Starling Avenue Baptist Church
Occasions
This Week at SABC
Sunday, March 26, 2023
10:00–10:30a.m. SundaySchool,Sanctuary
10:30a.m.—ChoirRehearsal
11:00a.m.—Worship,Sanctuary
Tuesday, March 28, 2023
5:30-6:30p.m. CommunityMeal,FellowshipHall
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
10:30a.m.—BibleStudy,OfficeConferenceRoom
6:00p.m. BibleStudy,Room202
7:05p.m.—ChoirRehearsal
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!
Welcome Karen Zimmerman as our guest minister; Lay Leader, Linda Pulliam; Offertory Prayer, Tommy Wells; Greeters, Anne Stultz & Linda Pulliam; Open and Close, Jeff & Susan Franklin.
Remembering in Prayer: Donna Collins, Bobby Hankins, Nancy Hudson, Fern Kanode’ssisterJanet,EdithHinton,JeannieThomas(EdnaGriffith’scousin),Bishop JoeGravely,J.G.McMillan,MaggiePilson,TerryRoop,Lauren Werner,DanaSharon, RobertSherwood,SusanneTravis,PeteMabry,LoisJohnson,JeanetteDraper,Linda Harris, Christy Mattox & Regina Carter; Our Country; All Those Affected by War & Violence;OurHomeboundMembers
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We welcome Karen, Field Personnel in Northern Africa:
Karen is one of our ministry partners and serves as Cooperative Baptist Fellowship field personnelinpartnershipwiththelocalprotestantchurchinNorthernAfrica. Sheserveson thepastoralteamofherchurch,whichistheonlylegallyrecognizedProtestantChurchinthis Muslim kingdom. The church has eleven lay-led volunteer teams scattered around the country who operate an outreach ministry to serve their vulnerable refugee and migrant neighbors. Karen works on a national level, providing pastoral care and organizational leadershipto this importantchurch ministry. Karenis currentlyona four-month furlough andwillbereturningtoNorthernAfricainmid-July.
Beforeshewascommissionedasfieldpersonnelin2018,Karenwasservingacongregation inAtlantaGA. SheearnedherM.Div.andM.S.degreesfromMercerUniversity,herB.M.from Salem College, and has experience teaching elementary school general music, managing a hospitalityhouse,andlivingcross-culturallyinNepal.Karenlovestotravelandhasarescue catnamedPickles.Herfavoritehouseholdchoreishanginglaundryouttodryontherooftop ofherhouse.
Birthdays this week: BarbaraSmith,DonnaFinley,RonniePrillaman,LoisJohnson, BrentonSpicer&ShirleyStegall. HappyBirthdaytoeveryonecelebrating! If you are having a birthday this week, and your name is not listed, please let Barbara in the church office know.
Grace Network Items for March: Oatmeal canister or instant packets, dish detergent,deodorantandlaundrydetergent
Annual Mission Offering Goal: $6,500. DonationsmaybemadethroughPentecost Sunday,May28,2023.Specialenvelopesarelocatedatbothentrancestothechurch.
Serving in the Military:AirmanCodyMinter,USAF,1341PrincetonStreet,Abilene, TX79602
DATES TO REMEMBER
Palm/Passion Sunday,April2at11:00a.m.
Maundy Thursday,April6at6:00p.m.
Good Friday Tenebrae,April7at6:00p.m.
Easter Sunday,April9at11:00a.m.
SCRIPTURE READINGS
John 4:5-30, 39-42
But he had to go through Samaria. So he came to a Samaritan city called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired out by his journey, was sitting by the well. It was about noon.
A Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.” (His disciples had gone to the city to buy food.) The Samaritan woman said to him, “How is it that you, a Jew, ask a drink of me, a woman of Samaria?” (Jews do not share things in common with Samaritans.) Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.” The woman said to him, “Sir, you have no bucket, and the well is deep. Where do you get that living water? Are you greater than our ancestor Jacob, who gave us the well and with his sons and his flocks drank from it?” Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but those who drink of the water that I will give them will never be thirsty. The water that I will give will become in them a spring of water gushing up to eternal life.” The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water, so that I may never be thirsty or have to keep coming here to draw water.”
Psalm 23
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside still waters; he restores my soul. He leads me in right paths for his name’s sake.
Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD my whole life long.
Here are current ways to continue to give to the ministry and mission of SABC:
-Through USPS to932StarlingAvenue,Martinsville,VA24112.Yourofferingenvelopesare alreadyself-addressed. Allyouneedisastampandtapetoreinforce.
-Dropoffyourenvelopesinthe locked mailbox outsideoftheChurchOffice.
-Setupanautomaticor one-time bank draft throughyourbank.Simplygotoyourbank’s billpaywebpage.SetupSABCasthe“payee”andhaveyourpaymentsautomaticallydelivered electronically.Thisissimpleanddoesn’tcostyouorthechurchanyfees.
-Online giving availableatwww.starlingavenue.org. Youcanchoose“CoverFees”toslightly increaseyourgifttopayprocessingfees.
Stewardship Report
March 19, 2023
BudgetNeedsYTD:$55,507.44
BudgetOfferingsYTD:$54,233.00
BudgetNeedsEachSunday:$4,625.62
BudgetOfferingsfor03.19.23:$5,747.00
Current Annual Mission Offering: $2,382.00
Weather Watch:Intheeventofacancellation,watchthesespacesforupdates: WDBJ7,MartinsvilleChannel21,PhoneTreeandEmail.
Church Office Hours
Monday: 9:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Tuesday: 10:00 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.AngelaZimmerman(azimmerman@starlngavenue.org)cellphone(336)212-3213
OfficeAdministrator: BarbaraRakes(church@starlingavenue.org)
Pianist/Organist: FernKanode
InterimChoirDirector: PatMcKinster
AssociateInterimChoirDirector: LindaMoore
InterpreterfortheDeaf: JoanJoyce
