YOUTH NEWS
FBC Youth will meet Sunday, March 4 at 6:15 p.m. for Snack Supper followed by Young Disciples concert at 7:00 p.m.. Elizabeth & Wallace Ashley, Megan Bradley, Megan & Will Denning, Matthew Evans, McKenzie Hicks, Chloe Ivey and Ryan Rose are responsible for Snack Supper.

ATTENTION YOUTH PARENTS
Mission Trip Prep. continues Wednesday, March 7, 14, 21 and 28 in Ryberg Hall for all Youth who are going on the 2007 Mission Trip to Chattanooga, Tennessee.

MISSION TRIP PREP
Mission Trip Prep. continues Wednesday, February 28th March 7, 14, 21 and 28 in Ryberg Hall for all Youth who are going on the 2007 Mission Trip to Chattanooga, Tennessee.

NC BAPTIST MISSION CONFERENCE AND BAPTIST MEN’S CONVENTION
The NC Baptist Mission 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.

OUR KNOWN SICK
Caren House (Home), John Schreibeis (JMH), Kenneth Hinton (Wake), Jean Kelly (Home)

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

ANNUAL FOOD AND SUPPLY DRIVE FOR BAPTIST CHILDREN’S HOMES
Please plan to participate in the Annual Food and Supplies Drive for the Baptist Children’s Homes of NC on April 16 and 17. This year Johnston Baptist Association will donate paper towels, toilet tissue, tinfoil, dish detergents, laundry detergent and cleaning supplies. Please begin gathering these items or if you or your class would like to begin saving to donate money, the Tharringtons will be happy to purchase these supplies for you on April 14th.

LIGHT THE WAY
Light the Way for the future. We are selling luminaries for Relay for Life. They can be purchased for $10 and can be made in memory of or in honor of someone. Please contact Carolyn Jones at 934-7742 or sign up on the Sunday School clip boards. Money raised goes to the American Cancer Society.

ANNUAL FOOD AND SUPPLY DRIVE FOR BAPTIST CHILDREN’S HOMES
Please plan to participate in the Annual Food and Supplies Drive for the Baptist Children’s Homes of NC on April 16 and 17. This year Johnston Baptist Association will donate paper towels, toilet tissue, tinfoil, dish detergents, laundry detergent and cleaning supplies. Please begin gathering these items or if you or your class would like to begin saving to donate money, the Tharringtons will be happy to purchase these supplies for you on April 14th.

YOU ARE INVITED
You are invited to the Girl Scout Gold Award Ceremony for Anna Campbell and Tori Lippit this Sunday, March 4 at 3:00 p.m. in the Sanctuary. Reception to follow in the Fellowship Hall.

THISTORY TIDBIT
James Dennis remained pastor until 1848 or 1849. In 1839 the membership had grown to 145 and in 1941 his salary increased to $125 a year. His pastorate built a strong foundation for the church.

MUSIC NOTES
This Sunday evening at 7 p.m. the Young Disciples Youth Choir will present a worship concert in our church. They are from Pine Level Free Will Baptist, directed by pastor Donald Coates. Several of our youth participate in this group.

Have you considered attending worship at the early service time? (8:45) Since November, this service has taken a more modern, blended approach, using the screen and projector, many of the modern worship songs, and creative elements such as drama, signing, and active participation of the congregation. At least once a month, the new adult ensemble, SOS2, leads the singing, and other ensembles of adults and youth are leading as well. During this season of Lent, we are enjoying a series of skits entitled “Whose Cross Is It Anyway?” A dedicated delivery man who works for JPS (Jerusalem Postal Service) is trying to deliver a cross, but no one wants to claim it. We meet many “characters” from biblical and modern times who one by one make excuses for why they must refuse delivery. Danny Hensley is the JPS man each week. Please join us!

Kelley Garris will be participating in a worship concert of the NC Baptist Singers at Winter Park Baptist in Wilmington on Monday March 5. Many of you have asked how much money was collected at the January 29 concert in our church, designated to be given to the Memorial Church in Greenville which was destroyed by fire. The amount was $2734. Thank you!

Twenty adults and teens traveled to Snyder Church in Fayetteville last Fri.-Sat. Feb. 23-24 to attend the East Adult Baptist Handbell Festival. They joined 22 other bell choirs from our area (and over 40 in the western part of the state meeting in Concord) in rehearsing six handbell numbers and presenting a worship concert. Did you know that of all the states in the SBC, North Carolina has the MOST churches with active handbell ministries?

Congratulations to many of our middle and high school youth who participated recently in All District and All County Band. About 15 of these talented young people will be playing this Sunday morning, March 4, as part of a senior high instrumental ensemble leading worship on Youth Sunday (10:55 service) Our own church’s youth praise band, PB&J, will also lead the congregational singing.

Thank you to the volunteers who are helping Lenten worship happen! Last Sunday Feb. 25 the bulletin cover for 10:55 was drawn by Doug Strickland, and this week it is by Ruth Andrews. These covers reflect the theme of the morning’s Lenten Candle reading which opens the service.

PRIMETIMERS OUTING
Thursday, March 15th at 3:00 p.m. a bus will leave First Baptist for Greensboro Coliseum to hear Dr. David Jeremiah of Turning Point Ministries. There is no cost for the trip other than a donation for gas. The group will eat a dutch fast food supper. The program begins at 7:00 p.m. Call the church office to sign up.

NORTH AMERICAN MISSIONS
March 4th – 11th is our Week of Prayer for North American Missions. We will have a mission study on Wednesday the 7th led by Mary Nell & Jerry Ferguson. Our very important Annie Armstrong Easter Offering has a national goal of $57 million, and our church goal is $5,000. The theme for the week is Change your World. Pray for our missionaries. Southern Baptists are committed to supporting more then 5,300 missionaries serving in North America. PRAY and GIVE.

