Each 8’ spot is $20 and includes a table & 2 chairs. Call the church office to let us know how many tables you want. Tables need to be reserved and paid for by Wednesday, May 1st.
Enjoy a to-Go-Plate of smoked pork, beans, slaw, and a roll for $8. You can get tickets from FACTStudents or call the church office. Plates may be picked up from 11am - 3pm. All proceeds go to support sending kids to camp and other student trips.
Mark May 18, 2024 for the 4rd Annual Golf Tournament. Proceeds go for FACT Student Ministries and Toccoa Life. Cost is $65 per person. This includes golf cart, goodie bag, Chic-Fil-A lunch, on-course drinks, and on-course contests. Registration for golfers and sponsors is open now. Click here to register.
It’s time to register for our 6th annual Hope for the Nations Fun Run/Walk! This is a fundraising event to help support the Alliance Women’s National Project and the Stephens County Christian Learning Center (CLC). The CLC exists to teach public school students the truths of the Bible in relevant ways, to affect transformational change in their lives.
Grieving the death of a spouse? Or do you know someone who is? Find help at a Loss of a Spouse seminar Saturday, August 19, 2023 from 9:30-11:00 am at the Stephens County Senior Center. Register at ToccoaGriefShare.com.
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.
LIFE 2022: LIFE Conference is a gathering of the next generation Alliance family that will experience God and expand His Kingdom locally and globally. There are 48 people going to LIFE 2022 from FACT. Will you commit to pray for one of them from now until they come back? Sign up to pray for a student or leader on the bulletin board by the water fountain with your name and a number where the person can text you prayer requests and updates.
Alliance Women: Sat. 6/18 / 10am / Fellowship Hall. Alliance Women is for all the women of FACT. Come and belong with a time of fellowship, prayer, and encouragement. We belong because we have been invited in by Jesus.
Powertime Camp registration is now open for camp this summer, June 13-17 at Camp Bob Cooper in SC for any student who will complete grades 2-12 this school year. For full details and registration steps, visit FACToccoa.com/camp. There are also opportunities to serve as adults. If you are interested or have other questions, speak with Pastor Terry, Pastor Brian, or Darren or Joanne Dunavan.
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.
Monthly Men’s Breakfast: Saturday 5/14 / 8am / FLC. Come enjoy a tasty breakfast, get to know other men of all ages, and spend time in prayer and biblical fellowship in this mid-sized gathering.
Baby Bottle Boomerang for Toccoa Life Pregnancy Center is underway! 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). Or give online at Toccoalife.org. Return bottles on Father’s Day, June 19. Fill bottles with spare change and help save lives.
Toccoa Life is committed to providing resources to mothers, families, and their unborn children through pregnancy tests, ultrasounds, baby clothes, diapers, family/marriage/life skills counseling, and much more. Toccoa Life had over 500 appointments in 2019, and FACT is glad to partner with this local ministry.
Membership Essentials: Sat. 5/7 / 8:30-noon / Location: TBD. 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. Mark E on a Next Steps Card to let us know you are interested.
Envision Atlanta Saturday: 4/30 / 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.
All About Grace: Saturday, 4/30 / 9am-1pm / Toccoa First United Methodist Church Cheek Hall. The 15thannual inter-denominational community event for women returns this year with the theme Fear Less. Speakers include Ann Hemminger and Betty Major. This is a love offering event with no admission fee or registration. There will be door prizes and refreshments.
Stuff Sale: Saturday, 4/30 / 8am – noon / Front Parking Lot (weather permitting). Multi-family sale with all kinds of stuff. Pork Plates will be available that day from 11am-3pm. Pork plate proceeds go toward FACT Students summer trips. Tell your friends. Sell your stuff. Enjoy some food.
Each 8’ spot is $20 and includes a table & 2 chairs. Mark A on a Next Steps Card with how many tables you want.
Nominations & Budget for 2022-2023. The Report of the Nominating Committee for 2022-2023 is posted on the Office window 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 (or for the login password).
Good Friday Tenebrae Service: Fri. 4/15 / 7pm / Sanctuary. Be part of this year’s Good Friday service. This service of shadows is built around a series of Scripture readings and meditations, prayers, reflection, music, and communion. We will follow Jesus along the Via Dolorosa, the Way of Sorrow, as He journeys from Pilate’s Hall to His death on the cross while remembering symbolically the darkness and hopelessness felt by Jesus’ first followers at His death.
