You are invited to attend
A Service of Remembrance for 9/11/2001 And praying for America
Thursday, September 11, 12 noon First Baptist Church, Smithfield
Leadership by area ministers, business leaders, educators,County leaders, and students

YOUTH NEWS
FBC Youth Group will meet Sunday, September 7th at 6:15 p.m. for Snack Supper followed by Bible Study at 7:00 p.m. Morgan Hester, Jonathan Daniels, Lily Faulconer, Taylor & Trevor Haines, Garrett Massengill, Caroline Tobin and Luke Williams are responsible for Snack Supper.

See You At The Pole T-Shirts – Last day to order your SYATP T-Shirt is this Sunday, September 7th. Cost $10 – 15.

Busch Gardens Trip is Friday, September 26th. The cost is $60.00. Sign up and pay by Sunday, September 7th. Make sure we have a permission form for you. We will leave at 6:00 a.m. (bring breakfast) and return around midnight.

MEN’S BIBLE STUDY
Attention Men. Monday night Men’s Bible Study will be cranking up for our first meeting September 8th at 7:00 p.m. in the Youth Room. We will be studying the book of Judges. We will meet at times at my home during the study for purposes of watching DVDs by David Jeremiah on some of the Heroes of Judges. Workbooks will be provided. Your commitment will be to attend and participate in Christian discussion. Please call me at home (300-1764) or on my cell (634-1742) if you are interested. I'll appreciate hearing from you. Steve Adkins

OUR KNOWN SICK
Bob McLamb (Home), Billie Cretini (Home), Edna Whittington (JMH), Becky Blackmon (Home)

CALLING ALL LADIES
Please join us for our Fall Tea, Saturday, September 20, 2008 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. This will be a great time of fellowship. Please sign up in Sunday School or call the church office. Bring a friend.

SOUP KITCHEN BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION DATE CHANGE
Calling all Soup Kitchen volunteers to come to our Birthday Party on September 19, 2008 at Smithfield Community Park at 6:00 p.m. Please bring a covered dish, veggies and/or salad, or bread. Meat, dessert and beverages will be furnished. Let’s have a good time! Call Anesha at 934-1601 if you will be attending and what you will be bringing.

BACKPACK PROGRAM NEEDS YOU
We are looking for volunteers to help deliver backpacks to South Smithfield and Selma Elementary on Friday mornings from 9:15 – 10:15. We have approximately 102 backpacks that will be packed with food for children on the weekends, so a little muscle will be needed. If you could help, please call Tommy at the church office at 934-9771.

PRIMETIMERS TRIPS UPDATE
September 18 (Thursday) 9:45 a.m. in the Sanctuary, Associational Senior Adult Rally and Covered Dish Lunch. Program: Tommy Cook and Mpolojeni Report. No sign up, just come!

September 30 (Tuesday) trip to Raleigh to see Dead Sea Scrolls special exhibit at NC Museum of Natural Science. Depart church at 9:15 a.m. for 10:15 tour; followed by lunch at Farmer’s Market restaurant (on your own) and some time to browse in the farmer’s market stores and stalls. Return by mid afternoon. Cost: $17 includes gas and admission ticket. Sign up by September 17.

October 11 (Saturday) trip to New Bern to see “free” garden tour at Tryon Palace, also attend/browse in “MumFest” street fair in downtown New Bern. Lunch on your own. Depart 9 a.m. Arrive back by mid to late afternoon (group’s preference) This will be a “walking” day. Cost: $5 for gas. Sign up by October 8.

October 20-22 Charleston trip is full. Call to be put on waiting list.

November 18 (Tuesday) “Star of Bethlehem” at Morehead Planetarium, Chapel Hill, must have 40 sign up to make the trip happen! Leave church 10 a.m. to go to Chapel Hill for lunch (on your own in Franklin Street area) 1:30 p.m. showing, return to Smithfield by 4 p.m. Cost: $7 includes show ticket and gas. Sign up by October 15.

December 8-9 (Mon-Tues.) Old Salem/Shoebox Packing trip. Cost: $78 includes transportation, double room/breakfast at Holiday Inn Express, Pineville, lunch at Salem Tavern, “Town Visit” admission ticket to historic buildings in Old Salem. Depart church at 9:30 a.m., lunch at Salem Tavern 1:15 (choose when signing up from Moravian Pie or Quiche and Salad); afternoon walking/touring Old Salem, on to Charlotte area, supper on our own. Tuesday morning 9 a.m. start at Operations Center (lunch provided there at small cost) Depart for Smithfield by 2 p.m. Sign up by November 19.

WELCOME TO WORSHIP
Welcome to Worship is a four week class offered for our First Graders. This will be held during the 10:55 worship service beginning this Sunday, September 7 and continuing September 14, 21 and 28. These classes will help our First Graders to find ways to worship God, learn about baptism and the Lord’s Supper, and give them some helpful tools they can use as they join us in worship. Children will go back to their Sunday School classroom after the Children’s Sermon and stay there until you pick them up after worship.

ON MISSION
The disaster Relief Team will be going on a Mission Trip on Friday, October 3 and Saturday, October 4, 2008. They will be going to Red Springs, NC. If you are interested, please contact Joyce Wright at 934-3547 or call the church office at 934-9771.

FRIENDS OF CHILDREN
Friends of Children Day at the Kennedy Home will be September 20the. We will be leaving from the church at 7:30 a.m. and will return by mid afternoon. We will help in the cottages, have lunch and attend a brief meeting. Everyone is welcome to go lend a hand. If you would like to go help and visit the children, please call Carolyn Tharrington at 934-3749.

ARE YOU A MAN? ARE YOU YOUNG(ISH)?
THEN WE'VE GOT A BIBLE STUDY FOR YOU!
We are starting a Bible study for men in the Young Adult Sunday School classes. The group will meet on Tuesday evenings from 7:00-8:00 in the Youth Room, beginning September 9. Topics for study will be discussed at the initial meeting. Our prayer is that this can be a relaxed fellowship that offers opportunities for spiritual growth, support, and strengthened relationships among brothers in the faith. For more information, contact Paul Burgess (919-631-3153) or Raiford Gainey.

NEW MEMBER
We welcome into our Christian fellowship Dorothy Hulett who comes to us by statement of faith from Centenary United Methodist Church

THANK YOU
To my church family, We would like to express our appreciation for the prayers, cards, and visits during Bob’s sickness. We are so grateful to have such a supportive church family. Bob and Vel McLamb.

OPPORTUNITIES OF THE WEEK

* Nursery provided