The Associational Advisor

  The POBA 58th Annual Meeting will be held on Thursday, October 22, 2026 at Second Baptist Church. Second Baptist Church is located at 301 Tomberlin Road in Waycross.  A meal will be served at 6:30 PM and the meeting will begin at 7:00 PM. Please RSVP by calling the POBA office (912-285-8161) or at mypoba.org/annualmeeting . 

  October 18-25 is the Week of Prayer for Associational Missions. You can find a prayer guide HERE . 

  (Sam Stack) In 1885 a Swedish minister by the name of Carl Boberg, wrote a poem entitled “O Store Gud.” In English the translation is O Mighty God. The original first verse translated to English: When I the world consider Which Thou has made by Thine almighty Word And how the webb of life Thou wisdom guideth And all creation feedeth at Thy board Then doth my soul burst forth in song of praise Oh, great God, Oh, great God! It is said that Boberg’s inspiration for the poem came about after he was caught outdoors during a summer thunderstorm. This hymn has a very interesting history. Several years after he wrote the poem, Boberg was surprised to find it being sung to an old Swedish folk tune. In 1925, the poem was translated into German. In 1927, it was again translated into Russian. H. K. Hine and his wife were missionaries to the Ukraine in the early 1920’s. It was there they learned the Russian version of the song. They began writing a new English version of the song during their...

  Bridge Church is hosting 419 Crossing, a Bible study on Philippians for ages 18-25 on Mondays from 6-8 PM at Bridge Church (419 Main Street).  Bring $5 for dinner. Contact BJ Warren for more information at (912) 281-9628.

  There will be a “Fall In Love with Jesus: Women’s Season of Change Praise and Worship” at Sweat Memorial Baptist Church.  Join Heather Crawford, wife, mother to two teenagers, evening news anchor, 10x Emmy award-winning journalist in Jacksonville, FL, and founder of Sisters in Christ International on November 14, 2026 from 11 AM - 2 PM. There is no cost to attend. Register by November 2, 2026 HERE . 

  Below is a listing of 2026 Fall Revivals & 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) September 13-16 Lulaton Dalton Grovenstein, Wayne Woods, Freddie Smith, Ernie Thomas, Jim Burkhardt September 13-16 Shady Grove Ashley Corbett, Wayne Woods, Hayden Gordon, Tim Hall, Ray McMillan September 20-23 Offerman Sam Quick, Bob Richardson, Brad Waters, Haydon Gordon September 20-24 Walkerville RC James, Seth Gunter, Buddy Griner, Dwayne Dawson, Brandon Shuman October 18-21 Liberty RC James, Hayden Gordon November 15-18 Camp Pinckney Jonathan Wilburn Homecomings: Date Church Speaker September 20 Shady Grove .