2024 Encounter Classes


  • Adventures in Missions (AIM)

    Title: Surrender to the Mission

    What if true surrender meant opening doors of opportunity for great adventure? This class gives you a glimpse of how a two-year journey as a follower of Jesus can be an investment in the kingdom for the rest of your life.  



  • Leon Stewart- Melbourne Church of Christ

    Title: Garden 2 Garden: From Rebellion to Redemption

    How Jesus redeems The Fall by choosing God's will and restoring community.



  • Brian Crosby- Jenk Avenue Church of Christ

    Title: You Can't Make Me

    Everyone is afraid to make the big leap. You finally convince yourself that you're going to do it this time, then you get to the edge, and something makes you back off. God gives us instincts for a reason, sometimes to keep us from danger - but what do we do when the big leap is something that God Himself is calling us to do? 


  • Joel Harper- NorthWest Church of christ- St. Pete

    Title: When It's Out of Your Hands: Surrendering What You Can't Control

    What do you do when life feels unfair, when you're stuck in a situation you didn’t ask for and can’t fix? In this class, we’ll look at the story of Hannah in 1 Samuel 1–2 and how she faced deep hurt, jealousy, and disappointment when she couldn’t have children. Her honest emotions—grief, frustration, and pain—are real and relatable. But Hannah didn’t ignore her emotions or let them define her; she brought them to God. We’ll explore how surrendering control doesn’t mean shutting off what we feel, but choosing to trust God with what we can’t change. If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by life’s uncertainties, this class is for you.



  • Scott Simpson- Orange Avenue Church of Christ

    Title: Philippian Jailer: Surrender Power, Gain Humility (Acts 16:25-40) 

    Dynamics can change in a moment. People in power often come to grips with their futility when

    they least expect it. What are the virtues of living a humble life? How can we surrender power,

    even in places where it is due to us, in order to purse a humble lifestyle and disposition before

    God and others?


  • Luis Alvarez- Central Church fo Christ Winter Haven

    Title: Looking Into Jonah: the Strangest Prophet in the World

    Typically, Jonah story has been used as a magical story for children of a big fish that swallows a disobedient prophet, but what were his motivations, where did he come from? And how does your story end? We will explore Jonah reasons as our own prejudices, excuses and situation to not surrender and explore how God used all of that calling Jonah, and using Jonah and make him surrender.


  • dakota thornton- Mandarin church of christ

    Title: Stop and Smell the Beaver Nuggets

    God commanded the ancient Israelites to take regular rest stops called the Sabbath. This wasn’t just a good idea, it was imperative to their spiritual development. Does the practice of the Sabbath still have benefits for God’s people of faith today?


  • Stephen Maxwell

    Title: Singing Class

    Come and sing together with Stephen Maxwell! 

  • Steven casaletto

    Title: The Call to Surrender to Jesus

    We live in a world where everyone wants to control their own, lives their own decisions once and even control of what’s around them. We’re going to dive into the gospel, Matthew to see what Jesus says about surrendering it all to him.


  • Griffin ELkins- Holly Hill Church of Christ


  • Abby elkins- holly hill church of christ

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