Until the King Returns …

The missional heartbeat behind everything The Alliance does is this, All of Jesus for All the World.

Connect to Christ

Easter is just 1 week away. We invite you to spend this week Preparing for Easter using this list of scriptures for each day of Holy Week.

• Monday, April 14: Isaiah 42: 1-9, Psalm 36: 5-11, Hebrews 9:11-15, John 12: 1-11

• Tuesday, April 15: Isaiah 49: 1-7, Psalm 71: 1-14, 1 Corinthians 1:18-31, John 12:20-36

• Wednesday, April 16: Isaiah 50: 4-9a, Psalm 70, Hebrews 12: 1-3, John 13:21-32

• Thursday, April 17: Exodus 12:1-4 (5-10), 11-14, Psalm 116:1-2, 12-19, 1 Corinthians 11:23-26, John 13: 1-17, 31b-35

• Friday, April 18: Isaiah 52:13-53:12, Psalm 22, Hebrews 10:16-25, John 18:1-19:42

• Saturday, April 19: Job 14:1-14, Psalm 31: 1-4, 15-16, 1 Peter 4:1-8, Matthew 27: 57-66

Grow with Others

Discipling Communities are how we grow as disciple who love supremely, selflessly, and sacrificially. Visit FACToccoa.com/adult to discover the options to Connect, Grow, and Engage together.

Engage the World

We’ve got lots of churches across our Alliance family preparing to send their youth to LIFE. Would you pray …

• that God would stir in the hearts of students who are still deciding whether or not they’d like to attend LIFE. Pray that the Holy Spirit would prompt them to take that next step forward!

• for the students who are currently signed up and registered. Pray that God would do a stirring work, even now! Pray that God would stir a hunger to encounter His presence.

• for our youth pastors and leaders who are currently recruiting, organizing, fundraising and planning. Youth ministry comes with many challenges already . . . pray that God would ease the burden of preparing for LIFE on behalf of our youth pastors and leaders.

FACT Giving

March 2025
Monthly Needed Income for General Fund = $36,514
Monthly Received for General Fund = $51,540 (41% over budget)

Monthly Needed Income for GCF = $8,432
Monthly Received for GCF = $13,395 (59% over budget)

April 6, 2025
Received for General Fund = $16,589
Received for the GCF = $4,273

FACTFAMILY NEWS

Join us for a time of reflection and communion at the Good Friday Service, Friday, April 18 at 7:00 pm in the Sanctuary.

Preparing for Easter
We invite you to spend the next couple of weeks Preparing for Easter. For generations, Christians have spent the weeks leading up to Easter remembering the life of Christ and renewing their connection with our Lord. It’s an opportunity to reflect on the weight of sin, death, and darkness in the world, while also bringing out the beautiful hope found in the Gospel of Christ. Click HERE for resources to help you prepare, including scripture passages to read each week leading up to Easter and then scripture passages for each day of Holy Week. However you choose to prepare for Easter, we pray it would be a time of reflection and repentance that leads to renewal and rest in Christ. 

There will be a memorial service for Bob Weaver on Saturday, April 25 from 7:00 - 8:00 pm in the Fellowship Hall.

This year’s Alliance Women’s ladies retreat, With Wings Like Eagles, will be held April 25-27. The keynote speakers will be mother/daughter duo, Jewel Evans and Amber Maxwell. If you have questions about ladies retreat, please contact Sharon Crosby.

Friends, April 25 at noon in the Fellowship Hall. Food and fellowship for all ladies of the church.

AWANA Grand Prix Workday is coming up, April 25 from 4:00 pm to 9:30 pm in the Family Life Center. Sign up today!

Items to bring

• Your car kit to work on

• Family to help you

• Additional items you would like on your car

Note: Various supplies to work on your card will be available. 

This year's Stuff Sale will be here before we know it. Mark your calendars now and start finding all your treasures to sell. The sale will be in the Family Life Center on Saturday, May 3 from 8:00 am to 12:00 pm. $20 per 8’ spot (which will go to sending kids to Powertime Camp). To reserve a spot, please call the church office. 

We will be having our annual Pork Plate Pick Up on Saturday, May 3 from 11 am - 3 pm. Cost per plate is $10. This year we will not be selling tickets. Run by the Family Life Center on that day to pick up your plate(s) and enjoy! Proceeds will be used to support our kids going to Powertime Camp. 

