Encounter Church

Encounter Church We’re here to make faith real again. Spirit Filled Saturday Night is a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic, and multi-generational church where everyone is welcome.

Encounter Church is a diverse, welcoming community of all ages and backgrounds, where everyone can find purpose, belonging, and truth. Our vision includes becoming an influential Church in the Christian community in Reno/Sparks while maintaining the utmost integrity in all aspects of Church operations. We believe that the Church is the body of Christ, and as such, will live out the commands of our Lord and Savior while fulfilling His calling in our lives and for this Church.

08/28/2026

An encouraging word from our brother Scott..

We have been programmed to believe that happiness is the most important thing. Happiness, however, is merely a fleeting feeling or temporary situation at best. Not that happiness is bad, but it becomes the end goal for those whose eyes have not been opened by the grace of God. The devil, who is deceptive, uses every opportunity to skew happiness into a counterfeit substitute for joy. The truth is that in the life of a Christian, happiness is more of a luxury than a baseline normal experience. But the joy of the Lord is deeper than all emotion.

The joy that comes from abiding in Christ is an eternal STATE, not just a feeling. It is an unshakable, absolute truth. We must come to grips with the fact that because it is unshakable the devil is committed to convincing us that it is not. He will do all he can to cast the illusion that your foundation in Christ is splitting, cracking, disintegrating. Feelings of despair and condemnation dominate those who do not abide in Christ, those who are sitting ducks, defenseless against the onslaught of demonic attacks that come against our minds. You can genuinely believe and profess to be a Christian and yet be subject to these feelings of condemnation. Why? Because there is a huge difference between acknowledging Christ and abiding in Christ.

The book of Mark exposes the infallible template that must be followed in order to abide in Christ. “Now in the morning, having risen a long while before daylight, He went out and departed to a solitary place; and there he prayed” (Mark 1:35). The verse is 24 words; if you blink, you could miss it. The verse simply reads that Jesus went off by Himself to pray, but it means infinitely more than that. There is a question here that is not explicitly asked; nonetheless, a seasoned Christian eventually faces the question: If Jesus - God Himself - retreated in solitude to connect with the Father, what makes you think you can navigate this life successfully without spending time alone in undistracted prayer? A similar question is presented as well: If Jesus prayed with His disciples corporately, and Matthew 18:20 says, “For where two or three gather in my name, there I am with them,” what makes you think you can neglect to use the God-given powerful weapon that is prayer with others, and yet still have the same impact on the Kingdom? The questions may be convicting, but true conviction comes along with a great deal of hope. Imagine a church firing on all cylinders when it comes to prayer, life’s greatest game changer. Imagine a congregation that is committed to prayer both privately and corporately. Who could stop that church?

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510 Greenbrae Drive
Sparks, NV
89431

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6:30pm - 9pm

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