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Year-To-Date Giving

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 The table below reflects giving January - June 2025, as of 6/25/2025. This list does not include designated gifts.  Church Contributions Astoria Beulah Blackshear First 22,999.98 Bridge Community 2,350.75 Bristol 2,000.00 Browntown Calvary 1,434.00 Camp Pinckney 3,460.11 Central 4,750.02 CrossPoint Community Deenwood 2,404.40 Emmanuel 24,738.92 Folkston First 1,750.00 Grace Chapel 1,199.00 Hacklebarney Haywood 3,710.00 Hephzibah 600 Hickox 6,348.45 Hoboken Jamestown 7,671.01 King Memorial Laura Chapel Lees Chapel 3,367.00 Liberty 4,112.18 Lulaton 3,803.50 Manor Community Mershon Millwood 200 Mt Calvary 2,562.95 Nahunta First Newbern 1,341.85 Oak Hill 6,943.62 Offerman 4,173.26 Patterson 6,017.00 Pine Grove 1,014.88 Pineview 800 Pleasant Hill 596.75 Pleasant Valley 7,189.46 Rehobeth 1,500.00 Riverside Chapel 350 Sand Hill 1,471.77 Satilla 1,025.36 Set Free Shady Grove South Gate 400 Southside Nahunta 1,200.00 Spring Hill 75 St George First 600 Sweat Memorial SweetWater 618.85 ...

2025 Choirfest

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 Choirfest will be held on Tuesday, September 26 at Sweat Memorial Baptist Church, beginning at 6:30 PM. Sweat Memorial Baptist Church is located at 510 West Blackshear Avenue in Waycross.  Information will be mailed to POBA churches soon. 

2025 SPARK Conference

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  Your POBA will gladly assist POBA churches by covering the registration cost for you and your church members to attend the SPARK conferences.  Contact the POBA Office  at (912) 285-8161 to register.  Sunday, August 25, 2025 4:00 - 8:15 PM Brewton-Parker Christian University, Mt. Vernon Keynote Speaker: Thom S. Rainer https://brushfire.com/gabaptist/spark2025-mtvernon/603369   Sunday, September 7, 2025 4:00 - 8:15 PM Sherwood Baptist Church, Albany Keynote Speaker: Mark Clifton https://brushfire.com/gabaptist/spark2025-albany/603338  

POBA Executive Committee Meeting

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  The POBA Executive Committee Meeting will be held on Thursday, August 21, 2025 at Spring Hill Baptist Church in Hoboken. Spring Hill is located at 5892 Raybon Rock Road West in Hoboken.  A meal will be served at 6:30 PM and the meeting will begin at 7:00 PM.  Please register for the meal by calling the POBA Office at (912) 285-8161 or at  https://bit.ly/AUG25ExecMeal .  

Summer 2025 Revivals

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   Below is a listing of 2025 Summer Revivals and Homecomings in the Piedmont-Okefenokee Baptist Association. If your church's information is not listed, please contact the POBA office at (912) 285-8161 with details. You can also  submit this information online .  Revivals: Dates Church Speaker(s) June 16-18 Mt. Calvary Derek Chastain Logan Simmons Homecomings: Date Church Speaker July 6 Mt. Calvary James Connor October 5 Laura Chapel

Southeast Georgia Women's Center Update

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From May 2024-2025, the Southeast Georgia Women’s Center: *saw 196 unique individuals and had 940 appointments *held 1,608 education classes *performed 162 pregnancy tests, and 181 ultrasounds *performed 11 STI testing & treatment exams   Out of the 196 ladies seen, 37 of them came in seeking an abortion. After ministering to those women, 28 chose life for their babies!  

Pastors Attending the 2025 SBC Annual Meeting

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  Pastor’s Conference: June 8-9 Annual Meeting: June 10-11 Dallas, TX Register at: sbcannualmeeting.net The POBA has funds available to help POBA ministers with lodging for up to three nights to attend the SBC Annual Meeting in June. Contact Greg Benfield at (912) 285-8161 for more information.   You can watch the SBC Annual Meeting LIVE at:    https://sbcannualmeeting.net/live/