COVID-19 UPDATE
In response to federal and local guidelines, all in-person meetings for Duke Memorial formation have ceased. We are now offering online video and voice chat solutions through Google Meet* for Sunday Schools and Small Groups. Simply click "join group" under your group's name at the normal meeting time for your group, and enjoy a virtual time of connection together.
Email Pastor Kris with questions about how to create or join an online group.
*some leaders are using personal zoom accounts for their group facilitation. If you have questions about joining via Zoom, contact the group leader.
Email Pastor Kris with questions about how to create or join an online group.
*some leaders are using personal zoom accounts for their group facilitation. If you have questions about joining via Zoom, contact the group leader.
Engaging Community
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Duke Memorial formation groups offer an opportunity for curiosity, learning, conversation, and relationship with a goal of journeying together towards better faithfulness. Duke Memorial offers a range of formation groups for people at various stages of life and faith. Contact one of the leaders below or Pastor Kris for more information.
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Sunday Morning
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Open Door Class
We are a traditional Sunday School class meeting each Sunday from 9:45-10:45 to study Scripture and enjoy time together. We use the Adult Bible Study Series, video presentations about the holy land or biblical personalities, and enjoy the varied talents shared by our three teachers. We welcome those from 30 to 95+ (open to all). The Open Door classroom is located on the second floor of the Education Building around the corner next to the elevator. Contact: Linda Adkinson |
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People in the Parlor
Laugh, learn, commiserate, and celebrate with others as we share the joys of raising children in faith. We meet on Sunday mornings at 9:45-10:45 am in the Parlor for fellowship, prayer, and discussion. Contact: Stephen Zapotoczny This Is Us
A small group gathering where you can learn about Duke Memorial: who we are, what we are about, what drives us, and what membership means? In our time together we will hear some of God’s story, Durham’s story, the United Methodist story, Duke Memorial’s story, and your story. You will hear from a variety of voices from our community and our church. We gather online Sundays 9:45-10:45 a.m. Contact: Pastor Kris |
Virtual Gathering Etiquette
As we begin to meet in new ways, here are a few tips to welcoming and loving all in a virtual world: 1. Mute yourself when not speaking 2. Raise your hand to speak 3. Be on time 4. Ensure your technology works correctly (before the meeting time) 5. Wear appropriate clothing 6. Mute video when eating (and audio) 7. Frame the camera correctly 8. Have the right light 9. Look at the camera 10. Pay attention 11. Limit background noise (turn of the tv) 12. Announce your name before speaking |
Beginnings in Bradshaw
This class is for parents of younger children who are looking for ways to connect to others in the same stage of life and to explore God’s Word together each week. This is a conversation-based class in an informal setting, and all are welcome to join us!
Contact: Eliza Ferguson
This class is for parents of younger children who are looking for ways to connect to others in the same stage of life and to explore God’s Word together each week. This is a conversation-based class in an informal setting, and all are welcome to join us!
Contact: Eliza Ferguson
Mary & Martha Class
Join us in the Lullaby/Mary Martha room behind the sanctuary on the 1st Sunday of the month. We also meet every Sunday during Advent. We use the Upper Room series to guide our devotion and fellowship.
Contact: Nadine Hoover
Join us in the Lullaby/Mary Martha room behind the sanctuary on the 1st Sunday of the month. We also meet every Sunday during Advent. We use the Upper Room series to guide our devotion and fellowship.
Contact: Nadine Hoover
Mid-Week Groups
MONDAY - Wednesday - Friday
Centering Time with Your Pastors
We invite you to gather with us online for 30 minutes of prayer.
Mondays at 8:00 am | Wednesdays at 12:00 noon | Fridays at 5:00 pm
We will be using as our guide, Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals by Shane Claiborne, Enuma Okoro, and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
For centuries the church has gathered in particular rhythms, the most common of which is coming together for liturgy/worship on Sunday mornings. A perhaps lesser known practice is that of praying the daily offices. These are set aside prayer times that are most widely practiced in the morning, at noon, and in the evening. At Duke Memorial we are going to begin a new way of practicing the “daily” offices. Our hope is to bring some centering and settling to this strange and uncertain time in which we find ourselves.
