WEEKLY NEWSLETTER

March 12, 2026

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Special-Called Association Meeting

The Moderator of our Executive Board, Rusty Kenyon, has called for a special association meeting for March 28, 2026 at 4 p.m. at First Baptist Church House.  The purpose of the meeting is to have messengers vote on the Director of Missions Search Committee's recommended candidate for our next Director of Missions, Damon Pearce.

Since we are Baptists, we probably couldn't get together without having a meal!  So the association will provide brisket prepared by Steve Davis.  The churches are asked to provide sides, salads, and desserts.  The type of dish requested is based on geographic location.

Tucumcari area churches are asked to provide sides.  Clovis area churches are asked to provide salads.  Portales area churches are asked to provide desserts.  A local FFA group will assist in serving and cleaning up after the meal in order for all the church members to fully participate in the meeting.

Community Bible Church Making Progress on New Building

The Community Bible Church was organized in April, 2022. They rented for one week in Texico and since then have been renting the Community Center in Farwell. In September, 2025 they purchased a new-to-them church building at 221 Anderson, Texico, NM. and have been making renovations to the building ever since. You can see some of the progress pictures below.

According to Mike McCune, their pastor, the church is hoping to be able to have their first service in this new building on Easter Sunday!  And to celebrate even further, it will be debt-free!  Praise God for His many blessings on this congregation!

Fast Facts About Annie Armstrong Easter Offering

• Amount of NAMB budget provided by Cooperative Program: 35%
• Amount of NAMB budget provided by Annie Armstrong Easter Offering: 50%
• Year offering started: In 1895 by WMU®
• Amount given in 1895: $5,000 +
• Year offering named after Annie Armstrong: 1934
• Total offering gifts to date: Over $2 billion

March is Ministers' Wives Appreciation Month

FBC Melrose Has Great

AWANA Kick-off 

Per their Facebook post, FBC Melrose had their best start to AWANA!! They had over 40 kids and 20 adults - what an amazing start to this semester of AWANA! They had crafts, snacks and games. The counsel times lesson was on 1 John 1:9 about how Jesus cleans us from sin when we confess them to Him. There is nothing that you can do that Jesus can’t forgive you of.

Marsha Stowe, our Dress A Girl Ambassador, is looking forward to showing how God is blessing this ministry with the storage facility at FBC House.  If you want to check it out while there for the Special-Called Association Meeting, feel welcome to do so.  If you have dresses or shorts or supplies ready to donate or if you need supply kits to make more dresses or shorts, feel free to check out this ministry.  She says they will also have some clothes ready for churches to pick up for mission trips or Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes.  If you would like to contact her prior to that date, her number is 575-760-5603.

VBS Training - a Success!

Sandia Clovis hosted the 2026 Vacation Bible School training this past Saturday for this part of the state.  There were18 in attendance from 5 churches.

Trainers Larry and Cynthia Evans, Veronica Corder, and Geralyn Boydstun led various break-out sessions.  The training was in cooperation with the Baptist Convention of New Mexico with Katy Parker making the arrangements.

Some pictures are shown below:

The date has been set for this year's Young Lives Ablaze.  It will be held Saturday, April 18, 2026.  More details to follow but save the date on your calendars now!  The leadership team is planning to meet on March 16 to firm up some details so there may be more information available in the next newsletter.

"The Harvest is abundant, but the laborers are few.  Therefore, pray to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest."  Matthew 9:35-38 (CSB)

On September 26, 2026, the One Day Mission Trip will step into two communities where the harvest is immense and the need for the gospel is undeniable.  The two areas that will be the focus for this mission trip are Roswell and the East Mountains area.  Truly these fields are ripe for harvest and this day of mission is a call to labor faithfully so that many may come to know the joy of salvation. 

One of the ways you can participate from your own location before that date is to PRAY.  To help you in guiding your prayers for this event, you can access the March prayer guide by clicking HERE. Link to March One Day Prayer Guide in Spanish.

JOIN OUR PRAYER TEAM

If you would like to join our Tri-Area Prayer Team, text your first and last name to Elaine at 575-714-7788. She will pass along prayer needs via a text message that are submitted by our churches.

PRAY FOR MISSIONARIES WITH

NEW MEXICO TIES

Karen Pilgreen has been providing a great ministry of sending out a monthly newsletter. about missionaries with New Mexico ties.  She is stepping down from doing this but the good news is that she has been training Emily Taigaafi to step into those shoes.

Emily has created a new email that is specifically for those updates. That email is: nmupdates@proton.me 

Anyone who is currently on the mailing list has been transferred to the new email address and should get the prayer list email as normal!  

