Gallery

The property
as it is.

No staging and no styling. The chapel, the terraces, the Word in stone, the land from above, and the worship it was built to hold.

Stone stairway descending through vineyard terraces, warm afternoon light, The Hidden Encounter grounds
The terraces. Stone steps through the vineyard. Afternoon light.
Long harvest table set outdoors on the grounds of The Hidden Encounter, surrounded by trees
Gathered at the table. The land set for fellowship and the Word.
Stone terrace overlooking valley hills at The Hidden Encounter, Coto De Caza
The terrace. Valley stretched wide. A place to pray, to wait, to see.
Stone archway with hanging bronze bells on the grounds of The Hidden Encounter
Stone arch. Bronze bells. A threshold marked for those who enter.
Aerial view of The Hidden Encounter property from above, Coto De Caza hills extending to the horizon
The property from above. Hills rolling west. Set apart from ordinary reach.
Interior of the Zion Chapel at The Hidden Encounter, stone walls and warm light
Inside the Zion Chapel. Stone, light, and the quiet weight of a room built for encounter.
Zion Chapel interior at The Hidden Encounter, showing the chapel’s intimate sacred space
The chapel from within. Every detail prayerfully placed.
Stones with Scripture inscribed, set into the grounds of The Hidden Encounter
Scripture carved in stone. The Word made permanent in the land.
The Encounter Trail winding through the natural landscape of The Hidden Encounter property
The trail. A path for quiet movement and prayer through the land.
The grounds of The Hidden Encounter in September afternoon light
September afternoon. The land holds still.
Property scene at The Hidden Encounter, warm California light across the grounds
The property in September. Light through the olives.
Stone and landscape detail on the grounds of The Hidden Encounter, Coto De Caza
Stone and shadow. Details of the ground beneath your feet.
Terraced grounds of The Hidden Encounter in September, stone and olive in vertical view
The terraces. Built for tending and for pausing.
Outdoor fellowship space at The Hidden Encounter, late afternoon light
The outdoor space. A place where fellowship is unhurried.
Property detail at The Hidden Encounter, natural light on stone and landscape
Stone and earth. The land as it was made to be.
The Hidden Encounter property in late autumn, late-season light across the grounds
Autumn on the property. The land at rest.
The Hidden Encounter grounds in late season, hills of Coto De Caza in the distance
December light. The property in its quieter season.
The Hidden Encounter property in early 2026, winter morning on the grounds
January on the hill. A still morning on sacred ground.
Architectural detail of The Hidden Encounter property, stone craftsmanship and sacred setting
Built with intention. Stone and care in every detail.
Property feature at The Hidden Encounter, natural materials in the sacred landscape
The materials of the place. Stone, wood, and care.
The Zion Chapel interior at The Hidden Encounter, a space prepared for worship and prayer
The chapel prepared. A room that holds what it was built to carry.
Interior architectural detail of the Zion Chapel, warm light and sacred atmosphere
Zion Chapel. The light comes through as it should.
Sacred feature of The Hidden Encounter property, Coto De Caza, California
A detail of the land. Every element placed with purpose.
Property detail at The Hidden Encounter, natural and architectural elements of the grounds
Stone and landscape. The property in close view.
Evening worship in the candlelit Wine Cave at The Hidden Encounter, hands raised
A worship night in the cave. The room gathered and lifted.
Worshippers with hands raised beneath chandeliers during evening worship at The Hidden Encounter
Hands raised under the vault. Worship as it was given.
Cobbled drive climbing between stone walls toward the tiled roofs above
The drive climbs, and the roofs appear.
Cellar room lined with clay vessels and scales, a timber work table at the centre
The room where the vessels are kept.
Shelves of glazed jars and crocks beside a weathered timber door
Jars, crocks, and an old door.
Amphorae set into lit niches in a stone wall above a timber table
Amphorae in the niches.
Vintage bicycle and a fruit press standing against a stone wall hung with vessels
A press, a bicycle, and the wall behind them.
Shelf of glazed jugs and pewter vessels on rough timber
Glaze and pewter on rough timber.
Stone grotto arch with a bench set inside it, cypress and planting either side
An arch cut for sitting in.
Stone grotto arch and bench seen across the planting, lantern hung inside
A lantern in the arch.
Boulder watercourse running down through dense planting
Water finding its way down.
Scripture plaques set into the stone wall of a stair, steps climbing past them
The Word set into the stair wall.
Ancient olive trunk with a scripture stone resting at its foot among flowering ground cover
A verse laid at the root.
Scripture stone standing among geraniums beneath an olive tree
Left where it would be found.
Clay tile roofs stepping down the hillside, vines growing across the ridge
Tile stepping down the hill.
Olive grove and vineyard seen over a dry stone wall
Over the wall, the grove.
Stone wall and grapevines above the terrace, olive branches overhead
Vines above the terrace wall.
Iron cross mounted on a stone wall beside a cast letterbox and geraniums, stone steps climbing between olive trees
A cross, a letterbox, and steps going up.