FRIDAYS

Join us every Friday to kick start your weekend with a chance to chill out with friends, play sports and games, and explore what it means to follow Jesus.

Year 8-14
8-10.15pm

LIFEGROUPS

Go deeper in an Encounter small group for people your own age. Our groups run on the 2nd & 4th Sunday of the month from 7-8.15pm.

Meet: Coffee Lounge, SBC

ONE TO ONE

One to One is an opportunity to meet regularly with a leader to practically help you to know God and know yourself so you can help others do the same.

ENC:WEEKEND

Each year, in the first weekend of March, we gather together for a weekend away. It's always an incredible time of building friendships, making memories, and meeting with God in life-altering ways.

2nd-4thth March 2018

ENCOUNTER EVENTS

UPCOMING EVENTS AT ENCOUNTER

Upcoming Schedule

Take a look at what's coming up in our diary below...

18th May 2018

Enc: 5-a-side Football & Hangout

Fun 5-a-side tournament for all abilities (Year 8-14), followed by hangout back at Strandtown Baptist Church afterwards.

Meet: 6.25pm at Playball Stormont
Collect: 9.30pm at Strandtown Baptist Church
Wear: Suitable clothes and footwear for sports

Tournament from 6.30pm - 8.00pm, hangout 8.00pm (ish) - 9.30pm. Young people are welcome to arrive after 8pm to Strandtown if they are not taking part in the tournament and just want to come to hang out.

Bring £2 on the night.

Year 8-14 | £2

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

Young leaders hold the potential to change youth culture and beyond.

About the programme

The Encounter Leadership Development Programme is a space for young leaders to explore and cultivate the potential they hold to influence others for the Kingdom, together. The scheme is comprised of training sessions, experiential opportunities and leadership mentoring over the course of the year.

At it’s heart the LDP is a community who learn together and encourage one another as they step out, carry responsibility, take risks and set the tone for others to follow, wherever they find opportunities to lead. You’ll get to play your part in building a community of young people who are being changed by grace for the sake of the world.

Outline & Format

The scheme is comprised of training workshops, experiential opportunities and personal support spread over the duration of a year. Including:

Participation in whole team planning meetings in September and January and regular team meetings on Friday evenings
LDP training sessions three times per year (one per term) which include guided reading or materials to watch/listen to in advance
Working with a mentor throughout the year to achieve the goals agreed in a personal development plan that we will help you create
Putting learning into practice at Encounter on Friday evenings

Apply

If you will be starting year 13/14 in September and would be interested in taking part in this programme, please contact encounter@sbchurch.co.uk for an application pack.

Intake opens April each year.

E N C O U N T E R

A community of young people being changed by grace, for the sake of the world