No need to RSVP. For more information, kris@dukememorial.org
We invite you to gather with us online for 30 minutes of prayer.
Mondays at 8:00 am | Wednesdays at 12:00 noon | Fridays at 5:00 pm
We will be using as our guide, Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals by Shane Claiborne, Enuma Okoro, and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
For centuries the church has gathered in particular rhythms, the most common of which is coming together for liturgy/worship on Sunday mornings. A perhaps lesser known practice is that of praying the daily offices. These are set aside prayer times that are most widely practiced in the morning, at noon, and in the evening. At Duke Memorial we are going to begin a new way of practicing the “daily” offices. Our hope is to bring some centering and settling to this strange and uncertain time in which we find ourselves.
No need to RSVP. For more information, kris@dukememorial.org
Wednesday
The Seekers Group
New Study Beginning Wednesday - 01/29 - 8am
Of all the books I read and retreats I attended during my Red Cross years, Stephen Covey’s book, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People made the most impact. Habit #5 (which should be #1 in my opinion) says Seek first to understand, and then to be understood.
In her book, Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others, Barbara Brown Taylor implicitly uses this habit as a guide in her own journey to rekindle her Christian roots. As she states, “Holy Envy …is a book about how my envy of other traditions turned into holy envy, offering me the chance to be born again within my own tradition.”
Join the Seekers Group on Wednesday mornings at 8am in the Parlor beginning on January 29th as we read Holy Envy and explore the traditions of other religions and how such insights can inspire our own Christian faith.
Contact: Laurie Hays Coffman, Croasdaile Village Chaplain
Contact: Gary Boyd
New Study Beginning Wednesday - 01/29 - 8am
Of all the books I read and retreats I attended during my Red Cross years, Stephen Covey’s book, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People made the most impact. Habit #5 (which should be #1 in my opinion) says Seek first to understand, and then to be understood.
In her book, Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others, Barbara Brown Taylor implicitly uses this habit as a guide in her own journey to rekindle her Christian roots. As she states, “Holy Envy …is a book about how my envy of other traditions turned into holy envy, offering me the chance to be born again within my own tradition.”
Join the Seekers Group on Wednesday mornings at 8am in the Parlor beginning on January 29th as we read Holy Envy and explore the traditions of other religions and how such insights can inspire our own Christian faith.
Contact: Laurie Hays Coffman, Croasdaile Village Chaplain
Contact: Gary Boyd
Wednesday Morning Ladies
We will begin our study group February 12 at 9:30 am in the parlor. We will be reading and discussing "Sabbath" by Mueller. We have refreshments from 9:30 to 10:1 and then discussion until 11:1. All ages are welcome...we are a diverse group.
Contact: Barbara Self - 919-383-1830 or Karalyn Colopy - 919-956-7875
We will begin our study group February 12 at 9:30 am in the parlor. We will be reading and discussing "Sabbath" by Mueller. We have refreshments from 9:30 to 10:1 and then discussion until 11:1. All ages are welcome...we are a diverse group.
Contact: Barbara Self - 919-383-1830 or Karalyn Colopy - 919-956-7875
Thursday
Learning Through the Scriptures
We are a woman’s group who are trying to learn to live into the scriptures. We study books like Dr. Thomas Langford’s Christian Wholeness. We will have a speaker one day in January on “Mindfulness Meditation.” We had a speaker in the fall on “Centering Prayer.”
We meet Thursdays at 10:30am at the church, in the parlor. We go after the group to eat lunch at Croasdaile Village dining room about 12:30 PM. All are welcome to join us. Please call Ann S. Smith for more information at 919-384-2981.
