in this election season and on through to Inauguration Day. We will start on Tuesday, October 15, and continue through January 21.

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Welcome New Senior Pastor Goodie Bell!

We are delighted to announce that the Reverend Goodie Bell has accepted our call as Senior Pastor at Blacknall Memorial Presbyterian Church. She will begin her work in this role on Sunday, September 8, 2024.

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Meet Blacknall’s New Assoc. Dir. of Middle School Ministry

We are excited to introduce Sarah Lapp as Blacknall’s new Associate Director of Middle School Ministry!

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Check Out the New “Links” on Church Center

We’ve updated the Links page on Blacknall’s Church Center with new resources! On this page you can now find new links to Session and Diaconate member directories, the new facility/room request form, and an archive of video recorded classes only available to the Blacknall community.

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Love & Serve

Take Them A Meal
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Heather Fostering Newborn

Let's support Heather as she welcomes and fosters a newborn in her home. Sign up to take her a meal.

Ways to Serve
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Serving our College Students

One of our opportunities as a church located at the corner of Perry & Iredell is to demonstrate the love of Christ for the college students that walk past our building every day. Please contact David Dunderdale or Sarah Lapp.

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PowerPoint Volunteers Needed!

Are you willing to serve the church in an important way that's easy and requires no extra time outside of Sunday morning worship? Please consider joining Blacknall's PowerPoint Team (PPT)! 

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Opportunities to Serve at Blacknall!

Looking for a place to serve at Blacknall? Check out the volunteer hub on Blacknall’s website. Whether you’re into decorating, singing, storytelling, or just hanging out with the cool kids (our middle/high school students, obviously!), we have a place for you to serve at Blacknall! There are also low commitment—but critical— positions that we need to fill.

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Thanksgiving & Prayer Requests

To protect the privacy of our members and attenders, we have moved most of the updates and prayer requests to a password protected page. You can find the password for the “Prayer Concerns” on the Links tab/page in Church Center.

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Concerns for November 3, 2024

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World

  • With the election this week, we lift up our country, state, city, and church in our individual and corporate prayer times. We seek wisdom, discernment, and the peace of our nation.

  • We pray for those affected by Hurricanes Helene and Milton, that they would be cared for and encouraged in the hard work of recovery and rebuilding.

  • We pray for the people of Israel, Palestine, and Lebanon and for a stop to the continuing cycles of violence. We pray especially that those who are most vulnerable would be protected from harm.

  • We pray for the people of Ukraine and that they would be set free from the Russian aggression.

  • We pray for our president and other world leaders that they would make decisions that are right and that would make for peace and justice.

Life Together

  • We thank God and pray for Wen Reagan, our Director of Music & Worship, and Nat Stine, our Choir Director, as they lead us in music and worship. We pray for our congregation that we would continue to grow in offering up our gifts and talents in our worship together.

  • We thank God and pray for Goodie Bell as she is installed today as Senior Pastor. We commit to encourage and support her as she guides us in the way of Jesus.

  • We pray for our Officer Nominating Committee as they seek the Lord’s leading on the people to nominate to serve our congregation as elders and deacons. Please pray for Elizabeth Brill, Doug Busch, Hannah King, Tanya Kronstad, Sam Poole, Stephanie Wheatley (chair), Cullen Rodgers-Gates (vice chair), and Rachel Stine (Deacon rep), along with Goodie Bell and David Dunderdale (Pastors, ex officio).

  • We pray for our search for a new Communications Director. Please pray for the search committee: Lucy Dunderdale Cate (chair), Mindy Lance, Trig Steinbrenner, Tom Taylor, and Faith Weiskirch.

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Upcoming Partner Events

Community Announcements

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CWS Crop Walk Update & Relief Efforts

The 2023 Durham CROP Walk was the largest walk in the nation, with a current total of over $216,000! A portion of the funds raised this fall will be designated to long-term disaster recovery in these devastated communities, see the full announcement for more details.

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Would you like to share an announcement? Please email your announcements to the Church Office.

If you have any general questions or concerns about the information on this page or the website, please contact the Communications Office.

For specific questions about our ministries or events, please contact our ministry leaders or the event contact, if provided.