The Associational Advisor

Piedmont-Okefenokee Baptist Association's 54th Annual Meeting will be held on Thursday, January 19, 2023 at Williams Chapel Baptist Church. Williams Chapel Baptist Church is located at 3220 Central Avenue in Waycross.  Worship will begin at 5:00 PM, followed by a meal beginning at 5:45 PM. The Annual Meeting will begin at 7:00 PM. We look forward to seeing you then! The current requirement to vote is to complete the Annual Church Report (ACR). Please submit the ACR if you plan to have messengers vote at the Annual Meeting.  We will be voting on the proposed 2023 budget and on the proposed bylaw update. A copy of these documents has been sent to pastors and messengers. If you do not receive it, please contact the POBA Office at (912) 285-8161.  The following Team Leader roles are open: Disciple-Making Moral & Civic Concerns Prayer Senior Adult WMU If you would like to serve or know of someone that would like to serve in one of these Team Leader roles, please contact the POBA Off

Sanctity of Life Sunday will be Sunday, January 22, 2023.  The Life Chain will be held from 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. Come and pray with other Christians for this hour that there will be an end to abortion and a respect for ALL life from conception to natural death.  Locations : Ware:          Jerry J's Country Cafe (1404 Plant Ave) Pierce:         Burger King (Highway 84) Charlton:     Intersection of US 1 and Main Street Brantley:      Nahunta: Intersection of Hwys 82 and 301                            Hoboken: Intersection of Hwys 82 and 121 Bulletin inserts are available HERE .

  Hymn Stories:  Leaning on the Everlasting Arms   (Sam Stack) In looking for a hymn for this month’s hymn story, I looked back over my older hymn story articles.   This hymn speaks great truths, especially in times of sorrow and uncertainty.   As we look forward to this coming year, let us remember the truths of this great hymn.   One afternoon in 1887, music teacher A. J. Showalter dismissed his class and returned home.   There he found letters from two former students, each with similar stories.   Both students had lost their wives and both wives had died on the same day.   He began writing letters of sympathy to the students using scripture from Deuteronomy, having the assurance that God’s ‘everlasting arms’ will always support us.   Then he wrote another letter to hymnwriter Elisha Hoffman, suggesting that he write a hymn based on this scripture.   He even suggested words to a possible chorus. Hoffman wrote back the words to this song which Showalter then set to music.   With God’