FACTWeekly Update

Week of Sunday, May 5, 2024

WELCOME! Our heartbeat is to Connect to Christ, Grow with Others, and Engage the World together for Spirit-led multiplication. We gather to be disciples totally committed to Christ, becoming like Him in supreme love for God, selfless love for others, and sacrificial love for the world as we go locally, regionally, and globally. We hope you participate today with an expectation to encounter the Lord and a desire to celebrate the wonder of Jesus.
It’s all about Him!

New (or New Again)?

We’re glad you are here. For information about Next Steps or Prayer, scroll to the bottom. Would you please take a moment and complete the Next Steps Card (button below) so we can start to get to know you? For information about FACTkids ministries (including Sunday morning Kingdom Kids), FACTyouth, or general FAQs about First Alliance Church, click here.

News & Information

In addition to the next steps given that are part of each opportunity, you can also stop by the Welcome Center or contact the FACT Office.

#connect to christ

Praying is our primary work as a Christian. Prayer is a powerful and effective way for us to connect with God. Echo Prayer is a free app that helps you keep track of your prayers, reminds you to pray throughout the day, and lets you share prayer requests with others. Download the app at new.echoprayer.com.

#Grow with others

Receive Prayer Requests to be part of praying effectively and purposefully for the people of FACT, Toccoa/Stephens County, and the world via email or text. You can receive them throughout the day, as a digest, or via text. Let us know online at FACToccoa.com/prayer/.

#Engage the World

Pray for someone going to the Dominican Republic - Will you commit to pray for one of them from now until they come back?

#FACT Giving

April 2024

Monthly Needed Income for General Fund = $36,514
Monthly Received for General Fund = $29,746 (18% under budget)

Monthly Needed Income for GCF = $8,432
Monthly Received for GCF = $9,979 (6% over budget)

#FACTFAMILY NEWS

Representatives from the Recovery Program in Toccoa will be with us in the Sunday Evening Gathering at 6:00 pm this weekend, May 5.  They will be bringing us up to date on how this ministry is impacting our community. 

CLC Year End Celebration, May 5, 5:00 pm, Ebenezer Baptist Church
The Stephens County CLC has invited us to their year end celebration. Join them as the celebrate all God has done at CLC this year. We want you to see firsthand the lives that have been impacted. Students will lead this celebration and share in both testimony and song about what God has done in their lives.

AWANA store night is happening May 8th. Children from pre-K through 6th grade will be shopping with their hard-earned shares, from memorizing verses and completing workbook sections.  Age appropriate donations would be appreciated. Please drop items in the AWANA box placed in the front office area at the children's entrance. 

Men’s Breakfast, Saturday, May 11, 8:00 am, FLC

AWANA Grand Prix, Saturday, May 11, 5:30 pm - Weigh In and Car Inspection, 6:00 pm - Meal, 6:30 pm - Welcome, 6:45 pm - Time to Race

Baby Bottle Boomerang for Toccoa Life Pregnancy Center will be underway May 12! Be part of supporting this vital local ministry that champions life and helps families succeed. Take home an individually wrapped baby bottle. Fill it with loose change and dollars (or a check written to TOCCOA LIFE, not FACT). Or give online at Toccoalife.org. Return bottles on Father’s Day, June 18th. Fill bottles with spare change and help save lives. 

Chic-Fil-A Youth Fund Raiser, Monday, May 13 from 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm. During the event, a portion of the proceeds will benefit our youth when you order through the Chick-fil-A One App and toggle the "Support Community Care Event". See the instructions below:

In the app,

• Select Toccoa (GA)

• Select Carry-out

• Select Chick-fil-A-One Card

• Toggle 'Support Community Care Event' to blue

Annual Golf Tournament
Our 4th annual Student Ministry Golf Tournament will be held May 18, 2024 at the Links @ Lake Toccoa. This 2-person “Bubba” scramble is a new and fun format for our Scramble tournament. Proceeds will go toward service projects, summer camps, retreats, events, and domestic / international mission trips as well as a portion to Toccoa Life. Click HERE for more information and to register.   

We will be having a Membership Meeting, Sunday, May 19 after the morning worship service. If you are a member, we need you to attend. We will be electing officers and approving the budget at this meeting.

Summer Camps
Camps are for children ages 4-12. All sessions run from Monday to Friday from 9:00 am - 1:00 pm. Below is the schedule. More information about how you can help will be coming out soon.

Volleyball Camp … June 3-7
Basketball Camp … June 17-21
Soccer Camp … June 24-28

We need helpers to run these summer camps. If you can help, please sign  up on the bulletin board by the Prayer Room, or talk with Pastor Terry. 

