YOUTH NEWS
FBC YOUTH will meet Sunday, October 8th  at 6:15 p.m. for Snack Supper followed by Worship Celebration in the Fellowship Hall.  We will enjoy games, music and more!!  Eason Armstrong, Krista Anderson, Kaitlyn Barbour, Winfield Chamberlain, Jessica Cherry, Brittany Evans, Priscilla Huber, Cameron & Taylor Mast, Connor Newsome, Brittany Tant and Katlyn Thompson are responsible for Snack Supper.

YOUTH MISSION DAY is THIS Saturday, October 7th.  We will be doing mission projects in our community (like World Changers projects.)  Meet in the Fellowship Hall at 8:00 a.m.  This will count as mission hours.

DISCIPLENOW WEEKEND is November 17-19.  Cost: $45.  Sign up and pay no later than Tuesday, October 17.  The theme is “One Heart” Colossians 2:2-3.  Experience the joy that comes with being a member of the body of Christ.

FOURTH ANNUAL
BECKY KNOTT MEMORIAL GOLF TOURNAMENT
The Fourth Annual Becky Knott Memorial Golf Tournament is fast approaching.  This year it will be held, Friday, November 10th with tee off at 11:00 a.m.  Many individuals and businesses have sponsored this event each year and we appreciate their support.  If you have been a sponsor in the past and plan to sponsor again this year please contact the church office as soon as possible.  If you have not participated in past years and would like to support our youth through this event, please come by the church office and pick up a brochure.  Also, please feel free to pass this information along to friends or other businesses. 

CHURCH-WIDE OUTING: HURRICANES GAME
Let’s go to a Hurricanes Hockey Game!!!  Everyone is invited to sign-up to go the RBC Center on November 9th to see the Carolina Hurricanes play the Washington Capitals.  The cost will be no more than $16 - $23 per person, which will cover your ticket and transportation.  We need to order tickets so call the church office to sign up.  It will be a great time of fun and fellowship for all.

OUR KNOWN SICK
Wylie Mitchiner (Wake Rehab), Mary Mitchiner (Home), Shelia Woodall (Home), Ione Wilder (JMH), Golda Pittman (Wake)

MISSION OPPORTUNITIES
We will have a Disaster Relief Team leaving on October 28th.  If you would like to devote a week to helping others, please contact the church office or Joyce Wright at 934-3547 no later than October 1st.

Four Oaks Baptist Church is organizing a group of men to go to Honduras.  Their mission is to build a house for a lady and her children.  The house she is living in presently is made of sticks and mud.  Please prayer and listen for God’s call to go and serve.  If you are interested please contact Linwood Byrd at 202-9300 (mobile) or call the Four Oaks Baptist Church.  The dates are January 17-25, 2007.  There are four slots open.

WORLDCRAFT PARTY
WHEN:  November 18, 2006, 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
WHERE:  Parlor at Smithfield First Baptist
WHO:  Sponsored by the WMU Group at First Baptist
WHY:  To give you an opportunity to purchase handicrafts as gifts for friends and family and to help the artisans to have money for medicine, food, homes and education for their families
If you have any questions, contact Anesha Johnson (934-1601) or Jo Ann Wiggs (934-8378).

MUSIC NOTES
JBA Festival of Praise is at our church on Sunday evening November 5 at 7 p.m.  Many Baptist churches from our association will be participating with choirs, praise bands, and more.  Our own Sanctuary Choir and Baptist Blend will sing as well.  Everyone is welcome to attend!

Journey to Bethlehem is coming!   Mark your calendars for Dec. 17 and 18, Sunday and Monday evenings, for “Journey to Bethlehem,” our church’s ten-scene outdoor Christmas drama.  You can volunteer to help by being a scene builder, prop gatherer, actor, tour guide, refreshment maker, and more.  Watch for opportunities to get involved through your Sunday School class or on the church bulletin board.

The NC Baptist Singers are coming!  Monday, January 29, 2007 this large group of Baptist Church musicians will play and sing a worship concert at our church starting 6:45 p.m.  Plan to
attend!

Sundays in October we’ll be led in worship by many of our age groups:  Oct. 1-Preschool choirs; Oct. 8—Older Children’s Choir;  Oct. 15 (Homecoming Sunday)—Praise Ringers Bells, On Stage! Youth and Older Children’s Choir; Oct. 22-First Baptist Belles, Youth Bells,

MARK YOUR CALENDAR
FOR HOMECOMING
Homecoming Sunday is October 15, with one service only at 10:55 (no early service)  Our speakers this year are from our own congregation:  Brad Felts, David Lasater, and Sybil Edwards.

EYE GLASSES AND HEARING AIDS
Gather up all those old glasses and/or hearing aids and bring them to the church office…..we will be colleting them for the Lions Club.

RED CROSS AT FBC
The Red Cross will be at FBC in Ryberg Hall on Tuesday, October 2, 2006, 1:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.  Call 934-8481 for more information and to make an appointment.

HIGH ATTENDANCE SUNDAY
High Attendance Sunday will be Sunday, November 5.  Make plans to attend Sunday School for High Attendance Sunday.  Contact your friends in Sunday School and let’s strive for the highest attendance ever!

NEW MEMBER
We welcome into our Christian fellowship Jean Woodruff who comes to us by letter from Carter’s Chapel.

CALLING ALL COLLEGE STUDENTS (or parents of college students)
WE NEED YOUR ADDRESS!
College students (or parents of college students)…..It’s that time of year again…moving to school, classes starting, getting back into the routine, which means you have a new address.  Please contact the church office if you have not already done so at 934-9771 (or parents call) with your address (even if it is the same address you had last year) so we can send you the Visitor and a “care” package.

ATTENTION M & M MEMBERS
The M & M’s will meet Tuesday, October 10th (NOT Thursday) at 6:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall.  We will be assembling the College Care Packages.  Please plan to attend.

COLLEGE CARE PACKAGES
It’s time again to assemble packages for our college students.  Everyone is invited to help fill the boxes.  The following are items needed:  hard candy, post-it notes, pens, pencils, Oodles of Noodles, and hot chocolate or cider mix.  You may bring your donations to the church office by Monday, October 9 or get to Jo Paul or Rose House.  Let’s make these packages filled to the brim for our students.

FLU SHOTS….FLU SHOTS
2006 Flu Shot Clinic will be Monday, October 9, 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. at Sanders Chapel United Methodist Church, 4484 Brogden Road, Smithfield.  It is FREE for Medicare, NC State Insured and BCBC members.  $25 for others.  Claims will be filed.  If you have questions please call 934-4737.

THANK YOU
Dear Church Family, I thank you for all your thoughts, cards, and prayers during the passing and burial of my two sisters.  At such a time, it helps to know you care.    Leona Parrish

A special thanks from our family for the prayers for Sam after his motorcycle accident, September 8th.  Cards, phone calls and inquiries have been a real source of comfort for our family.  During trying times it is especially strengthening to have a church family to call upon.  Sam is recovering at home and appears to be doing well.    The Doug Shirley family

FROM THE PULPIT

                     
OPPORTUNITIES OF THE WEEK

* Nursery provided