The Associational Advisor

  For seminary students who will be enrolled in seminary for the fall semester 2026: A blessing from the former Crawford Street Baptist Church is that they established a fund to provide scholarships to Southern Baptist Theological Seminary students. Crawford Street has given the Piedmont Okefenokee Baptist Association, Inc., leadership the privilege of nominating candidates to receive a scholarship to students out of churches in the Piedmont Okefenokee Baptist Association, Inc., who will be attending one of the six Southern Baptist Theological Seminaries in the fall of 2026. The six SBC seminaries are: Gateway Seminary, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. This scholarship is for young people who desire to matriculate as students in any Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and who are preparing for the m...

  POBA's D-Now "One Weekend" will be held on February 20-22, 2026 at First Baptist Church in Blackshear.  The speaker will be Alex Gore, Student Pastor of Rocky Creek Baptist Church in Greenville, South Carolina. Music will be led by Whit Smith.  The cost will be $15 per person, which can be paid in advance or at the door.  Schedule:  F riday: 6:30 PM (doors open at 6 PM) Saturday Morning: 10:30 AM (doors open at 10 AM) Saturday Evening: 6:30 PM (doors open at 6 PM)

    For Seminary Students: Crawford Street Baptist Church (formerly located in Waycross, Georgia) established a fund to provide scholarships to Southern Baptist theological seminary students. Piedmont Okefenokee Baptist Association has the privilege of nominating candidates to receive a scholarship to students out of the POBA    who will be attending one of the six Southern Baptist Theological Seminaries in the fall of 2025. This scholarship is for young people who desire to matriculate as students in any Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and who are preparing for the ministry as a pastor, minister of music, youth, or education. 1.   Are you a member of a church in the Piedmont Okefenokee Baptist Association? 2.   Will you be enrolled in classes at a Southern Baptist Theological Seminary for the fall of 2025? 3.   Are you preparing for ministry as pastor, minister of music, youth, or education? If you answered yes to these questions and wish to be ...

  June 17-22, 2024 Rome, Georgia Early bird deadline: April 1 POBA students and chaperones of POBA member churches are being provided a $100 scholarship. Call the POBA Office at (912) 285-8161 with names of POBA students and chaperones by March 28. 

  Ministers of Youth and Youth Leaders are invited to a Youth Minister Network meeting on Thursday, February 8 at Southern Roost in Blackshear, beginning at 12:15 PM.   This meeting is held monthly on the second Thursday.  

  When: July 8-12, 2024 Where: Epworth By The Sea, St. Simons Island Cost:   $375/person Details: Space is limited. Contact Rebecca Musgrove (912-548-5820) if you are interested in attending. Deposit of $50/person is due by February 1. Remaining balance due by May 1. Cost includes all camp activities, books, tshirt, and snacks. For His Glory Student Camp is a ministry of Pleasant Valley Baptist Church.