YOUTH NEWS
FBC YOUTH will meet Sunday, September 17 at 6:15 p.m. for Snack Supper followed by Bible Study at 7:00 p.m. Anna, Sarah & Carson Campbell, Siera Baker, Scott Cook, Bryan & Will Eatmon, Jessica Hubbard, Hannah Johnson, Brittany Mitchell, Devon Murphy, Amanda & Nina Murray, and Alex & Jordan Precythe are responsible for Snack Supper.
YOUTH TO BUSCH GARDENS
Sign up has PAST. Call Tommy is you want to go to Busch Gardens, Friday September 22nd. Cost: $55.00 (which covers your ticket, lunch and travel) due at sign up. We will leave the church at 6:00 a.m (bring breakfast in a bag) and return by midnight. You will need money for fast food on the way back.
SEE YOU AT THE POLE
SYATP Breakfast is September 27 at 6:15 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall. Transportation will be provided to schools.
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.
FAITH FESTIVAL
Mark your calendar for Saturday, September 30 for the Faith Festival held at the Neuse River Amphitheater. The event starts at 4:00 p.m. featuring Every Day Sunday.
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 (JMH), Kim Gibbs (Home), Sam Shirley (Wake)
CONGRATULATIONS
Congratulations to Kelvin & Kim Gibbs on the arrival of their infant son, Elijah Thomas Gibbs.
HELP THE CHILDREN
The Friends of Children will have a workday Saturday, September 16th at Kennedy Home where they will do cleaning, minor repairs and wrap up with a lunch and meeting. We have room for more. If you would like to go help and visit with these children, please call Carolyn Tharrington at 934-3749 or the church office. Also, if you have old cell phones or empty ink cartridges contact Carolyn Tharrington for pick up.
OUR CHILDREN NEED TEACHERS!!!
Our children need teachers!!! Teachers are needed in the following Preschool Sunday School Rooms:
Preschool 4 – Lead Teacher (will serve with three other teachers)
Preschool 5 – Lead Teacher (will serve with two other teachers)
Preschool 6 – Lead Teacher (will serve with two other teacher)
Please be in prayer for our Preschool Department. If you would be willing to share your time on Sunday morning with our children and teach God’s word, please call the church office or Joyce Wright at 934-3547.
MEALS ON WHEELS
We will be preparing and delivering a meal for Meals on Wheels on Friday, September 29th. We will need four people to pack meals. If you can help please call Jo Paul at 359-0515 or 855-4408.
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.
SOUP KITCHEN NEEDS YOU!
Volunteers for the Soup Kitchen are needed for the following:
- Pick up from the Chicken Barn on Monday and Thursday
- Set-up tables and wrap desserts
- Kitchen help from 1:00 – 3:30 and 3:30 – 5:45 p.m.
- Servers 4:30 – 4:45
- Clean up 5:00 – 6:30
- Deliver meals 4:45 until completed
If you are willing to commit to one of the above needs please call Anesha Johnson or Sybil Edwards for details.
CALLING ALL COLLEGE STUDENTS (or parents of college students)
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 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.
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.
SYMPATHY
We express our Christian sympathy to Mary Aker in the recent homegoing of her mother.
NEW MEMBERS
We welcome into our Christian fellowship the following new members:
- Ed & Jean Wiggs who come to us by letter from Princeton Baptist.
- Steve & Kim Gamlin who come from St. Ann’s by previous profession of faith and baptism (Steve), and by letter from Princeton Baptist (Kim).
CALLING ALL ADULTS
Come enjoy an evening of good food, fellowship and entertainment as we travel to Northwood Temple Church in Fayetteville on Thursday, October 5th to their annual Dinner Theatre. Cost: $25 per person (which includes dinner, show and travel expense). Sign-up and pay in the church office by September 20. We will gather at the church at 5:00 p.m. and leave by 5:15 p.m. Dinner buffet begins at 6:45 p.m. with the show to follow. This year’s show is entitled “From Prince to Pauper.” It is the story of what would happen if we treated people, not as they are, but as we would like them to be. Don’t miss this fun filled evening.
DEACON NOMINATIONS
This Sunday, September 17th, we will begin the process of selecting five new persons to serve as Deacons at First Baptist. Following the worship services members will be able to nominate five (5) persons to serve as deacons. The following Sunday, September 24th, members will receive a ballot with the names of the ten persons who received the most nominations and who have agreed to serve a four (4) year term. Please make this a matter of prayerful consideration in the days ahead!
Sunday Morning Sermon by the Pastor
Greeters: Matt & Shelley Gardner
OPPORTUNITIES
OF THE WEEK
| 8:30 A.M..* |
Early Service |
| 9:45 A.M. |
Sunday School Classes for all ages |
| 10:00 A.M. |
Radio Bible Class, taught by Sylvia Evans, broadcast
over 1270 AM |
| 10:55 A.M.* |
Morning Worship, broadcast over 1270 AM |
| 1:00 P.M. |
Hispanic Worship Service |
| 5:00 P.M. |
Youth Handbell Practice, Music Room |
| 5:45 P.M. |
On Stage! Youth, Ryberg Hall |
| 5:45 P.M. |
Older Children’s Handbells, Music Room |
| 6:15 P.M. |
Youth Snack Supper |
| 6:30 P.M. |
Praise Ringers Handbells, Music Room |
| 6:30 P.M. |
Bible Buddies and Bible Drill |
| 7:00 P.M. |
Youth Bible Study |
| 10:00 A.M. |
Clothes Closet closed due to holiday |
| 3:00 P.M. |
Multifocus Missions Day Group II will meet at the home of Kathleen Bullard, 1101 S. Second St., Smithfield |
| 4:45 P.M |
Soup Kitchen in Ryberg Hall, end at
5:45 |
| 6:30 P.M |
Men’s Bible Study, Parlor |
| 10:00 A.M. |
Multifocus Missions Day Group will meet at the home of Lura Grimes, 1009 S. Vermont St. |
| 10:00 A.M. |
Bible Study Day Group will meet in the Parlor |
| 7:00 P.M. |
First Baptist Belles Rehearsal |
| 2:00 P.M. |
Wednesday Afternoon Bible Study, Fellowship Hall |
| 5:30 P.M. |
Family Night Supper |
| 6:00 P.M.* |
Children’s Choirs, 3-yr. olds, Preschool 5; 4-yr. olds, Preschool 6; Kindergarten, Preschool 7; Grades 1-2, Adult II; Grades 3-6, Music Room |
| 6:30 P.M. * |
Small Groups for Adults |
| 6:30 P.M. * |
Bible Study with Bob Barefoot, Fellowship Hall |
| 6:30 P.M. * |
Discipleship Training for ages 2 – Grade 6 |
| 7:30 P.M. * |
Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal |
| 10:00 P.M. |
Clothes Closet, end at
12:00 noon |
| 4:45 P.M. |
Soup Kitchen in Ryberg Hall, end at 5:45 p.m. |
| 6:00 A.M. |
Youth depart for Busch Gardens, return by midnight |
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* Nursery provided
| 2006 |
General
Fund:
Budget needs per week: $14,286.11
Received as of 9/10/06 $13,661.03
Budget needs Year to Date $528,586.19
Received Year to Date $505,976.20
Building Fund:
Received 9/10/06 $957.00
NC Missions:
Received as of 09/10/06 $3,868.74 |
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