Old-Fashioned Fudge cake

Cake

Ingredients

In a large bowl combine: 
2 cups sugar
2 cups plain flour
Set this aside.

In a medium pot, combine:  
1 1/2 sticks butter
1 cup of water
1 cup cooking oil
4 tablespoons of cocoa

Instructions
Bring this to a boil for 1 minute, stirring so it will not stick.  Pour this over the sugar/flour mixture and beat well.  Add 1 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon baking soda, 1 teaspoon baking powder, and 1 teaspoon vanilla flavoring, 1/2 cup buttermilk, and 2 eggs.  Beat well and pour into a 13”x9” pan.  Bake for 40 minutes.  

Frosting

Ingredients & Instructions
Combine 1 stick butter, 4 tablespoons of cocoa, 4 tablespoons of milk, and 1 teaspoon of vanilla flavoring.  Bring this to a boil, remove from heat and add 1 box of powdered sugar.  Beat well and pour over the cake while it is hot.  Enjoy!

–Provided by Judy Wilkey

Old-Fashioned Fudge Cake

Click here to download a printable version.

Provided by Mary Anne Roos

Flowers for Sanctuary

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Hurray for Our Nursery Workers of the Week!

Thank you to Cheryl and Andrew Beck for working in the nursery on Mother’s Day. 
It was fun!

Judy Henderson will be in the nursery on May 21. 
Thank you, Judy for your willingness and excitement about serving.

There is still room on the schedule to serve “the least of these”
on Sunday mornings.  It is a blessing to see their smiles and enthusiasm as you spend
time with our infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. 
Please contact Cheryl Beck (cabeck@ncsu.edu) if you would like to help.

Thank You, Carpet Cleaners!

We are so very grateful to Harold Messer and his crew of carpet cleaners for their handwork in our Mission and Fellowship Center. 

Sunday School and Childcare is Available!

Heck-Jones Mission Offering

The GA’s handed out envelopes and information on the Heck-Jones Mission Offering. If you have not returned your donation, please do it as soon as possible by placing the envelope in the offering plate on Sunday or leaving it in the office with Janice. The WMU office in Greensboro uses these donations to be self supportive of Cooperative Baptist Woman’s Missionary Union. The staff uses these funds to help with education for the churches in NC. They do a wonderful job!

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High School Graduates

If you are graduating from High School this year, we would like to honor you in an upcoming service. We need some information for that day. We would like to know:

1. Your graduation date

2. Any honors you received or will receive

3. Any additional information such as college credits already earned, scholarships, etc.

4. Plans after graduation - work, college, travel...for all these please include where if you already know.

5. A picture, preferably your senior photo or one in your cap and gown.

Please send this information by May 25. You should submit the information to fbcsylvayouth@gmail.com or fbcsylva@gmail.com.

VBS: Save the Date!

Vacation Bible School will be here before you know it!  The date for our community VBS is June 12-16.  First Baptist is in charge of the set-up and take-down each day, the daily Bible story, and youth activities.  Be thinking about how you can help with this very important summer event!