Connect to Christ

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Grow with Others

Intentional Hospitality is simply the act of inviting people on purpose to share food, conversation, and relationship to get to know one another better around a table. It can be to your home, a park, or a restaurant or coffee shop (Dutch treat). It doesn’t need to be fancy, just intentional. While not every time may involve a direct gospel conversation, every time is about expressing the love of Christ in relationship. Intentional Hospitality involves both people we know well and those we don’t, both brothers & sisters in Christ (#growwithothers) and those who don’t follow Jesus yet like neighbors, co-workers, etc. (#engagetheworld). We see hospitality as a core action and heart attitude of biblical, loving, Spirit-filled disciples in the pages of the New Testament. How can you be intentional in doing this?

Engage the World

Join Us: Prayer for Council 2025
President John Stumbo and members of the Board of Directors invite you to join us for a special online prayer gathering on Thursday, May 15, at 12:00 p.m. (ET). We will be streaming live on Facebook and Vimeo. These are easy access to those links!

FACT Giving

April 2025
Monthly Needed Income for General Fund = $36,514
Monthly Received for General Fund = $39,472 (8% over budget)

Monthly Needed Income for GCF = $8,432
Monthly Received for GCF = $10,249 (22% over budget)

May 18, 2025
Received for General Fund = $13,720
Received for the GCF = $5,020

FACTFAMILY NEWS

This year's annual Council is May 26–30, 2025, in Columbus, Ohio. Council is a time of fellowship, corporate worship, and drawing close to the heart of God. This year your attendance is critical as we continue Council business, including electing the 13th president of The Christian and Missionary Alliance (Click HERE to view the nominees for CMA President). 

All Men are invited to Breakfast at Paradise Mountain Ministries, Saturday, June 7, 2025 at 8:00 a.m. Following breakfast, those who can stay and help with a deck deconstruction project would be welcome to do so and we would greatly appreciate the help.
Please RSVP: Sanna Gailer, (706)491-6798 or susanna@paradisemtn.org   

We will be having a baby shower for Evan & Michaela Eshbaugh on Sunday, June 8 from 2:00 - 5:00 in the Multi-Purpose Room of the Family Life Center. Michaela is having a girl and is registered HERE. 

Everyone working with kids under the age of 18 must complete Risk Management Training each year. Your Risk Management Training must be completed before you begin your ministry. If you work with kids in the nursery, Kingdom Kids, AWANA, youth group, security, or the upcoming soccer camp, you will need to complete risk management training. Now is the perfect time to complete your Risk Management Training for the fall. Those that complete it now will be qualified to serve in summer ministries but also be ready to serve for all of the next church year starting in July. Just go to https://factoccoa.com/risk to begin!

Powertime Camp is coming soon, June 9-13. The theme this year is Unashamed, Romans 1:16-17.  At this point in time, we have raised $2,800 for Powertime Camp. This will cover about $100 per student. 

Baby Bottle Boomerang for Toccoa Life Pregnancy Center will be underway on May 11! 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 15th. Fill bottles with spare change and help save lives! 

2025 Soccer Camp - This exciting camp will include fun music, teach valuable soccer skills, and life changing Bible lessons to help kids learn to reach their full potential.

·         Dates: June 16th - 20th

·         Time: Mornings, 8:30 - 11:45 am

·         Ages: 6 to 11 years old

·         Cost: $35 (includes t-shirt)

·         Location: First Alliance Church Toccoa

Register now at factoccoa.com/camps  (We are limited to about 40 kids - please don't wait to register!)

LIFE Conference will soon be here, July 4-8, 2025. Pray for our kids as they prepare to go to this Life changing conference. 

Monthly Prayer Focus

Alliance Council

Pray as the Christian & Missionary Alliance family gathers May 26-30 for Alliance Council in Columbus, Ohio.

• Pray for the preparations underway by the team, venue staff, speakers, musicians, and others for this Council.

• Pray for delegates to have the mind and heart of Christ as conversations and votes take place regarding Alliance polity and proposed revisions and updates to the Statement of Faith.

• Pray for the Lord’s will as a president is elected to serve our Alliance family for the next four years.

• Pray that Council would be a time of refreshing and renewal for the Alliance family, a time to meet the Lord in sacred moments whether participating in-person or online, and a time of encouragement through fellowship, worship, the Word of God, and stories of how God is at work as we remember all of Jesus for all the world takes all of us.

All of Jesus for All the World
Alliance Ministries

Creative-Access Locations

• Pray for a national couple that had to evacuate because their town was under constant rocket attack.

• Intercede for the safety of a U.S. Alliance worker couple and that of the civilians in the cities of their host country as attacks on apartments and civilian life have increased in intensity.

 Bosnia

• Pray for organization and preparation of a festival for teens and young adults (ages 5-25) in mid-June.

• Intercede for an intern, Liva, as she gets final visa paperwork in order, packs, and prepares to arrive in Bosnia June 4.

Highlights

Office Hours
Tuesday - Friday
10am - 5pm

Sunday 5/25

Coffee & Connection
10:00 am, FH

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

Sunday Night Gathering
6:00 pm, FH

Wednesday 5/28

Women’s Prayer
10:00 am, Prayer Room

Prayer for Revival
12:00 pm, Sanctuary

AWANA Leadership Appreciation Night
6:30 pm, FH

Prayer Meeting
6:30 pm, FLC Room 212

SATURday 5/31

Men’s Prayer Meeting
8:00 am, Library

Sunday 6/1

Coffee & Connection
10:00 am, FH

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

Sunday Night Gathering
6:00 pm, FH

LOOKING AHEAD

6/3, Admin Board Meeting
6/8, Eshbaugh Baby Shower
6/9-6/14, Powertime Camp
6/15, Return Baby Bottles
6/16-6/20, Soccer Camp
6/16, Elder’s Meeting
6/17, Admin Board Meeting
7/4-7/9, LIFE Conference

FH = Fellowship Hall
FLC = Family Life Center