Flowers for Sanctuary
If you would like to provide flowers in the sanctuary for Sunday morning services, please contact Gwen Messer at 828-506-8370, or Janice in the church office to be placed on the calendar.
New Church Safety Team
The Deacons of our Church support the idea of establishing a safety team to address any emergencies that we may be faced with in the future. I have been in touch with our local Sheriff’s Department and they are willing to help establish and train a Safety Team for our church. The first step is to see who would be interested in being part of this team. There are many different needs to be filled to establish such a team. Thus many different skill sets will be needed. If you are interested in being part of the very first Safety Team established at Sylva First and are willing to participate in the required training please contact me at jddills1@gmail.com or by phone at 828-506-3815.
Thank you,
John Dills
Send Us Your Prayer List Updates
Add this email address to your contacts list on your devices so that our staff and Pastoral Care Team can learn of your prayer requests as quickly as possible. And yes, you may still contact the church office directly at 828-586-2095 to share your prayer concerns, as well.
Join Us for Worship!
Join us for worship on Sunday morning at 10:30 a.m. in the sanctuary! Also join us for Sunday School at 9:30 a.m. for all ages!
The CDC recommends that you wear a mask indoors.
Maximize protection from the Delta variant and prevent possibly spreading it to others.
Our worship service will be streamed online at firstbaptistsylva.com.
Two Summer Picnics
Two summer picnics have been scheduled. The first one will be Sunday, July 21 at East LaPorte Park from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. The next one will be Sunday, August 25 at Deep Creek Pavilion from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. Please plan to attend one or both of these events for fellowship and family fun!
Banana Pudding
Ingredients
3 boxes instant vanilla pudding
5 cups milk
8 ounces sour cream
9 ounce container Cool Whip
1/4 teaspoon vanilla
Dash of salt
1 box vanilla wafers
6 good bananas
Instructions
Add milk, one cup at a time to the pudding mix and beat well. Add sour cream and then add about 7 ounces of the Cool Whip, leaving the other 2 ounces to go on the top. Add flavoring and salt.
Layer the vanilla wafers on the bottom of a 9”x13” pan. Then add pudding and bananas in 2 layers. Cover with remaining Cool Whip and sprinkle with a few vanilla wafer crumbs.
– Provided by Othello Crawford
Banana Pudding
Click here to download a printable version.
-Provided by Othello Crawford
Recipes Appreciated!
Each week we include a recipe in the Church Chimes and we hope that you are enjoying reading and trying them. You can add your favorite recipes to the Chimes by sending them to Cheryl Beck at cabeck@ncsu.edu. This is an ongoing WMU project.
Thanks for participating!
Hurray for Our Nursery Workers of the Week!
There was a lot of activity in the nursery last Sunday!
Thank you to Heather and Jeremy Ellenburg for coordinating the
nursery along with several helpers including Abby Pittman, Layla Stillwell,
and Carrie Nelson. Thank you so much for your good work!
Next Sunday, Janelle Messer will serve in the nursery. Thanks, Janelle!
The new Nursery Workers List will be emailed soon.
Mission Moment to 6.19.24
Elket Rodríguez
CBF Field Personnel, U.S.–Mexico Border
If there is a biblical character whose story with which I identify, it is Simon Peter. Passionate, impulsive, impatient, brave and yet cowardly at the same time. Deeply human and yet profoundly spiritual. When he seems lost, he is found. Confused, but convinced. Simply, perfectly imperfect.
Peter was Jesus’ artwork for us to see and enjoy the effects of the planting and the sowing of the word and the power of the Holy Spirit. Peter’s shortcomings were always compensated for by the precious power of God’s grace. Like me, Peter knows that when all the anxiety and the noise dissipate, there is only one place to find satisfaction. We can either go to “the place” or “the place” can pursue us with steadfast love—like Peter experienced when Jesus appeared to him on a beach. When all is said and done, Peter and I remember that only Jesus has the words of eternal life.