The Associational Advisor

  Pray for these missionaries out of the Piedmont-Okefenokee Baptist Association: Aaron & Rebekah Harris (and family) Bible Translation Fulani of West Africa Support:  https://pioneerbible.org/give/aaronandrebekahharris Scotty & Jadison Hayes (and family) Church Planting Peru Support:  https://ebchurch.net/ftm/

  If your church's information is not listed, please contact the POBA Office at (912) 285-8161.  Fall Revivals in the POBA: Dates Church Speaker(s) Sept 10-13 Shady Grove Vance Colley, Ronnie Foster, Ray McMillan, James Lightsey, Mike Stone Sept 10-14 Lulaton Dalton Grovenstein, Josh Johnson, Don Hattaway, Randy Mullinax, Mike Stone Sept 17-20 Offerman Sam Quick, Bob Richardson, Mike Stone, Mitch Hall Sept 17-20 Walkerville Dwayne Dawson, Cody Metts, Buddy Griner, Brandon Shuman, Floyd Russell Sept 24-27 Laura Chapel Ronnie Foster Oct 8-11 Hacklebarney Mark Summers Oct 8-11 Pine Grove Tim Hall Oct 8-11 Pleasant Valley Harold Smith Oct 11-14 Riverside Chapel Ronald Roberts Rickey Fields Oct 15-18 Camp Pinckney Algernon Tennyson Oct 22-25 Youmans Chapel Bryan Gunter Homecomings in the POBA: Date Church Speaker Sept 17 Shady Grove Thomas Williams Oct 1 Laura Chapel Oct 1 Pleasant Valley Dr. Robert White Oct 8 Pleasant Hill Edward Colley Oct 15 Hacklebarney Oct 15 Riverside Chapel Tom

(Greg Benfield) Every year I seek to visit every POBA church. In doing so, I get to meet many people serving well in the churches of this association. Even with this opportunity it is impossible for me or the POBA Administrative Team to know every person.  The association seeks to equip, enable, and expand in evangelism, disciple-making,  and missions ... and this requires leadership from across this association. Would you like to nominate someone for a leadership role with POBA? Please complete this online form to nominate a person for a leadership role:  https://bit.ly/POBALeadNom . The team will consider nominees made from cooperating POBA churches.

  The 55th Annual Meeting of the Piedmont-Okefenokee Baptist Association will be held on Thursday, October 19, 2023 at Southside Baptist Church in Nahunta, GA.  Schedule: 5:00 PM     Worship 6:00 PM     Meal 7:00 PM     Annual Meeting Register for the meal at:  https://bit.ly/OCT23ANNmeal . Mark your calendars and make plans to gather with other POBA churches for the 55th Annual Meeting of the Piedmont-Okefenokee Baptist Association!

Annual Church Report information has been mailed to each POBA church. These reports will be due on Monday, October 2, 2023 .  All forms can be accessed HERE .  If you have not received this information, please contact the POBA Office at (912) 285-8161. 

  POBA will hold a Missions Roundtable on October 5, 2023. The Missions Round Table will have two duplicate  meeting options.  There will be a 10:30 AM session at Lulaton Baptist Church in Nahunta and a 6:30 PM session at Hacklebarney Baptist Church in Blackshear. A meal will be provided at both sessions.  Please call the POBA Office at (912) 285-8161 or register online at:  https://bit.ly/missRT2023 .

  (Greg Benfield)  Those who know me know that I am passionate about missions and my desire is to lead this association to equip, engage, and expand disciple-makers that worship God from here to the nations in keeping with the biblical mandate of Matthew 28:18-20. Below is the introduction and Article's I and II from the constitution of the  Southern Baptist Convention: The messengers from missionary societies, churches, and other religious bodies of the Baptist denomination in various parts of the United States met in Augusta, Georgia, May 8, 1845, for the purpose of carrying into effect the benevolent intention of our constituents by organizing a plan for eliciting, combining, and directing the energies of the denomination for the propagation of the gospel and adopted rules and fundamental principles which, as amended from time to time, are as follows: Article I. The Name:  The name of this body is the “Southern Baptist Convention.” Article II. Purpose:  It is the purpose

  Hymn - Alas and Did my Savior Bleed   (Sam Stack)  We never know how deeply our actions affect the lives of others.   Isaac Watts' great hymn – Alas and did my Savior Bleed, has certainly touched the lives of many throughout the centuries.   Isaac Watts first wrote the hymn in 1707.   The original last line of the first verse was “for such a worm as I.”   Many newer hymnals have changed the line to “For sinners such as I.” The original Verses 2 and 4 have also been omitted from most hymnals.   I have included them in the text.   In this hymn, Watts draws the stark contrast between the sacrificial death of the mighty Maker and the unworthiness of sinful man.   The final words of the text ‘Here Lord, I give myself away—tis all that I can do.   This hymn appears in two forms in most hymnals.   The older version usually is included with verses 1, 3, 5 and 6 using the tune AVON by Hugh Wilson. It also appears in a newer version usually found with the title “At the Cross.” This version