OCCASIONS Starling Avenue Baptist Church Week of May 16, 2021 Service & Ministry How can your gifts and passions best be used at SABC? The Nominating Committee is beginning work to help meet the needs of the church through committees, councils, and teams. Interest forms are located at both entrances of the church and on the church website. Prayerfully consider how you might serve, and return your form to the church office.
Recital with Tony Sanders Join us this Saturday at 2:00 pm for an organ, piano, and trumpet concert with our Interim Church Musician, Tony Sanders. Doors to the sanctuary will open at 1:50 pm for this music concert with health and safety procedures in place. The recital will also be livestreamed for those wishing to attend from home.
Graduation Celebration
May brings a season of celebration and graduations! Next Sunday, May 23 we will recognize those who have graduated. If you have graduates in your life, please share their information (name, school, degree, etc.) with the Church Office (276-638-8861 or church@starlingavenue.org) by this Tuesday, May 18.
Pentecost Sunday is Next Week Next Sunday we celebrate the birthday of the Church with Holy Spirit’s arrival on the day of Pentecost. We invite you to join us in person or at home wearing your colors of fire--red, orange, and yellow!
Special Business Meeting: June 6 To enable us to enhance our live streaming ministry, we have a proposal from Martinsville Electronics for permanent equipment to be installed in the sanctuary. Because it is “assumption of major financial responsibility by the church” the church will be called into a Special Business Meeting on Sunday, June 6. Watch for details about this proposal for ministry to be made available soon.
Regathering Phases: Phase 3
We are excited that we have moved to Phase 3 and have resumed gathering in the sanctuary for worship! We are holding services in-person in the sanctuary while also continuing to make worship available online. You can find all of the information about our health and safety protocols on the website and in your mailbox (both physical and electronic). We need your help in keeping everyone safe as we gather. If you can help take temperatures, write down names for contact tracing, push elevator buttons, or direct worshipers to open pews, please volunteer on our website or by calling the Church Office.
How to Connect to Sunday Worship, Wednesday Bible Study, & Other Gatherings
Even as we move back to in-person worship, our services will continue to be live streamed. To connect to Worship, Monday School, & Wednesday Bible Study from your landline (audio): Call 1-844-621-3956 (toll free), Access Code: 132-630-0075## To connect to Worship, Monday School, & Wednesday Bible Study from your computer, tablet, or smartphone (video): Go to the SABC Facebook page (bit.ly/FacebookSABC), our YouTube channel (bit.ly/YouTubeSABC) or our new video conferencing service Webex (bit.ly/StarlingAvenue), Access Code: 132 630 0075 Closed Captioning is available on YouTube.
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