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Thursday, October 1
8:30am – 11:30am The Bridge Café Open
9:30am-10:30am Community Breakfast
10:00am Live Oaks – Visit to Hope Reins in Raleigh
Saturday, October 3
8:00am – 12:00pm Buffaloe Road Produce
Sunday, October 4
9:00am – 10:00am Prayer – in Education Building Library
10:00am – 10:30am Fellowship-Coffee available
10:30am – 11:30am Sunday Worship Service
6:00pm – 7:00pm Monthly Prayer meeting
Tuesday, October 6
6:00pm – 7:00pm Come to the Table Meal
Thursday, October 8
8:30am – 11:30am The Bridge Café Open
9:30am-10:30am Community Breakfast
Saturday, October 10
8:00am – 12:00pm Buffaloe Road Produce
Sunday, October 11
9:00am – 10:00am Prayer – in Education Building Library
10:00am – 10:30am Fellowship-Coffee available
10:30am – 11:30am Sunday Worship Service
Tuesday, October 13
6:00pm – 7:00pm Come to the Table Meal
Thursday, October 15
8:30am – 11:30am The Bridge Café Open
9:30am-10:30am Community Breakfast
Saturday, October 17
8:00am – 12:00pm Buffaloe Road Produce
Sunday, October 18
9:00am – 10:15am Alliance Women’s Connect Event (Room 6 in Education Building)
9:00am – 10:00am Prayer – in Education Building Library
10:00am – 10:30am Fellowship-Coffee available
10:30am – 11:30am Sunday Worship Service
Tuesday, October 20
6:00pm – 7:00pm Come to the Table Meal
Wednesday, October 21
9:30am – 11:30am Card Games with Vicki – LAST MEETING OF THE YEAR
Thursday, October 22
8:30am – 11:30am The Bridge Café Open
9:30am-10:30am Community Breakfast
1:00pm – 3:00pm Card Games with Vicki – NO MEETING TODAY
Saturday, October 24
8:00am – 12:00pm Buffaloe Road Produce
Sunday, October 25
9:00am – 10:00am Prayer – in Education Building Library
10:00am – 10:30am Fellowship-Coffee available
10:30am – 11:30am Sunday Worship Service
Tuesday, October 27
1:00pm – 3:00pm Simply Elegant – Make Christmas Decorations
6:00pm – 7:00pm Come to the Table Meal
Thursday, October 29
8:30am – 11:30am The Bridge Café Open
9:30am-10:30am Community Breakfast
Sunday, November 1
9:00am – 10:00am Prayer – in Education Building Library
10:00am – 10:30am Fellowship-Coffee available
10:30am – 11:30am Sunday Worship Service
6:00pm – 7:00pm Monthly Prayer Meeting
Buffaloe Road Produce every Saturday at 8:00 am
Buffaloe Road Produce started up again on Saturday, May 30th. We’re offering fresh produce from the Farmer’s Market at bargain prices from 8:00 a.m. – Noon. It’s a great way to meet others in your neighborhood. Find us outside First Alliance Church and come say hello!
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Alliance Womens Connect Event – Sunday, October 18th
All FAC ladies are invited to the upcoming Alliance Women CONNECT EVENT on Sunday October 18th from 9:00 – 10:15 am in the Education Building (Room 6). ALL women are invited! Our theme is from Ephesians 2:10: “God’s Masterpiece” and will include a time for International Worker Updates, prayer, light refreshments and creative connection. For more information contact Carolann Stone at 847-644-4864
Christmas Crafts – Tuesday, October 27th
Here’s your chance to make Christmas craft items! On Tuesday, October 27 from 1:00 – 3:00 in the Education Building, you can make as many Christmas ornaments as you want for a $2.00 donation. Come for fun and fellowship while creating Christmas decor. There will be a sign-up sheet in the foyer. See Vicki Strayer 919 523 6218 or [email protected]
Come to the Table dinners – Tuesdays at the Bridge Café from September 1 at 6:00 PM
Our popular “Come to the Table” dinners on Tuesday nights are going on at 6 pm, continuing every Tuesday through November 17. All are welcome to join their neighbors for a homemade soup, salad, bread and dessert meal at First Alliance Church’s Bridge Café on 4400 Buffaloe Road, Raleigh. Suggested donation of $4.
