The Encounter Conference is an annual youth AND LEADERS conference located in Utica, NY.
THE FOCUS BEHIND THIS THREE-DAY CONFERENCE IS TO CREATE SPACE FOR STUDENTS TO ENCOUNTER GOD, YOUTH LEADERS TO BE EQUIPPED, AND CONNECTIONS TO BE FOSTERED BETWEEN THE YOUTH MINISTRIES OF OUR REGION.
THE ENCOUNTER CONFERENCE (FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE GENERATION CONFERENCE) HAS BEEN HOSTED BY REDEEMER CHURCH FOR OVER 25 YEARS. WE ARE A NONDENOMINATIONAL CHURCH LOCATED IN UPSTATE NY. FROM THE BEGINNING WE’VE HAD A HEART FOR GENERATIONAL MINISTRY. REDEEMER CHURCH WAS FOUNDED IN THE 80S DURING THE RENEWAL MOVEMENT. OVER THE YEARS, WE’VE SEEN BLESSING AS WE’VE POURED INTO THE YOUTH AND LEADERS THAT COME THROUGH OUR DOORS. THAT IS WHY IN 1997, WE STARTED THIS CONFERENCE WITH THE HOPE TO HELP OTHER CHURCHES IN OUR AREA DO THE SAME THING.
This is still our heart.
PASTOR TIM NICOLETTE
OUR VISION
OUR VISION
We are Gospel Centered. FROM THE SONGS WE SING TO THE MESSAGES PREACHED, WE ARE ABOUT THE PERSON AND WORK OF JESUS CHRIST AND WHAT HE MEANS FOR OUR LIVES, OUR FUTURES, AND OUR WORLD. THE GOSPEL IS THE ONLY THING THAT CAN HELP STUDENTS, AND WE WANT TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND HOW TO APPLY IT TO THEIR LIVES.
Romans 1:16 “For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.”
We are Spirit Empowered. WE NEED THE HOLY SPIRIT TO SHOW US OUR NEED FOR JESUS AND EMPOWER US TO RESPOND TO HIM IN FAITH. WE NEED THE EMPOWERMENT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT TO JOIN THE WORK OF BUILDING HIS KINGDOM HERE ON EARTH.
1 CorINTHIANS 12:1-30
We are Mission Driven. WE WANT STUDENTS TO WALK AWAY WITH A VISION TO SPEND THEIR LIVES ON MISSION FOR HIS KINGDOM, NOT THEIR OWN.
MattHEW 16:25 “For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.”