We WILL have class Feb. 7th.

The congregational budget meeting has been postponed until March, so we will have class this Sunday, the 7th, as normal. Sorry for this mass confusion!

No Class Tomorrow, Jan 31st, due to snow!

The Potluck is still on though. Drive safe!

No Class Feb 7th.

We WILL have class Jan 31st, but will not have class Feb 7th. All classes have been cancelled by the Session in favor of a congregational budgetary meeting to be held during that hour.

Potluck this Sunday, Jan. 31

Potluck at the Hayes house this Sunday night at 5:30 at the Hayes house.  Kids welcome.  This would also be a great opportunity for those who are new to the class or even haven’t tried the class to make some connections.  If you are interested in coming, please email me at mrcommodore at yahoo dot com (I write out my email address to keep in off webcrawler lists).

Notes from Class

David has posted the notes from this past class to his website. 

http://www.davideagle.org/notes-from-cia-class-on-race-and-christianity

Non-Bagels

While the official weekly signup is for bagels, I for one am not going to complain when people bring alternative breakfasty goodies, like this last week when the Gadols brought muffins and surprisingly-good-considering-the-season grapefruit. Yum! If you haven’t signed up to bring bagels (or an alternative) in recent memory, please contact the Eagles.

Race and the Church

David Eagle is now leading our class discussion for our latest study: Race and the Church.  This past Sunday we started the unit with an overview, including — how do we define race?  What are some statistics that convey the social and economic differences by race?  What is the racial makeup of our community and our church, and do they match up?

Next week, we will turn to the story of the Good Samaritan and see what insights that provides.  As always, come for some good conversation!

Slacker Blogmaster

OK, I’m not sure if “blogmaster” is a real word, but in any case I have been very slack since the fall about updating the class blog.  No more!

Relevant Daniel

So will our study of the life of Daniel be relevant to us today? Well, answer this — have you ever felt a tension between worldly success and christian faithfulness? Do secular academics and christian doctrine naturally conflict? Do you have difficulty reconciling “getting ahead” in a secular world with being a christian? All this and more in our study of Daniel!

Kickoff Sunday (August 30th)

This Sunday marks the beginning of the new sunday school year for all classes at Blacknall.  In order to facilitate/encourage people to try classes, all of the classes will meet at the beginning of the Sunday School hour (around 9:45 to 10:00, depending on when the early service ends) in the FELLOWSHIP HALL.  Each class will then give a brief two minute blurb about itself and then everyone, new and old, will disperse to the various classes. 

If you have been involved in our class before, I hope you will make a special effort to attend this Sunday and be ON TIME.  This is naturally when new folks try classes, and we want to give them a good idea of who we are and what our class is like.

Of final note, remember that when we recess from the fellowship hall we will be going to our new room for the year, the MUSIC ROOM, which is just up from the nursery.

See you Sunday!