ENCOUNTER Stories
Kelly Hanighen-Lynch shares with ENCOUNTER the importance of deep friendship, especially during difficult circumstances
Serving In Kids’ Cove – Meet Kelly Hanighen-Lynch
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 [...]
Meet Susan Plummer
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 [...]
Dinner For Eight Summer Groups
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 [...]
Meet the Bowles Family
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 [...]
An Update from Foster Mom Meghan Lauer
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 [...]
Mercy Seat Prayer Group
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 [...]
Meet one of our awesome small groups!
Groups that serve together, stay together. The Young Professional Women’s small group launched in the Fall of 2016 and has been going strong ever since. The group’s vision is “to create a space [...]
