This year's Tri-Area Annual Meeting will be on Saturday, October 11th in Portales.
"Together on Mission Gathering" The Main Session:
The main session will be held at Calvary Baptist Church, located at 1101 W 18th St. All events provided for children will be at Calvary's campus, as well.
Childcare will be provided for little ones.
A mission lesson will be provided for younger (kindergarten through 2nd grade) in the Little Kids on Mission class.
A mission lesson will be provided for older children (3rd through 6th grade) in the Big Kids on Mission class.
The main session will be held in Calvary's Worship Center and will be bilingual, with Mario Navarro, our BCNM Regional Missionary helping us with the translation during the session.
Mario Navarro
Everything begins at 4:00 p.m. with a short business session. We will approve new board members, the annual budget, and vote on the recommendation of our Credentials Committee to fully accept GracePoint church as our newest member of Tri-Area.
Each Tri-Area church is allowed to have up to five voting messengers to vote in the business session of the Together on Mission Gathering.
The business session will be followed by worship, led by the GracePointe Church Portales Worship Team.
Matt Thackerson, the Missions Mobilization Leader for the BCNM will be our speaker this year.
Matt Thackerson
The session will conclude with an altar call to allow attendees opportunity to respond to God in whatever way they feel led.
"Students on Mission Gathering" The Youth Session:
Tri-Area youth and sponsors will gather at Emmanuel Baptist, located at 524 N Globe in Portales. They will be led in worship by the Emmanuel Worship Team and will hear a message from Tyler Eanes, from FBC Melrose.
Tyler Eanes
Following the Youth Session at Emmanuel, youth and sponsors will join everyone else in the Fellowship Hall at Calvary for dinner. Church vans will be provided to help everyone get from Emmanuel to Calvary.
Barbecue Dinner to Follow:
After the main session, at 5:00 p.m., we will gather in the fellowship hall to share in a barbecue dinner and fellowship. Displays from various ministries will be in the Fellowship Hall for folks to enjoy and gain information on what is happening with such Tri-Area partners as Foundations of Faith Dairy Ministry, the New Mexico Baptist Children's Home, the Christian Challenge BSU ministry at ENMU, etc.
Register Your Church Group:
To help us prepare for the annual meeting, please register your group by clicking HERE.
