FIRST BAPTIST CELEBRATES EASTER
Sunday, April 8th
6:30 a.m. Community Sunrise Service, at Sunset Memorial Park.
Refreshments to follow in the Fellowship Hall, Here at First Baptist

8:30 a.m. Worship Service with SOS2 Ensemble, conclusion to “Whose Cross Is It Anyway?”
10:55 a.m. Morning Worship
Testimony in Believers’ Baptism, Special Music by the Praise Ringers Handbells,Sanctuary Choir and Instrumental Ensemble
Sermon by the Pastor

OFFICE CLOSED
The Church office will be closed Friday, April 6 in observance of Good Friday.

YOUTH NEWS
FBC Youth WILL NOT MEET Sunday, April 8 due to Spring Break.

CASWELL DEPOSIT DUE
Caswell is June 18-23. Cost: $225. Call Tommy to sign up. If you signed-up your deposit of $125 is due NOW.

BEACH RETREAT INFO.
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 YARD SALE
It’s time to spring clean and donate all those unwanted items to the Youth Yard Sale. New and used items accepted (no clothing or computers.) We will have a trailer available soon. Please call the church office to make sure it is in place before you bring your items. Also, volunteers are needed for daytime and evening hours April 30 – May 4 for prep and pricing items. Contact Tommy Cook at 934-9771 or Jan Allen 989-7195 to sign up!

DRIVERS NEEDED
Friday, April 6 we will be delivering Meals on Wheels and we need drivers to help deliver. YOUTH this would be a good way to make some Mission hours. If you can help, please contact Anesha Johnson at 934-1601 or the church office.

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.

HISTORY TIDBIT
Membership of the church during the struggling years (1860 – 1890) dropped from 172 in 1851 to 80 in 1871 and down to 12 active members in 1878. In the 1890’s things began to turn around and the membership grew to 77.

RELAY FOR LIFE
This is the last week to order T-shirts for Relay for Life. They are $10 each. Please contact Carolyn Jones at 934-7742 or Jennifer Moore at 938-0242. Cancer survivors can get a T-shirt by just letting me know you want one. They are free to all survivors.

COMING THIS SUMMER FOR CHILDREN
Traveler’s Club starts Thursday June 14 and meets weekly on Thursday mornings at 9 a.m. for kids having completed K-6. Camp Crescendo Music Camp will be July 9-13 for the same age group. Registration forms for both events will be available in May. Vacation Bible School is July 30-August 3; no pre-registration is required. This is for ages 2 through grade 6.

SAVE THE DATE
April 21, 2007

8:00 a.m. until God is finished

The theme this year is “Let’s Do Kingdom Work.”
Come live what God can do! Be in prayer for this powerful outreach. Projects are posted below! Sign up in the Fellowship Hall.

1. Backyard Bible Club
2. Care Team Visitation & Communion
3. Baby Shower for Teen Moms
4. Bud Vases
5. Childcare for Volunteers
6. Cookies
7. Harbor House
8. House of Hope
9. Breakfast/Lunch for volunteers
10. Assisted Living/Nursing Home visitation
11. Rest Stop Ministry
12. Yard Work
13. Handy Hands Projects
14. Home Delivered Meals
15. Clothes Closet
16. Show You Care at FBC
17. Making the OIAM Documentary
18. Cancer Center and Behavioral Health

OPERATION INASMUCH NEEDS & INFORMATION
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.

New or gently used teddy bears are needed for the Cancer Center Project. Please drop off at the church office.

Cookies for Teachers: We will reach out to as many schools as there are willing volunteers. One school can be ministered to by multiple parents, so look for opportunities to team up to create a basket full of goodies.

Cookies and more cookies are needed. Please be getting ready to bake lots and lots of cookies. More information will be coming soon.

If you are aware of any yard work needs, please contact Bryan Harris at 934-9771.

NEW MEMBERS
We welcome into our Christian fellowship Drew Hatcher who comes to us by profession of faith and believers baptism.
We welcome into our Christian fellowship Hinton Edgerton who comes to us by profession of faith and believers baptism.
We welcome into our Christian fellowship Carmen Cole who comes to us by letter from Greater Abundant Blessing Ministries in Dunn.

HOUSEHOLD CLOSET NEEDS
The following items are needed in the Household Closet:

• We have established a health care equipment area and any equipment is welcome. Please contact Dianne Shirley at 989-9659 if you have donations.
• We have a need for a twin bed (already have a mattress) for a 4 year old girl with arthritis living with her grandmother. Contact A.J. or Mary Ball at 934-6382 if you can help fulfill this need.
• Our kitchen area is getting low. Flatware, cooking utensils, dishes, pots & pans, etc., are needed. Call Susan Hill at 934-7245 if you have donations.
• We have an ongoing need for bassinets and cribs. Many mothers do not have the resources for these items and sleep with their newborns. This is dangerous for the infant, and as a result four infants lost their lives last year. If you have donations please contact Gail Koffer at 631-0096.

Members of the Household Closet volunteers are Dianne Shirley, Gail Koffer, Mary & A.J. Ball, Susan Hill and Anesha Johnson. If you would like to help with this ministry, please feel free to join us on Tuesday mornings at 10:30 a.m. in the attic of the church.
In the past month the Household Closet has helped set up the following for independent living:

• Mother and her six children
• Another mother and her sis children
• Injured mother with healthcare equipment
• Grandmother with four year old arthritic granddaughter
• Single disabled male
• Elderly male displaced by fire

CONGRATULATIONS
Congratulations to the following who were winners of the Church Bible Drills: Cooper Andrews, John Ashley, Emily Blackmon, Elizabeth Carter, Libby Dotson, Hinton Edgerton, Taylor Leposa, Zachary Leposa, James McMillen, Logan Salas Claire Sharpe, William Ashley and Muriel Lasater.

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.

THANK YOU
Dear Church Family, Your prayers, cards, visits and food made my recent surgery so much easier. I thank God every day for taking care of me through my church family. In Christian love, Charlotte Hoyt

Dear Church Family, Thank you for your prayers and thoughts during the recent passing of my mother. Mom is well again and can remember everyone now that God has healed her! Michael Stafford, Judy Jordan Stafford and family

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

OUR KNOWN SICK
John Schreibeis (Wake Rehab), Mabel Schreibeis (JMH), Carol Smith (Home), Red Shirley (Home), Margie Littlefield (Home), Jim Laughter (JMH)

SYMPATHY
We express our Christian sympathy to Louise Hovey in the recent homegoing of her mother.

CLOTHES CLOSET NEEDS
The Clothes Closet needs summer clothes for men, women and children. Please DO NOT bring winter clothes because we do have a place to store them. Thank you for your generous donations of clothes that have provided for others. Faye Hardee and Jo Ann Wiggs.

M & M’S MEETING
The M & M’s will meet Thursday, April 12 at 6:30 p.m. in the church parlor.

Testimony in Believers’ Baptism

Greeters: Robert & Ruby Holt

OPPORTUNITIES OF THE WEEK

* Nursery provided