It's our hope that we can begin to ask the right questions when it comes to friendships and romantic relationships. Instead of asking, how much is too much or what is okay for a Christian, etc., we want to be asking, "What is the most honoring way to ____?" If we choose the path of honor, we will see our relationship do the most important thing in our lives: helps us become the people God made us to be.

We hope this conversation is helpful and encouraging. Next week we'll talk about romantic relationships! See you on Wednesday!

It was such an honor to have Zach back in the house to share his story at Youth Night! We recognize how easy it is to seek for meaning and happiness in the world instead of God. As Zach shared, true satisfaction is found in experiencing a genuine relationship with Jesus.

Our vision is to see Jesus, listen to His word, and live like Himtogether! See you on Wednesday!

Nat shares her journey in discovering the beauty of reading the Bible. Our vison for Encounter Youth is to see Jesus, listen to His Word, and live like Himtogether.See you on Wednesday!

What's the point of praying? For that matter, of following Jesus? What does God actually want or desire for our lives? In this message, Tim looks at several Bible passages and share two stories from his own life that show a simple, but powerful answer. According to the writers of the New Testament, prayer is supposed to become love.

We've been talking about prayer from various angles throughout the Fall. Last week, Tim shared about how God really answers prayer and invites us to participate with Him through intercession. This week, we chat about the experience that can stop us in our tracks: when prayer doesn't seem to work. For any of you who have gone though difficult losses or are living with unanswered prayers, we hope this encourages you to not give up and continue to trust God.

Does God really answer prayer? Why does He invite us to partner with Him? Do miracles still happen? We can't finish our series on prayer without talking about intercession-- the kind of prayer where we stand in the gap between God and others, heaven and earth, and invite God's kingdom to come.

We encourage each of you to ask God for a heart for intercession. If there is an area of injustice that is really overwhelming, start praying for real change to come!

It was an honor to have Ms Annamarie share some her story and walk us through the story of the fiery furnace. We were challenged to be willing to follow Jesus no matter what.

Does prayer often feel like a one way phone call? It's hard to stay in a conversation if you feel like the other person isn't listening because they aren't responding. Though many of us might feel this way in prayer, the Scriptures tell us over and over that God DOES respond to our prayers and loves to speak directly to us. In the message, we look at some ways God might be speaking and how we can plan on hearing from Him.

Throughout the Gospels, there is only one thing that the disciple directly asked Jesus to teach them. In Luke 11, after witnessing the way Jesus prayed to his Father, they say, "Lord, teach us to pray." As a youth community, we believe God is inviting us to build on prayer.

We all have had disappointing or awkward experiences of prayer. But as we talked about in this message, prayer is really the foundation of any community that seek to follow Jesus. Not only was it primary in Jesus' life, but He prayed himself that we would discover the life of God through prayer. We hope you are encouraged to take a step forward wherever you are at in your journey with prayer!