11/29/23

Starling Avenue Baptist Church

Occasions This Week at SABC Sunday, October 29, 2023 10:00-10:30 a.m.—Sunday School 10:30 a.m.—Choir Rehearsal 11:00 a.m.—Worship 12:15 p.m.—Business Meeting & Lunch Tuesday, October 31, 2023 1:30-3:30 p.m.—Jigsaw Puzzle Time CANCELLED 5:30-6:30 p.m.—Community Meal Wednesday, November 1, 2023 10:30 a.m.—Midweek Gathering 5:15 p.m.—Handbell Choir 6:00 p.m.—Midweek Gathering 7:05 p.m.—Choir Rehearsal 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, Margaret Caldwell; Offertory Prayer, Jeff Franklin; Christ Candle, Becky Nance; Greeters, Becky Nance & Carol Merchant; Open and Close, Richard Caldwell.

Following today’s worship service, everyone is invited to meet in the Fellowship Hall for our Quarterly Business Meeting & Lunch. We will be voting on the 2024 Budget.

Join us for good food and fellowship at our Community Meal on Tuesday, October 31, from 5:30-6:30 p.m.

There is an immediate need for men’s clothes for clients at the Recovery Center as they go on interviews. Please bring pants (not jeans) sizes 32-40/length 30-34, and collared longsleeve shirts sizes S-XL. These can be gently used and in good condition. Please check your closets . This will continue as an ongoing project through December. Bins will be set up at both entrances.

Members or others who are willing to provide transportation to individuals having medical appointments in nearby cities, please provide your name and contact information to Barbara in the church office.

We look forward to celebrating All-Saints Sunday on November 5 as we remember those who have gone on before us. If you have loved ones you would like to remember, please include their names in the basket by the All-Saints Banner in the vestibule and pin a bell on the banner in their memory. If you are unable to come, please call or email the church office (276-638-8861 or church@starlingavenue.org) with the names you would like to remember.

You are invited to place a poinsettia in the sanctuary for Christmas. They may be placed in honor of or in memory of someone. Orders need to be in the church office by Friday, November 17. The cost is $25.00 each (wrapped & delivered to the church). Poinsettia order envelopes are located at both entrances to the church.

Remembering in Prayer: Reed Finley, Danny Joyce, Mike Spicer, J. G. McMillan, Susanne Travis, Pete Mabry & Lois Johnson; Pam VanNutt & family, Myron Richardson (Richard Caldwell’s brother-in-law, Lauren Werner (Linda Pulliam’s granddaughter), Dana Sharon (Shirley Simmons’ daughter), Kaitlyn Smith, Kody & Kasey Redfern (niece & friends of Becky Nance), Karen Gribble & Becky Joyce (friends of Pat McKinster); Our Country; All Those Affected by War & Violence; Our Homebound Members.

Birthdays this week: Jaxon Garten, Cindy LaPrade, & Leah Lavinder. Happy birthday to everyone celebrating! If you are having a birthday this week, please let Barbara in the church office know.

Grace Network Items for October: boxed dinners (Hamburger Helper), toilet paper, feminine products & deodorant. Items for November: boxed dinners (Hamburger Helper), bath soap, toilet paper, toothpaste & individually wrapped toothbrushes. Items can be left in the box located outside the library on the 2nd Floor.

SCRIPTURE READINGS

Deuteronomy 34:1-12 Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which is opposite Jericho, and the LORD showed him the whole land: Gilead as far as Dan, all Naphtali, the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the Western Sea, the Negeb, and the Plain—that is, the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees—as far as Zoar. The LORD said to him, “This is the land of which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, ‘I will give it to your descendants’; I have let you see it with your eyes, but you shall not cross over there.” Then Moses, the servant of the LORD, died there in the land of Moab, at the LORD’s command. He was buried in a valley in the land of Moab, opposite Beth-peor, but no one knows his burial place to this day. Moses was one hundred twenty years old when he died; his sight was unimpaired and his vigor had not abated. The Israelites wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days; then the period of mourning for Moses was ended. Joshua son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom, because Moses had laid his hands on him; and the Israelites obeyed him, doing as the LORD had commanded Moses. Never since has there arisen a prophet in Israel like Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face. He was unequaled for all the signs and wonders that the LORD sent him to perform in the land of Egypt, against Pharaoh and all his servants and his entire land, and for all the mighty deeds and all the terrifying displays of power that Moses performed in the sight of all Israel.

1 Thessalonians 2:1-8 You yourselves know, brothers and sisters, that our coming to you was not in vain, but though we had already suffered and been shamefully mistreated at Philippi, as you know, we had courage in our God to declare to you the gospel of God in spite of great opposition. For our appeal does not spring from deceit or impure motives or trickery, but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the message of the gospel, even so we speak, not to please mortals, but to please God who tests our hearts. As you know and as God is our witness, we never came with words of flattery or with a pretext for greed; nor did we seek praise from mortals, whether from you or from others, though we might have made demands as apostles of Christ.

But we were gentle among you, like a nurse tenderly caring for her own children. So deeply do we care for you that we are determined to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own selves, because you have become very dear to us.

Matthew 22:34-46 When the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, and one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. “Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?” He said to him, “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.” Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them this question: “What do you think of the Messiah? Whose son is he?” They said to him, “The son of David.” He said to them, “How is it then that David by the Spirit calls him Lord, saying, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies under your feet” ’? If David thus calls him Lord, how can he be his son?” No one was able to give him an answer, nor from that day did anyone dare to ask him any more questions.

STEWARDSHIP REPORT – October 15, 2023 Budget Needs, YTD: $198,901.66 Budget Offerings, YTD: $190,251.43 Budget Needs Each Sunday: $4,625.62 Budget Offerings for 10.22.23: $6,497.00

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 already self-addressed. All you need is a stamp and tape to reinforce.

-Drop off your envelopes in the locked mailbox outside of the Church Office.

-Set up an automatic or one-time bank draft through your bank. Simply go to your bank’s bill pay webpage. Set up SABC as the “payee” and have your payments automatically delivered electronically. This is simple and doesn’t cost you or the church any fees.

-Online giving available at www.starlingavenue.org. You can choose “Cover Fees” to slightly increase your gift to pay processing fees.

How to Connect to Sunday Worship & Other Gatherings If you are unable to participate in our live service, you may stream it.

To connect to Worship from your landline (audio): Call 1-844-621-3956 (toll free), Access Code: 132-630-0075## To connect to Worship from your computer, tablet, or smartphone (video): Go to the SABC Facebook page (bit.ly/FacebookSABC) or our YouTube channel (bit.ly/YouTubeSABC).

Closed Captioning is available on YouTube.

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. Angela Zimmerman (azimmerman@starlingavenue.org) cell phone (336) 212-3213 Office Administrator: Barbara Rakes (church@starlingavenue.org) Director of Music: Nolan Anthony (nanthony@starlingavenue.org) Interpreter for the Deaf: Joan Joyce