Starling Avenue Baptist Church Occasions
This Week at SABC
Sunday, May 21, 2023
10:00-10:30a.m. SundaySchool
10:30a.m. ChoirRehearsal
11:00a.m. Worship&GraduateRecognition
Tuesday, May 23, 2023
1:30-3:30p.m. JigsawPuzzleTime,Room211
Wednesday, May 24, 2023
10:30a.m. MidweekGathering,CANCELLED
6:00p.m. MidweekGathering,Room202
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, Frances Stegall; Offertory Prayer, Joan Joyce; Greeters, Dee Smith & Shirley Simmons; Open and Close, Richard Caldwell.
Congratulations to our 2023 graduates whoarebeingrecognizedduringtoday’sworship service!
On Sunday, May 28, we will be electing new deacons to serve the church from September 2023 through August 2026. AsampleDeaconBallotisenclosed.
Children’s Sunday School hasalreadybegun,andwewillbegin Youth Sunday School on June4,2023. Ifyouareinterestedinhelping,pleasecontactthechurchoffice.
Pentecost Sunday is May 28. Remembertowearred,yellowororangeincelebration!
We found some old hymnals whenwewerecleaningoutthechurch. Ifyouwouldliketo haveone,pleasehelpyourself. Theyareonthetablebesidetheelevatoronthethirdfloor.
Do you have Bibles that need a new home? Wehavelocatedasourcefordistributinggently usedBibles(mustcontainbothold&newtestaments)toprisonsandothermissions. Please leavethemonthetablebesidetheelevatoronthethirdfloor.
Do you enjoy fellowship and working jigsaw puzzles? ThenjoinuseveryTuesdayfrom 1:30–3:30p.m.inRoom211.
Library News:
A collection of Sound Books by Patrick O'Brian hasbeendonatedtoourChurchLibrary byBillySpencer. O'Brian,borninEngland,wrotehistoricalfiction,manywithadventures onthehighseas.
Sharon Wayne donated her Mom's Sound Book Collection to our Church Library. Midge Huddle loved books, and when she began to listen to books, shebeganher own libraryof72titlesofChristianfiction.
Visit our Church Library tolookmorecloselyatthesetreasuresandbeginlisteningas youtravel,sitonthebeach,deckoryourrecliner.
Remembering in Prayer: DonnaCollins,KaseyRedfern(friendofBeckyNance),BeckyJoyce (friend of Pat McKinster), 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: If you are having a birthday this week, 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.
Thank you: Wow! How my church family can keep a secret. I was humbled and touched by the honor of recognizing my service to my deaf friends. God blest me with the gift of signing. Words cannot express how I feel, and I am deeply honored. Thanks again.
I love you all! Joan Elliott Joyce
In honor of Joan Joyce for her many years serving our deaf community.
Luke 24:44-53
Then he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you— that everything written about me in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms must be fulfilled.” Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures, and he said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Messiah is to suffer and to rise from the dead on the third day and that repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things. And see, I am sending upon you what my Father promised, so stay here in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.”
Then he led them out as far as Bethany, and, lifting up his hands, he blessed them. While he was blessing them, he withdrew from them and was carried up into heaven. And they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy, and they were continually in the temple blessing God.
Acts 1:1-11
In the first book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and teach until the day when he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. After his suffering he presented himself alive to them by many convincing proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God. While staying with them, he ordered them not to leave Jerusalem but to wait there for the promise of the Father. “This,” he said, “is what you have heard from me; for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”
So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, is this the time when you will restore the kingdom to Israel?” He replied, “It is not for you to know the times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” When he had said this, as they were watching, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight. While he was going and they were gazing up toward heaven, suddenly two men in white robes stood by them. They said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up toward heaven? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.”
May 7, 2023
BudgetNeedsYTD:$92,512.40
BudgetOfferingsYTD:$92,555.12
BudgetNeedsEachSunday:$4,625.62
BudgetOfferingsfor05.14.23:$14,777.12
Current Annual Mission Offering: $4,427.00
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