Projects & Coordinators List
1. Communion to Home Bound (Sybil Edwards)
2. Baby Shower for Teen Moms (Susan Culbreth) Volunteers 18 and older may participate.
3. Bud Vase Arrangements for Nursing Homes (Hilda Whitely)
4. Childcare for Volunteers (Bryan Harris)
5. Cookies to City Workers (Faye & Pope Hardee)
6. Health Kits (Leah Thorndyke)
7. Breakfast for OIAM Volunteers (Trip and Nancy Barry)
8. Lunch for OIAM Volunteers (Gayle Bizzell)
9. Snacks to Nursing/Rest Home Caregivers (Bryan Harris)
10. Rest Stop Ministry (Billy Wiggs) Volunteers 18 and older may participate.
11. Yard Work (Danny Hensley)
12. Handy Man Projects
• 3) Wheelchair Ramps (Roy Williams, Billy Baker, Curtis Perry)
• 2) Home Repair Needs (Dirk Langdon)
• 1) Backyard Renovation for Harbor (Steve Woodard)
13. Home Delivered Meals (Anesha Johnson)
14. Clothes Closet (Jo Ann Wiggs)
15. OIAM Documentary (Mike Ward)
16. Community Garden (Michelle Ball)
17. Flea Market Ministry (Judy Williams)
18. Behavioral Health/Cancer Center Projects (Mary Ann Bradshaw)
19. Laundromat Outreach (Carolyn Tharrington)
20. Bud Vase Delivery to Nursing Homes (Jo Paul)

PRAYER CORNER FOR OPERATION INASMUCH (OIAM)
In Matthew 20:26-28, Jesus said whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be your slave -- just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.

Our prayer focus for OIAM this week is on having the heart of a servant as we reach out in our community to touch the lives of others. Pray that God will use us as we sacrifice our own interests to improve the life of another.

Dear Father, help us to take advantage of opportunities that you have placed before us on April 24th to serve others as the hands and feet of Jesus.

Visit the FBC Website and click on the prayer tab for the weekly OIAM devotional

ATTENTION YOUTH…
FBC Youth Group will meet Sunday, April 18th at 6:15 p.m. for Snack Supper followed by Bible Study at 7:00 p.m. Lily Faulconer, Mallory Barnes, Abby, Cliff & Kevin Johnson, Zack & Taylor Leposa, Taylor Mast, Boone, Jacob & Rebecca Sasser, and Brittany & Tyler Tant are responsible for Snack Supper.

ALL YOUTH
NON-BEACH RETREAT DAY
THIS SATURDAY, April 17 (9:30 a.m. to 4 pm)
Meet at the church at 9:30 a.m. Cost: $10
We will do community work in the morning and have “Beach” like activities in the afternoon….. you might get wet.

IT’S YARD SALE TIME AND
THE TRAILER IS HERE!!!
Youth Yard Sale – May 1, 7:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon
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.) Items can be stored in the trailer behind the church (if you need help putting items in the trailer, please call Tommy to make an appointment.)

BACKPACK NEEDS
The Backpack Program needs your continued help with the following items for our backpack ministry: 18 oz. jars of peanut butter, cans of Chef Boyardee (any size), 8 pack cereal boxes (small individual boxes), small individual boxes of raisins, and/or individual fruit cups or apple sauce. If you can help with any of the above items, please drop off your donations in the church office.

RYBERG SCHOLARSHIP
Any high school senior interested in applying for the John L. Ryberg Memorial Scholarship should pickup an application from the church office. The deadline for submitting a completed application to the church office is Friday, May 7th. If applicants or their parents have any questions, please contact Mary Nell Ferguson at 989-8481.

OUR KNOWN SICK
Harold Tharrington (Home)

THANK YOU
Dear Church Family, Thank you so much for the cards you've sent, the food you've brought, the times you've come to visit or called; but most especially I thank you for your thoughts and prayers for me over these past several weeks since my surgery. I have truly been blessed by your many acts of kindness and thoughtfulness. I am still recovering and would appreciate your continued prayers on my behalf. Mildred Jordan

NEW MEMBER
We welcome into our Christian fellowship Jenna Felts who comes to us by profession of faith and believers baptism. Jenna is the daughter of Brad and Frances Felts.

MINISTRY CENTER UPDATE
You can view the proposed floor plan for our future Ministry Center on our website at www.fbcsmithfield.org.
ALSO
We have had several informational meetings and tours of our future Ministry Center. We are very blessed to have this additional space for our church. If you would like to make your commitment to our Building to Serve program in advance, please call the church office.

