Connector for the Week of August 30, 2020

THIS WEEK

Sunday Services

Join us for one of our services this Sunday at 8:30, 10:00, or 11:30! Click here to register for one of our in-person services. If you haven’t seen it, make sure you check out our Welcome Home video to see what to expect when you return!

Middle and high school have separate registrations and meet at 10:00 and 11:30. Grades 1-4 meet during the 10:00 service. Go here to register for these services! If you are registering students, we recommend that you register them for their group first and then register for the main service.

We will be joining together for worship with those at home by livestreaming all our services on faclex.tv. You can visit our website and click on the faclex.tv button, or you can type faclex.tv into your browser and go!

If you aren’t able to watch a service live, visit the Weekly Services section of our website to watch anytime after 1pm on Sunday.

Due to the Governor’s executive order, we ask that everyone wear masks to all three of our Sunday services. Thank you!

College Worship Night

FAC college students! We’re excited to have you back in town and would love to have you join us for our first college worship night of the semester! Join us Thursday, September 3rd at 7:00pm in the Sanctuary. If you have any questions or would like to get more involved in our College Ministry, contact Zeke Friedeman.

Church Center App

Make sure you download the Church Center app on your phone for easy access to registrations, events, and giving. Go here to download the app for your iPhone or here for your Android device. Once you’ve downloaded it, just open it up and search for First Alliance Church. Taking the time to download this app will save you a lot of time in the future!

Women’s Bible Study

Join us for a nine-week study on the Sermon on the Mount! In this study taught by Jen Wilkin, we will come and learn from Jesus just as His disciples did as He utters some of the most familiar passages in all of Scripture.

Groups will be meeting either virtually (completely online using zoom) or as flex groups (possibly meeting in person while following the FAC guidelines).

You can register here! Groups begin meeting the week of September 13th with various days and time options available. Groups finish meeting the week of November 8th.

Once you have registered you will be contacted with more information including a link for your own video viewing. Participants need to purchase their own workbooks at Lifeway or their favorite online retailer.

Contact Susan Scott with any questions.

Men’s Bible Studies

Men, it’s not too late to join one of our virtual study groups. We may not be able to meet with each other in our preferred way, but we can still stay in touch and encourage each other through virtual gatherings.

We are offering two book studies:

The Knowledge of the Holy by AW Tozer

This study will be offered on Tuesday mornings at 6:30am and Tuesday nights at 8pm beginning August 4th. There is a free download of this online.

The Prodigal God by Tim Keller

This study will be offered Monday and Wednesday nights at 8pm beginning August 3rd and 5th.

Please let us know which study and day/time you prefer by completing a brief survey and we will find a group for you. We look forward to seeing you soon!

Serve with Next Gen Ministries

We are so excited to reopen our Next Gen and are in need of preschool teachers, nursery volunteers, and middle school small group leaders. Please take some time to prayerfully consider serving with the kids and students of FAC. Whether teaching preschoolers gets you excited or discipling high school boys is more your speed, we need you!

Let us know if you are interested in serving with us or would like more information! You can also connect with one of our Next Gen pastors after service on a Sunday morning!

Cleaning Team Needs

We are grateful for the many people who have joined our teams in helping to reopen and regather. We are in need of more people to serve on our cleaning teams! If you would be willing to join the team on Sunday mornings during and after services go to our website and let us know! We will be in touch with you to find the Sundays and service time that works best for you!

Ministry Fair

One of the perks of having an online-only Ministry Fair this year is that you can take your time learning about all that we have going on this fall. We hope that you’ll take some time in the next few weeks to check out the various opportunities highlighted in our Ministry Fair videos to see how you might move UP, IN, and OUT with us.

Here’s an overview of what you can find on our dedicated Ministry Fair webpage:

  • Virtual Ministry Fair – watch the full video or the parts that are most interesting to you
    • Opening
    • New to FAC?
    • UP
    • IN
    • OUT
  • Our newest edition of Engage Magazine
  • A helpful printout for committing to an expression of UP, IN, and OUT
  • Paul, T, and Zach’s message from this past Sunday

NEXT GEN

We have praise packs available on Sunday mornings for kids who are attending in-person services to help them stay engaged. Be sure to grab them on your way into the sanctuary!

We also have a playlist of our Sunday worship songs available on Spotify so you can teach your kids the songs in advance!

Keep up with FAC Kids, Middle School Ministry, and FAC Youth on our website and on Sunday afternoons on faclex.tv! We want to support you in helping your kids stay connected during this season.