YOUTH SUNDAY AT FIRST BAPTIST
MARCH 1, 2009
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON : WHY THE CHURCH

Our youth have accepted leadership roles for Youth Sunday at FBC with the theme being “We Are The Body.” They are divided into teams to teach all of the adult Sunday School classes and will lead the 10:55 a.m. worship service. The theme for Sunday School is “Why the Church” with scripture from Ephesians 4:1-16.

During worship, youth will serve as ushers, make announcements, call to worship, lead prayers, provide special music by PB&J Praise Band, creative movement, youth instrumentalists, do the children’s sermon, and four of our seniors, Sarah Campbell, Kevin Crumley, Lauren Daughtry and Regan Gatlin, will speak to the occasion. Please pray for our youth as they prepare to lead us in Sunday School and worship.

YOUTH MEET IN THE FELLOWSHIP HALL @ 8:30 A.M. FOR BREAKFAST AND LAST MINUTE PREP!!!

Young Adult 1: Grace Ann Carroll, Jonathan Daniels, Cooper Andrews, Victor Harrison, Woody Reynolds, Trevor Haines

Young Adult 2: Carson Campbell, Annie Watson, Emily Blackmon, James McMillen, Wesleigh Neville, Allison Woodall

Young Adult 3: Siera Baker, Alison McMillen, JoJo Harrison, Garrett Massengill, Logan Salas, Parker Wood, Tyler Tant

Adult 1: Justin Hensley, Tasha Harrison, Taylor Chamberlain, Bryan Council, Jessica Hubbard, Bennett Johnson

Adult 2: Leah Isenhour, Abby Johnson, Ben Daughtry, Harrison Howell, Olivia Stevens

Adult 3: Elizabeth Ashley, Fronia Knott, Addison Grantham, Quinton Johnson, Taylor Mast, Brittany Talton,

Adult 4: Lauren Daughtry, Kaitlyn Barbour, Boone Sasser, Andrew Carroll, Will Denning

Adult 5: Regan Gatlin, Sydney Ball, Hinton Edgerton, Keni Harrison, Jacob Sasser, Wallace Spragins

Alathea: Mallory Barnes, Morgan Hester, Cliff Johnson, Edward Woodall

Fidelis: Brandon Allen, Whitney Carter, Taylor Leposa, Megan Denning

Bizzell: Steven Andrews, Emily Wood, Jenna Burrell, Cameron Mast, Libby Dotson

Simpson: Sarah Campbell, Chloe Ivey, Kevin Johnson, Rebecca Sasser, Luke Williams

Dorcas: Taylor Haines, Wallace Ashley, William Ashley, Brittany Evans, Molly Grantham

Ladies Class (Library): Muriel Lasater, Elizabeth Carter, Lily Faulconer, Gabriela Harrision

YOUTH NEWS
FBC Youth Group will meet Sunday, March 1 at 6:00 p.m. for Snack Supper followed by Bible Study. Sydney Ball, Will Ashley, Lauren & Benjamin Daughtry, Madison Garris, Henry Johnson, and Johnny & Katie Williams are responsible for Snack Supper.

ATTENTION YOUTH…
This Sunday is Youth Sunday. All youth meet in the Fellowship Hall at 8:30 a.m. for breakfast and last minute prep!!!

OUR KNOWN SICK
Shirley Prevette (JMH), Mac Stacy (Wake), Bob McLamb (JMH), Annie Paul (Home), Gloria Morgan (Home), Ben Daughtry (Home), Sylvia Evans (JMH)

MISSION OPPORTUNITIES
Plans are in motion for a Medical Mission Trip to Honduras June 6. Non-medical volunteers are needed as well as nurses, pharmacists and doctors. If you are interested, please call Anesha Johnson at 934-1601. Visit www.missionhonduras.org to see photos of past mission trips to Honduras.

“SHOW US YOUR HOPE”
Sunday, March 8 at 4 p.m. is the “Show Us Your Hope” Variety Show Fundraiser for Relay for Life. Many local musicians will perform, including talented persons from our own church family. A love offering will be taken to benefit our church’s Relay for Life team. Plan to attend and be inspired!!

MEN’S BIBLE STUDY
The Men’s Monday Bible Study will be returning to the New Testament beginning March 9, studying the Book of James, and continuing this spring into 1 & 2 Peter. There should be plenty to share as regards to living our Christianity in today's world. Please plan now to be part of Studying And Learning Together (SALT). All men are invited to join. Please call the church office to sign up.

