Got questions about Fresh Encounter Fellowship? This series is perfect for you! Join us for this first message as we explore Fresh Encounter's origin story- how we started as a bible study gathering of believers looking for connection to the church we are today. As we go through these messages, we also encourage you to consider your own […]

How often do we really consider that God, the Lord and Creator of everything, has personal, incredible plans for each of us, individually. Take a listen as Joe helps us explore how God's plans deal with the root issues in our lives, not just the symptomatic, surface expressions.

As we move toward the new year, Joe invites us to explore what lies ahead as we press on with God in the movement of His kingdom. Listen to Sunday's sermon to reflect on what it means to grow with God in width and depth.

Take a listen to the final sermon from the Christmas Gifts series, given last Sunday. The gift of grace is one that brings us transformation both as we receive it and as we give it as well. We hope you can join us tonight at Fresh Encounter for our Christmas Eve service, 5-6 pm, to celebrate […]

Joe invites us in to consider the gift of adoption.  The child given to us two millennia ago opened the door the for us to become children ourselves, finding a new identity, new hope, and a new home. * The video of this week's monologue by Kristen Stanley on the Gift of Adoption will be up […]

The Christmas season can slip by in a blur. Even with the best of intentions, we can miss the richness of waiting and watching for Jesus. We invite you to watch the video below of this week's monologue delivered by Tom Stanley before listening to the sermon (if you are tuning in via the podcast, […]

The first in of four messages in our Christmas series, focusing on four gifts. The first message explores the gift of reconciliation. Bonus** This podcast includes the monologue delivered by Larry Hopp during the service.

Joe helps us all to reflect on the relationship between happiness and gratitude. Does gratitude follow happiness? Or is it the other way around? How do we really live in peace and contentment?

Joe gives a recap of our study of Hosea. We have taken away two core ideas from this sermon series: God loves you. You have done nothing to deserve that love. Now, we are invited to consider how we will respond, especially to consider the opportunity for baptism. Unfortunately, we were not able to get a recording […]