Save the date and come play softball in our church softball game, July 23. We will start with a pot luck dinner followed by the softball game. There are sign up sheets in the hallway by the water cooler. You will need to sign up if you want to play and if you are bringing food for the pot luck dinner. Sign up soon and come join the summer fun.

Ready to take a next step and become a full member of First Alliance? Ready to be “all in” in life and ministry as we connect, grow, and engage together for Spirit-led multiplication? Then, plan to be part of Membership Essentials. We’ll get to know one another better as we talk about what being a full member means for you and for the FACT family. Breakfast and childcare provided.

Come join us for a Night of Worship on Thursay, April 27. The church will be providing a meal at 5:30 pm in the Fellowship Hall followed by a time of worship at 7:00 pm in the Sanctuary. Everyone is invited. 

Our annual AWANA Grand Prix will be held on Saturday, April 22 at 5:30 pm in the Fellowship Hall.

New to First Alliance? Come have lunch as a family with the pastoral team so we can get to know one another better. Discover a little more about who we are as we connect, grow, and engage together. 

Come celebrate the Lord Jesus Christ at this year's Good Friday Service. The service beings at 7 pm with communion.   

FACT Family Christmas Potluck Dinner: Sunday, 12/18 / 6pm / FLC. The FACT Family Christmas Dinner returns this year. Be part of an evening of great food, fellowship, and music. Please bring, based on your last name: 

A-H Main Dish & Dessert; I-P Main Dish & Salad; Q-Z Main Dish & Side. 

Friends Christmas: Fri. 12/16 / 12-4pm / Fellowship Hall. All ladies of all ages are welcome and invited to be part of a Christmas gathering. Bring a dessert or snack to share and a wrapped present to exchange. Join with Friends for food, fellowship, and fun.

Awana Store Night:  Wed. 12/14 / 6:30pm / FLC. You’re invited to donate small & big items like puzzles, games, balls, books, crayons, toys, etc. or even a bike to bless and encourage hard-working Clubbers. Items that clubbers could give to parents as Christmas gifts are also appreciated. Bring items by 12/12 to the Awana Office on Wednesdays in the FLC or the main office during the week. Thanks for your partnership!

Caroling , Games, & Cookies: 

Sunday, 12/11 / 5pm / Fellowship Hall.  Everyone, bring a favorite Christmas treat to share. Caroling teams will head out starting at 5:30pm to various places in Toccoa and then return to enjoy games and cookies.

A Celebration of Christmas: Sunday, 12/4 / TFC Grace Chapel. It’s a Christmas concert for all ages featuring the Toccoa Symphony Orchestra, the Toccoa Community Choir, and the Currahee Artist’s Guild. Art Sale is from 2-4pm, and the concert begins at 4pm. The concert is a ticketed event, with tickets available in advance at toccoasymphony.org or the Toccoa Welcome Center or at the door the day of the event.

ChristmasFest Live Nativity: Fri. 12/2 / 6-9pm / Downtown Toccoa. The FACT Family is doing the Live Nativity as part of Toccoa’s ChristmasFest. If you would like to be involved with this, please let Pastor Brian know by Sunday, 11/28.

Christmas at Toccoa Falls: Thur. 12/1 / 7pm / Grace Alford Performing Arts Center. Enjoy the sounds of the season with the Toccoa Falls College Choir, TFC Singing Men, English Handbell Choir, and Toccoa Falls Wind Ensemble. Free admission with a reception to follow featuring the Toccoa Falls Jazz Ensemble.

#GivingTuesday: Tues. 11/29 / all day / everywhere. You can give the precious gift of Gospel access to the world’s remaining unreached and overlooked this Christmas through the Alliance. If you give to the Alliance Year-End offering (via Alliance website or Facebook) on #GivingTuesday, your special gift will be doubled by generous Alliance donors up to $70,000. Be part of For All the World this #GivingTuesday as you #GiveBeyondYourself.

Envision Atlanta Saturday: 5/28 / 10am – 5:30pm / Clarkston. Go serve regionally at the Nomadic Thrift Store in Parc 1000 and other areas. Opportunities include interacting with refugees, playing with children, and helping with the thrift store. If you would like to be part, please speak with Amy Clements or mark C on a Next Steps Card.

Great Commission Day Offering 2022: When you give to the Great Commission Day Offering, you send and sustain gospel presence among the world’s least-reached people. And when you give online on May 24, you can double your gift and impact, up to $200,000! Give a special gift above & beyond your normal giving for the Great Commission Day offering. You can give through FACT (mark your gift GC Day Offering by 5/25), online at cmalliance.org/give, or by calling 866-443-8262. Let’s be present as we help to further Gospel presence.

Membership Meeting & Prayer: 5/22 / 6pm / Sanctuary. FACT members, plan to be part of the annual membership meeting for elections and budget adoption for the 2022-2023 ministry year that begins 1 August. This is one of the responsibilities and privileges of being “all in” as full members. We will also have a time of prayer together focused globally, regionally, and locally.

Nominations & Budget for 2022-2023. The Report of the Nominating Committee for 2022-2023 is posted [where?] and online in the Login section. The Proposed Budget for 2022-2023 is also posted and recommended for adoption by the Administrative Board. FACT Members, please review and be ready to vote on 5/22 @ 6pm in the Sanctuary. Additional nominations for any position can be submitted by a member (with the suggested nominee’s permission) to the Nominating Committee via Pastor Brian by 5/15. If you would like print copies, please contact the Church Office.