JOIN US FOR BIBLE SCHOOL JULY 5 - 9 FROM 9:00 A.M. – 12:00 NOON FOR TEAM COORDINATORS:
2 year olds – Debra Avery, Paige Barnes
3 year olds – Hannah Wright
4 year olds - June Ward
Pre-K – Susan Culbreth
Kindergarten – Michelle Swinyer
1st Grade – Amy Galloway

2nd Grade – Kay Joyner
3rd Grade – Sabrina Dees
4th Grade – Eliza Burgess
5th Grade – Judy Dixon
6th Grade – Paul Burgess, Nikki Crumley

OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE IN VBS……SOMETHING TO PONDER

My dishes went unwashed today,
I didn’t make the bed,
I took God’s hand and followed Him
To vacation Bible School instead.
Oh, yes, we went adventuring,
The children, faculty and I,
Exploring the Bible.
It’s truths we can’t deny.
That my house was neglected,
That I didn’t sweep the stairs,
In twenty years no one on earth
Will know or even care.
But that I’ve helped a boy or girl
To Christ-like adulthood grow,
In twenty years, the whole wide world
May look and see and know.

YOUTH ON MISSION
Please be in prayer for our youth and chaperones as they depart for Salyersville, Kentucky, this Saturday, June 26, 2010 for their Mission Trip. Pray for safe travel and that they may touch the lives of others as they give a week of their lives to the work of our Lord.

ATTENTION ALL 3RD – 6TH GRADERS
It’s not too late to sign up for Passport Camp July 12-15. We have 2 spots for boys. Contact Tommy at 934-9771, tommy@fbcsmithfield.org for more information and to sign up.

OUR KNOWN SICK
Annie Laurie Lewis (Home), Joyce Hodge (Wake), Kay Joyner (Home)

RYBERG SERMONS
John Ryberg sermons from 1972 to 1984 have been made into cd’s and are available for order. A list of sermons with topic and scripture is in the church office for your review. Thanks to Chris Aker for making these services available for purchase. Cost is $2.00 each.

ATTENTION ALL INSTRUMENTALISTS
We would like to feature some of our instrumentalists in pre-service music for the July 4th Patriotic Vespers. If you or your child has a patriotic tune you’d like to play, please let Kerrie know by June 7. (kerrie@fbcsmithfield.org)

NEW SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS
There is a new Sunday School Class, Young Adult 4. We meet on the stage at 10:00 a.m. immediately following announcements at 9:45 in the Fellowship Hall. If you are looking for a Sunday School Class, we invite couples, singles, anyone to join us. The class is taught by Lynda Carroll, and assisted by Chris Swinyer.

PRIMETIMERS PICNIC AND BOAT RIDES
Primetimers……mark your calendar for this Sunday, June 27. You are invited to a Senior Adult Picnic and Boat Ride at the home of Kay and Terry Carroll. The fun begins at 5:00 p.m. We will have hot dogs and hamburgers. The cost is $3.00 per person. Call the church office to sign-up. CAR POOLING IS ENCOURAGED.

MINISTRY SURVEY
The Nominating Committee has begun their work and would like you to help them. Enclosed you will find a Ministry Survey. They ask that you complete the survey which will help them to effectively connect you to a ministry here at First Baptist church. Please return the survey to the church office as soon as possible.

I Scream, You Scream, We all Scream for ice cream
Sign up in your Sunday School Class or call the church office to bring your favorite, scrumptious, sinfully delicious homemade ice cream on July 4th for Patriotic Vespers.

CRAFT NEEDS FOR VBS (JULY 5-9)
Please help support Vacation Bibles School crafts by donating these items. Thanks in advance for your help!
66 clean, empty 20 oz plastic bottles
30-40 shoe box lids (whole box is fine)

THANK YOU
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Ryberg Scholarship Committee for selecting me as the 2010 recipient of the John L. Ryberg Scholarship, and my church family for giving me so much since I joined First Baptist. This scholarship will be a tremendous help in allowing me to further my education at DePaul University, so that I may one day reach my goals of performing professionally in a major symphony or orchestra and establishing a music institute for children in rural areas who many not have access to the world of opportunities that music can open for them! The church family at First Baptist Church of Smithfield has always provided a loving, nurturing community in which young Christians can learn and grow, and each member has unique gifts that bring new things to the table. Our church has been a vital part of my life, and as I continue to grow stronger in my faith I thank the Lord for the people He has given me! Thank you! Cordially, Brandon Allen

QUASQUICENTENNIAL
This year, our Baptist Children’s Homes celebrates its Quasquicentennial (125 years!) N.C. Baptists are becoming a part of history by creating personalized tapestry squares which will be tied together to make a huge “Growing Hope” tapestry. I am thrilled that our 6th graders will create squares in Vacation Bible School this year. If you would like to decorate a square, please call me at 934-3749 as I will be ordering additional squares soon. Thank you for your loving support of Baptist children’s Homes. Carolyn Tharrington

RELAY PICTURES
If you submitted a picture of a loved one for the Relay bulletin board, you may pick up your pictures in the church office.

Greeters: Doug & Glenda Strickland

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 06/20/10 $9,278.11
Budget needs Year to Date $415,205.29
Received Year to Date $348,862.02

Building Fund:
Received 06/20/10 $6,365.00