Parenting

One any given Sunday, you are likely to find the Drake family serving. Four years ago they started attending ENCOUNTER, and in that time the family has left an indelible mark as Kyle and Donnea [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

We’re growing our ministry to moms and we couldn’t be more excited! MOMSnext is for moms who are – past the diaper years and kids are sleeping through the night – meeting [...]