YOUTH NEWS
FBC Youth and Parent meeting this Sunday, May 20 at 6:00 p.m. for those going on the Mission Trip and Caswell. No meal will be served.

SENIOR PICTURES NEEDED
Attention High School Seniors…We would like to get your Senior picture and information on what you will be doing after graduation for a special insert in the bulletin on Graduate Sunday. Please bring your picture and information to the church office or email to Tommy @ tommy@fbcsmithfield.org no later than Monday, May 21st.

SENIOR HIGH BREAKFAST
Sunday, June 3rd during Sunday School we will enjoy a “continental breakfast” and a time of sharing with our Seniors. Also Senior, please bring your cap and gown…..you will march in and be recognized at the 10:55 worship service.

CALLING ALL 3RD – 6TH GRADERS PASSPORTKIDS 2007
To date we have 12 kids signed up to go to PassportKids Camp at Wingate University near Charlotte, NC, June 19 – 23. It’s not too late. We still have room for two more. Call the church office at 934-9771 or Tommy Cook to sign up.

NEED YOUR HELP
If you donated two Dish Network receivers to the yard sale, please call the church office at 934-9771.

SUMMER BIBLE STUDY
You are invited to join a women’s Bible Study this summer using the book The Other Side of the Garden by Virginia Fugate. It will meet on Thursdays from 9:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. in the Ryberg Hall and childcare will be available. The study will begin June 7th and continue through August 23rd. The cost of the book is $9.75. For more information call Judy Williams at 934-0261. You can also sign up through the Church office. The last day to sign up will be May 18th.

ALL HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE GRADUATES
All graduates are invited to be honored guests of the church at the Graduate Banquet June 3, 2007 following the 10:55 service. Family members are invited to attend at a cost of $8.50 per person. Please call the church office by or before Monday, May 28th and let us know if you will be attending and how many from your family will be with you. College graduates or parents of college graduates, don’t forget to call and let us know what degree you will be receiving so we may recognize you in the bulletin and Visitor.

OUR KNOWN SICK
Melba Woodruff (Smithfield Manor), Cheryl Boyette (Home), Sylvia Evans (Wake Rehab), Jackson Wood (Home)

MUSIC NOTES
Camp Crescendo (Children’s Choir Camp) is July 9 - 13 for children who have completed grades K – 6. The theme this year is “The Good News Cruise.” Registration forms have been mailed. They are also available in the church office. Deadline to register is June 15.

Travelers’ Club will begin Thursday, June 14th for children who have completed grades K – 6. We will be visiting the following:
NC Art Museum, “Temples and Tombs”
- Mission Experience and how to make a clay angel by Anesha Johnson (at FBC)
- Truck Driver Training School at JCC
- Pottery Camp (at FBC)
- Guided tour of Johnston County courthouse, the sheriff’s department and 911 emergency center (walk from FBC)
- Tour of a Television Studio in Raleigh
- Noah’s Landing in Coats
Registration forms have been mailed. They are also available in the church office. Deadline to register is June 1.

CALLING KIDS WHO LOVE TO SING
This year’s patriotic musical for July 1 Patriotic Vespers (7:00 p.m.) includes a children’s choir part. Starting May 20 at 9 a.m. in the music room, we will rehearse this music. All children currently in grades one through six are eligible. After school is out, there will be some weekday rehearsals (schedule to be published soon).

HISTORY TIDBIT
In 1903 the church joined the newly formed Johnston Baptist Association. During that year the church raised $1,545.25 which included funds for home, state and foreign missions, minister’s relief fund, Sunday School, education, and the pastor’s salary of $250.00

YOU’RE INVITED
The campers and chiefs of Cameron Boys Camp invite you to their annual Founders Day Tour and Lunch on May 22, 2007. If you would like to attend please contact Carolyn Tharrington at 934-3749.

THANK YOU
On March 17, 2006 our father, T.W. (Red) Shirley, suffered a severe stroke. Immediately our church family stepped in with support that extended through a full year with cards, prayers and verbal inquires. A wheelchair ramp was built by a team from our church, which made caring for him much easier. We consider this year a gift to our family as we were able to grow closer to each other, and to our dad. Our sincere thanks goes out to all for your support through this past year and his recent death. Douglas and Dianne Shirley, Tina and Joey Hobbs

MOTHER’S DAY OFFERING THANK YOU
The following is part of a letter received from Rev. Paul M Mullen, Director of Church and Community Relations at North Carolina Baptist Hospital:
“I am thankful to you and the members of First Baptist Church of Smithfield for being in the top 20 North Carolina Baptist churches (out of 4,078) in gifts to the Mother’s Day Offering. Patients and family burdened by need are profoundly blessed by your care and generosity. They have deep, heartfelt gratitude for this beautiful witness of Christ’s love. Every dollar of every gift helps patients in serious financial need pay hospital bills for care received at Baptist Hospital. They fall between the cracks, having too much to qualify for government assistance but not enough to provide for their care. The Mother’s Day Offering is a lifeline of hope.”

OPERATION INASMUCH THANK YOU
The snacks and soft drinks you left at Four Oaks Elementary were a real treat for me! Thank you for your generosity. May God richly bless each of you! Love in Christ, Devonne Mitchener

ATTENTION COUPLES - SUMMER BIBLE STUDY
What is the destiny of your marriage? Join us this summer for six video based lessons by Dr. Gary Smalley on five commitments that determine the destiny of your marriage. The class will meet on Thursday nights from 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. The class is limited to six couples, preferably engaged couples or those married less than 10 years. There will be a small charge for materials. The class will begin June 7th. Last day to sign up is May 31st. For more information call Terry Carroll at 934-5882. (Location to be announced.)

OPPORTUNITIES OF THE WEEK

* Nursery provided