Mark your calendar for February 10th for our annual Valentine’s Banquet. Watch the Visitor for more information in the coming weeks.

YOUTH NEWS
FBC Youth will meet Sunday, January 27 at 6:15 p.m. for Snack Supper followed by Bible Study at 7:00 p.m. Justin Hensley, Kevin Smith, Sean, Jonathan & Jeremiah David, Taylor & Trevor Haines, Courtney Holmes and Giovanni Loia are responsible for Snack Supper.

TRUE LOVE WAITS
The True Love Waits weekend will be February 1-3. The theme for the weekend is titled “Courting, Dating, and Hanging Out.” Youth will be staying at host homes for the weekend. The cost is $25*. You can still sign-up, call Tommy. This opportunity only comes around once every 3 years, so be sure to sign up! (*scholarships available!!)

SUMMER COLLEGE STUDENT MINISTRY INTERN
First Baptist Church is accepting resumes for a Summer Ministry Intern who will work with the Youth ministry and some of the children’s summer programming. Applicants must have completed their second year of college, have a sense of calling toward full time Christian Ministry, and be an active participant in at least one Christian organization at college. Interested students should forward their resume by mail, with a letter of interest and three references to First Baptist Church, 202 S. Fourth Street, Smithfield, NC 27577 attention Tommy Cook, or by email to tommy@fbcsmithfield.org by February 29, 2008.

MUSIC NOTES
NC Baptist Singers will be in concert at First Baptist Cary on Monday, January 28. A group from the church will be going. Call the church office to sign up.

BAPTIST MEN’S DAY
Baptist Men’s Day is coming Sunday, January 27. All men are invited to sing with the men’s chorus at the 10:55 service, warming up at 10:35 in the music room. The Baptist Blend Quartet will sing at both services.

PRIMETIMERS’ EVENTS: SIGN UP NOW
Tuesday February 5, Day Trip to see the NC Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores. Cost: $12 includes admission and gas. Depart 8 a.m., have early lunch at Sanitary Fish Market in Morehead City (pay your own), visit aquarium early afternoon brief visit to Beaufort, head for home. Arrive back late afternoon/early evening.

Thursday, February 14, 12:00 noon covered dish Valentine Lunch, with guest cupid entertainment, Fellowship Hall.

Mon.-Weds. April 14-16 Coastal Senior Adult Retreat at NC Baptist Assembly (Caswell) Cost: $120 per person includes program, two nights’ lodging in Oleander Hotel, six meals, gas. Departing Monday afternoon (program starts with Monday supper) and returning Wednesday afternoon (program ends Weds. Lunch) Watch for more detail in mailing this week. Deadline to sign up with $60 deposit: Monday February 3.

AUCTION TO BENEFIT
THE YOUTH MISSION TRIPS!!!
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23rd
We’re looking forward to a great event for the church and our youth! The Youth Mission Trip Auction is the biggest fundraiser for the youth’s mission trips. We need items such as: Antiques, Professional Services, Cakes and Pies, Vacation Home Weekends, Gift Certificates, Homemade Quilts/Afghans, Sports Tickets, New Electronics, etc. Questions? See Art Andrews, Margie Crumley, or Tommy Cook. The following are items donated as of January 8:
• 8 pans of homemade cinnamon rolls by Caroline Hester
• 4 golf passes to River Ridge Golf Club
• 1,000 sq. ft. of Centipede, Fescue, or Bermuda grass, including installation by Johnson's Lawn Service
• Homemade yam bread by Pam Williams
• Spring weekend at Armstrong's beach cottage at Ocean Isle, NC
• Fall weekend at Armstrong's beach cottage at Ocean Isle, NC
• Full automobile tint job on car, truck or SUV by Pro Tint
• 2 Basic Lawn Care services by Dirk Langdon, The Lawn Wrangler, including mowing, edging, weedeating, & blowing
• Handmade jewelry by Boo Reynolds
• Jewelry-making class for 4 people by Boo Reynolds
• Couple's weekend getaway at the Mast/Daughtry beach condo at Atlantic Beach
• 2006 White House Christmas ornament
• Handmade teepee for child age 3-10 by Mardelle Smith
• Cake plate & cake candle
• T-shirt quilt made from your t-shirts by Mardelle Smith
• (2) spiral-sliced hams from Steven's Sausage
• "Psalms" quilt - handmade throw/lap quilt with Bible verses from Psalms by Mardelle Smith
• Handmade, queen-sized quilt by Grace Wall
• 16 X 20 oil painting or drawing by Doug Strickland
• (2) homemade pound cakes by Billie Cretini
• Homemade butterscotch brownies by Helen Robinson
• Echo SRM-210 straight shaft trimmer donated by Jondis

