Starling Avenue Baptist Church Occasions
This Week at SABC
Sunday, April 21, 2024
10:00-10:30a.m. SundaySchool
10:30a.m. ChoirRehearsal
11:00a.m. WorshipService
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
1:30–3:30p.m. PuzzleClub,Room211
4:30p.m. StewardshipMeeting,ConferenceRoom
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
10:30a.m. MidweekGathering(Cancelled)
5:15p.m. HandbellChoirRehearsal(Cancelled)
6:00p.m. MidweekGathering(Cancelled)
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 Dr. Dennis Knight asourguestminister. Lay Leader, Margaret Caldwell; Offertory Prayer, Jeff Franklin; Candle Lighter, Duane Lewis; Greeters, Dee Smith & Shirley Simmons; Open and Close, David Bell
Dr. Dennis Knight is married to Sylvia, his wife of nearly 56 years. He had a student pastorate in Kentucky where he received his education from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.Beforeretiring,hepastoredchurchesinVirginiaandNorthCarolina. Inretirement he was Interim Preacher at SABC for two years. Dennis and Sylvia are parents and grandparentsoftwosonsandnowfivegrandchildren. Retiringfromthepastorateof First BaptistChurchtwelveyearsago,theychosetomakethisareatheirpermanenthome.
We are happy to welcome back Debra Anthony, Nolan’s mom, and appreciate her contributionandworshipleadershipduringtoday’sservice.
We won’t be having our Mid-Week gatherings this week,butweareplanningtostartback strongonMay1! Wewouldlovetohaveyoujoinuseitherat10:30a.m.or6:00p.m.aswe discusssomeofoureverydaypracticesandhowtheycanrelatetotheenhancementofGod’s Kingdom here on earth. Our topics will include prayer, food, worship, ordinances, money, service,andcommunity.Willyoujoinus?
The Quarterly Business Meeting and our Annual Mission Luncheon will be held on Sunday,April28,followingWorshipService. WewillbeacceptingdonationstotheAnnual MissionOffering.
Clearview Early Learning Center,ourpartnerschool,hasaskedustodonateitemsfortheir end of the year celebration. They need small individual bags of chips and individual boxes/pouchesofjuice(CapriSun). Collectionboxeswillbeateachentrance. Weneedthese byMay5.Thankyou!
May brings a season of celebration and graduations! On Sunday, May 19, we will recognizethosewhoaregraduatingthisyear.Ifyouhavegraduatesinyourlife,pleaseshare theirinformation(name,school,degree,honors,parents/grandparents,etc.)withtheChurch Office(276-638-8861orchurch@starlingavenue.org)by Monday, May 6.
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.
Churchwide Baby Shower:
Saturday,May18, 10:00–11:30a.m.
FellowshipHall
ForGraceNjoroge&her husband,JamesNyambura, astheyawaitBabyGirl#2!
Grace,Monica&James
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 $3,560.00.
AMO Partners: BGAVAlmaHunt,CooperativeBaptist FellowshipGlobalMissions,Martinsville/HenryCounty WarmingCenter,God’sPitCrew,Karen(CBFField Representative),andVernieLewisScholarshipFund.
Remembering in Prayer: Family of Paige Brockenbrough (Pat McKinster’ s neighbor), MerrillWhite(KathyLong’sbrother),PatMcKinster,JoycePoindexter,J.G.McMillan,Regina Carter,FreddieDonavant,MikeSpicer, SusanneTravis,PeteMabry,LoisJohnson, Maynard Handy, Renee Jenkins (Rev. Zimmerman’s sister), USAF Airman Cody Minter, Larry Smith (Tonie McMillan’s brother), Sharon White (Kathy Long’s sister-in-law), Myron Richardson (RichardCaldwell’sbrother-in-law),KaitlynSmith,Kody&KaseyRedfern(niece&friendsof BeckyNance),Karen(friendofPatMcKinster)
Birthdays this week: DavidCompton. HappyBirthdayDavid!
Grace Network Items for April: cannedsoup,toiletpaper&feminineproducts. Itemscan beleftintheboxlocatedoutsidethelibraryonthe2ndFloor.
1 John 3:16-24
We know love by this, that he laid down his life for us and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers and sisters. How does God’s love abide in anyone who has the world’s goods and sees a brother or sister in need and yet refuses help?
Little children, let us love not in word or speech but in deed and truth. And by this we will know that we are from the truth and will reassure our hearts before him whenever our hearts condemn us, for God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything. Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have boldness before God, and we receive from him whatever we ask, because we obey his commandments and do what pleases him.
And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us. All who obey his commandments abide in him, and he abides in them. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit that he has given us.
Nehemiah 2:17-18
Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in, how Jerusalem lies in ruins with its gates burned. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, so that we may no longer suffer disgrace.” I told them that the hand of my God had been gracious upon me and also the words that the king had spoken to me. Then they said, “Let us start building!” So they committed themselves to the common good.
John 10:11-18
“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. The hired hand, who is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. The hired hand runs away because a hired hand does not care for the sheep. I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and my own know me, just as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. And I lay down my life for the sheep. I have other sheep that do not belong to this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd. For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life in order to take it up again. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it up again. I have received this command from my Father.”
BudgetNeedsYTD:$71,189.40
BudgetOfferingsYTD:$82,063.29
BudgetNeedsEachSunday:$4,745.96
BudgetOfferingsfor04.14.24:$2,750.00
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##
To connect to Worship from your computer, tablet, or smartphone (video): GototheSABCFacebookpage(bit.ly/FacebookSABC)or ourYouTubechannel(bit.ly/YouTubeSABC).
Closed Captioning isavailableonYouTube.
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.AngelaZimmerman(azimmerman@starlingavenue.org)cellphone(336)212-3213
OfficeAdministrator: BarbaraRakes(church@starlingavenue.org)
DirectorofMusic: NolanAnthony(nanthony@starlingavenue.org)
InterpreterfortheDeaf: JoanJoyce