Emily has also created a form for anyone who wishes to sign up for the updates. Here is the link to the FORM.

Click HERE to check out the Good Books section of our website. We also have a Spanish version called Buenos Libros which you can check out by clicking HERE.

The Book of the Week is The Final Days of Jesus by Andreas Köstenberger and Justin Tayler, et al. It is listed in the New Testament Special Studies portion of the Good Books section under the Encourage tab on the Tri-Area website.

Walk With Jesus During His Last Week on Earth

On March 29, AD 33, Jesus entered the city of Jerusalem and boldly predicted that he would soon be put to death―executed on a cross, like a common criminal. So began the most important week of the most important person who ever lived.

Nearly 2,000 years later, the events that took place during Jesus’s last days still reverberate through the ages. Designed as a day-by-day guide to Passion Week, The Final Days of Jesus leads us to reexamine and meditate on the history-making, earth-shaking significance of Jesus’s arrest, trial, crucifixion, and empty tomb.

Combining a chronological arrangement of the Gospel accounts with insightful commentary, charts, and maps, this book will help you better understand what actually happened all those years ago―and why it matters today.

• *Recounts Christ’s Journey to the Cross: Pairing the Scriptural text with insightful commentary, this book serves as a day-by-day guide to Jesus’s final days on earth
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• *Chronological: Presents all of the biblical text on Jesus's final week continuously and in the order the events occurred in history
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• *Helpful Study Tools: Includes a quick-reference glossary and color maps adapted from the award-winning ESV Study Bible
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• *For Individuals, Families, and Groups

CLICK if you want to purchase this book from Amazom.com. It is available in paperback HERE. It may also be available through other booksellers as well.  

Submit a résumé by sending it to the following mailing address:

Iglesia Bautista Belen
Senior Pastor Position
820 N. Reid
PO Box 2046
Clovis, New Mexico  88102

First Baptist Church
Senior Pastor Position
226 Avenue A
PO Box 275
Dora, New Mexico  88115

First Baptist Church
Senior Pastor Position
100 S Avenue C
Portales, NM  88130

Central Baptist Church

Senior Pastor Position

Applicants can find additional information at searchteam@connect2central.com or by using the following QR code:                                                             

Central is also seeking their next Worship Pastor.  Learn more about applying for this position HERE.  You can mail application/résumé to:

Central Baptist Church

Worship Pastor Position

2501 N Norris

Clovis NM  88101

JANUARY FINANCIAL REPORT

                    Beginning Jan 1   $51,308.28

                    Receipts                 11,609.53   

                    Disbursals                3,381.91    

                    Balance Jan 31    $59,535.90

Please make any checks you send payable to the Tri-Area Baptist Association and mail them to 1100 W Mañana Blvd, Clovis NM  88101

Click HERE to read or download the latest contribution report for Tri-Area.

IMPORTANT DATES

Have an event coming up at your church? Email us at tri.area.baptist.association@gmail.com or
send us a text message at 575-714-7788.

March 2026 - 

12th - Portales Pastors & Wives Fellowship - 6:30 p.m.                Calvary Baptist Church

16th - Young Lives Ablaze planning meeting - 5:30 p.m.               zoom
19th - Clovis Pastors & Wives Fellowship - 6:30 p.m.
23rd - Tucumcari Pastors & Wives Fellowship - 6:30 p.m.              La Cita Restaurant

28th - Special Called Association Business Meeting -                   4:00 p.m. First Baptist Church House

April 2026 - 

5th -  Easter/Resurrection Sunday

18th - Young Lives Ablaze

27th - Executive Board Meeting

May 2026 - 

7th - National Day of Prayer

June 2026 - 

4th - 6th - Ute Lake Camp Meeting

September 2026

26th - One Day Mission

Got a question about any of the above events? Call Elaine at 575-714-7788.

PRAY FOR NEEDS
IN OUR ASSOCIATION

New or updated requests appear below in bold type.

Pray for Foundations of Faith Dairy Ministry.

Pray for our pastorless churches: Iglesia Bautista Belen in Clovis, First Baptist Dora, FBC Portales, and Central Clovis.

Pray for the Christian Challenge ministry at Eastern.

Pray for all our pastors and other ministerial staff and leaders.

Pray for Joel Castro and his wife, Sara, from Honduras, that they might be able to secure the necessary visas to come to the U.S.

Pray for Carlos Cervantes and his wife, Adrianna, from Mexico, that they might be able to secure the necessary visas to come to the U.S.

Pray for the DOM Search Committee's recommended applicant to be our next Director of Missions - Damon Pearce and his wife as they seek God's guidance.

Helpful Links

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