Powertime Camp will be here before we know it. We wanted to make sure you have your calendars marked for June 10-15, 2024. These are the dates for this summer's Powertime Camp, and we want your students to be there! More information can be found HERE. 

New Discipling Communities coming this Fall! If you are interesting in facilitating a group starting after the Summer please reach out to Pastor Luke. The Discipling Community can be focused on the study of scripture, prayer, fellowship, or anything else that involves living out the deeper Christian Life together!

We are also now looking for Discipling Community Hosts! There are those who would like to lead a group, but do not have the space to host. If you're interested and able to host a discipling community in any capacity, please reach out to Pastor Luke!

IW of the Month

Brian and Abby Lindsay

• Please pray for Brian and Abby as they lead the kid’s program for our church district’s family camp.

• Please pray for strength as we pack up our entire household during the month of May and move it into the mission storage room. With temperatures reaching 112° regularly, it makes packing all the more exhausting

• Pray for us as we will transition our ministries into the hands of others for the year that we will be on home assignment.

Monthly Prayer Focus

PRAY FOR Partner Ministries

• Child Evangelism Fellowship – Good News Clubs – Pray for more kids to be involved and for the Good News of Jesus to be accepted by them. Pray for more volunteers at each site and for the ability to have more locations open through more volunteers.

• Christian Learning Center – Pray for the current students taking classes. For the followers of Jesus, they would grow deeper in their walk. For those not yet following Jesus, they would come to know Him as their Savior and Lord. Pray for the finances of their new location.

• Jail Ministry – Pray those in the jail would come to know Jesus as their Savior and Lord and they would continue to walk with Him when they are released. Pray for those presenting Jesus through weekly Bible studies.

• Open Arms Clinic – Pray for an increase in patients. Pray for wisdom for the staff. Pray for opportunities to love the patients with the love of Jesus.

• Toccoa Life – Pray for those seeking assistance, for the mother, the father, and the baby. Pray for strength to walk through the curriculums available to them. Pray for wisdom for the staff and volunteers. Pray for the finances of their new location.

• Envision Atlanta – Pray for the staff as they settle into their new roles. Pray for the summer interns coming in to help with the ministry of EA. Pray for the groups coming in each week over the summer. Pray for those EA is reaching, that they would come to know Jesus as their Savior and Lord.

All of Jesus for All the World
Alliance Ministries

Haiti

In recent months, Haiti has been in a catastrophic crisis. Pray that those who are causing destruction and murder will come to know Jesus. Pray also that the people of Haiti will experience God’s peace during the crisis and have the food, water, and fuel that they need.

Germany

Recently, an Alliance IW was hospitalized with an infection. Pray for a full recovery without complications.

URGENT PRAYER REQUEST

As tornadoes ravaged parts of Omaha and surrounding communities last weekend, numerous lives were changed in a matter of minutes. Amid the destruction were opportunities for the church to show up, and that’s exactly what Alliance people have done. Our Alliance leaders and congregations, along with many others, are doing an incredible job of being the hands and feet of Jesus. Alliance people have been sorting through and cleaning up debris, cooking meals, donating supplies, and offering comfort to those who have suffered devastating loss. From the start of this disaster, believers from our churches have been on the ground demonstrating God’s love and compassion to the hurting. Pray that through the church, the Lord will continue to draw hearts to Himself in the wake of this horrific event.

Do you have questions about First Alliance Church Toccoa? Take some time to explore FACToccoa.com or call or contact the church office.

If you are ready to take a next step to Connect, Grow, & Engage together as a part of First Alliance, let us know via a Next Steps Card, visit the Welcome Center if on campus, or call or contact the church office.

Are things going on in your life? Is God challenging you and you would like to talk to someone? Following the service, some of our elders and their wives are available for prayer in the Prayer Room (off the lobby near the restrooms). You can also Request Prayer if joining online.

You can submit Prayer Requests via a Next Steps Card, by contacting the church office, online at FACToccoa.com/prayer, through the FACT App, or by calling the church office. When you need prayer, we’re here for you.

Giving is one of the ways we respond to God in worship. We are able to gather & go locally, regionally, and globally through the consistent, generous tithes and offerings given. Here’s how you can give:

• Check/Cash in a Giving Box or mailed in

• Online via FACT app or this website.

• Text Give to 706-567-7379

Online options are safe, secure, and can be used to set up automated giving.

There’s an easy way for you to subscribe (or unsubscribe) to the various FACT e-newsletters. Visit FACToccoa.com/newsletters to subscribe to FACT news (weekly FACTs You Can Use and occasional other updates), prayer requests, men’s opportunities, women’s opportunities, FACTyouth Parents Update, or Married People Monthly.