The Associational Advisor

  Choirfest will be held on  Thursday, September 28 , 2023 at First Baptist Blackshear , beginning at  6:30 PM . Information and registration forms have been mailed to each church. If you have not received this information, please contact the POBA Office at (912) 285-8161. The deadline for registration forms is Thursday, September 14, 2023. The form can be completed online at: https://bit.ly/Choirfest2023Reg . Choirfest is designed as a time for us to worship together and experience the worship that takes place each week in our individual churches. Churches are encouraged to make every effort to come and sing AND stay and worship with the other choirs.  We are looking forward to this time of worship with the churches of the Piedmont-Okefenokee Baptist Association!

  Hymn Stories:  Take the Name of Jesus with You   (Sam Stack) Acts 2:38   Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins Philippians 2:9-10   Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth. Colossians 3:17 And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.   Lydia Baxter was born in Petersburg New York on September 8, 1809. She and her sister became Christians at an early age.    She later married Colonel John C. Baxter and moved to New York City.   She was a devoted worker for the cause of Christ, until a severe illness left her bedridden. The Baxter home became a gathering place for Christian workers.   She once told friends that despite her health problems she “had the name of Jesus.