Starling Avenue Baptist Church Occasions
This Week at SABC
Sunday, October 1, 2023
10:00-10:30a.m. SundaySchool
10:30a.m. ChoirRehearsal
11:00a.m. Worship
Tuesday, October 3, 2023
1:30-3:30p.m. JigsawPuzzleTime,Room211
6:00p.m. DeaconMeeting
Wednesday, October 4, 2023
10:30a.m. MidweekGathering,Room202
11:30a.m.—BereavementMealTeam,Room202
5:15p.m.HandbellChoir
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, Becky Nance; Offertory Prayer, Dwight Stultz; Christ Candle, Reed Finley; Greeters, Donna Wells & Susan Franklin; Open and Close, Tommy Wells
Anyonewillingtoserveonthe Bereavement Meal Team isaskedtomeetonWednesday, October4,at11:30a.m.inroom202.
A Love Offering for Local Benevolence willbetakenbyadeaconattheexitofthesanctuary aftertheWorshipService.
The Congregation is invited for refreshments and socializing followingtoday’sWorship ServiceintheMemorialGarden.
We are putting together a new Church Directory. Ifyouraddress,phonenumberoremail has changed since the last directory, please call or email Barbara in the church office by October16.(276-638-8861orchurch@starlingavenue.org)
As Committees and Teams begin meeting for the new year church year,pleasesenda copyofyourmeetingminutestoBarbarainthechurchoffice.
The Nominating Committee’s recommendation for officers and committee members for the2023-2024yearwaspassedduringlastSunday’sspecialbusinessmeeting.
Grace Network’s Pumpkin Patch
SABCwillbemanningtheGraceNetworkPumpkinPatch onSunday,October22,from1:00-5:00p.m. Ifyoucan help,pleasecalloremailthechurchoffice.
On September 8, a devastating magnitude 6.8 earthquake hit Morocco justafter11p.m. local time. The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship has set up a dedicated accountto collect earthquakereliefdonationswhichwillbesharedwiththechurchKarenZimmermanserves inMorocco. If you wouldliketo help, sendyour donationtoSABC inanenvelope marked EarthquakeRelief,oryoucangotothebelowwebsiteandmakeyourdonation. https://www.classy.org/give/465580/#!/donation/checkout
From our Director of Music
It’s not too late to join our Handbell Choir every Wednesdayat5:15p.m.
Newmembers for the Adult Choir are also welcome. If you would like to join the choir, or if you, or a member of your family, would like to participate musically duringtheprelude,offertory,orpostludeona Sunday, contact Nolan at nanthony@starlingavenue.org ororganplayer88@gmail.com.
Remembering in Prayer: Danny Joyce, Mike Spicer, J. G. McMillan, Susanne Travis, Pete Mabry & Lois Johnson; Janet (Fern Kanode’s sister), Lauren Werner (Linda Pulliam’s granddaughter),DanaSharon(ShirleySimmons’daughter),MaggiePilson,KaseyRedfern& KaitlynSmith(friends&nieceofBeckyNance),KarenGribble&BeckyJoyce(friendsofPat McKinster);OurCountry;AllThoseAffectedbyWar&Violence;OurHomeboundMembers.
Birthdays this week: Patty Barnett, Donna Wells, Duane Lewis & Neelya Webb. Happy Birthdaytoeveryonecelebrating!
Grace Network Items for October: boxed dinners (Hamburger Helper), toilet paper, feminineproducts&deodorant. Itemscanbeleftintheboxlocatedoutsidethelibraryon the2ndFloor.
Exodus 17:1-7
From the wilderness of Sin, the whole congregation of the Israelites journeyed by stages, as the LORD commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink. The people quarreled with Moses, and said, “Give us water to drink.” Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test the LORD?” But the people thirsted there for water; and the people complained against Moses and said, “Why did you bring us out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and livestock with thirst?” So, Moses cried out to the LORD, “What shall I do with this people? They are almost ready to stone me.” The LORD said to Moses, “Go on ahead of the people, and take some of the elders of Israel with you; take in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go. I will be standing there in front of you on the rock at Horeb. Strike the rock, and water will come out of it, so that the people may drink.” Moses did so, in the sight of the elders of Israel. He called the place Massah and Meribah, because the Israelites quarreled and tested the LORD, saying, “Is the LORD among us or not?”
Psalm 78:1-4, 12-16
Give ear, O my people, to my teaching; incline your ears to the words of my mouth. I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings from of old, things that we have heard and known, that our ancestors have told us. We will not hide them from their children; we will tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the LORD, and his might, and the wonders that he has done. In the sight of their ancestors, he worked marvels in the land of Egypt, in the fields of Zoan. He divided the sea and let them pass through it, and made the waters stand like a heap. In the daytime he led them with a cloud, and all night long with a fiery light. He split rocks open in the wilderness, and gave them drink abundantly as from the deep. He made streams come out of the rock, and caused waters to flow down like rivers.
Philippians 2:1-13
If then there is any encouragement in Christ, any consolation from love, any sharing in the Spirit, any compassion and sympathy, make my joy complete: be of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility regard others as better than yourselves. Let each of you look not to your own interests, but to the interests of others. Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God as something to be exploited, but emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, being born in human likeness. And being found in human form, he humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death even death on a cross. Therefore, God also highly exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Therefore, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed me, not only in my presence, but much more now in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God who is at work in you, enabling you both to will and to work for his good pleasure.
– September 24, 2023
BudgetNeedsYTD:$180,399.18
BudgetOfferingsYTD:$163,874.65
BudgetNeedsEachSunday:$4,625.62
BudgetOfferingsfor092423:$745.00
Here are current ways to continue 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 www.starlingavenue.org. 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