For all our 4th & 5th Grade students (whether you attend Sunday mornings or not) to learn more about the Bible, prayer, study and growing a personal relationship with Jesus. Miss Laurel leads this time as our Children’s Discipleship Director. See schedule below.
Direct questions to Miss Laurel

Curriculum: FORGED, Faith Refined

First Alliance Church will host a group of Christian bikers on Sunday, June 8th. Come worship with us as we celebrate Jesus. Also, ride your motorcycle to church!

This meeting is open to anyone wanting to help out with planning Vacation Bible School. Not sure how you can help? Come, and talk through your gifts and ways you like to serve/help with Miss Laurel. There is a place for you!

Join us for a fun night of bonding, laughter and games! Feel free to bring a snack to share and your favorite board/card or group game.

We will also be having a GAME DRIVE!! where you can bring games you do not want anymore and we will donate them to CCU (Christian Churches United) so they can share them with families in trauma.

John*, an international worker through the Christian and Missionary Alliance, will share about their work in a foreign land.

*name changed due to sensitive nature of work involved in our speaker’s ministry

Many hands make light work.

Join us for family fun with helping hands as we spruce up the grounds and tidy the building with some deep cleaning.

Send work requests to Rick Brown, Head Trustee

“It’ll be fun” they said.

Come join us for worship to our Savior, Jesus Christ who died, and rose again, conquering sin through death on a cross to save us from our sin and erase our transgressions. Christ is risen!!!

Open to the community, come out to learn about the true meaning of Easter as children hear the stories and receive Resurrection Eggs that contain symbols of the gospel story.

Plus, snacks, an egg hunt, crafts and fun. Rain or Shine!

We will hold our entire Sunday morning service in the Life Center - worship, review of our 2024 Annual Report and then glide into Vision Sunday where we pray, listen, brainstorm and dream all the Lord has for us to engage in ministry through First Alliance Church in 2025.
AND come hungry! We will share in a fellowship meal and kick off the Soup-or-Bowl celebrations prior to all the Superbowl excitement.

Kids will get a chance to have a Valentine’s party while parents have an evening to do whatever they want or need to do. Register your child with Miss Laurel

FAC families of children and youth are welcome to join us for a fun afternoon of Bowling!
Bring $5 per person, and the rest of your bowling fees will be covered.

**Any extra items bought at the snack bar, or additional games will be at the discretion and out of pocket of the individual families.

Join us for Christmas Eve Service. A one hour celebration of Christ’s first coming featuring a devotional by Pastor Ricardo, a hand bells song by the children, a skit by the 5th graders and finishing out with Christmas Carols by candlelight.

The 4th & 5th Grade Bible Study will take a festive trip to view Hershey Sweet Lights Monday evening. Meet at the church at 6:30 PM.

We will share in a Christmas brunch/lunch '- “Crunch” - as a church family on Sunday, December 22nd. The entire service will be held in the Life Center (gym). We will start at the regular time, 10:15 AM, and enjoy Christmas Carols, a meal, a devotional by Pastor Ricardo - the final installment of current sermon series Christmas Choices - and fellowship together. Join us!

You can bring a hot side dish or dessert to share.

We’ll have our youth Christmas Party after the annual meeting, starting roughly around 12:30 PM or so. Ugly Christmas sweaters, games, music - celebrating the season together.

(We won’t meet in the evening of Dec 15, and we also won’t meet Dec 22 or Dec 29 - enjoy the holidays!)

Come spend the morning and afternoon with International Worker Kandi Lay. She will speak during the morning service first. Then we’ll have a fellowship meal together in the Life Center, followed by hearing stories from Cambodia and a Q&A time.

*You can sign up HERE to bring something to the Soup & Sandwich Potluck Meal.

**Since we’ll be spending the day with Kandi, there will be no CONNECT youth gathering or 4th&5th Grade Bible Study in the evening.

We invite you and your neighbors to come to the church parking lot for stories from the Bible and Treats! Each station will share part of the Bible’s story and have treats to hand out to folks young and old. We love seeing the creative costumes too!

Pastor Ricardo will be out of town so Alan Rathbun, on staff at the District Office, will be sharing.
Alan Rathbun enjoys asking thoughtful questions and the opportunity he has to encourage and equip pastors to help them be faithful and fruitful with Jesus.  He's surprised as anyone to have spent his whole ministry career so far in Harrisburg, PA. He first served as a youth pastor, then as a church planter, and now serves in his current role with the district. He's married to Sandra, his college sweetheart from Lancaster Bible College, and they have 2 sons, 1 daughter, 1 daughter-in-love, and 1 son-in-love.  He is always up for a road trip, especially if it includes exploring God's beautiful creation, watching some baseball, or eating good ice cream.

Pastor Ricardo will be out of town so one of our elders, Scott Smith will share from the pulpit. Enjoy worship, prayer and fellowship together. Come early for a sweet treat in our café!

We’re going to have Church Outside, under a tent at the home of one of our members.
The church service will start at 10:45 AM and we will follow it up with a picnic lunch.
NO service will be held at the church that morning!

Sign-up with what dish you will bring on the clipboard in the church lobby. Last names that start with A-M, bring a dessert, last names N-Z bring a side dish.
The church will provide hamburgers/hot dogs, buns, drinks and paperware.

** rain date: Sun, Sept 29

We are honored to be the host site for the Eastern PA District of the C&MA’s annual business conference. We’ll start with worship at 9 AM by Carlos & Dania Ramirez, followed by the program the District Office has prepared for you. There will be a break for lunch (~12:00-1:00 PM - boxed lunch provided, however there are a few restaurants within a short driving distance if you prefer something else), concluding around 3 pm with Q&A.

*Registration must go through the EPAD www.epdalliance.org

If you helped at all with Vacation Bible School, please come to help debrief the week so we can learn from how things went and be even more prepared for an impactful event in 2025. We will meet in the Gathering Room (upstairs). Thank you!

Help us celebrate the diverse beauty of our community and neighborhood, featuring cultural food, live performances, a prayer tent, cultural highlights, bounce house, craft, community organizations, and activities for families.
Will be located in the FAC parking lot.

Serving our Friday night community basketball and neighborhood, come out for a free taste of ice cream, courtesy of your friends at First Alliance Church.

Family Fun Outing

3B’s Ice Cream! (4701 Derry St, Harrisburg, PA).

*Bring cash or card to pay for your family’s frozen treats