AWANA store night is happening May 14th. 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.

There will be a Congregational Meeting, Sunday, May 18 after the morning service to approve the budget and elect officers for 2025-26. All members should plan to attend.

In preparation for this meeting the slate of nominees selected by the Nominating Committee will be posted April 17th electronically in FACT WEEKLY, found on our website at www.factoccoa.com or the mobile App, and posted on the church office window.

From April 17th until May 8th, any FACT church member may submit to the Nominating Committee other names that he/she would like to see placed in nomination for any of the positions to be filled, provided that the potential nominee is qualified, and that this person has given their permission to be nominated. This can be done by submitting information for the potential nominee to Pastor Luke in writing or via email.

If the committee finds the person qualified for the position, that person’s name may be added to the ballot. If for any reason that individual is found to be unqualified, the reason shall be given to the person that submitted the individual’s name.

In addition, the 2025-2026 Annual Church Budget will be posted no later than May 1st electronically in FACT WEEKLY, found on our website at www.factoccoa.com or the mobile App, and posted on the church office window.

We are pleased to announce to you that Registration for Powertime Camp 2025 is open!! For those of you who may not yet be familiar with this ministry, it is an official summer camp of The Alliance South District's Disciplemaking Ministries.  Hundreds of our churches' children and teens have made life-changing decisions for Christ at Powertime!

This year's camp will once again be held at Camp Bob Cooper in Summerton, SC. It will run from Monday afternoon, June 9th through Friday morning, June 13th. You can register HERE. Please note -- initial deposits and registrations are due by May 9th.  (The total cost is $400.)

Please check out this year's promo video here.

Monthly Prayer Focus

Disconnected People

During this Easter season, let’s pray for people who are not connected with a local church. For families who are newer in Toccoa/Stephens County but have not yet committed to a local church. For Christians disenfranchised by a bad church experience to come and gain a fresh perspective on Christ and His Church. For family members and friends who don’t think being a regular part of a church matters. For those who call themselves Christian and rarely, if ever, participate in corporate worship or church life. May they surrender fully to Christ and connect wholeheartedly with a church family. Pray for us to be a church where the centrality of Jesus is evident and all who come find hope, purpose, and community in the risen Savior.

All of Jesus for All the World
Alliance Ministries

Alliance World Fellowship

Australia
Please pray for the successful establishment of new church plants in 2025 and for God to raise up new international workers for the harvest field.

New Zealand
Praise God for the arrival of a new pastor to lead the English congregation of New Zealand’s largest Chinese Alliance church. Please pray for pastoral needs across C&MA churches in New Zealand. There is a need for a Cantonese pastor, a Mandarin pastor, and a children’s ministry worker.

Mongolia
Pray for opportunities and financial provision for the C&MA Mongolia Mission Team’s upcoming trip to inner Mongolia. Also, intercede for wisdom and strength for the president’s office staff as they prepare policy documents to guide the C&MA Mongolia’s future activities.

Highlights

Office Hours
Tuesday - Friday
10am - 5pm

Sunday 4/13

Discipleship 316
9:00 am, FLC

Coffee & Connection
10:00 am, FH

Worship Service
Palm Sunday
Kingdom Kids
Nursery & Toddlers
10:30 am
Sanctuary & livestream

Sunday Evening Gathering
6:00 pm, FH

Wednesday 4/16

Women’s Prayer
10:00 am, Prayer Room

Prayer for Revival
12:00 pm, Sanctuary

AWANA
6:30 pm, FH

Prayer Meeting
6:30 pm, FLC Room 212

Youth Group
6:30 pm, FLC

FRIday 4/18

Grief Share
10:30 am, Library

Good Friday Service
7:00 pm, Sanctuary

SATURday 4/19

Men’s Prayer Meeting
8:00 am, Library

Sunday 4/20

Coffee & Connection
10:00 am, FH

Worship Service
Easter Sunday
Kingdom Kids
Nursery & Toddlers
10:30 am
Sanctuary & livestream

LOOKING AHEAD

4/21, Elder’s Meeting
4/22, Admin Board Meeting
4/25, AW Ladies Retreat
4/25, Friends
4/25, Memorial for Bob Weaver
4/25, AWANA Grand Prix Workday
5/3, Stuff Sale & Pork Plate Pickup
5/18, Congregational Meeting


FH = Fellowship Hall