Build a strong foundation for your family with six weekly workshops starting with family dinner at 6:00 PM, followed by a group study of family needs, such as: Child Development, Character Development, Family Communication, Behavior Changes, Positive Discipline, and Understanding Challenging Behaviors. From 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM there will be activities and care for the children, as well as sessions for teens.

Two locations are offering this course: Faith Christian Community Church on January 20th through February 24th, 2010, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM.
Or Mountian View Elementary School starting on January 19th - February 23rd, 2010, same times.
Cost is $25 per family. For info or to register call 272-8760. Presented in partnership with Alaska Christian Ministries and Alaska Injury Prevention Center.

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By the time 2009 comes to an end, the ACC van ministry will have made almost 300 pick ups! We’re grateful for the dedication of drivers Jeremiah Putnam, Mark Nadig, Martin Steel, Willy Saulnier and others who have faithfully picked up church family members who could not otherwise be with us on Sunday. Now, Van Ministry Leader Tony Viviano has a vision to expand this growing outreach even further into the community. To make this possible, Tony is looking for a few men and women with good driving records to join the team. A larger team will make it possible to run both vans and pick up people at even greater distances from the church. For more information, call Tony at 240-2178.

On Friday, November 13th, one of ACC's small groups (called Revo Anchorage) is hosting a benefit concert at UAA to raise money and awareness for the organization Invisible Children. Invisible Children is a non-profit organization that exposes the tragic realities of child soldiers in Uganda and works to restore the education system in East Africa.

Revo Anchorage is partnering with Anchorage artists to provide a night of music and entertainment, and will be showing a portion of the "Invisible Children" documentary film at the event. The concert/film screening begins at 7pm and the cost is $10 at the door. For more information, contact Kristal Larios via email: kristal_larios@yahoo.com

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REMEMBER! This Sunday is the end of Daylight Savings Time. Time to set your clocks...back 1 hour. Enjoy your extra hour!

Erin Lynn Gray is looking to recruit a group of people to serve the youngest members of our church family in the nursery. If you are looking for a fun and easy way to get involved in the church, look no further. Volunteering in the nursery is also a great way to meet people, especially those who have young children.

Nursery workers serve once a month for a period of 6 months (Jan-Jun). If you would like to be a part of the team, please contact Erin Lynn Gray via email: maclaney@gmail.com or by phone: 336-4729.

With the launching of Beacon Hill, ACC is starting the process of collecting the supplies and materials needed for a housing project. In order to accommodate the incoming items, Eugene Black will be leading a cleaning party to reorganize one our church storage units. The group will be meeting in the rear of the church building on Monday evening, October 26th at 6pm. If you have any questions for Eugene, please call him at 444-3888.

Pastor Aaron is putting together a service prep team for our Sunday services. This team would be in charge of stage set-up for the weekend's worship band (equipment, microphone placement, etc.), preparation of the service playlist on the computer, and other various preparations. Individuals or groups would meet at the church on Friday afternoons (occasionally on Saturday) to get the stage and soundbooth ready for the worship services. If you are interested or would like to learn more about this opportunity, please email Aaron at aaron@accchurch.org

Men's ministry at ACC is in full swing for the fall! Just this last weekend, over 40 men gathered together at Laverne Griffin Camp in the Wasilla for an amazing time of deepening personal connections, sharing struggles,and praying for each other (as well as having fun!).

If you're a guy at ACC and you're looking to connect with God and with other guys, you are invited to join with the men on Wednesday mornings at 6am for the Men's Prayer Breakfast. Also, on Wednesday night, October 21st, we kick off the our Men's bible study series "The Quest for Authentic Manhood". It's a well developed study that deals with issues men face and is a balance of teaching, small group discussions, and prayer. If you're not connected, or are looking for a Bible study with other guys, this is a very good thing to consider. We'll be in room 207 from 7-9. Contact Jim Lamson for more information: jimlamson@yahoo.com

Beginning Monday evening, November 9th, we are adding another evening weekly prayer meeting. This regular prayer meeting will start that evening at the Anchorage City Church 100th Ave. location, from 6:30pm until 8pm. The meeting will normally be in the upstairs Prayer Room. The Monday night group will have a focus of praying for the needs of the local church, its leaders and ministries. The meeting is open to anyone that wants to come and pray, and is led by ACC Prayer Ministry leader Lorraine O'Neal.

Alaska Intercessory Ministry, led by Pastor Paula Gray, continues on Tuesday evenings from 6:30pm to 8:30pm at Crossroads Assembly of God Church on DeBarr Road. The Tuesday night group is Harp and Bowl style with musicians, praying and singing the Word. The meeting is open to people from all churches.

The Beacon Hill project launched this week to serve Anchorage homeless single moms without housing. In a series of God-inspired moves, a benefactor made property with two large homes available at reduced cost to care for homeless and disadvantaged people in the community. KTUU Channel 2 in Anchorage covered this story on October 10, 2009.

The goals of the Beacon Hill project are to:

• To provide safe, affordable housing for 4 homeless single mothers and their children
  (up to 32 beds) while they are stepping up from their current situation and
  stepping into self sufficiency.
• To provide or connect necessary support services.
• Most of all, to model and share the Good News, a life-transforming message of life and hope.

Listen to Charity Carmody, one of the project organizers, as she describes how it will work and how people in the City Church family can help make this possible. For more information on the project, or to volunteer or provide financial support, please visit the Beacon Hill website.