During and after dinner we’ll have opportunity to engage in focused table discussions to help us get to know each other better.
If you’d like to help cook or clean up, there’s a sign up sheet in the foyer.
New this Fall is the option to be part of the after-dinner “Growing Gracefully” Bible study, led by Chip & Kathie Stansbury at 7 pm. in the Education Building next door. For more information on the Bible study contact the Stansburys at [email protected] or 703-405-8068 (Chip).
Community Breakfast
Come join us every Thursday at 9:30 a.m. for a homecooked breakfast for $4 (suggested donation) and a chance to meet new friends in your neighborhood. This is an informal gathering led by Pastor Dan — with an opportunity to share prayer requests. Hope to see you there this week!
Card Games at the Bridge Café – Wednesday, October 21st – LAST MEETING OF THE YEAR
Do you enjoy playing card games? Our card playing hostess Vicki Strayer is back at the Bridge Café — and will meet on Wednesday October 21st from 9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Come learn a new card game or share a favorite!
All are welcome to join friends or meet new ones at this card playing event. For more information contact Vicki Strayer at 919-523-6218 or email [email protected]
NOTE: This will be the LAST card playing event for 2026. (NO card party on Oct 22nd.) However, Vicki hopes to restart her twice monthly game times in 2027 if there is interest for the new year.
The Bridge Cafe is located at the entrance to First Alliance Church at 4400 Buffaloe Rd, Raleigh, NC .
The Story Weavers Writers Club – Saturday Afternoons in the Bridge Café – OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE IN NOVEMBER
Do you enjoy writing and being with other writers? Then consider joining the Story Weavers Writers Club! We meet on Saturdays once a month from 1:00-3:00 pm in the Bridge Café area of First Alliance Church. This informal gathering is a chance to share poems, short stories, memoirs or dramatic productions that we have written — and encourage each other to write. You are welcome even if you can’t come every week. We always have coffee available and you can bring a snack to share if you wish. For more information contact Lillian Ferrarini at 919-744-5201 or Virginia Espina-Laboy at 786-417-5565.
NOTE: OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE IN NOVEMBER
Library in the Education Building at First Alliance Church
Did you know that First Alliance has a library in the Education Building brimming with Christian books, audio tapes and DVD’s for you and your family? Anyone is free to borrow or keep any of the materials they find useful there. And if you would like to donate Christian books or DVD’s there is a Donation Box in the library.
Ladies Prayer Partner Co-Op
First Alliance Women! Come join us in the “If Only” Women’s Prayer Partnership. For all women who have, at one time , said: “If only I had someone to talk to or pray with.” Now is your chance! We are starting up women’s prayer partners again and would love to see the bulk of our FAC women join.
Please sign up on the sheet in the foyer. You will be paired with another woman who you will touch base with weekly (text, email, phone call) — and hopefully meet with in person for a short visit monthly. See Carolann for details – 847 644 4864
The Bridge Café Coffee Shop
The Bridge Café at First Alliance Church is usually open Thursdays from 8:30 – 11:30 a.m. including the weekly Community Breakfast at 9:30 a.m. (All welcome! Homecooked meal for $4 and meet new friends!) Other days the Café and First Alliance are open for special events.
Food Pantry open for donations
First Alliance sponsors a free Food Pantry for our community, offering non-perishable food and small toiletries to our neighbors in need. We rely completely on local donations so if you would like to donate some of these items please bring them to the donation box in the entry to First Alliance Church at 4400 Buffaloe Road, Raleigh.
Food Pantry at First Alliance Church
Did you know about the Community Food Pantry at 4400 Buffaloe Road? (in parking lot of First Alliance Church). It was started by neighborhood residents Allison & Brandon DeLucca with the help of Dan Rothra, Kent Hoffman and Nora Hoffman (all in the photo) as a service to our neighborhood.
The Pantry is open 24/7 with the motto “Take What You Need – Leave What You Can.” It operates solely on the generosity of the Buffaloe Road community and First Alliance Church.
If you wish to donate non-perishable food or small toiletry items, you can leave them inside the pantry cupboard – or deliver to the Bridge Cafe (entrance to First Alliance Church) Thursday (8:30 – 11:30 a.m.) or Sunday (10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.)