When we think of the kingdom of heaven, what does it look like? What does it sound like? Who is there? How are people loved, cared for, and supported?

As a Day Camp Ministry Coordinator this summer, I have the privilege to witness firsthand the ways that God lives and moves through the kids of the Grundy County area.

Mountain T.O.P. has always felt like a second home to me (as I’m sure it has to many of you!) Whether it’s the community that is formed in a week, the joy we share together, the way we can have a spiritual reset, get our hands dirty, fill our hearts with love, and play some much needed nine-square, it all comes back to God.

Read about our most recent season ministry. This spring, we hosted 95 volunteers as they tackled various but vital home repair needs!

Stretching up with a roller in hand, standing on the top rung of a ladder delicately balanced on a set of stairs, with my spotter below–this is where my relationship with God began. It was that day at Mountain T.O.P.’s Camp Baker Mountain that I felt God asking me to trust Him. That was 9 years ago…

Summer time is the time of the year that educators and children love. A break from all the hard work they have been putting in all year. But for some children, it’s not their favorite time, because they won’t be seeing their friends, they aren’t involved in sports or activities, and they are not sure what their day will be like.