CAMP CRESCENDO Begins next week August 4 – 8, 2008 With our theme WHAT A FRIEND!

For kids who have signed-up and completed grades K-6

Each day begins at 8:45 a.m..
We will enjoy devotionals, singing, learn to play Boomwhackers (K-2) and Orff Instruments (3-6).
We will also have small group practices with movement and drama, as wells as craft, snack and playground time.
We will end each day at noon, with the exception of Thursday, when we will enjoy an outing with swimming and pizza.

Everyone mark your calendar for our closing program on Friday, August 8th at 7:00 p.m. in the Sanctuary.
Join us as these kids perform for us. Invite a friend or neighbor.

CHURCHWIDE POOL PARTY
All ages are invited to attend a pool party and cookout with games and fellowship Sunday, August 10th, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. at the Family Pool in South Smithfield. No sign-up is required. Bring a friend or neighbor!

YOUTH NEWS

PARENT YOUTH MEETING
Parent Youth Informational Meeting will be Sunday, August 24 at 7:00 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. See ya there.

ATTENTION RISING 7TH GRADERS
You are now official members of the FBC youth group. Let’s celebrate. Join us Wednesday, August 6th at 6:30 p.m. at the home of Johna and Lindy Faulconer (129 Quail Run) for pizza and fellowship. See ya there.

WAYS YOU CAN HELP
Mpolonjeni Needs
We Need Containers
Random is the name, containers are the game. What kind of containers? That is up to you. They can be coffee cans, tins, bins of all shapes, but not bigger than a bread box. These containers will be used to collect change for Mpolonjeni, but collect where? Your house. The youth are going to decorate the containers you give us and redistribute them as transformed family change containers for Mpolonjeni. Put them in your laundry room, kitchen, whereever is best for you to collect change. Bring your containers by the Church office, and Hinton Armstrong will gladly take them.

Community Garden Needs
Glass Bottles/Jars
We will be collecting glass bottles, 5 inches tall or larger to use as vases for flowers from the Community Garden. These flowers will be distributed to nursing homes and throughout the community. If you have jars, please bring them to the storage room in the church office. If you would like more information about this project or the Community Garden, contact Michelle Ball.

Plants Needed
We would like to plant blueberry bushes and grape vines at the Community Garden. If you are cleaning out your blueberry bushes and have new “volunteer” bushes you would donate, and/or grape vines that you could root and donate, please contact Michelle Ball.

NEW ARRIVAL
Congratulations to Mac and Susan Culbreth on the arrival of their infant daughter, Katee Grace. The proud grandmother is Debbie Jones. The proud great-grandmother is Callie Jones.

THANK YOU
To our Church Family, Thank you for the calls, prayers, cards and food that we received during the brief illness and death of my father, Jimmy Creekmore. We are blessed to be a part of such a wonderful church family. Mitzie, Larry and Leah Isenhour

WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE AN USHER?
Usher positions are available for each Sunday of the month. You would serve in this position once a month. If you are interested, please contact Billy Wiggs at 934-8
PRIMETIMERS’ UPDATE
The “Big Trip” to Charleston, SC on Mon.-Weds. Oct. 20-22, is FULL! If you are still interested in going please call the church office to get on the waiting list.

Day Trips already on the calendar;
• July 25 Clayton work day at Habitat Re-Store
• August 12 day trip to IMAX theatre, Raleigh
• September 5 dinner theatre, Fayetteville
• September 18 JBA Senior Adult Rally, our church, Mpolonjeni report
• Oct. 20-22 Charleston trip, details soon

OUR KNOWN SICK
Margaret Twisdale (Smithfield Manor), Brenda Heard (Home), Susan Culbreth (JMH), Mac Stacy (Wake), Jean Simmons (Wake), Jerry Joe Stephenson (Home)

CHRISTMAS IN JULY
Get ready for Christmas in July. For the remaining Sundays in July, every M&Ms Cookbook you purchase at full price, you can purchase another one for half price. The first cookbook will be $20.00, but your second one will only be $10.00. This is a great way to stock up for Christmas. It will be here before you know it. Cookbooks will be available in the Church Fellowship Hall before Sunday School for the remainder of the month, or contact Michelle Ball for large quantities at 524-9631.

LAY WITNESSING CONFERENCE
The 51st Annual Baptist Lay Witnessing Conference is being held at Camp Caraway on Friday, August 15 (starts late afternoon-ends at lunchtime on Saturday, August 16th.) Entire focus will be on witness training. We are hoping to get enough people to fill a bus to go from our church. Are you interested? Call Terry Carroll 934-5882 or Judy Williams at 934-0261 for details.

SYMPATHY
We express our Christian sympathy to Bennie Weeks in the homegoing of his mother.

We express our Christian sympathy to Sabrinia Dees in the recent homegoing of her father.

MEN’S BIBLE STUDY
Attention Men. Monday night Men’s Bible Study will be cranking up on September 8th at 7:00 p.m. in the Youth Room. If you are interested in attending, please contact Steve Adkins at 634-1742.

NEW MEMBER
We welcome into our Christian fellowship Pat Harris who comes to us by statement of faith and believer’s baptism.

MISSIONS AND EVANGELISM
Susan Vonolszewksi of Clayton will speak at 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, August 6, at First Baptist Church of Smithfield, 202 South Fourth Street. Susan lives with her husband in Clayton and is serving with the international mission organization Global Recordings Network. This presentation will be highlighted with film clips showing work among unreached people groups around the world. Those considering short term missions trips, working locally in outreach to refugees or immigrants, and those working with children will find this of great interest and will come away with viable tools for ministry.

YOU ARE INVITED
You are invited to the Girl Scout Gold Award Ceremony honoring Mallory Barnes, Olivia Booker and Alison McMillen on Sunday, August 10th at 3:00 p.m. in the Sanctuary. Reception will follow in the Fellowship Hall.

OPPORTUNITIES OF THE WEEK

* Nursery provided