1st Explorers sure are hungry when they get off the bus or church van! After all, they are growing children and they have expended a lot of energy at school. With your help we can provide them with a healthy snack each day.
Favorite snacks that Assistant Director Kayla Hartman says they enjoy are apples, pretzels, peanut butter, and chips. If you would like to contribute snacks for 30 people, put them on the cart inside the back door at church.
Siler Messer, six years old, volunteered for 12 hours over the weekend at a busy donation distribution site in Haywood County. He helped unload trailers, load vehicles with supplies, greet visitors, organize donations, and more. He looks forward to helping again.
Ingredients
1 package yeast dissolved
in 2 tablespoons lukewarm water
Sift together:
5 1/2 cups plain flour
2 teaspoons salt
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
3 tablespoons sugar
Instructions
Mix dry ingredients with 1 cup shortening. Heat 2 cups buttermilk to lukewarm and mix with yeast, then add to dry ingredients.
This mixture will keep in the refrigerator up to 7 days. Take out what you need and roll out on floured surface, cut, and bake at 425 degrees about 10 minutes.
– Provided by Othello Crawford
Angel Biscuits
Click here to download a printable version.
-Provided by Othello Crawford
Each household is eligible to request four tests at COVIDTests.gov that will be shipped directly to your home address (or PO Box). Public health officials have confirmed that these tests are capable of detecting the latest coronavirus variants circulating and causing infections. (Excerpted from AARP newsletter)
Check out the art exhibit on second floor outside the children’s Sunday school room. The theme is “God’s Wonderful World.”
If your child hasn’t completed a picture for the display, it isn’t too late! They can finish it up and give it to Cheryl Beck to be added to the display.
Saturday, November 2 at 8:00 a.m.
Please join us on Friday, November 1 at 10:00 a.m. to set up for the Men’s Breakfast. Then please join us for the Men’s Breakfast on Saturday morning, November 2, at 8:00. All ages are welcome!
TONIGHT, Wednesday, October 9
Join us for our Wednesday evening Bible study this Wednesday, October 9 at 6:00 p.m. in the MFC. There will be no meal. Join us!
Sarah Ogletree Ritter, former youth intern at FBC Sylva who now works for Creation Care Alliance of WNC, has been in contact with Gaye Buchanan, WMU director. Sarah lives and works in Mitchell County, which is one of the hardest hit counties in WNC from Helene. She is in need of gently used shirts, hats, gloves, baby & children items, towels, wash cloths, hygiene items, canned foods and gift cards. Please bring your donations to the Loving Kindness Room and WMU members will deliver them to her parents. Thank you!
If you would like to help directly with hurricane relief in the Asheville area...
To volunteer for food, water, and supply distribution, you can go to BelovedAsheville, located at 32 Old Charlotte Highway, in Asheville. The website is www.belovedasheville.com/donate.
Hands on Jackson will be on Thursday, October 17 (Please note the rescheduled date from the 10th). We had very good participation last year and are hoping to do as well—or even better—this year! Please contact Team Leader Harold Messer at 828-506-2344 and leave a message if you are willing to volunteer your time to do some landscaping or general clean-up for neighbors in our community. You may also call the church office at 828-586-2095, and Janice can take your information. Thank you!
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!