Starling Avenue Baptist Church
Occasions This Week at SABC Sunday, February 4, 2024 10:00-10:30 a.m.—Sunday School 10:30 a.m.—Choir Rehearsal 11:00 a.m.—Worship 3:00 p.m.—Organ Concert Tuesday, February 6, 2024 6:00 p.m.—Deacon Meeting Wednesday, February 7, 2024 10:30 a.m.—Midweek Gathering 5:15 p.m.—Handbell Choir Rehearsal 6:00 p.m.—Midweek Gathering 7:05 p.m.—Choir Rehearsal
ORGAN CONCERT Today at 3:00 p.m. Featuring Nolan Anthony Director of Music at SABC (Donations will be appreciated to help our Bell Choir attend a Spring Festival in NC.)
Welcome to Starling Avenue Baptist Church! If this is your first time visiting with us, we sincerely hope that you find meaningful worship and a loving community here. There are guest cards in the pew racks if you’d like to let us know more about yourself. Drop these into the offering plate or the basket in the back of the sanctuary. We’re happy to welcome you as our guest today! Lay Leader, Kathy Long; Offertory Prayer, Pat Smith; Candle Lighter, Stanley Biggs; Greeters, Donna Wells & Susan Franklin; Open and Close, Tommy Wells
The Congregation is invited for cookies and socializing on the second-floor hallway following today’s Worship Service. A Love Offering for Local Benevolence will be taken by a deacon at each exit of the sanctuary following today’s worship service. The Recreation Team will be hosting a Spaghetti Lunch immediately following Church Service on February 11. We hope that you will be able to join us! The Baptist Men will meet for breakfast at 9:00 a.m. on Sunday, February 25. Come and enjoy a good meal and Through your generous giving to the Annual Mission Offering, the church helps fund ministries of our partners here in Martinsville and around the world. Last year’s goal of $6,500 was exceeded. This year the goal is $6,500, with the hope that it will also be exceeded! The Annual Mission Offering runs through Pentecost Sunday, May 19. Special envelopes are located at both entrances to the church. So far, we have collected $540.00.
Mission Partners: BGAV Alma Hunt, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Global Missions, Martinsville/Henry County Warming Center, God’s Pit Crew, Karen (CBF Field Representative), and Vernie Lewis Scholarship Fund. The CARE Group is collecting the items below for The Warming Center and would like your help. If you can help with any of the items, it would be greatly appreciated. Collection boxes will be located at both entrances. Adult Coats (Men & Women all sizes); Warm Hats, Mittens, Gloves; Plastic utensils, paper plates, bowls, cups & napkins; Ground Coffee, coffee filters, powdered creamer & sugar; Snack Items (Nabs, Granola Bars, Vienna Sausage, Pop Tarts); Bottled Water; Cleaning Supplies (Pine-Sol & Lysol type cleaners), paper towels Remembering in Prayer: Margaret Caldwell, Lonnie Yarbrough (Linda Pulliam’s niece’s husband), Kay Spencer, Donna Wells, J. G. McMillan, Regina Carter, Nancy Snyder, Freddie Donavant, Danny Joyce, Mike Spicer, Susanne Travis, Pete Mabry, Lois Johnson, Airman Cody Minter, USAF, Larry Smith (Tonie McMillan’s brother), Sharon White (Kathy Long’s sister-inlaw), Myron Richardson (Richard Caldwell’s brother-in-law), Kaitlyn Smith, Kody & Kasey Redfern (niece & friends of Becky Nance), Karen Gribble & Becky Joyce (friends of Pat McKinster); Our Country; All Those Affected by War & Violence; Our Homebound Members. Birthdays this week: If you are having a birthday this week, please let Barbara in the office know. Gifts Given in Memory of Gloria Weaver by Reed & Donna Finley and Anne & Dwight Stultz. Gifts Given in Memory of Patsy Draper by Reed & Donna Finley and Anne & Dwight Stultz. Grace Network Items for February: saltine crackers (box), bath soap, toilet paper, toothpaste, toothbrush (individually wrapped). Items can be left in the box located outside the library on the 2nd Floor.
