YOUTH NEWS
FBC YOUTH will meet Sunday, October 1st at 6:15 p.m. for Snack Supper followed by Bible Study at 7:00 p.m.  Alison & Mark McMillen, Cory, JoJo, Keni, Tasha, Gabi and Victor Harrison, Brad Marcom, Hope Rabil, Meredith & Morgan Rabil, Woody Reynolds, Jacob & Boone Sasser, Brook Sherman, Johnnie & Katie Williams and Edward Woodall are responsible for Snack Supper.

YOUTH MISSION DAY will be October 7th.  We will be doing mission projects in our community (like World Changers projects.)  Sign-up ASAP to help.  This will count as mission hours.

DISCIPLENOW WEEKEND is November 17-19.  Cost: $45.  Sign up and pay no later than Sunday October 15. 

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 5:00 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 (Wake Rehab), Mary Mitchiner (Wake), Shelia Woodall (JMH)

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.

SYMPATHY
We express our Christian sympathy to Leona Parrish in the recent home going of her sister.

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:

If you are willing to commit to one of the above needs please call Anesha Johnson or Sybil Edwards for details.

THANK YOU
I would like to thank my church family for your prayers, cards, phone calls, visits, and food during the illness and passing of my mother, Beulah Gudac.  This church family is an excellent example of Christian love and I appreciate everyone’s kindness.  Mary Gudac Aker

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).

SANCTUARY CHOIR RETREAT
This weekend, Friday evening, September 29th and Saturday morning, September 30th members of the Sanctuary Choir are having extra rehearsals under the leadership of Dr. Dan Bara, Director of Choral Activities at ECU.  Dr. Bara will lead the choir in vocal development and preparation for worship leadership this fall season.

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 MEMBERS
We welcome into our Christian fellowship Brad and Erin Robertson who come to us from Friendly Avenue Baptist Church in Greensboro, NC.

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.

NEW DEACONS
The following were elected as new Deacons for the next four years:  Kay Carroll, Brad Felts, John Fox, Don Gainey, Anesha Johnson and Stan Watson.  Please be in prayer for them as they begin their service for our church.

FROM THE PULPIT

                     
OPPORTUNITIES OF THE WEEK

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