8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

June 15, 2007

(Date of earliest event reported)

First Financial Service Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Securities and Exchange Commission File Number: 0-18832

KENTUCKY	61-1168311
(State or other jurisdiction	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
of incorporation or organization)

2323 Ring Road, Elizabethtown, Kentucky, 42701

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone, including area code:  (270) 765-2131

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

oWritten communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

oSoliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

oPre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

oPre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Item 7.01:  Regulation FD Disclosure

On June 15, 2007 First Financial Service Corporation issued a press release announcing its second quarter 2007 cash dividend.  A copy of the press release is furnished with this report as Exhibit 99.1, and is incorporated herein by reference.

The information in this report is being furnished, not filed, for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and pursuant to Item 7.01 of Form 8-K will not be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, unless specifically identified therein as being incorporated therein by reference.

Item 9.01:  Financial Statements and Exhibits

Attached is the press release for the second quarter cash dividend.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit Number	Description
99.1	Press release dated June 15, 2007

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

		FIRST FINANCIAL SERVICE CORPORATION
Date: June 26, 2007	By:	/s/ Gregory S. Schreacke
		Gregory S. Schreacke
		Executive Vice President
		Chief Financial Officer & Chief Accounting Officer

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EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 15, 2007	For More Information Contact:
	Gregory Schreacke
	Chief Financial Officer
	First Financial Service Corporation
	(270) 765-2131

First Financial Service Corporation
Announces Quarterly Results

ELIZABETHTOWN, Kentucky, June 15, 2007 — First Financial Service Corporation of Kentucky (the Company, NASDAQ: FFKY) today announced that a quarterly cash dividend of 19 cents ($.19) per share would be paid on July 1, 2007 to all shareholders of record as of June 15, 2007.

First Financial Service Corporation is the parent bank holding company of First Federal Savings Bank of Elizabethtown, which was chartered in 1923.  The Bank serves the needs and caters to the economic strengths of the local communities in which it operates and strives to provide a high level of personal and professional customer service.  The Bank offers a variety of financial services and personal investment financial counseling service.  Today, the Bank serves Central Kentucky through its 15 full-service banking centers.

This press release contains forward-looking statements under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual reslts to differ materially from historical income and those presently anticipated or projected.  The Company cautions readers not to place undue reliance on any such forward looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this release.  Such risks and uncertainties include those detailed in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, risks of loans and investments, including the effect fo the change of the local economic conditions, risks associated with the adverse effects of the changes in interest rates, and competition for the Company’s customers by other providers of financial services, all of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond the control of the Company.

First Financial Service Corporation’s stock is traded on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol “FFKY”.  Market makers for the stock are:

J.J.B. Hilliard, W.L. Lyons Company, Inc.	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc.
Stifel Nicolaus & Company	Goldman, Sachs & Company
First Tennessee Securities	Knight Securities, LP
Spear, Leeds & Kellogg	Howe Barnes Investments, Inc.
Sandler O’Neill

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