Occasions 3/24/24

Starling Avenue Baptist Church Occasions

This Week at SABC

Sunday, March 24, 2024

9:00a.m. PalmSundayinthePark(J.FrankWilson) (ChurchvanwillleavefromSABCparkinglotat8:40a.m.)

10:00-10:30a.m. SundaySchool

10:30a.m. ChoirRehearsal

11:00a.m. WorshipService

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

1:30-3:30—PuzzleClub

5:30-6:30—CommunityMeal

Wednesday, March 27, 2024

10:30a.m. MidweekGathering,ConferenceRoom

5:15p.m. HandbellChoirRehearsal

6:00p.m. MidweekGathering,ConferenceRoom

7:05p.m. ChoirRehearsal

Thursday, March 28, 2024

7:00p.m. MaundyThursdayService,FirstBaptistChurch,23StarlingAvenue

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, Frances Stegall; Offertory Prayer, Tommy Wells; Candle Lighter, Reed Finley; Greeters, Becky Nance & Linda Pulliam; Open and Close, Jeff & Susan Franklin

Annual Mission Offering: Lastyear’sgoalof$6,500wasexceeded. Thisyearthegoalis $6,500, with the hope that it will also be exceeded! The Annual Mission Offering runs through Pentecost Sunday, May 19. Specialenvelopesarelocatedatbothentrancestothe church. So far, we have collected $2,485.00

Mission Partners: BGAVAlmaHunt,Cooperative BaptistFellowshipGlobalMissions, Martinsville/HenryCountyWarmingCenter, God’sPitCrew,Karen(CBFFieldRepresentative), andVernieLewisScholarshipFund.

Community Meal Request: Themealteamisaskingforhelpinmakingdeviledeggsforthe EastermealplannedforTuesdaynight,March26.Ifyoucanprovideone,twoormoredozen eggs for the meal, pleasebring them to the kitchenonMondayor Tuesdayafternoonafter 1:00 whenmembers of the team will be there preparing. Thank you in advance to all our wonderfulcooks!

The CARE Group would like to invite our church to help us send birthdaycards to Karen Zimmerman in Morocco. We will collect cards through April 14. No postage is necessary. Pleaseplacecardsindesignatedboxesatbothentrances.

Patrick Henry Elementary School Special Mission Project: Fortherestoftheschoolyear (until May 15) we are collecting selected food items for PHES students experiencing food insecurities. Childrenareprovidedfoodbagstotakehomeeachweekend. Lookforfliersand collectionboxesateachentrance. Pleasecallthechurchofficeifyouhavequestions.

Organ Recital: NolanAnthonywouldliketoinviteeveryonetohisorganrecitalonApril20 at7:30pm,attheUniversityofNorthCarolinaSchooloftheArts,inWinston-Salem. Ifyou plantoattendandwouldliketransportation,pleasenotifythechurchofficebyApril10. If enoughareinterestedingoingtogether,wewillusethechurchbusforthetrip.

Remembering in Prayer: JoycePoindexter,BarbaraRakes,DonnaWells,MaynardHandy, Renee Jenkins (Rev. Zimmerman’s sister), J. G. McMillan, Regina Carter, Nancy Snyder, FreddieDonavant,DannyJoyce,MikeSpicer,SusanneTravis,PeteMabry,LoisJohnson,USAF Airman Cody Minter, Larry Smith (Tonie McMillan’s brother), Sharon White (Kathy Long’s sister-in-law),MyronRichardson(RichardCaldwell’sbrother-in-law),KaitlynSmith,Kody& KaseyRedfern(niece&friendsofBeckyNance),KarenGribble(friendofPatMcKinster)

Birthdays this week: Jackson Cecil, Barbara Smith, Donna Finley, Ronnie Prillaman, Lois Johnson&BrentonSpicer. HappyBirthdaytoeveryonecelebrating!

Grace Network Items for March: saltine crackers (box), dish detergent, deodorant & laundrydetergent. Itemscanbeleftintheboxlocatedoutsidethelibraryonthe2ndFloor.

Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29

O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his steadfast love endures forever! Let Israel say, “His steadfast love endures forever.”

Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter through them and give thanks to the LORD. This is the gate of the LORD; the righteous shall enter through it. I thank you that you have answered me and have become my salvation. The stone that the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone. This is the LORD’s doing; it is marvelous in our eyes. This is the day that the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. Save us, we beseech you, O LORD! O LORD, we beseech you, give us success! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the LORD. We bless you from the house of the LORD. The LORD is God, and he has given us light. Bind the festal procession with branches, up to the horns of the altar. You are my God, and I will give thanks to you; you are my God; I will extol you. O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good.

Philippians 2:5-11

Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus, who, though he existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God as something to be grasped, but emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, assuming human likeness. And being found in appearance as a human, he humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death—even death on a cross. Therefore God exalted him even more highly and gave him the name that is above every other name, so that at the name given to Jesus every knee should bend, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Mark 11:1-11

When they were approaching Jerusalem, at Bethphage and Bethany, near the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples and said to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and immediately as you enter it you will find tied there a colt that has never been ridden; untie it and bring it. If anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ just say this: ‘The Lord needs it and will send it back here immediately.’ ” They went away and found a colt tied near a door, outside in the street. As they were untying it, some of the bystanders said to them, “What are you doing, untying the colt?” They told them what Jesus had said, and they allowed them to take it. Then they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks on it, and he sat on it. Many people spread their cloaks on the road, and others spread leafy branches that they had cut in the fields. Then those who went ahead and those who followed were shouting,

“Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the coming kingdom of our ancestor David! Hosanna in the highest heaven!”

Then he entered Jerusalem and went into the temple, and when he had looked around at everything, as it was already late, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.

SCRIPTURES

STEWARDSHIP REPORT – March 17, 2024

BudgetNeeds,YTD:$52,205.56

BudgetOfferings,YTD:$64,279.29

BudgetNeedsEachSunday:$4,745.96

BudgetOfferingsfor03.17.24:$15,088.00

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 alreadyself-addressed. Allyouneedisastampandtapetoreinforce.

-Dropoffyourenvelopesinthe locked mailbox outsideoftheChurchOffice.

-Setupanautomaticor one-time bank draft throughyourbank.Simplygotoyourbank’sbill pay webpage. Set up SABC as the “payee” and have your payments automatically delivered electronically.Thisissimpleanddoesn’tcostyouorthechurchanyfees.

-Online giving available at https://get.tithe.ly/give. You can choose “Cover Fees” to slightly increaseyourgifttopayprocessingfees.

How to Connect to Sunday Worship & Other Gatherings

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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.