Occasions 3/31/24

Starling Avenue Baptist Church Occasions

This Week at SABC

Sunday, March 31, 2024

10:00-10:30a.m—SundaySchool

10:30a.m. ChoirRehearsal

11:00a.m. WorshipService

12:00p.m. FloweringoftheCross,Refreshments

Monday, April 1, 2024

EasterMonday ChurchOfficeClosed

Wednesday, April 3, 2024

10:30a.m.—MidweekGathering,ConferenceRoom

5:15p.m.—HandbellChoirRehearsal

6:00p.m. MidweekGathering,ConferenceRoom

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!

Lay Leader, Shirley Simmons; Offertory Prayer, Linda Pulliam; Candle Lighter, Bobby Hankins; Greeters, Carol Merchant & Becky Nance; Open and Close, David Bell

The Church Office will be closed on Monday, April 1,inobservanceofEasterMonday.

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. Specialenvelopesarelocatedatbothentrances. So far, we have collected $3,380.

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

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Remembering in Prayer: Pat McKinster, Joyce Poindexter, Donna Wells, J. G. McMillan, ReginaCarter,FreddieDonavant,DannyJoyce,MikeSpicer,SusanneTravis,PeteMabry,Lois Johnson, Maynard Handy, Renee Jenkins (Rev. Zimmerman’s sister), USAF Airman Cody Minter,LarrySmith(TonieMcMillan’sbrother),SharonWhite(KathyLong’ssister-in-law), MyronRichardson(RichardCaldwell’sbrother-in-law),KaitlynSmith,Kody&KaseyRedfern (niece&friendsofBeckyNance),KarenGribble(friendofPatMcKinster)

Continue to remember NancySnyderwithyourprayersandcards.

New Books! Thelibraryhasfournewbookswhichyouareinvitedtoborrowandread:

• Dipping Springs Farm-StoriesofthesixdaughtersofNancyMatilda&EdwinThomas FrithbyPatsyDraper(Frithfamilyhistory);donatedbyPatriciaKohlbeck

• Jerusalem: One City, Three Faiths byKarenArmstrong;donatedbyCharlesDameron

• Two’s Company-StoriesoflifegrowingupinFieldalebyMargaretAdkins;donatedby CaroleWebb

• Mostly What God Does bySavannahGuthrie

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

The CARE Group wouldliketoinviteourchurchtohelpussendbirthdaycardstoKaren ZimmermaninMorocco.WewillcollectcardsthroughApril14.Nopostageisnecessary. Pleaseplacecardsindesignatedboxesatbothentrances.

Birthdays this week: Shirley Stegall, Tommy Wells, and Jo Grayson. Happy Birthday to everyonecelebratingthisweek!

Thank you so much for your prayers, calls, and the cards I received during my recent recovery. Your kindness will never be forgotten. Love you all, Barbara Rakes

Grace Network Items for March and April: saltine crackers (box), canned soup, dish detergent,deodorant,laundrydetergent,toiletpaper,feminineproducts. Itemscanbeleftin theboxlocatedoutsidethelibraryonthe2ndFloor.

Acts 10:34-43

Then Peter began to speak to them: “I truly understand that God shows no partiality, but in every people anyone who fears him and practices righteousness is acceptable to him. You know the message he sent to the people of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ he is Lord of all. That message spread throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John announced: how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power; how he went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him. We are witnesses to all that he did both in Judea and in Jerusalem. They put him to death by hanging him on a tree, but God raised him on the third day and allowed him to appear, not to all the people but to us who were chosen by God as witnesses and who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one ordained by God as judge of the living and the dead. All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.”

Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24

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

The LORD is my strength and my might; he has become my salvation. There are glad songs of victory in the tents of the righteous: “The right hand of the LORD does valiantly; the right hand of the LORD is exalted; the right hand of the LORD does valiantly.” I shall not die, but I shall live and recount the deeds of the LORD. The LORD has punished me severely, but he did not give me over to death. 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.

Mark 16:1-8

When the sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb. They had been saying to one another, ‘Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?’ When they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had already been rolled back. As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man, dressed in a white robe, sitting on the right side; and they were alarmed. But he said to them, ‘Do not be alarmed; you are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has been raised; he is not here. Look, there is the place they laid him. But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going ahead of you to Galilee; there you will see him, just as he told you.’ So they went out and fled from the tomb, for terror and amazement had seized them; and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.

SCRIPTURES

STEWARDSHIP REPORT – March 24, 2024

BudgetNeedsYTD:$56,951.52

BudgetOfferingsYTD:$65,692.29

BudgetNeedsEachSunday:$4,745.96

BudgetOfferingsfor03.24.24:$1,613.00

Here are current ways 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

Ifyouareunabletoparticipateinourliveservice,youmaystreamit.

To connect to Worship from your landline (audio): Call1-844-621-3956(tollfree),AccessCode: 132-630-0075##

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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.