We are a woman’s group who are trying to learn to live into the scriptures. We study books like Dr. Thomas Langford’s Christian Wholeness. We will have a speaker one day in January on “Mindfulness Meditation.” We had a speaker in the fall on “Centering Prayer.”
We meet Thursdays at 10:30am at the church, in the parlor. We go after the group to eat lunch at Croasdaile Village dining room about 12:30 PM. All are welcome to join us. Please call Ann S. Smith for more information at 919-384-2981.
The Downtown Group
The “Downtown Small Group” invites YOU to join us each Thursday to dive even deeper into this year’s Congregational Theme, “You are welcomed. You are loved”. Each month we will have a different theme to discuss. The month of March we will be discussing: Age. Join us Thursday evenings as we study and discuss how we at Duke Memorial can be more welcoming of people of all ages!
When: Thursday’s in March, 7:30
Where: Crafts and Drafts - 3117 Guess Rd, Durham, NC 27705
Email: Beverly to be added to the email list
The “Downtown Small Group” invites YOU to join us each Thursday to dive even deeper into this year’s Congregational Theme, “You are welcomed. You are loved”. Each month we will have a different theme to discuss. The month of March we will be discussing: Age. Join us Thursday evenings as we study and discuss how we at Duke Memorial can be more welcoming of people of all ages!
When: Thursday’s in March, 7:30
Where: Crafts and Drafts - 3117 Guess Rd, Durham, NC 27705
Email: Beverly to be added to the email list
Friday
JJ Henderson Bible Study
Join us 10:00-11:30 am every Friday for Bible Study with our neighbors at JJ Henderson Towers.
Contact: Don Underwood or Jerry Smith
Join us 10:00-11:30 am every Friday for Bible Study with our neighbors at JJ Henderson Towers.
Contact: Don Underwood or Jerry Smith
Monthly Groups
Primetimers
Older Adults who gather on the first Wednesday of each month at 11:00 am - 12:00 pm (Oct-Jun). During this season of social distancing, we invite you to join us online for fellowship and conversation.
If you have any technical difficulties please contact mark@dukememorial.org.
Contact: Tom Adkinson
Older Adults who gather on the first Wednesday of each month at 11:00 am - 12:00 pm (Oct-Jun). During this season of social distancing, we invite you to join us online for fellowship and conversation.
If you have any technical difficulties please contact mark@dukememorial.org.
Contact: Tom Adkinson
Joy Club
A group of adults who enjoy fellowship and outings to interesting places and events in our area.
Contact: Connie Chandler
Upcoming events: to be rescheduled after this season of social distancing.
Some virtual tours you might take include:
A group of adults who enjoy fellowship and outings to interesting places and events in our area.
Contact: Connie Chandler
Upcoming events: to be rescheduled after this season of social distancing.
Some virtual tours you might take include:
- National Parks | earth.google.com
- "Each spring, the National Park Service and the National Park Foundation dedicate a week to celebrating the protected spaces in our communities. Today, we’re bringing the national parks to you in a Google Earth guided tour through 31 different parks around the country."
- Virtual Museums | mcn.edu
- The Ultimate Guide to Virtual Museum Resources and Online Collections.
"In the blink of an eye, once-crowded museums sit empty. We’re preparing ourselves for social distancing and potential quarantine. This is the time for museum technology to step up and fill the void. The potential of online collections, virtual tours, and social media campaigns have always been there, but now the opportunity for impact is incalculable."
- The Ultimate Guide to Virtual Museum Resources and Online Collections.
- Northern Lights | explore.com
- "Welcome to nature's most amazing light show. Located at the Churchill Northern Studies Center in Churchill, Manitoba, this live cam is located directly underneath the aurora oval--one of the best places on earth to watch the aurora borealis, the spectacular atmospheric phenomenon better known as the Northern Lights. Late winter and early spring are the best times for the aurora, so be sure to stop in during the months of February and March!"