Christmas Service Times

This Sunday, December 22
Regular services

Monday, December 23
Christmas Adam candlelight service
7:00pm

Tuesday, December 24
Christmas Eve candlelight services
1:00, 2:30, 4:00, and 5:30pm
Nursery services for ages 2 and under will be available.
Translation services will be available at 4:00 and 5:30pm.

Sunday, December 29
Online service
Instead of meeting in the building, we will meet from our homes and take a look back at 2024 and forward to 2025. We will also share communion together.

For more information, visit the Christmas page on our website.

This Sunday

This Sunday’s Sermon:
A Christmas Letter From the Prophet Micah

Join us as our Lead Pastor Paul Smith brings a message from Micah 5:2-4 as we continue our Advent sermon series A Christmas Letter From…

9:30am

Open Word

Family Life Center Room 203-204

This long-standing class is centered around an in-depth study of a book of the Bible and taught by a team of teachers. We alternate between Old and New Testament and spend the summer months in Psalms. Learn more.

Young Marrieds and Growing Families

Dining Room

This class is aimed at helping those in this season of their lives with biblical teaching and community. Learn more.

11:00am

Deeper Walk

Dining Room

Pursue spiritual maturity and claim the spiritual freedom afforded you in your relationship with Christ. Learn more.

Upcoming Events

This Week

All regular events will not meet over Christmas break.

This Quarter

Winter Quarter Sign-Ups

Adult Education: We have several new options this quarter! Check out World-Changing Revivals and Worldviews or Connecting with Tech. Learn more.

Women’s Ministry: Join the women of FAC for their seasonal Bible study, One Year Bible groups, and more. Learn more or sign up for their Winter Kick Off!

Men’s Ministry: Connect with the men of FAC on Thursday mornings, at their monthly service breakfast, or as part of their One Year Bible online group. Learn more.

Acts 1:8 Teams: Help us respond more efficiently and effectively as we serve our local and cross-cultural partners. Learn more.

Life Groups: Groups meet in homes all throughout the week all over the Lexington area. Sign up now.

For more, check out the latest issue of Engage Magazine!

Read the Bible in a Year

One of our FAC Core Values is being Biblically Grounded, so we are offering resources and groups to read the Bible in a year in 2025! We have designed our very own Bible in a Year journal and have some additional video, audio, and print resource suggestions to help you along the way.

Our FAC Bible in a Year journals are free and will be available in the Atrium each Sunday through January 12. You can also download a sample that contains the first 15 days. Read on your own or join the Men’s or Women’s Ministry small groups beginning mid-January.

Read the Bible in a Year – Women’s Groups

Various days and times

Together as a church community we are encouraging each other to deepen our relationship with the Lord by being in the Word daily. You will start the reading plan January 1, but groups will start the week of January 12 with weekly discussion questions around that week’s reading plan. Groups will meet for the quarter so you start strong in this endeavor! Groups will meet in person on varying days and times.

Read the Bible in a Year – Men’s Online Group

January 12 – April 3

Taught by Nathan Boyd, Doug Matthews, and John Doss

For this pilot program, FAC is marrying Adult Education and Men’s Ministry by offering an online group to help men read and understand the Bible during winter quarter. We will read the Bible together, encourage one another, and ask questions or make comments online. Nathan Boyd (men’s leader), Doug Matthews (theology professor), and John Doss (biblical studies professor) will periodically monitor and engage with the interactions.

GriefShare

Thursdays at 6:30pm

from January 16 to April 3, 2025

GriefShare is a safe, welcoming place where people understand the difficult emotions of grief. Over 13 weeks, you’ll find relief and comfort as you learn what to expect in the days ahead and how to navigate your personal grief process. Since there are no neat, orderly stages of grief, you’ll learn helpful ways of coping with grief, in all its unpredictability—and gain solid support each step of the way.

To register, please visit the GriefShare website. Cost is $20; workbooks will be distributed at the first meeting. Please contact Jessica Freeburne if you have any questions.

Next Gen Ministries

Announce­ments

2024 Year-End Giving

If you would like to make a year-end contribution to First Alliance Church, please use the following as guidelines:

• For publicly traded stocks, initiate a transfer request to the firm holding your stocks by Monday, December 2, 2024. Our firm is Baird, the McIntosh Group, 859-514-6417. Contact Lynne Neyland (see below) and let me know your suggested fund distribution.
• For donor-advised funds, initiate a transfer request to the firm holding your funds by Monday, December 2, 2024. The envelope containing the check must be postmarked by December 31, 2024.
• For check by mail, the envelope containing the check must be postmarked by December 31, 2024.
• Electronic check via ACH should be initiated by Thursday, December 26, 2024.
• Online credit card donations must be received by 11:59pm EST on Tuesday, December 31, 2024.

Thank you for being resource-generous!

For more information, contact Lynne Neyland at (859) 223-1394 or through our website.

Helpful Links

• New? Have a prayer request? Connect with us.
• Check out RightNow Media, a free library of faith-based videos and Bible studies.
• Miss a sermon? Subscribe to our sermon podcast on iOS or Android.
• Listen to your favorite worship songs all week on Spotify.

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