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...

  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 beginning in August during fall semester at South Georgia State College , Waycross campus. Contact the POBA Office at (912) 285-8161.   SGSC Waycross Students:   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 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.