The Associational Advisor

The 57th Annual Meeting of the Piedmont-Okefenokee Baptist Association will be held on Thursday, October 9 at Central Baptist Church. Central Baptist is located at 201 Ava Street in Waycross.  The meal will be held at 6 PM and the meeting will begin at 7 PM. You can RSVP for the meal by calling the POBA office at (912) 285-8161 or at https://bit.ly/Oct25AnnMeal . 

 The table below reflects giving January - June 2025, as of 6/25/2025. This list does not include designated gifts.  Church Contributions Astoria Beulah Blackshear First 22,999.98 Bridge Community 2,350.75 Bristol 2,000.00 Browntown Calvary 1,434.00 Camp Pinckney 3,460.11 Central 4,750.02 CrossPoint Community Deenwood 2,404.40 Emmanuel 24,738.92 Folkston First 1,750.00 Grace Chapel 1,199.00 Hacklebarney Haywood 3,710.00 Hephzibah 600.00 Hickox 6,348.45 Hoboken Jamestown 7,671.01 King Memorial Laura Chapel Lees Chapel 3,367.00 Liberty 4,112.18 Lulaton 3,803.50 Manor Community Mershon Millwood 200.00 Mt Calvary 2,562.95 Nahunta First Newbern 1,341.85 Oak Hill 6,943.62 Offerman 4,173.26 Patterson 6,017.00 Pine Grove 1,014.88 Pineview 800.00 Pleasant Hill 596.75 Pleasant Valley 7,189.46 Rehobeth 1,500.00 Riverside Chapel 350.00 Sand Hill 1,471.77 Satilla 1,025.36 Set Free Shady Grove South Gate 400.00 Southside Nahunta 1,200.00 Spring Hill 75.00 St George First 600.00 Sweat Memori...

  The POBA Executive Committee Meeting will be held on Thursday, August 21, 2025 at Whosoever  Baptist Church in Nahunta. Whosoever is located at 6975 US Hwy 301 in Nahunta.  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 at (912) 285-8161 or at  https://bit.ly/AUG25ExecMeal . (The POBA Executive Committee is made up of the Pastor plus two additional church members. See POBA Bylaws: Article 2, Section 2, Sub-section 1.)

  The POBA Regular Meeting will be held on Thursday, April 24, 2025 at Liberty Baptist Church. Liberty Baptist Church is located at 7755 Liberty Church Road in Nicholls.  There will be a meal at 6:30 PM and the meeting will begin at 7:00 PM. Please let us know you will be eating by calling the POBA Office at (912) 285-8161 or online at:  https://bit.ly/APR25RegMeal .

  When is your VBS? The POBA Office would love to help you get the word out about Vacation Bible School. Please let us know the dates and theme for your church's VBS  HERE .  VBS in the POBA This list will be updated as we receive information.  Dates Church Theme June 1-4 Mershon PRAISE! June 1-4 Pine Grove Magnified June 1-4 Walkerville Magnified June 1-5 Offerman Magnified June 1-5 Pleasant Valley Wonder Junction June 1-5 Second Magnified June 1-6 Camp Pinckney Wonder Junction June 8-10 CrossPoint Adventure Island June 8-11 Mt. Calvary Magnified June 8-12 First Waycross Wonder Junction June 8-12 Hoboken Wonder Junction June 8-12 Sweat Memorial Magnified June 8-12 Ten Mile Magnified June 10-14 Whosoever June 16-20 First Blackshear Magnified June 16-20 Riverside Chapel Magnified June 18-20 Lulaton Magnified June 20-21 Liberty Wonder Junction June 22-26 Bridge Church True North June 22-26 Central Wonder Junction June 22-26 First Folkston Magnified June 22-26 Youmans C...

  The POBA Executive Committee will meet on Thursday, January 16, 2025 at South Gate Baptist Church in Blackshear, GA. Please make plans to attend.  Schedule: 6:30 PM  Meal 7:00 PM  Meeting You can register for the meal here or by calling the POBA Office at (912) 285-8161.

