Occasions 5/7/23

Starling Avenue Baptist Church Occasions

This Week at SABC

Sunday, May 7, 2023

10:00-10:30a.m. SundaySchool,Sanctuary

10:30a.m. ChoirRehearsal

11:00a.m. Worship,Sanctuary

12:15p.m. MissionLunchandBusinessMeeting,FellowshipHall

Monday, May 8, 2023

5:15p.m. CareGroup,Room202

Tuesday, May 9, 2023

1:30-3:30p.m.—JigsawPuzzleTime,Room211

Wednesday, May 10, 2023

10:30a.m. BibleStudy,OfficeConferenceRoom

6:00p.m.—BibleStudy,Room202

7:05p.m.—ChoirRehearsal

Thursday, May 11, 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, Becky Nance; Offertory Prayer, Margaret Caldwell; Greeters, Susan Franklin & Geneva Winn; Open and Close, Richard Caldwell.

Followingtoday’sservice,joinusintheFellowshipHallforour AMO Fundraiser Lunch and our Quarterly Business Meeting.

On Sunday, May 28, we will be electing new deacons to serve the church from September 2023 through August 2026. If you are unable to serve and would like your name removed from the official ballot, please let Barbara in the church office know by Monday,May15. (276-638-8861orchurch@starlingavenue.org)

SABC is a partner with Clearview Early Learning Center.Ourchurch’smissionprojectfor Maywillbeprovidingtreatbagsforthe3and4yearolds.Weneed120CapriSunjuiceboxes and120individualbagsofchips.Pleasehelpuswiththisprojectandbringtheseitemstothe churchorofficebyTuesday,May9.Thankssomuch!!!

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We found some old hymnals whenwewerecleaningoutthechurch. Ifyouwouldliketo haveone,pleasehelpyourself. Theyareonthetablebesidetheelevatoronthe3rd floor.

Do you have Bibles that need a new home? Wehavelocatedasourcefordistributinggently usedBibles(mustcontainbothold&newtestaments)toprisonsandothermissions. Please leavethemonthetablebesidetheelevatoronthe3rd floor.

Do you enjoy fellowship and working jigsaw puzzles? ThenjoinuseveryTuesdayfrom 1:30–3:30p.m.inRoom211.

We are grateful for your prayers, peace lily and many expressions of comfort in the death of Richard's sister, Becky Richardson. She was as wonderful as described in her obituary, and is greatly missed. - Richard and Margaret Caldwell

Remembering in Prayer: Christy Mattox, Mike Spicer, Joan Roach, Patty Barnett, Bobby Hankins, Nancy Hudson, Fern Kanode’s sister Janet, J. G. McMillan, Maggie Pilson, Lauren Werner, Dana Sharon, Susanne Travis, Pete Mabry, Lois Johnson & Jeanette Draper; Our Country;AllThoseAffectedbyWar&Violence;OurHomeboundMembers

Serving in the Military: Airman Cody Minter, USAF, 1341 Princeton Street, Abilene, TX 79602

Birthday this week: KailinPinkard. HappyBirthdayKailin! If you are having a birthday this week and your name is not listed, please let Barbara in the church office know.

Gift Given to the AMO in Memory of Rebecca Richardson byLindaPulliam.

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

31:1-5, 15-16

In you, O Lord, I seek refuge; do not let me ever be put to shame; in your righteousness deliver me. Incline your ear to me; rescue me speedily. Be a rock of refuge for me, a strong fortress to save me. You are indeed my rock and my fortress; for your name’s sake lead me and guide me; take me out of the net that is hidden for me, for you are my refuge. Into your hand I commit my spirit; you have redeemed me, O Lord, faithful God.

Acts 7:55-60

But filled with the Holy Spirit, he gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. “Look,” he said, “I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!” But they covered their ears, and with a loud shout all rushed together against him. Then they dragged him out of the city and began to stone him, and the witnesses laid their coats at the feet of a young man named Saul. While they were stoning Stephen, he prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.” Then he knelt down and cried out in a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” When he had said this, he died.

1 Peter 2:2-10

Like newborn infants, long for the pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow into salvation— if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good. Come to him, a living stone, though rejected by mortals yet chosen and precious in God’s sight, and like living stones let yourselves be built into a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. For it stands in scripture: “See, I am laying in Zion a stone, a cornerstone chosen and precious, and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.” This honor, then, is for you who believe, but for those who do not believe, “The stone that the builders rejected has become the very head of the corner,” and “A stone that makes them stumble and a rock that makes them fall.” They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do. But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people, in order that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

SCRIPTURE READINGS

April 30, 2023

BudgetNeedsYTD:$83,261.16

BudgetOfferingsYTD:$70,711.00

BudgetNeedsEachSunday:$4,625.62

BudgetOfferingsfor04.30.23:$1,915.00

Current Annual Mission Offering: $2,802.00

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.