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When I began writing for the ENCOUNTER blog, I did not know where God would lead me. When Clare asked me to be a contributor, I said “yes!” and wrote my first blog about the City Center [...]

The room was buzzing with excitement as parents, friends, and neighbors packed the auditorium last Thursday evening for the VBS performance. During the week, almost 300 children and teens worked [...]

This Spring ENCOUNTER launched Rooted, a 10-week experiential group experience that serves as a catalyst for growing deeper in relationship with Christ and others. Through study, sharing of [...]

Kelly Hanighen-Lynch shares with ENCOUNTER the importance of deep friendship, especially during difficult circumstances  

Kelly and her family have been attending ENCOUNTER since 2014 and she has been serving in Kids’ Cove for the past 2 ½ years. Recently she invited her oldest son Kieran to join her one [...]

My name is Susan Plummer.  My husband John and I have been married for 20 years and he is both a step & spiritual father to “our” kids. Our son Jared is 28, a Captain in the Army, and [...]

Want to come over for dinner? Other people are coming and we hope you will join us. We have Singles, Young Families, Couples, and Grandparent Dinner for Eight (D48) opportunities for you to [...]

Hi! We’re the Bowles family. Our family consists of my husband Brandon, me (Amanda), and our 6 kids. Four of them were adopted through foster care, one was adopted through private domestic [...]

Dear ENCOUNTER Church Family, Last Mother’s Day we formally met. I was invited to share my story. My call is to do foster care as a full time working, single woman. I had just brought home a 2 [...]

Margaret and Spence Gosenson retired and moved to Ventura in July of 2017. After visiting several different churches, they decided to call ENCOUNTER home and immediately looked for ways to get [...]