Starling Avenue Baptist Church Occasions
This Week at SABC
Sunday, April 30, 2023
10:00-10:30a.m.--SundaySchool,Sanctuary
10:30a.m. ChoirRehearsal
11:00a.m. Worship,Sanctuary
Tuesday, May 2, 2023
1:30-3:30p.m.—JigsawPuzzleTime,Room211
6:00p.m. Deacon’sMeeting,Room304
Wednesday, May 3, 2023
10:30a.m. BibleStudy,OfficeConferenceRoom
6:00p.m. BibleStudy,Room202
7:05p.m. ChoirRehearsal
Thursday, May 4, 2023
12:30p.m. WorshipCommittee,OfficeConferenceRoom
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, Patsy Roach; Offertory Prayer, Reed Finley; Greeters, Tonie McMillan & Carol Merchant; Open and Close, Richard Caldwell.
Sunday,May7,willbea Hymnfest serviceandcommunion. Pleasejoinusforour Mission Fundraiser Lunch inthefellowshiphallfollowingtheservice. Thisisourfundraiserforthe Annual Mission Offering. Ifyouplantoattendthemeal,pleasefillouttheenclosedslipand drop it in the offering plate, call the church office at 276-638-8861 or email church@starlingavenue.org no later than Wednesday,May3. During the meal wewillalso haveour Quarterly Business Meeting.
SABCisapartnerwith Clearview Early Learning Center.Ourchurch’smissionprojectfor Maywillbeprovidingtreatbagsforthe3and4yearolds.Weneed120CapriSunjuiceboxes and120individualbagsofchips.Pleasehelpuswiththisprojectandbringtheseitemstothe churchorofficebyTuesday,May9.Thankssomuch!!!
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, honors, parents/grandparents, etc.) with the Church Office(276-638-8861orchurch@starlingavenue.org)bySunday,May7.
Do you enjoy fellowship and working jigsaw puzzles? ThenjoinuseveryTuesdayfrom 1:30–3:30p.m.inRoom211.
Remembering in Prayer: Mike Spicer, Joan Roach, Patty Barnett, Donna Collins, 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: PatsyHobson, JustinWells, David Pinkard &TaylorSnyder. 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 May: Assorted canned greens (turnip, collard, etc.), bath soap, toiletpaper,toothpaste&toothbrush(individuallywrapped).
Annual Mission Offering Goal: $6,500. DonationsmaybemadethroughPentecostSunday, May28,2023.Specialenvelopesarelocatedatbothentrancestothechurch.
Psalm 116:1-4, 12-19
I love the LORD because he has heard my voice and my supplications. Because he inclined his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live. The snares of death encompassed me; the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me; I suffered distress and anguish. Then I called on the name of the LORD, “O LORD, I pray, save my life!”
What shall I return to the LORD for all his bounty to me?
I will lift up the cup of salvation and call on the name of the LORD; I will pay my vows to the LORD in the presence of all his people. Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his faithful ones. O LORD, I am your servant; I am your servant, the child of your serving girl. You have loosed my bonds.
I will offer to you a thanksgiving sacrifice and call on the name of the LORD. I will pay my vows to the LORD in the presence of all his people, in the courts of the house of the LORD, in your midst, O Jerusalem. Praise the LORD!
Acts 2:14, 36-41
But Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed them, “Fellow Jews and all who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to what I say.
“Therefore let the entire house of Israel know with certainty that God has made him both Lord and Messiah, this Jesus whom you crucified.”
Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and to the other apostles, “Brothers, what should we do?” Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ so that your sins may be forgiven, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is for you, for your children, and for all who are far away, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to him.” And he testified with many other arguments and exhorted them, saying, “Save yourselves from this corrupt generation.” So those who welcomed his message were baptized, and that day about three thousand persons were added.
April 23, 2023
BudgetNeedsYTD:$78,635.54
BudgetOfferingsYTD:$68,796.00
BudgetNeedsEachSunday:$4,625.62
BudgetOfferingsfor04.23.23:$975.00
Current Annual Mission Offering: $2,702.00
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
