Connector – December 29

This Sunday

Online Service Only

This Sunday’s Sermon:
A Look Back, A Look Forward

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

This service will play on faclex.tv at our usual service times of 8:15, 9:30, 11:00am, and 12:30pm. It will also be available on our website and YouTube to view anytime starting at 8:15am.

The church office will be closed from Tuesday, December 24 through Wednesday, January 1 so that our staff and volunteers can celebrate the holidays. Please note that staff will not be checking their email over the break.

If you have an urgent matter, please call the church office at (859) 223-1394 and leave a message.

Messages will be reviewed twice daily, and our Pastor on Duty will respond as needed. We will respond to non-urgent matters when we return on Thursday, January 2. If you would like to submit a prayer request, you may do so here.

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.

Sign up now

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.

Sign up now

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.

Register now

Next Gen Ministries

FAC Kids — Birth through 4th Grade
Instagram | Facebook

Sundays at 8:15, 9:30, and 11:00am

Middle School — 5th through 8th Grade
Instagram | Spotify | Text @midupdate to 81010

Sundays at 9:30 and 11:00am
Wednesdays, 6:30-8:00pm resumes January 8

High School — 9th through 12th Grade
Newsletter | Instagram | Text @facparents to 81010

Sundays at 9:30am
Wednesdays, 6:30-8:30pm resumes January 8

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.

In the event of inclement weather, we will post any service delays or cancellations on our website, our Facebook page, and TV channels 18, 27, and 36.

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