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FACT Giving

November 2025
Monthly Needed Income for General Fund = $36,514
Monthly Received for General Fund = $39,110 ( +7%)

Monthly Needed Income for GCF = $8,432
Monthly Received for GCF = $10,568 (+25%)

December 14, 2025
Received for General Fund = $7,467
Received for the GCF = $1,329

FACT Family News

What a great privilege to have served with you in 2025. Thank you for your support and encouragement. We look forward to 2026 with expectations of greater blessing. May your Christmas season be filled with joy and His blessings. Merry Christmas from the Towns

You are invited to a drop-in birthday celebration for Carolyn Eckman Ballard on December 21 in the Fellowship Hall. No birthday card is necessary. Write a note on a card provided to be put in a photo album for Carolyn to enjoy later. If you'd like to donate to her birthday wish for $90,000.00 for Paradise Mountain Ministries, a basket will be available for monetary gifts.

Due to a COVID-19 outbreak at Pruitt nursing home, Christmas caroling there has been cancelled. However, we will still carol our family members from FACT who cannot be with us for church. Meet at the church at 5:00 pm on Monday, December 22nd and we will leave from there. 

Come celebrate the birth of our Lord at our Christmas Eve Candlelight Service on December 24 at 6:00 pm.

At 11:00 am on December 27th, there will be a memorial service at Trinity Lutheran Church of Toccoa (just beyond our church on Big A Road) to celebrate the life of Ruth Ann Muir, the mother of Beverly Muir-Garside. Dale and Bev would be honored with your presence to celebrate with us , her life as a missionary in Angola and Portugal, as well as her music ministry at Trinity Lutheran. 

You are invited to a 75th Wedding Anniversary for Paul and Mary Stacey at Tom's Creek Baptist Church on Saturday, December 27 from 2:00 - 4:00 pm. Please, no gifts. Cards would be appreciated. (Paul and Mary were long time members of First Alliance Church.)

Join the Alliance family as we journey through 40 Days of Prayer to begin 2026. Each week, you’ll be guided through devotions and prayer points authored by Alliance leaders and family members. You can register at https://40days.cmalliance.org/subscribe to receive daily devotionals and prayer points in your inbox. 

Sunday Evening Gathering will resume on Sunday, January 4 at 6:00 pm in the Fellowship Hall. All are invited. We will begin a series on Ephesians, taught by Doug Rockwell.

AWANA resumes on Wednesday, January 7 at 6:30 pm.  Also, Youth Group, Ladies Bible Study, and Prayer meeting will all resume at 6:30 pm on Wednesday, January 7.

Men’s Breakfast, Saturday, January 10 at 8:00 am in the Family Life Center.

Winter Blast 2026 - Middle school and high school students are invited to kick off the new year at Winter Blast 2026! The retreat, taking place January 9-11, 2026 at Ridgecrest Conference Center, will be full of worship sessions, group games, and fellowship with youth groups from throughout the district. Cost is $125 per person. This year’s speaker is District Superintendent, Tony Jones. For more information, please contact Pastor Luke.

Sunday Morning Discipleship Classes start January 11 at 9:00 am in the Family Life Center. Below is a list of the Spring 2026 Offerings:

• Children’s Sunday School

• Middle School Discipleship Group

• High School Discipleship Group

• Men’s Class: Men Stores, Not in Hebrews 11

• Women’s Class: Ecclesiastes

• All: Book of Daniel

• All: Paul’s Life and Letters/Missionary Journeys

• All: Seeking Him

• Young Adults: Book of Mark

Friends, January 23 at Noon in the Fellowship Hall. Women, come and join us for food, fellowship, and fun.

Alliance Women, Saturday, January 24 at 10:00 am in the Fellowship Hall. Our speaker will be Tori Greenfield.

Ladies, you are going to want to save the date for   this years AW Women's Getaway for fun, fellowship, worship, & great speakers. April 24-26, 2026 in the Embassy Suites, Greenville, SC. This is sponsored by the Alliance South Alliance Women. For more information, please contact Sharon Crosby.

First Alliance Church of Toccoa is forming a short-term missions trip to Envision Atlanta in April 2026. The dates are April 24-26 and the cost is $175. This cost would cover lodging and meals. If you would be interested in this ministry, please contact Jarvis Crosby.

If you would like an End of Year Statement for giving during 2025, please email giving@firstalliancetoccoa.com or call the church office by Friday, 1/31/2026.

Monthly Prayer Focus

December
Peace and Hope in Christ - Give thanks for our Messiah whose birth we celebrate this month. Praise the Lord that the awaited, God-made-flesh, humble, delivering, saving Messiah came and that through our Messiah there is hope, peace, love, and joy. Pray that the presence of Christ would be experienced by those who are without joy or alone during this time of the year. Pray that the Prince of Peace would draw near and comfort those you know who are emotionally hurting. Pray for those you know who are spiritually far from God that they would discover Jesus is the living hope and that in Christ there is everlasting peace. Pray for opportunities to tangibly demonstrate the joy and love of Christ to those we meet as we go, especially those who need to experience peace and hope. May we all remember, celebrate, and experience Emmanuel – God with us – in a personal way.

January
Prayer - This month we focus specifically on prayer. Let’s turn that focus to proclaiming the good news of Jesus as we begin 2026. We challenge each person at FACT to pray for one person by name who doesn’t yet follow Jesus. Pray that he/she would respond to Christ this year. Pray for opportunities to represent and proclaim Christ in practical and real ways to this person in your sphere of influence. Or if you don’t know someone, pray that the Lord would show you that person this month. Pray that he/she would discover the fullness of life in Christ.