Occasions, May 28, 2023

Starling Avenue Baptist Church Occasions

This Week at SABC

Sunday, May 28, 2023

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

10:30a.m. ChoirRehearsal

11:00a.m. Worship

Monday, May 29, 2023

MemorialDay ChurchOfficeClosed

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

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

5:30-6:30p.m.—CommunityMeal,FellowshipHall

Wednesday, May 31, 2023

10:30a.m. MidweekGathering,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!

Lay Leader, Jeff Stegall; Offertory Prayer, Reed Finley; Christ Candle, Susan Franklin; Greeters, Becky Nance & Linda Pulliam; Open and Close, David Bell.

Therewillbea Called Business Meeting followingtoday’sworshipservice. Amotionmade bytheStewardshipCommitteethatwepayforRev.AngelaandSevenZimmerman'smoveto Martinsvillebepaidbythechurch,nottoexceed$6,500.

The 2023 New Deacon Ballot isenclosedinthebulletin. Pleaseselectnomorethanseven new deacons to serve the church from September 2023 through August 2026. Place your completed ballot in the offering plate. You can also mail in your ballot, confidentially call (276-638-8861)oremailyournomineesto(church@starlingavenue.org)nolaterthan Thursday,June1.

Annual Mission Offering Goal: $6,500. TodayisthelastdayofourAnnualMissionOffering. So far, we have collected $4,427. Special envelopes are located at both entrances to the church.

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The Church Office will be closed on Monday, May 29, in observance of Memorial Day.

Helpers and cooks are needed for our monthly Community Meal (lastTuesdayofeach month). Ifyoucanhelp,pleasecallthechurchoffice276-638-8861orToniTollison276-8062039.

On Sunday, June 18, we will have an outdoor service at 10:00 a.m. No Sunday School. Followingtheservicetherewillbea hotdog lunch. Dresscasualandbringyourlawnchair.

Children’s Sunday School hasalreadybegun,andwewillbegin Youth Sunday School on June4,2023. Ifyouareinterestedinhelping,pleasecontactthechurchoffice.

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

Birthdays this week: StewartBarrowandToniTollison. HappyBirthdayStewartandToni! 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, toilet paper, toothpaste & toothbrush (individually wrapped). Items for June: Assorted cannedgreens(turnip,collard,etc.),dishdetergent,deodorant&laundrydetergent.

Psalm 104:24-34, 35b

How many are your works, LORD! In wisdom you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures. There is the sea, vast and spacious, teeming with creatures beyond number living things both large and small. There the ships go to and fro, and Leviathan, which you formed to frolic there. All creatures look to you to give them their food at the proper time. When you give it to them, they gather it up; when you open your hand, they are satisfied with good things. When you hide your face, they are terrified; when you take away their breath, they die and return to the dust. When you send your Spirit, they are created, and you renew the face of the ground. May the glory of the LORD endure forever; may the LORD rejoice in his works he who looks at the earth, and it trembles, who touches the mountains, and they smoke. I will sing to the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live. May my meditation be pleasing to him, as I rejoice in the LORD. Bless the LORD, O my soul. Praise the LORD!

Acts 2:1-21

When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them. Now there were staying in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven. When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard their own language being spoken. Utterly amazed, they asked: “Aren’t all these who are speaking Galileans? Then how is it that each of us hears them in our native language? Parthians, Medes and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome (both Jews and converts to Judaism); Cretans and Arabs we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!” Amazed and perplexed, they asked one another, “What does this mean?” Some, however, made fun of them and said, “They have had too much wine.” Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, raised his voice and addressed the crowd: “Fellow Jews and all of you who live in Jerusalem, let me explain this to you; listen carefully to what I say. These people are not drunk, as you suppose. It’s only nine in the morning! No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel: “‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams. Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy. will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke. The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord. And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’

SCRIPTURE READINGS

May 21, 2023

BudgetNeedsYTD:$97,138.02

BudgetOfferingsYTD:$94,160.62

BudgetNeedsEachSunday:$4,625.62

BudgetOfferingsfor05.21.23:$1,605.50

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.