The Associational Advisor

  There are three Round Tables scheduled in the coming months. The Disciple-Making Round Table will be held on August 3, 2023 at Youmans Chapel Baptist Church beginning at 6:30 PM. Finger Foods will be provided. UPDATE:  There will be two duplicate meeting options for the Evangelism Round Table. On August 31, 2023 there will be a 10:30 AM at Deenwood Baptist Church and a 6:30 PM session at Sand Hill Baptist Church. A meal will be provided. Please call POBA or register for the meal here: https://bit.ly/evanRT2023 . MISSIONS Round Table The Missions Round Table will have two duplicate meeting options. On October 5, 2023 there will be a 10:30AM and a 6:30 PM session. A meal will be provided. Locations TBA. Please call POBA or register for the meal here: https://bit.ly/missRT2023 .        

  Take advantage of the opportunity to engage college students through the Baptist Collegiate Ministry. POBA churches can host a meal (for 20) and share a devotional on Mondays during spring semester at South Georgia State College , Waycross campus. Contact the POBA Office at (912) 285-8161 or complete this form: https://bit.ly/BCMmealsSGSCWaycross .   SGSC Waycross Students:  College students are invited to a fellowship at Top Putt in Waycross on February 1  beginning at 7:00 PM. See mypoba.org/bcmsgscwaycross for additional info.

  POBA will be collecting Christmas Backpacks during the month of August. Backpacks can be boxed and brought to the POBA Office. POBA Goal : 400 backpacks How to pack a Christmas Backpack: https://gabaptist.egnyte.com/dl/6RxA6E2m8C The Christmas Story (to be included in each backpack): https://gabaptist.egnyte.com/dl/ZvfHWyoW9Z For additional information here is a link to the Christmas Backpack RESOURCES page: https://gabaptist.org/backpacks/#resources Do not include perishable items.  

  (Sam Stack)   The text of this hymn comes to us from the Irish church sometime during the seventh or eighth century. It is filled with various titles for God. The word vision refers to our focus and the goals we strive to obtain. As we go though life we can realize that our short term failures and disappointments are trivial when compared to the vision of heaven.   The text was translated and set into verse form by Mary Elizabeth Byrne and Eleanor Henrietta Hull. The hymn as we know it was published in 1912 and set to the Irish tune SLANE in 1919.   Be Thou My Vision (Hymn Tune SLANE)   Verse 1 Be Thou my vision, O Lord of my heart; Naught be all else to me, save that Thou art; Thou my best thought, by day or by night, Waking or sleeping, Thy presence my light.   Verse 2 Be Thou my wisdom, and Thou my true Word; I ever with Thee and Thou with me Lord; Thou my great Father, I Thy true son, Thou in me dwelling, and I with Thee one.   Verse 3 Be T

  Saturday, September 16 FBC Statesboro $15/person   Register: www.thesparkconference.com/2023insider   Your POBA will gladly assist POBA churches by covering the registration cost for you and your church members to attend one of the SPARK conferences. Call the POBA Office at (912) 285-8161.  

  The POBA Executive Committee Meeting will be held on Thursday, August 17, 2023 at Ten Mile Baptist Church. Ten Mile Baptist is located at 148 Ten Mile Church Road in Alma. 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 (912-285-8161) or at https://bit.ly/AUG23EXEC .  

  LAUNCH Weekend (formerly known as D-NOW) will be held on August 11-12, 2023 at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Blackshear. Both services will begin at 6:30 PM. The cost is $10/person. You can register your group and see the schedule at mypoba.org/youth . Facebook Event Page:  https://fb.me/e/2T5QiloJz