Starling Avenue Baptist Church Occasions
This Week at SABC
Sunday, April 16, 2023
10:00–10:30a.m. SundaySchool,Sanctuary
10:30a.m. ChoirRehearsal
11:00a.m. Worship,Sanctuary
Monday, April 17, 2023
10:30-11:30a.m. Coffee&Notes
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
1:30-3:30p.m.—PuzzleTime,Room211
Wednesday, April 19, 2023
10:30a.m. BibleStudy,OfficeConferenceRoom
6:00p.m. BibleStudy,Room202
7:05p.m.—ChoirRehearsal
Thursday, April 20, 2023
6:00p.m. PersonnelCommittee
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, Charles Dameron; Offertory Prayer, Dwight Stultz; Greeters, Dee Dee Smith & Anne Stultz; Open and Close, Richard Caldwell.
If you planto attend the Baptist Men’s Breakfast at 9:00a.m. onSunday, April 23, please indicateyourintentbycompletingtheenclosedformandplacingitintheofferingplate. This willhelpthecooksknowhowmuchfoodtoprepare. Youcanalsocallthechurchoffice(276) 638-8861,DwightStultz(276)806-9989,orRonniePrillamanat(276)618-0142.Allmenof thechurcharewelcome.
The Annual Mission Offering Meal will be held on Sunday, May 7, following Worship Service.Duringthemealwewillalsohaveour Quarterly Business Meeting. Ifyouplanto attend the meal please call or email the church office at 276-638-8861 or church@starlingavenue.orgbyApril28.
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May brings a season of celebration and graduations! OnSunday,May21,wewillrecognize those who are graduating this year. If you have graduates in your life, please share their information (name, school, degree, etc.) with the Church Office (276-638-8861 or church@starlingavenue.org)bySunday,May7.
Gift Given in Memory of George and Edna Franklin byDorothyTurner.
Remembering in Prayer: BarbaraRakes,PattyBarnett,KaySpencer,DonnaCollins,Bobby Hankins, Nancy Hudson, Fern Kanode’s sister Janet, Edith Hinton, Bishop Joe Gravely, J. G. McMillan, Maggie Pilson, Lauren Werner, Dana Sharon, Susanne Travis, Pete Mabry, Lois Johnson, Jeanette Draper, Linda Harris, Christy Mattox & Regina Carter; Our Country; All ThoseAffectedbyWar&Violence;OurHomeboundMembers
Serving in the Military: Airman Cody Minter, USAF, 1341 Princeton Street, Abilene, TX 79602
Birthdays this week: BobbyHankins,JaneNewman,GloriaWeaver&SusanFranklin. Happy Birthdaytoeveryonecelebrating! 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 April:Assortedcannedgreens(turnip,collard,etc.),toiletpaper, feminineproducts,anddeodorant.
Annual Mission Offering Goal: $6,500. DonationsmaybemadethroughPentecostSunday, May28,2023.Specialenvelopesarelocatedatbothentrancestothechurch.
SCRIPTURE READINGS
1 Peter 1:3-9
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, who are being protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. In this you rejoice, even if now for a little while you have had to suffer various trials, so that the genuineness of your faith being more precious than gold that, though perishable, is tested by fire may be found to result in praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. Although you have not seen him, you love him, and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and rejoice with an indescribable and glorious joy, for you are receiving the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
John 20:19-31
When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors were locked where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.”
But Thomas (who was called the Twin), one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands and put my finger in the mark of the nails and my hand in his side, I will not believe.”
A week later his disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were shut, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it in my side. Do not doubt but believe.” Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!” Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me?
Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe.” Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples that are not written in this book. But these are written so that you may continue to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through believing you may have life in his name.
STEWARDSHIP REPORT
April 9, 2023
BudgetNeedsYTD:$69,384.30
BudgetOfferingsYTD:$65,466.00
BudgetNeedsEachSunday:$4,625.62
BudgetOfferingsfor04.09.23:$7,616.00
Current Annual Mission Offering: $2,207.00
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.
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
