The Sunday School class schedule for the fall is now posted on Blacknall's website. The semester begins on Sunday, September 10.

Most of our Adult Sunday School classes will continue with studies they started during the summer or a prior semester. You can Jump right into any of these classes. If you have never attended any of these studies, there is no reason to hesitate, please come!

The 30s, 40s, & Friends class will host a unique offering for the fall called, "Following Jesus: Explorations on Politics & Race in Today's World.” Anyone is welcome to attend this class that will meet in the Sanctuary. It is a two-part class: Kaitlyn Schiess will lead the first part and Steve Hinkle, Paul Tshihamba, and Jeff Baker will lead the second.

The Sunday School topics and locations for Children and Youth are also updated on our site. The Nursery will remain in the Fellowship Hall until the repairs and renovations to the Nursery Hall are completed later this fall.

We look forward to learning with you and deepening our discipleship together at 10 a.m. every Sunday this fall!

Thank you to everyone who attended the Congregational Meeting on Sunday to receive the budget and approve the “Terms of Call” for our pastors. If you were not able to make it, we encourage you to review the report presented by Pete Gerend, elder and Session representative to the Finance Committee. (You must be logged in to Church Center to view this report on the “Links” page.) You can also find a hard copy of the FY23/24 budget, along with printed Session minutes, in a new location: on the whiteboard next to the Church Office (corrected from the announcement in Life Together).

In this Mission Minutes video, Dan Kronstad talks about Blacknall's Deep Common Journey partnership with International Students, Inc. (ISI). Dan serves as the Triangle Area Director for ISI and he is a Blacknall member and Elder.

Don't miss these opportunities to bless the nations without needing to leave your own backyard. To get involved with this ministry to international students in the Triangle, please visit volunteers.site and select the "Volunteer" dropdown menu.

By Sarah Lapp

At 4:30 on a Wednesday morning, 30 middle schoolers and nine leaders gathered outside Blacknall to load a coach bus; by 5:15, we were Florida-bound for The Great Escape. Twelve hours later, we arrived at Southwind Camp energized by the excitement of being with over a hundred other middle schoolers at a summer playground paradise. Our days were filled with pool parties, volleyball, paddle boarding, jumping into the lake, the Screamer swing, disc golf, and making friendship bracelets. Each night we returned to our mercifully air-conditioned dorms and crashed into our bunk beds, looking forward to waking to another fun-packed day.

BY LIZ SHIVELY

“We are God’s masterpiece. He created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.” (Ephesians 2:10, NLT)

I was in Lowe’s one day when I saw it: a front door, ready for delivery. Nope, I didn’t need the door — but the box! Oh, what we could do with that box! I had to tell Beth Solie about it.

Beth and I began planning for Art Camp in January. This year’s camp would take its inspiration from the giant artworks of Frank Stella. He doesn’t work alone, and neither would our campers. When we work together, we can make bigger (and better) art. But Stella and his team paint and sculpt with wood, metal, and fiberglass. We needed something lightweight, affordable, and plentiful.