Happy Valentine's Day

YOUTH NEWS
FBC Youth will not meet Sunday, February 11 due to the Valentine Banquet.

YOUTH WINTER RETREAT
It’s this weekend at Camp Caraway in Asheboro, NC.  Meet at the church at 3:30 p.m. (or as soon as possible).  We will return by mid-afternoon on Sunday.

YOUTH AUCTION THANK YOU
Thank you so much to everyone who came out Saturday night for the Auction.  We raised $12,346.50 for our 2007 Mission Trip to Chattanooga, Tennessee.  Also, thanks to all who donated items, helped prepare for the auction, and gave their time to work at the auction.  Your love and continued support of us is awesome and we love you.  Thanks again.

ON MISSION TO GRIFTON
We will be going to Grifton leaving Friday, February 16 and returning Saturday, February 17.  If you would like to go please call Karen Brown at 934-2555 or call the church office.

NC BAPTIST MISSION'S CONFERENCE AND BAPTIST MEN’S CONVENTION
The NC Baptist Mission's Conference and Baptist Men’s Convention will be held at Hickory Grove Baptist Church in Charlotte, NC March 30 – 31.  Join us and fellow believers to experience a weekend of celebration and focus on Missions.  Be encouraged, inspired and informed on how to heed God’s call “to serve one another in love.”  Featured this year are Gary Smalley, Dennis Swanberg and the Annie Moses Band.  If you are interested in attending, please call Anesha Johnson at 934-1601 for a registration form.

HISTORY TIDBIT
The new church building was completed in 1835 with an indebtedness of $232 to Elder David Thomason, a faithful member, who had advanced money to complete the building.  In July, 1838, the church voted to repay Elder Thomason $232.

OUR KNOWN SICK
Effie Hinton (JMH), Gary Harrison (Home), Jordan Baker (Home), Ruth Childress (Home), Joyce Smith (JMH)

ATTENTION FBC HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS
Applications and guidelines for the Johnston Baptist Association WMU Mitchiner Scholarship are in the office.  See Glenda or Janice for an application.  All information is due at the JBA office by March 16, 2007.

WMU BOOK STUDY
Phyllis Elliott Elvington will give a presentation on Wanda Lee’s Live the Call.  Smithfield Fist Baptist will host the meeting on February 20 at 7:00 p.m. in the Sanctuary.  All WMU groups are encouraged to attend.

NEW MEMBERS
We welcome into our Christian fellowship Alan and Mary-Lee Maxwell who come to us by letter from Four Oaks Baptist Church.

WEBSITE UPDATE
Did you know that the past Visitors, back to April 23, 2006, are available on the Website?  Click on the Visitor tab and scroll down the left side of the page.

RIDGECREST EXTRAVAGANZA
If you would like to attend the WMU Missions Extravaganza March 16-18, 2007 at Ridgecrest, let me know.  Reservations need to be made as soon as possible.  Last date for reservations will be February 15th.  See me for a form and the cost.  Jo Ann Wiggs (934-8378)

SYMPATHY
We express our Christian sympathy to Henry Wright and family in the recent home going of his mother, Alice Wright.

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 28, 2006.

February 12-18, 2007 is focus on WMU in our churches.  WMU is active at First Baptist with mission work in a variety of areas.  Members in WMU support the GA’s, RA’s, Youth, Mission Friends, make homebound visits, work with the schools in the community, have a prison ministry at the NC Corrections Institution for Women, work in the Clothes Closet and Soup Kitchen, provide health kits to the needy, gather books for a prison library in Troy, NC, support In Hands Pregnancy Support Center, assist with monthly delivery of Meals on Wheels, visit and support Kennedy Home, visit patients in nursing homes, provide religious programs at nursing homes, collect and hand out school supplies, help with college care packages, work with Relay for Life, assist with the JCC Campus Ministry, Angel Tree Prison Ministry, World Changers, BSU and work with all the major offerings in the church.  We are proud to have met our offering goals.

Our emphasis is to “Live the Call.”  WMU’s call at First Baptist is to help individuals to understand, embrace and live the mission of God.  Colossians 1:10 tells us to “Walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God.”  The women at First Baptist participate in the work of the church and denomination.  May God bless all the women, past and present, who are serving in WMU to make a difference in the lives of those they encounter in their daily “call” to serve Christ. If you are not involved in WMU and would like to be, contact Lisa Gainey or Jo Ann Wiggs.

Greeters:  Robert & Ruby Holt

OPPORTUNITIES OF THE WEEK

* Nursery provided