OPERATION INASMUCH NEEDS
The following are items needed for Operation InAsMuch:
• Bud vases
• Health Kit Supplies: soap, wash cloth, razor, shaving lotion, deodorant, shampoo that is combination shampoo and conditioner, comb and brush, toothbrush, toothpaste, gallon zip lock bags that have the zipper on it. (100)
• Puppeteers and/or clowns for the Flea Market event. Contact Judy Williams if you can help.
If you can donate any of these items, please bring them to the church office.

BABY SHOWER FOR TEEN MOMS
Oh Baby! This year’s OIAM Teen Mom Shower is getting in gear! We have 6 educational stations set up in which we will help teen moms from JC DSS with many different topics! One of which is car seat safety! This year we have asked for items that the girls need. Infant car seats are #1 on their list! Please help us keep these babies safe! If you have a gently used infant car seat that meets the 5 year safe use rule and/or other gently used baby items, we’d love to have them! If you would like to help in purchasing car seats or other much needed items for these babies please make donations to the teen mom shower. For more information please contact Susan Culbreth 965-9141

ATTENTION PRIMETIMERS:
Mark your calendars for these upcoming events:
• May 7—Concert of Mendelssohn’s “Elijah” at 6:30 p.m. at Snyder MBC in Fayetteville, NC . This will be preformed by Campbell University Choir and Snyder Memorial Choir. Cost: $5.00 gas fee. We will leave the church at 4:00 p.m. and stop on the way for a quick meal (you pay). Call the church office to sign up.

ATTENTION SENIOR ADULTS
On May 2, we would like to have a senior adult choir lead in the 11 a.m. worship service. We will have a brief practice on Wednesday, April 28 at 7:30 p.m. in the choir room. All senior adults are invited to be a part of this special choir!

HELP NEEDED
Sunday, April 25 is the All Church Event and meal here at First Baptist and help is needed. We need help with the following: Volunteers to bake pound cakes, table preparation (buffet, napkins, silverware, etc.), serving and clean up. If you can help, please call Gayle Bizzell at 934-3514
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE!
On Tuesday, April 13th First Baptist Church hosted the Fifteenth Annual Law Enforcement Banquet. Over 200 law enforcement officers, judges, magistrates and other officials attended. Thank you to Dade Sherman for organizing this event.

RELAY FOR LIFE

Luminaries
Please remember to sign up on the Sunday School clipboards to purchase your luminaries for Relay for Life. We all know someone who has been touched by cancer so honor that person with a luminary. Luminaries can be purchased for $10, $25 or $100. Deadline for purchasing your luminaries is May 5. For more information, please call Carolyn Jones at 934-7742.

Pictures Needed
I want to do a bulletin board in recognition of Relay For Life and I need your help. If anyone in your family, our church family, has been diagnosed with cancer, I would love to have a picture for our bulletin board. This can be if they are fighting now, have been lost to cancer, or have won the race. I need the picture by May 1. Please leave your picture in the church office or get to me, Carolyn Jones. Thanks so much for your help.

CALL TO PRAYER
II Corinthians 8:7-8 "Now as you excel in everything - in faith, in speech, in knowledge, to all earnestness, and in the love we inspired in you -- see that you abound in this gracious work of giving also. I am not speaking this as a command, but I am testing the genuineness of your love."

There is a time when our faith and our actions intersect; when what we believe and what we do join together. Now that we have made a faith commitment and now that we have earnestly sought God's will in prayer, it is time to turn what we have learned into what we can do and will do. We are rounding third -- finding ways to practice what we believe.

"OK Lord, what have you equipped me and blessed me to do?" What resources do I have to give? Making faith real is a unique journey for every individual. Paul realized that he could not command anyone about giving. Giving has to grow from the heart, but he also knew that giving is a test of the heart in action. Giving is where 'what we believe gets real'. It is time to get practical about God's blessings in our lives and what we can (and will) do to financially support God's work in this project we have begun. Prayer: Lord, we have heard your word. Help us to be doers of your word. Submitted by the "Leadership Prayer Team"

FROM THE PULP

OPPORTUNITIES OF THE WEEK

We are proud to offer Williams portable hearing devices for your use during our worship services. To obtain one of these units, please see an usher or sound technician.

* Childcare provide

2010
General Fund:
Budget needs per week: $16,608.21
Received as of 04/04/10 $18,815.30
Budget needs Year to Date $232,514.96
Received Year to Date $202,849.01

Building Fund:
Received 04/04/10 $1,512.01