  There will be a RA Directors meeting on November 12, 2024 at Sweat Memorial, beginning at 6:30 PM. We encourage all RA directors or leaders to attend.

 The POBA 56th Annual Meeting was held on Thursday, October 24, 2024 at Mt. Calvary Baptist Church in Hoboken, Georgia.  The following churches were represented: Bridge, Central, Camp Pinckney, FBC Blackshear, FBC Waycross, Haywood, Hickox, Jamestown, Laura Chapel, Lulaton, Mershon, Mt. Calvary, Oak Hill, Pineview, Pleasant Hill, Pleasant Valley, Set Free South Georgia, South Gate, Southside, Ten Mile, and Williams Chapel.  Theme: "Together" based on Psalm 34:3: "O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name TOGETHER." [emphasis added] Highlights: *2025 Budget approved *2025 Leadership approved *Bylaw amendments approved

  October 20-27 is the Week of Prayer for Baptist Associations. Will you pray for the Associational Leaders and Pastors of the Piedmont Okefenokee Baptist Association?  You can find a prayer guide at:  https://bit.ly/2024AMEPrayerGuide

  POBA’s 56th Annual Meeting will be held Thursday, October 24 at Mt. Calvary Baptist Church in Hoboken. Schedule: Meal: 6:15 PM Annual Meeting: 7:00 PM Please RSVP for the meal by Thursday, October 17. Call the POBA Office at (912) 285-8161 or RSVP online at: https://bit.ly/OCT24AnnMeal  

  The POBA Executive Committee Meeting will be Thursday, August 22 at Pine Grove Baptist Church. Pine Grove Baptist Church is located at 4997 Trudie Road in Blackshear. There will be a meal at 6:30 PM & the meeting will begin at 7:00 PM.   Please RSVP by August 15 for the meal by calling the POBA Office (912-285-8161) or at   https://bit.ly/Aug2024ExecMeal  

  There were 16 churches represented at the April 2024 Regular Meeting held at Laura Chapel Baptist Church. The following churches were represented: Camp Pinckney, Central, First Blackshear, Hickox, Laura Chapel, Manor Community, Mt. Calvary, Pineview, Pleasant Hill, Pleasant Valley, Set Free, South Gate, Southside Nahunta, Ten Mile, Waynesville, Youmans Chapel. Highlights: Approved forms for POBA Leadership & Policy Manual Presented proposed bylaw amendment (to be considered at Annual Meeting)   These documents can be seen at https://www.mypoba.org/governingdocuments  

  Thursday, April 18 Laura Chapel Baptist Church, Patterson 6:00 PM Meal 7:00 PM Meeting Please RSVP for the meal by Thursday, April 11 by calling the POBA Office at (912) 285-8161 or online at: https://bit.ly/APR2024RegMeal .  

  The Georgia Baptist Foundation will hold a Roundtable about writing endowments for the church at the POBA Office on February 8, 2024 from 11:30 AM—1:00 PM RSVP by calling the POBA Office at (912) 285-8161) or online at: h ttps://bit.ly/Feb24GBFroundtable  

  POBA RA Derby Race February 10, 2024 9:00 AM Pleasant Valley Baptist Church Registration: 8:30 AM Cost: $5/car POBA RA Camporee March 8-9, 2024 Lake Wendi (5901 Central Ave, Waycross) Begins: 8:00 AM on March 8 Cost: $15/participant Camp Kaleo Events :  State RA Racer Derby: February 24 State RA Camporee: March 22-23

  The POBA Executive Committee meeting will be held on Thursday, January 25, 2024.  6:30 PM Meal 7:00 PM Meeting Location TBA RSVP for the meal:  https://bit.ly/Jan2024EXECmeal 

  The following officers were elected at the POBA 55th Annual Meeting: Moderator: Ben Smith Vice Moderator: Wayne Woods Treasurer: Bill Higginson Asst. Treasurer: Larry Paulk Clerk: Sarah Rozier Asst. Clerk: Donna Murray

(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.