FACTWeekly Update


Week of Sunday, September 21, 2025

“Facing Your Fears”
Habakkuk 3:3-19
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!

New (or New Again)?

We’re glad you are here. For information about Next Steps or Prayer, scroll to the bottom. Would you please take a moment and complete the Next Steps Card (button below) so we can start to get to know you? For information about FACTkids ministries (including Sunday morning Kingdom Kids), FACTyouth, or general FAQs about First Alliance Church, click here.

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

August 2025
Monthly Needed Income for General Fund = $36,514
Monthly Received for General Fund = $45,671 (28% over budget)

Monthly Needed Income for GCF = $8,432
Monthly Received for GCF = $10,340 (23% over budget)

September 14, 2025
Received for General Fund = $33,178
Received for the GCF = $2,578

FACT Family News

During the month of September, we will be taking pictures and updating your information for a new directory. We would like all regular attenders to be part of the directory. Pictures will be taken in the Library during Coffee & Connect. You can update your information when you get your picture taken. Please plan on helping us by stopping by. 

Friends, September 26 at noon in the Fellowship Hall. All ladies of any age are invited to this time of food & fellowship.

Our annual Pumpkin Patch begins on September 29 to help raise money for students going on a summer missions trip. The pumpkins arrive on Saturday, September 27 and we will need help unloading them starting at 9:00 am. If you can help, please get in touch with Pastor Luke.

Mark you 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 will meet Saturday, October 18 at 10:00 am in the Fellowship Hall. Our speaker will be Jeanna deVroome.

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

FACT Volunteer Leadership - We are thankful for those serving in volunteer leadership roles as part of the FACT family for 2025-2026. Pray for each one serving as an Elder, Admin Board member, Discipling Community facilitator, ministry/team/committee chair, or Nominating Committee member to have wisdom and discernment in their ministry role as they help us connect, grow, and engage. Pray for the Lord’s favor and strength to be upon them as they take on extra responsibilities. Pray they would be faithful and reflect the likeness of Christ as they serve the Lord and the FACT family. Pray for these volunteer leaders to have servant hearts, to utilize the gifts that the Lord has given them, and to mobilize the FACT family for ministry and discipleship that builds up His church and blesses our local, regional, and global community.

Highlights

Office Hours
Tuesday - Friday
10am - 5pm

Sunday 9/21

Sunday Discipling Classes
9:00 am, FLC

Directory Pictures & Info Update
9:45 am, Library

Coffee & Connection
10:00 am, FH

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

Sunday Evening Gathering
6:00 pm, FH

Wednesday 9/24

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

Friday 9/26

Friends
12:00 pm, FH

Saturday 9/27

Men’s Prayer Meeting
8:00 am, Library

Pumpkins Arrive
9:00 am. Parking Lot

Sunday 9/28

Sunday Discipling Classes
9:00 am, FLC

Directory Pictures & Info Update
9:45 am, Library

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

9/29, Pumpkin Patch Begins
10/11, Men’s Breakfast
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

Check Out Our
New Worship Songs

Scan the QR code or click the image to listen to the new worship songs!

Monthly Prayer Focus

All of Jesus for All the World
Alliance Ministries

Kosovo

  • Pray for pastors and church leaders across Kosovo to forgive hurts and offenses, humble themselves before the Lord, and seek paths of reconciliation in broken relationships.

  • Pray that a new coalition government will be formed promptly in Kosovo to avoid the need for another round of elections. There has been a political stalemate since the general election in February. 

Burkina Faso

We praise the Lord for the many who accepted Christ this past week at a prayer gathering hosted by one of our Alliance churches. Pray for those coordinating follow-up and discipleship.

Next Steps

Do you have questions about First Alliance Church Toccoa? Take some time to explore FACToccoa.com or call or contact the church office.

If you are ready to take a next step to Connect, Grow, & Engage together as a part of First Alliance, let us know via a Next Steps Card, visit the Welcome Center if on campus, or call or contact the church office.

Need Prayer?

Are things going on in your life? Is God challenging you and you would like to talk to someone? Following the service, some of our elders and their wives are available for prayer in the Prayer Room (off the lobby near the restrooms). You can also Request Prayer if joining online.

You can submit Prayer Requests via a Next Steps Card, by contacting the church office, online at FACToccoa.com/prayer, through the FACT App, or by calling the church office. When you need prayer, we’re here for you.

Giving

Giving is one of the ways we respond to God in worship. We are able to gather & go locally, regionally, and globally through the consistent, generous tithes and offerings given. Here’s how you can give:

  • Check/Cash in a Giving Box or mailed in

  • Online via FACT app or this website.

  • Text Give to 706-567-7379

Online options are safe, secure, and can be used to set up automated giving.

Get Connected

There’s an easy way for you to subscribe (or unsubscribe) to the various FACT e-newsletters. Visit FACToccoa.com/newsletters to subscribe to FACT news (weekly FACTs You Can Use and occasional other updates), prayer requests, men’s opportunities, women’s opportunities, FACTyouth Parents Update, or Married People Monthly.