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     Parents, Have THIS Talk With Your Kids About Covid-19
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    By Brian Rayburn
    In Homepage Encounter Stories, Parenting, Student Programs
    Posted March 25, 2020

    Parents, Have THIS Talk With Your Kids About Covid-19

    How you express and live out your faith, in front of your family, may have a greater impact on your son or daughter than anything else you do. – Kara Powell It is really hard to walk your loved [...]

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     A Family That Serves Together- Meet Kaden Drake
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    By Kelly Hanighen Lynch
    In children, Parenting, Serving, Volunteers
    Posted July 22, 2019

    A Family That Serves Together- Meet Kaden Drake

    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 [...]

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     Serving In Kids’ Cove – Meet Kelly Hanighen-Lynch
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    By Clare Rice
    In Moms, Parenting, Volunteers
    Posted June 25, 2018

    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 [...]

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     Meet the Bowles Family
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    By Clare Rice
    In Community, Foster Care, Moms, Parenting
    Posted May 21, 2018

    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 [...]

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     An Update from Foster Mom Meghan Lauer
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    By Clare Rice
    In Community, Foster Care, Moms, Parenting
    Posted May 14, 2018

    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 [...]

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     MOMSnext is launching!
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    By Lori Hahn
    In Community, Groups, Moms, Parenting
    Posted January 9, 2018

    MOMSnext is launching!

    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 [...]

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