Hephzibah Baptist Association
Associational Missionary Tim Batchelor
Mission teams will be traveling to WV on July 11th. Please pray for safe travels. Teams from Hephzibah/Kilpatrick Baptist Associations will be serving in the WV/VA area July 12th through 17th, leading 5 Bible Schools and participating in various other ministry and service projects in the Bluefield/Princeton area. Please pray for successful VBS lessons, crafts, recreation, sharing God’s love, and the response of those attending to the gift of God’s salvation. The teams will travel home on the 17th so please pray for their safe travels that day.
WV/VA Mission Trip
A Total Church Equipping Event!
August 16, 2026
Doors open at 3:45pm for Registration
4:30-8:15pm
Thom Rainer
Keynote Speaker
First Baptist Church
Thomson, GA
Registration
Breakout Session List
Hephzibah Baptist Association
June 2026
Missionary Moment
by Tim Batchelor
A couple of mornings ago I was finishing my morning workout when something caught my attention out of the corner of my eye just outside the window of our kitchen and living room. At first glance it appeared to be a big black shaggy dog ambling along within just a few feet of our house. Instantly, and to my shock, I realized that it wasn’t a dog at all, it was a bear! The bear walked within feet of our back French door where I was standing and down a path that led into our woods and disappeared. The funny thing is that just days earlier my daughter and I were talking about all the creatures that try to eat the things we grow in our garden, and she remarked, “At least there aren’t any bears around here.”
As I have reflected on that episode, I have thought about how that bear represents Kingdom opportunity.
Calendar
July 6 Monthly Pastors Meeting, Wrens Baptist Church
July 11-17 WV Mission Trip
Upcoming Events
SPARK Conference: August 16, 2026 @ FBC Thomson
Church VBS Summer 2026
July 12-15
Midville First Baptist
Illumination Station, 6-8pm
July 12-16
Rosemont Baptist of Waynesboro
5:30-8pm
3 hands-on mission experience opportunities:
July 10-ll Clarksville/Mt Airy
July 24-25 Milledgeville
Sept 25-26 Columbus
To learn more & register, visit Missiongeorgia.org
National Bible Drill Update
Association Director, Betsy Milburn
Congratulations to Emma Kate Hoffman (Wrens Baptist Church) for earning first place in National High School Bible Drill at the recent National Bible Drill/Speaker's Tournament in Brunswick, GA.
For more information about Bible Drill or Speaker's Tournament, please contact the Kilpatrick Associational Office, 706-595-5324, and we will put you in touch with Betsy Milburn.
Georgia Baptist Disaster Relief
The yearly training for our region, East Central Georgia, will be in Sandersville this year.
The dates for that training are:
August 7-8. This is a Friday evening and Saturday morning training.
Please click here to see class descriptions on the DR page. There is a job for everyone. It isn't all cutting trees, cooking, or hard manual labor tasks.
KBA/HBA Media
Center Update
KBA Library is growing!
Please see the list of new items available for checkout. There are many other resources available as well. Stop by the KBA office to see if you find something that meets a need for you, your small group, or church.
You can see the new resources by clicking here!