FACTWeekly Update
Week of Sunday, October 5, 2025
“God in Two Sizes”
Matthew 9:1-8
Rev. Ferrell Towns
WELCOME! Our heartbeat is to Connect to Christ, Grow with Others, and Engage the World together as Family. 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!
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News & Information
Connect to Christ - Aggressive Christianity, a sermon written by A. B. Simpson (adapted by Alliance Life staff) explores the deeper life we are called to in Christ. through personal, spiritual disciplines and consistent Sunday morning participation in worship, either in person or online. Read more here.
Grow with Others by joining one of our Sunday Morning Discipling Classes starting this week, September 7. See below for a list of classes being offered.
Engage the World - God is on the move throughout the world, using your prayers and your giving to build His Kingdom. Your generosity is taking the gospel into the world’s unplowed fields. Thank you, Alliance Family.
FACT Giving
September 2025
Monthly Needed Income for General Fund = $36,514
Monthly Received for General Fund = $63,840 (75% over budget)
Monthly Needed Income for GCF = $8,432
Monthly Received for GCF = $11,389 (35% over budget)
September 28, 2025
Received for General Fund = $6,388
Received for the GCF = $5,300
FACT Family News
October is Pastor Appreciation Month. Please bless our pastors with cards and notes. You can place the cards in the basket in the foyer from now until October 26. If you have questions, please contact Jarvis Crosby.
Mark your calendars now! Our Pumpkin Patch will be open September 29 - October 31. We are going to need volunteers to help sell pumpkins. If this is a ministry that you could be involved with, please let Pastor Luke know.
Men’s Breakfast: Saturday, October 11, 8:00 am in the Family Life Center.
Alliance Women - Upcoming gatherings (If you need childcare to attend, email office@firstalliancetoccoa.com)
October 18, 10:00 am, FH features our speaker, Jeanna deVroome.
November 15, 8:00 am, held on the campus of Toccoa Falls College, we will be hosting the annual Hope for the Nations Fun Run/Walk. Proceeds will benefit the Alliance Women’s National Project. You won’t want to miss this event for the whole family!
Tuesday, December 16, AW Christmas Desserts
Friends will be meeting for food, fellowship, games and community on Friday, October 24 at Noon in the Fellowship Hall. All ladies are invited.
Harvest Festival & Trunk or Treat: Friday, October 31 from 5:00 - 8:00 pm on the Ballfield. We will have
Trunk or Treat, Hayride, Petting Zoo, Food Trucks, Games, And Much More
We will need lots of volunteers to help make this community outreach a success. Below are a few of the ways you could help.
Donate candy for the Trunk or Treat. There will be a box outside of the office where you can leave the candy.
Decorate your Trunk and meet the kids of Toccoa.
Help decorate the campus.
Help direct traffic.
Help with hayride, petting zoo, games
Help with clean-up at the end of the event.
There will be more details as the event gets closer, but we need a lot of participation to help this Harvest Festival be a success. If you are willing to help, please see Pastor Luke.
Monthly Prayer Focus
Living in Personal Obedience - Pray that we would love the Lord our God with all of who we are and love not just in words but in how we live as the people of God. Pray that we exercise the will to obey what we already know to be true and good - the commands of the Father - and live in the way of Christ. Pray we would daily choose complete trust in and surrender to Jesus Christ. Pray that we would seek Jesus with new eyes and allow the Holy Spirit to reveal to each of us areas in which we need to repent. Pray that Jesus would be manifest through us to one another, our local community, especially those we know who don’t yet follow Christ. Pray that we would, in and through our obedience, know the fullness and depth of life in Christ empowered by the Holy Spirit.
Highlights
Office Hours
Tuesday - Friday
10am - 5pm
Sunday 10/5
Sunday Discipling Classes
9:00 am, FLC
Coffee & Connection
10:00 am, FH
Worship Service
Kingdom Kids
Nursery & Toddlers
10:30 am
Sanctuary & livestream
Sunday Evening Gathering
6:00 pm, FH
Wednesday 10/8
Prayer for Revival
12:00 pm, Sanctuary
AWANA
6:30 pm, FH
Ladies Bible Study
6:30 pm, Library
Prayer Meeting
6:30 pm, FLC 212
Youth Group
6:30 pm, FLC
Saturday 10/11
Men’s Breakfast
8:00 am, FLC
Sunday 10/12
Sunday Discipling Classes
9:00 am, FLC
Coffee & Connection
10:00 am, FH
Worship Service
Kingdom Kids
Nursery & Toddlers
10:30 am
Sanctuary & livestream
Sunday Evening Gathering
6:00 pm, FH
LOOKING AHEAD
10/18, Alliance Women
10/20, Elder’s Meeting
10/21, Admin Board Meeting
10/24, Friends
10/31, Harvest Festival/Trunk or Treat
FH = Fellowship Hall
FLC = Family Life Center