Megan Peterson joined Encounter Church as Children’s Pastor in September 2021. She is passionate about helping children grow in their faith and develop a heart for missions. Megan holds an associate degree from Cloud County Community College and studied elementary education at Trinity Bible College. She and her husband, Andrew, were married in March 2025. Megan enjoys spending time with her family and cherishes her role as a stepmother!

Pastor Andrea joined our team in April of 2023. Andrea and her husband, Tim, have three children. Tim works at Barton Community College as the CDL coordinator. Pastor Andrea's heart is to ensure students feel the love, forgiveness, and grace of Jesus, and to encourage youth students to serve like Jesus! She is dedicated to making a difference for the youth in our community.

 Robert and Kay met and married at Calvary Assembly of God in Ormond Beach, FL.   Robert studied at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.  In their younger years, believing that God had called them to the mission field, Robert served as a missionary pilot/mechanic . From there, they were youth sponsors and junior high Sunday school teachers for 23 years! Robert also served  Pratt County Jail ministry for three years. and then was the lead pastor at Kinsley Assembly of God Church for a time and the interim pastor for Ashland.   Along their journey, they have always loved reaching out to the lost souls of foreign lands.  They first started by traveling to Lomalinda , Colombia, and Mexico,  to build churches and trade schools!   Robert has led 20 trips to Muslim Countries.  Their heart’s passion has always been for the lost and unreached people groups of the world, and giving them God’s Word and a place to worship.

Alan and Tracy Mettling have been long-time members of Encounter Church.  Alan recently celebrated 17 years of employment at Encounter.  Alan started his education at Barton Community College and then earned a degree in Business Administration from Sterling College.  Alan and Tracy have 2 kids, 2 kids-in-law, 5 grandsons, and 3 dogs.

Kim Moeder and her husband Keith have four children. Before Kim lived in Great Bend, she grew up in Canada. In 2020 she came on board full-time in the office. Kim is passionate about prayer; call the office anytime you are in need of prayer and she will happily stop, drop, and pray!  

Catie has 4 beautiful children — a son in middle school and three littles all under the age of 5! She is a busy mom and excited about her family growing up in and around Encounter Church, because it is a great place to raise a family! She is excellent at keeping the church in tip-top shape!