Children in grades 1-5 and their families at Sylva FBC are engaging in a 40-day Lenten journey to be more like Jesus everyday. Families have received a RUN AND TELL! kit with family devotionals, a 40-day scratch off calendar of activities, flower seeds, and stickers. There is even a recipe for Resurrection Rolls which Lucie Moore and her mom made on Sunday afternoon.
If you haven’t received your RUN AND TELL kit yet, let Cheryl Beck know and she will get it to you. Run and Tell!
Click HERE to view the spring youth newsletter!
CARE Team members enjoyed visiting Mrs. Willetta Vance and Michael Vance on April 8. They took cards they had made and flowers. It was fun to talk with the Vances.
The CARE Team will meet every Wednesday for the rest of March from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. and make visits to shut-ins.
Thanks, CARE Team, for your sweet spirits!
TONIGHT, March 22 at 6:00 PM
in the Gathering Place Room
Join us for a season of discovery as we learn how our personal narrative has shaped and influenced our lives. With the help of the enneagram and the book, The Story of You: An Enneagram Journey to Becoming Your True Self by Ian Cron, we will learn the joy of knowing that God helps us write a new and healthier story to live by. This multi-week experience will serve as both an introduction and enrichment to the enneagram as a tool for better understanding ourselves in relationship to the world around us. Please RSVP by Monday, March 6 at noon for childcare in advance by contacting our church office: 828-586-2095, fbcsylva@gmail.com.
Join us for a service of remembrance on Thursday, April 6 at 6:00 PM in our church sanctuary. We will retell the story of Jesus’s last supper with his disciples, and we will prepare ourselves for the shadow of Jesus’s final journey to Calvary and his death on the cross.
Tonya Lloyd and her Kitchen Crew hit it out of park this Sunday as we hosted members of the Smoky Mountain High School Baseball Teams and their families. The Mission and Fellowship Center looked great, the chili flowed freely, and the hospitality was top-notch! Thank you for all your hard work to make our church a sanctuary of welcome to newcomers! Thanks to everyone that helped make the baseball lunch a wonderful success!!
On-Site Coordinator Melanie Stokely reports that the theme for last week was “Senses.” On Monday, “Hearing” was the focus in Chapel as the children heard the story of Samuel being called by God. Afterwards they made egg shakers with rice and beans and made joyful noises!
On Tuesday, “Seeing” was highlighted. Emily Taylor came for science and the children enjoyed a “refraction” experiment with straw and liquids. Each 1st Explorer took home a pair of UV protective sunglasses.
On Thursday, the topic was “Taste.” During Chapel, Mrs. Jessica from FUMC shared the story of “Taste and See” and the children shared a meal of bread and grapes. Afterwards, they enjoyed a “taste test” of sour, salty, bitter, and spicy. It was lots of fun!
Friday saw the arrival of the first pen pal letters of the year, and the children were so excited! They will be writing back soon.
Gym time, RAs and GAs rounded out the week.
Small, individually wrapped candies are needed to fill the eggs for the annual Church Easter Egg Hunt on April 9. Please bring your contributions to the Easter Bunny's Box in the Loving Kindness Room before Easter Sunday.
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!
If you like to read, enjoy reading to children, and could spare 30 minutes to an hour once a week or every other week or even monthly, please contact Cheryl Beck or Melanie Stokely to let us know of your interest. A new reading with kids program is in the works for After School. Your help is appreciated!
