YOUTH NEWS
FBC Youth will meet Sunday, March 25 at 6:15 p.m. for Snack Supper followed by Bible Study at 7:00 p.m. for HIGH SCHOOL ONLY. B. J. Weeks, Andy Dixon, Walt & Henry Johnson, Brenna Gilmore, Sidney Brannan, Matt Gardner and Becky Maust are responsible for Snack Supper.

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

CASWELL DEPOSIT DUE
Caswell is June 18-23. Cost: $225. Sign-up and pay deposit of $125 NOW at Youth Group or in the Church office. Sign up and pay deposit no later than Sunday, March 25.

BEACH RETREAT INFO.
Middle School Beach Retreat is THIS WEEKEND March 23-25. Meet at the church by 4:00 p.m. (or as soon as possible after school.) to load the trailer and depart for Ocean Isle. We will return by mid afternoon Sunday. Make sure you have a 2007 Permission Form on file.

Senior High Beach Retreat is April 27-29. Cost: $45.00. Sign up and pay at Youth Group or in the church office by April 15th.

YOUTH BAKE SALE
Mark your calendar for Wednesday, March 28 during family night supper. Our youth will sponsor a bake sale with proceeds going towards an African Village the youth group has adopted. You will be able to get some yummie treats so come out and support our youth.

ATTENTION HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS
JOHN L. RYBERG SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS
Applications and criteria for the John L. Ryberg Memorial Scholarship are available in the church office. Any high school senior who is interested please see Glenda or Janice in the church office. Please submit the completed application to the church office by Friday, April 20th. If applicants or their parents have questions, please contact Gary Carter at 934-5607.

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.

HURRICANES GAME
Let’s go see those Hurricanes! We have tickets for Friday, March 30th game. Cost: $22.00. We have a limited number of tickets so it will be first come first serve. Call the church office to sign up.

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 16th and 17th. 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.

RELAY FOR LIFE
Please remember that we are still taking donations for our Relay for Life team. We will be doing this until the end of May but any sponsorships or T-shirt orders have to be turned in by April 6. Also, be thinking of how you might be able to help in our booth at the community college June 1st and 2nd.

Charity Days at Belk – Someone from our Relay Team needs to be in the Belk store on March 30 and 31. Anyone who might be able to work a shift, please call Carolyn Jones at 934-7742. We will be trying to sell the 20% off coupons to customers.

HISTORY TIDBIT
Register of Deeds records show that the 1834 deed to the church property was not presented until 1869 to be recorded. Since both grantors, James Mitchiner and Thomas Lockart, Jr., were deceased, James Dennis, then pastor and witness to the deed, had to be contacted to verify the authenticity of the deed. Dennis was living in Mississippi at the time. He was contacted with the help of a Mississippi official, affirmed the viability of the deed, and it was recorded in the Register of Deeds office in Johnston County on August 13,1868.

YMCA PRAYER BREAKFAST
Everyone is invited to the 7th Annual YMCA Prayer Breakfast .It will be Thursday, April 12th from 6:45 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall. Guest speaker is David Thompson (former NCSU basketball player.) Breakfast is provided.

YOU ARE INVITED
You are cordially invited to attend the
Eagle Scout Ceremony in honor of
Tanner & Hunter Stanfield
Sunday, March 25, 2007 at 3:00 p.m.
At First Baptist Church

ON MISSION
There will be a Disaster Relief Trip going to work in Riegelwood leaving the Friday, March 23rd and returning Saturday evening March 24th. All skill levels are needed. If you would like to go please call Joyce Wright at 934-3547 or call the church office.
SAVE THE DATE
April 21, 2007

8:00 a.m. until God is finished

The theme this year is “Let’s Do Kingdom Work.”
We need project coordinators and servants to touch hearts and change lives. Come live what God can do! Be in prayer for this powerful outreach. Projects will be posted soon!

OPERATION INASMUCH NEEDS
Bud vases are needed. We will make bud vase arrangements to take to nursing homes. Please bring your bud vases to the church office for this mission.

ATTENTION: ALL COOKS
The M & M’s are compiling recipes for their second FBC Cookbook and need all your delicious, scrumptious, mouthwatering recipes. So start gathering your recipes and turn them in on your Sunday School Class clipboard, the church office or any M & M member. The deadline for recipes is March 30. If you have questions please contact Shelley Gardner (934-9675), Rose House (938-6308), Jo Paul (359-0515), or Michelle Ball (989-9123).

NEW MEMBER
We welcome into our Christian fellowship Colby Whaley who comes to us by profession of faith and believers baptism.

ATTENTION MEN
It’s not too late to join SALT (study and learn together) on Monday evenings at 7:00 p.m. for a six week study on Galatians. Find out what Paul had to say about “Keeping the Faith.” Call Steve Adkins at 965-3782 to join.

THANK YOU
Dear Church Family, Our family would like to thank each and everyone of you for the out pouring of love and sympathy with your calls, visits, food and most of all your prayers during Ty’s sickness and death. We are so blessed to have such a loving and caring church family. God bless you all, Betty McCullers and family of Tyrus McCullers.

BLOODMOBILE
The Blood Mobile will be in Ryberg Hall on Tuesday, April 3rd from 1:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. For an appointment call the Red Cross at 934-8481.

BABY DEDICATION
Baby Dedication will be Mother’s Day, May 13th. If you have had a baby since last May and would like your baby dedicated, please call the church office.

OUR KNOWN SICK
John Schreibeis (Wake), Ernestine Williams (Western Wake), Kim Gibbs (JMH)

Greeters: Doug & Glenda Strickland

OPPORTUNITIES OF THE WEEK

* Nursery provided