2008 NORTH CAROLINA BAPTIST MISSIONS CONFERENCE & CONVENTION
The North Carolina Baptist Missions Conference and Convention will be February 29 – March 1. Featured presenters include Anne Graham Lotz, Mark Lowry and the Annie Moses Band. There will be Mission Action Conferences, Mission Fair Exhibits, Volunteer Suppers, testimonies, music and much more. We have 10 rooms on hold at the Sleep Inn-Hanes Mall in Winston-Salem. ($65 per night including breakfast-336.774.8020) Call to make your reservation. Let’s get a good group together for a wonderful time of fellowship and worship. Contact the church office for conference registration forms, if you need a roommate, if you would like to ride together (there will be a $10 fee for gas.)
NEW MEMBERS
We welcome into our Christian fellowship Bill and Nichole Craig. Bill comes to us from First United Methodist Church in Clinton, and Nichole comes to us by letter from West Clinton Free Will Baptist Church.

A TIME FOR PRAYER
Come join us as we begin to pray for our upcoming Revival and Renewal in March. Prayer will be held in the Parlor on Wednesday evenings from 6:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m., and on Sunday mornings from 9:15 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.

OUR KNOWN SICK
Faye Medlin (Home), Carolyn Stevens (Home), Louise Hovey (Rex)

ATTENTION WOMEN…..COME JOIN US
Please join us February 22 – 24 for the Women’s Retreat at Caswell. This year’s theme is “Blended to Perfection.” Come and share in this three day retreat for women of all ages and be challenged to live with joy and expectation in all of life’s circumstances. This year’s speaker is Phyllis Foy and music will be led by Cindy Johnson. The scripture passage for the weekend is Micah 6:8 and the speaker will be using the fruit of the spirit scripture to complement this passage. Several workshops will be led. One workshop, Living in the World Not of the World, will focus on the struggle Christians face everyday, and how to share your Christian Faith with your spouse, children and other non-believers in your family. The cost is $114 which includes double occupancy rooms (including linens), four meals and program. FBC women will be staying in Lantana Lodge. You may sign up and pay in the church office or contact Sandy Baker at 934-8365. Don’t miss this time of fun, fellowship and enrichment.

WALKING DAILY WITH CHRIST
Centenary United Methodist Church will hold their 2008 Women’s Conference, Saturday, February 2 from 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. The theme is “Walking Daily with Christ.” The cost is $20 with includes a light breakfast and lunch. Speakers will be Ginger Glenn and Dori Drabek. If you would like to attend please call their church office at 934-2333 or Linda Jensen at 934-0104.

MINISTRY OPPORTUNITY
In the near future, we will begin a ministry to those who frequent the flea market early on Sunday mornings. We will give out coffee and have a short service. Please be in prayer for the success of this ministry as we prepare to show God’s love and spread His message of salvation. If you would like to be a part of this ministry, please call the church office at 934-9771.

LOIS M. OVERBY MISSION GROUP
The Lois M. Overby Mission Group will meet Tuesday, January 22 at 6:45 p.m. to carpool to Johnston County Group Homes at 300 North Seventh Street for our meeting. Please be on time.

CHURCH HISTORY BOOKS
We still have Church History Books. If you would like one, please come by the church office.

OPPORTUNITIES OF THE WEEK

* Nursery provided