SCRIPTURES Isaiah 41:21-31 Set forth your case, says the LORD; bring your proofs, says the King of Jacob. Let them bring them and tell us what is to happen. Tell us the former things, what they were, so that we may consider them and that we may know their outcome or declare to us the things to come. Tell us what is to come hereafter, that we may know that you are gods; do good, or do harm, that we may be afraid and terrified. You, indeed, are nothing, and your work is nothing at all; whoever chooses you is an abomination. I stirred up one from the north, and he has come, from the rising of the sun he was summoned by name. He shall trample on rulers as on mortar, as the potter treads clay. Who declared it from the beginning, so that we might know, and beforehand, so that we might say, “He is right”? There was no one who declared it, none who proclaimed, none who heard your words. I first have declared it to Zion, and I give to Jerusalem a herald of good tidings. But when I look there is no one; among these there is no counselor who, when I ask, gives an answer. No, they are all a delusion; their works are nothing; their images are empty wind. Psalm 147:1-11 Praise the LORD! How good it is to sing praises to our God; for he is gracious, and a song of praise is fitting. The LORD builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the outcasts of Israel. He heals the brokenhearted, and binds up their wounds. He determines the number of the stars; he gives to all of them their names. Great is our Lord, and abundant in power; his understanding is beyond measure. The LORD lifts up the downtrodden; he casts the wicked to the ground. Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; make melody to our God on the lyre. He covers the heavens with clouds, prepares rain for the earth, makes grass grow on the hills. He gives to the animals their food, and to the young ravens when they cry. His delight is not in the strength of the horse, nor his pleasure in the speed of a runner; but the LORD takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his steadfast love. Mark 1:29-39 As soon as they left the synagogue, they entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. Now Simon's mother-in-law was in bed with a fever, and they told him about her at once. He came and took her by the hand and lifted her up. Then the fever left her, and she began to serve them. That evening, at sundown, they brought to him all who were sick or possessed with demons. And the whole city was gathered around the door. And he cured many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons; and he would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him. In the morning, while it was still very dark, he got up and went out to a deserted place, and there he prayed. And Simon and his companions hunted for him. When they found him, they said to him, “Everyone is searching for you.” He answered, “Let us go on to the neighboring towns, so that I may proclaim the message there also; for that is what I came out to do.” And he went throughout Galilee, proclaiming the message in their synagogues and casting out demons.
STEWARDSHIP REPORT – January 28, 2024 Budget Needs, YTD: $18,983.84 Budget Offerings, YTD: $14,275.53 Budget Needs Each Sunday: $4,745.96 Budget Offerings for 01.28.24: $2,376.0
Here are current ways to continue to give to the ministry and mission of SABC: -Through USPS to 932 Starling Avenue, Martinsville, VA 24112. Your offering envelopes are already self-addressed. All you need is a stamp and tape to reinforce. -Drop off your envelopes in the locked mailbox outside of the Church Office. -Set up an automatic or one-time bank draft through your bank. Simply go to your bank’s bill pay webpage. Set up SABC as the “payee” and have your payments automatically delivered electronically. This is simple and doesn’t cost you or the church any fees. -Online giving available at https://get.tithe.ly/give. You can choose “Cover Fees” to slightly increase your gift to pay processing fees. How to Connect to Sunday Worship & Other Gatherings If you are unable to participate in our live service, you may stream it. To connect to Worship from your landline (audio): Call 1-844-621-3956 (toll free), Access Code: 132-630-0075## To connect to Worship from your computer, tablet, or smartphone (video): Go to the SABC Facebook page (bit.ly/FacebookSABC) or our YouTube channel (bit.ly/YouTubeSABC). Closed Captioning is available on YouTube. Church Office Hours Monday: 9:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Tuesday: 9:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Wednesday: 9:30 a.m. – 2:30 pm Friday: 9:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
(276) 638-8861 -- www.starlingavenue.org Pastor: Rev. Angela Zimmerman (azimmerman@starlingavenue.org) cell phone (336) 212-3213 Office Administrator: Barbara Rakes (church@starlingavenue.org) Director of Music: Nolan Anthony (nanthony@starlingavenue.org) Interpreter for the Deaf: Joan Joyce