OIAM is Saturday, April 21. The day will begin at 8:00 a.m. and last until God is finished. The OIAM Design Team has met and will continue to work so needs in our community can be identified and ministered to. Our team acknowledged the importance of not just having a successful event but instead “Let’s Do Kingdom Work.” That is our theme for this year’s OIAM. Will each of us pick up our cross and be part of the missions mindset at FBC Smithfield? Projects will be posted within the next two weeks. Be in prayer and commitment to being the hands and feet of Jesus on April 21 and throughout the year.

THANK YOU
What a blessing it is to be a part of such a loving, caring fellowship of God’s people! We thank all of you for supporting us with your prayers, for the cards, the kind words of comfort, the flowers and for making the trip to Tabor City to support us during the loss of my mother Alice Wright. Henry and Joyce Wright.

Thank you for the many acts of kindness shown to us in the passing of Carolyn’s sister, Mildred Paulus of Houston, Texas. Your calls, visits, cards, food and prayers meant so much to us. We are very grateful for such a caring and loving church family. Harold and Carolyn Tharrington.

We are so grateful to our Pastor and wonderful church family for your kind expressions of love and sympathy in the passing of my dear mother, Margaret McLemore Lee. We will always be grateful for your love, and we are further inspired to be unto others what you have been unto us. Mary Nell Ferguson and Family

Greeters: Dan & Vickie Evans

YOUTH SUNDAY AT FIRST BAPTIST
MARCH 4, 2007

THEME: C.P.R. (Celebrate, Pray, Reflect)

Our youth have accepted leadership roles for Youth Sunday at FBC. They are divided into teams to teach all of the adult Sunday School Classes and will lead the 10:55 a.m. worship service. During worship the youth will make announcements, call to worship, lead prayers, provide special music (featuring PB&J the FBC Praise Band, Senior High Instruments), do the Children’s Sermon, read Scripture, and some of our seniors will provide testimonies of how God is using them as they strive to follow Him. Please pray for our youth as they prepare to lead us in Sunday School and worship.

Young Adult 1: Becky Maust, Katie Barbour, Matt Gardner, Rob Williams, Cameron Mast, Cullen Sharpe, Grace Ann Carroll, Will Denning

Young Adult 2: Copeland Barnes, Hunter Stanfield, Cory Harrison, Brook Crowder, Alex Green, Brandon Allen, Emily Dimsdale, Katie Youngblood, Muriel Lasater, Ben Daughtry, Chelsea Creech, Tori Southerland, Gabriela Harrison

Young Adult 3: Spencer Braswell, Jonathan Gibbs, Priscilla Huber, Regan Gatlin, Addison Grantham, Emily Emanuels, Justin Hensley, Jessica Cherry, Kameron Wood, Victor Harrison

Adult 1: Joel Robinson, Tanner Stanfield, Hannah Johnson, Sean David, Drew Wall, Jennifer Gibbs, Alison McMillen, Erin Shultze, Caroline Tobin, Taylor Haines, Taylor Mast, Morgan Hester, Claire Austin Hooks

Adult 2: BJ Weeks, Sarah Ashley, Mary Charles Barnes, Zach Sproles, Christian Lamm, Brenna Gilmore, Nina Murray, William Ashley, Olivia Stevens, Natasha Harrison, Ryan Rose, Meganne Hurt

Adult 3: Krista Anderson, DJ Langdon, Cliff Sharpe, McKenzie Hicks, Andrew Carroll, Morgan Rabil, Brittany Tant, Luke Williams, Alyssa Horne, Edward Woodall, Blake Schultze, Brittany Talton

Adult 4: Evan Garris, Hannah Spragins, Megan Bradley, Bryan Eatmon, Sarah Campbell, JoJo Harrison, Katie Williams, Henry Johnson, Woody Reynolds, Madison Parker, Emily Wood, Morgan Hester

Adult 5: Shane Johnson, Colin Parker, Cortney Holmes, Brittany Mitchell, Kevin Crumley, Laura D’Artois, Wallace Ashley, Jacob Sasser, Chelsie Upton, Katlyn Thompson, Sydney Ball, Brittany Evans

Ladies Class: Anna Campbell, Clint Collins, Claire Watson, Daniel Hinnant, Amanda Murray, Johnnie Williams, Hope Rabil, Jessica Hubbard, Jonathan David

Bizzell Class: Will Eatmon, Sydney Brannon, Connor Newsome, Meredith Rabil, Madison Garris, Hillary Braswell, Scott Cook, Whitney Carter, Wallace Spragins, Siera Baker, Morgan Gatlin, Ben Youngblood

Fidelis Class: Chris Bunn, Eason Armstrong, Travis Cook, Megan Denning, Elizabeth Ashley, Annie Watson, Bennett Johnson

Dorcas Class: Allison Stevens, Kevin Smith, Mark McMillen, Lauren Daughtry, Mallory Barnes, Boone Sasser, Kaitlyn Barbour,

Simpson Class: Sloan Stevens, Cara Jordan, Andy Dixon, Brooks Hester, Devon Murphy, Steven Andrews, Keni Harrison, Chloe Ivey

Alathea –Beaty Class: Walt Johnson, Brad Marcom, Matthew Evans, Brooke Sherman, Jonathan Daniels, Abby Johnson, Carson Campbell, Fronia Knott

Leading in worship will be Sloan Stevens, Nikki Crumley, Nan Daniels, Shane Johnson, Copeland Barnes, and Anna Campbell.

OPPORTUNITIES OF THE WEEK

* Nursery provided