PAL LODGE FUNDRAISER EXTENDED! Our Leadership Team has decided to extend by one month the Fundraiser for upgrades at the Peninsula Association Lodge at Eagle Eyrie Conference Center. If you recall, our aging bathroom facilities are in need of a major upgrade. Part of this upgrade is to make one of our bathrooms compliant with the Americans With Disabilities Act guidelines.All of the upstairs bathr...

Dear Churches and Donors of the Peninsula Baptist Association,We want to say, "Thank you!" for your unwavering support and generosity toward our organization. Your contributions have been essential to our ability to continue carrying out our mission and serving the needs of our churches and communities.We also want to take this opportunity to introduce our new e-giving platform, VANCO. This platfo...

PAL LODGE FUND RAISER As you are hopefully aware, we are in the middle of a Fund Raiser for renovations of the Peninsula Association Lodge at Eagle Eyrie Conference Center outside of Lynchburg, Virginia. This lodge is a great place for church retreats, children’s camps, youth events, etc. The Conference Center is in a beautiful location in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains.Our lodge is abl...

FUNDRAISER REMINDER If you have been following our recent newsletters, you know we are conducting a fundraiser to make some much needed repairs to your Peninsula Association Lodge at Eagle Eyrie Retreat Center. We are attempting to raise $45,000 for renovations of our upstairs bathroom facilities at the lodge. This fundraiser will continue until the end of the summer, at which time we will make a ...

Dear Church MembersHaving served the Peninsula Baptist Association for the past 15 years, I feel it is time for me to step down as Director. I will continue to serve through 2025, with my final day being December 31st.  I have notified the staff and leadership of the association about my intentions. For me, this has been a wonderful time of ministry with the churches and people of the association....

PBA CHURCHESPAL LODGE FUND RAISER Hopefully, you know by now that we are conducting a Fund Raising Campaign to renovate the bathrooms at Peninsula Association Lodge at Eagle Eyrie. If not, please see “FUND RAISER FOR PAL LODGE REPAIRS” which appeared in our March Newsletter.We formed a team last year to examine the needs and receive estimates. We received an estimate from New London Construction t...

FUND RAISER FOR PAL LODGE REPAIRS The PBA’s lodge at Eagle Eyrie Baptist Conference Center needs some work! PeninsulaAssociation Lodge (PAL) has served our churches for many years as a place to stay for ministry programs at the Conference Center, as well as a place for churches to hold their own retreats and events.For some time we have wanted to make changes to the bathroom facilities to make the...

FINANCIAL CHALLENGES Our PBA Leadership Team has been studying our church contributions as they relate to ourannual budget. We have determined that our “anticipated income” for 2025 does not meet our current budget. Because of this, we will reduce our budget, and make sure no expenditures exceed budgeted amounts.In the coming weeks, we will be challenging our churches to evaluate the amount they g...

New Year, New Challenges! We begin the new year with some big challenges for the PBA. You will remember that we spent a lot of time last year listening to you and to God about our future. We gathered a lot of information from our listening sessions and are forming a team to review this information and make recommendations for moving forward. If you would like to serve on this team, please contact ...

Merry ChristmasFrom the PBA StaffChuck Harrison, Mike Mines, Jim Moynihan,Mike Haywood, Rose ChangPBA WEBSITEOur PBA Website is up and running. The address is https://thepeninsulanet.org. There is stillmuch work to be done on the site, but we decided to go public with what we have done so far.Again, we thank Pastor Dillon Evans of Gloucester Point Baptist Church for building theframework for the s...