A 1st Explorer’s Love Story

Emily Alexander and Aaron Wilhoit met while working in the 1st Explorers After School Ministry at Sylva FBC in 2018 and 2019.  They fell in love, graduated from WCU in December 2019, and married in December 2022.  

The next chapter in their love story is the birth of a baby boy, Elliot, in July.  They live in Powder Springs, Georgia.  Emily's mother is Dana Ayers, a member of Sylva FBC.

If you would like to remember Emily and Aaron and their time with 1st Explorers by selecting a baby gift from their registry, go to: www.babylist.com/list/baby-reg-emily-wilhoit.

Sunday School and Childcare is Available!

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

fbcsylvapray@gmail.com 

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.