Activities On The MOUNTAINTOP

Flag Football
Basketball
Volleyball
Hay rides
Paddle Boats
Fishing
Team Building
Block Party
Great Peach Relay
Praise & Worship
Chapel
Concert
Group Discussion & Prayer
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SUMMARY STATEMENT OF OUR CHRISTIAN FAITH

We believe:

· In one holy, loving, all-powerful, and gracious Creator God who exists in three Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

· The Bible is the inspired and infallible Word of God, fully authoritative for all matters of faith and practice.

· That Jesus Christ, born of the virgin Mary, fully God and fully human, is both Lord and Savior.

· That Jesus Christ suffered and died on the cross for human sin, that he was raised bodily on the third day, and that he ascended to heaven and sits at the right hand of God the Father.

· That Jesus Christ will come again to judge the living and the dead and to reign over all things.

· In the Holy Spirit, who brings sinners to repentance, who gives eternal life to believers, and who lives in them to conform them to the image of Jesus Christ.

· That Christians should gather in regular fellowship and live lives of faith that make evident the good news that humans enter the kingdom of God by putting their trust in Jesus Christ.

· In the spiritual unity of all believers in our Lord Jesus Christ.

· That salvation comes not by works, but only by God’s grace through faith in Jesus Christ.

· In the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come.

The Mountaintop’s mission is to provide a fun & encouraging camp where teenagers from all walks of life can encounter the living God through intentionally planned chapel messages, inspiring praise & worship, Christ-centered activity programs and personal relationship with a camp community of believers.

The Mountaintop will gratefully receive your financial donation and we’ll use it to provide financial scholarships to teens from families with need and to upgrade the programs of the camp.

The Mountaintop is a legally chartered non-profit, tax-exempt ministry.  Any donations made to this camp will be receipted and can be claimed as tax deductible under U.S. IRS tax rules.

To make a donation, please make check or money order payable to The Mountaintop and mail to:

Helen Garrett, Mountaintop Secretary, 1120 South Avenue, D-3 , Forest Park, GA  30297

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The Mountaintop Experience

The Mountaintop aspires to be an inter-denominational, multi-cultural Christian youth camp devoted to loving teenagers while encouraging them to seek a personal relationship with Jesus Christ or to go deeper in their relationship with Him

Who We Are

The Mountaintop Camp (formerly known as Discovery Weekend) is a 3-day weekend camp experience held at the beautiful Woodland Christian Camp in Temple, Georgia. The Mountaintop is a charted youth camp of Generations Ministries, a sponsored ministry of the Worldwide Church of God.

Woodland's Heritage

Woodland was established in 1969 as a non-profit ministry of Christian Camping.  The legacy of Woodland's leaders cast a vision of excellence in facilities and programming.  From that beginning, Woodland has grown into a multifaceted ministry, four camps on one 120 acre site, a challenge ropes course and a popular retreat location for many different types of groups.  Over 10,000 people a year enjoy the unique facilities of Woodland.