Kilpatrick Baptist Association
Connecting • Serving • Equipping
Tim Batchelor, Associational Missionary
Chanda Harbeson and Susan Batchelor, Ministry Assistants
Von Adkins, Financial Secretary
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
4:30-8:15pm
Thom Rainer
Keynote Speaker
First Baptist Church
Thomson, GA
Registration
Breakout Session List
2 hands-on mission experience opportunities:
July 10-ll Clarksville/Mt Airy
Sept 25-26 Columbus
To learn more & register, visit Missiongeorgia.org
A Testimony from VBS 2026
Little Brier Creek held VBS May 27-29th. VBS director Gina Story shares the following:
VBS is always a blessing and almost like a shot of much needed spunk for everyone that participates. When you see the "Jesus seeds" getting planted and watered in children, how can you not want to shout and sing praises to the Lord! While it can be difficult for a small country church like LBCBC to staff the needed volunteers and workers, the Lord always comes through with enough! Just like Jesus showing He was the powerful Son of God when He fed the multitudes with 5 loaves and 2 fish.
When the planning & executing gets difficult from all the fiery darts and seemingly fatal sword thrusts of Satan, give it ALL to God in prayer; because He will sustain you and carry you through to the end.
On a personal level, I know the enemy was doing everything he could to make me give up this year. All I can say is BUT GOD. He held me, he covered me, and led me. He will be with each of us ALways, even to the end. Remember, when Satan is working overtime, God has big plans in store!! He will sustain you!
"...I was wearing different hats at different times. We made it through, and what a blessing it was to our church!! Our last night, Family Fun Night, we had 91 total in attendance (adults, children, youth helpers, and babies). It was a bit of organized chaos outside with the slide, children playing in the sprinklers and eating Konas!"
Gina Story, VBS Director, LBCBC
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.
Upcoming Events
Pastors Conference, Tuesdays @
10:30am Sweetwater BC Fellowship Hall​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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July 11-17 WV/VA Mission Trip
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August 11 KBA Executive Committee Mtg, 10am @ Sweetwater BC
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August 16 SPARK Conference @ FBC Thomson
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Pine Grove Baptist VBS: Galaxy July 10-12.
Magnolia Baptist VBS: Food Truck Party July 11, 9am - 4pm.
FBC Thomson VBS: Rainforest Falls, July 13-17, 6:30-8:45pm.
Fort Creek Homecoming July 19th, 10:30am
Fort Creek Revival, July 20-22, 6:30pm
New Hope Baptist VBS: MAGNIFIED, July 24-26: Fri, 6-8pm; Sat, 9-3pm; Sun, 9-12pm.
Blythe BC is looking for a bivocational Family Ministry Coordinator.​
New Providence Baptist Church is looking for a bi-vocational pastor.
Reedy Creek Baptist is looking for a pastor. Contact Jan at jan3jim@aol.com
Kilpatrick Baptist Association
July 2026
Missionary Moment
by Tim Batchelor
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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.
KBA Truck-Loading Day
for Baxley Children's Home
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Thank you to all who brought items and money gifts to give to the Children's Home in Baxley! There was great participation among our association churches. These gifts of love have been delivered. Thank you again!​​​​​​
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(Article published in Summer 2026 Georgia
Baptist Children's Home "The Messenger")
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.
KBA 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 office to see if you find something that meets a need for you, your small group, or church.
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You can see the new resources by clicking here!
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