RELAY FOR LIFE
Meeting: There will be a Relay for Life meeting on Sunday, March 1, at 3:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. Anyone who wants to help with our team, now or at the event itself is encouraged to come to this meeting. We have a lot to do to get from today to Relay time in May! If you have questions, please call me at 934-7742 or 631-5617. Thanks, Carolyn Jones
ALSO
Luminaries: Luminaries can be purchased in memory or in honor of someone for $10 each. Contact Carolyn Jones
AND
Shirts: Many of you want Relay shirts for this event. I need you to let me know AS SOON AS POSSIBLE so I will know how many to order. I need your name, address, shirt size and email so that I can register you as part of the team. Contact Carolyn Jones

LENT BEGINS THIS SUNDAY MARCH 1
Lent is the 40 day period of repentance and renewal preceding Easter. The word “lent” is derived from the Middle English “Lente” which means “springtime.” It begins on Ash Wednesday (Feb. 25) and ends with the Easter service on April 12. Lent is a special time for meditation, prayer and penitential practices, increase understanding of Christ’s sacrifice and resurrection, and a renewal of commitment to the Christian life. At First Baptist, we will begin Sunday morning worship each week with the symbols of sacrifice. Family members will read scripture, place an object on the communion table, and reflect on its meaning. Also during Lent comes Operation Inasmuch (March 28), Spring Revival (March 29-April 1), and a special musical drama (Palm Sunday morning April 5 at 10:55, “Come, Touch the Robe.”) We have an opportunity to worship each Wednesday with area churches at First Presbyterian at 12:15 p.m.

MUSIC NOTES
This Friday-Saturday nineteen adult members of our two bell choirs, Praise Ringers and First Baptist Belles, will travel to Hickory to the West Baptist Adult Bell Festival. Our special director will be Anna Laura Page, who writes much of the bell and choral music that our church loves. This past Monday Feb. 23 our Minister of Music, Kelley Garris, traveled to First Baptist Laurinburg to sing with the NC Baptist Singers in concert there. The singers will be in OUR church on Monday May 18.

A GLIMPSE INTO WORLD RELIGIONS
Campbell University Divinity School will be hosting “A Glimpse Into World Religions – Helps for Understanding and Witnessing” on Monday, March 2. Workshop on Witnessing to People of Other Faiths: Monday, March 2, 2009, 10:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m.. There is no cost to the participant; however, lunch will not be provided. If you would like to attend please sign up in the church office by Thursday, February 26. When you sign up, please let us know which blocks you would like to attend. We have to register in advance. We will leave the church at 9:00 a.m. and return around 4:30. Lunch is on your own. There will be a small transportation fee.

OPERATION INASMUCH
Operation InAsMuch is March 28. Sign up opportunities will be on the bulletin board this Sunday. Please be in prayer about how you can be a part of this day of community outreach

OPERATION INASMUCH NEEDS
Bud vases are needed for Operation InAsMuch. If you have any, please bring to the church office.

Shower for Teen Mothers needs new or gently used items baby items. If you would like to make a donation we can do the shopping for you. All donations should be dropped off at the church office or contact Susan Culbreth 965-9141

HOSPITALITY VOLUNTEER NEEDED FOR A NEW SHORT TERM MINISTRY
Each Friday (from 8:30 until 2 p.m.) from February until April 15th there is a free tax service in the Fellowship Hall sponsored by the Council on Aging and the AARP. There, many people in our area come to our church to get their taxes prepared. The church staff has had the vision to be hospitable by providing coffee and desserts while clients wait. Over the past couple of weeks, we have seen that this has been very appreciated and has made their waiting environment a little more tolerable. We would like to invite anyone willing to help set up for this outreach opportunity. Responsibilities would be making coffee, setting up the table (putting out deserts, water and information about our church) and clean up. You would not need to be present the entire day. If you are interested, please contact Bryan Harris or Tommy Cook at the church.

PRAYER CORNER FOR OPERATION IN AS MUCH
“The King will reply, ‘I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.’” Matthews 25:40 Please be in prayer for the many project teams that will be involved in OIAM on March 28th. Pray for the coordinators as they organize each project. Pray for workers to sign up and for God’s provision during this preparation phase. Philippians 4:6 tells us “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.” Paul is telling us that everything we do should be covered in prayer. I Thessalonians 5:17 instructs us to “pray continually.” From this we understand that prayer should precede any work that we do in His Name and it should continue throughout the process. As you pray faithfully for OIAM, pray that the Lord will lead you to sign up for the project that He has planned for you.

A weekly prayer guide will be posted to the Prayer page of the church Website each Wednesday morning. http://fbcsmithfield.org Note: There will be a time of prayer for OIAM from 6:00 – 6:15 on Wed. evenings in the church library beginning this week. Please join us for focused prayer.

SYMPATHY
We express our Christian sympathy to Sandy Fusco in the recent homegoing of her father.

THANK YOUS
Dear Church Family, Thank you for your many expressions of sympathy during the passing of my sister. Bill Perry

Dear Church Family, Thank you for the get well cards and especially the prayers. I am slowly and steadily getting better. In Christ’s Love, Kenneth Banks

Dear Church Family, Thank you so much for your prayers and generous out pouring of sympathy during the passing of my father. When the time came for the Lord to call him home, he went peacefully in his sleep, surrounded by his family in his own home. On behalf of my mom, sister, Tammy and the kids, thank-you. John Leposa
FROM THE PULPIT

FROM THE PULPIT

Greeters: Durward and Ann Stallings

OPPORTUNITIES OF THE WEEK

* Childcare provided

2009
General Fund:
Budget needs per week: $16,462.33
Received as of 02/22/09 $10,522.99
Budget needs Year to Date $131,698.62
Received Year to Date $111,745.03

Building Fund:
Received 02/22/09 $275.00

Baptist Retirement Homes
Received to Date $1,349.00