2016 Gratitude Report

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1 2016 Gratitude Report I praise you, for I am I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. Psalm 139:14 Get the full story. Check out our website: mountain-top.org for a look at our summer and year-end outcomes reports that detail more of the exciting things that happened on the Mountain in 2016.

2 Continued to open my eyes to how great our God really is, working through so many people and blessing so many lives. It made my heart for serving so much more meaningful, and makes me want to serve even more. AIM Participant This camp has made me open my eyes and helped me realize that God is everywhere. I have been moved to believe more fully and graciously that with God s help anything is possible. NHN Participant Eric Savaiano Board of Directors, There s an old Chinese curse that is rumored to say, may you live in interesting times. I think we all agree we re living that out these days! Luckily, Mountain T.O.P. is doing everything we can to be a solid and stable force for good in the lives of youth from across the country and the people of the Cumberland Mountains. This year we completed a 3-year strategic plan that will change some of the ways we do business but keep our core principles of serving for the glory of God. In uncertain times, I think we can still be a strong foundation moving forward and this is what I think was the most impactful part of I found that I can be honest with myself and where I am at in my faith. I learned that I do not have all the answers to all the questions, but I can use what I do know to steer people in the right direction and bring them some comfort. Summer staffer It has helped me realize that you can serve others in small ways, but it can still make a huge impact on them. I also learned that we were MADE to be more than average. YSM Participant Since we are receiving a Kingdom that is unshakable, let us be thankful and please God by worshiping him with holy fear and awe. Hebrews 12:28

3 Ed Simmons Executive Director I give thanks everyday because all involved in the ministry are truly passionate about being a visible testament of the accepting, redeeming and transforming love of Christ. You cannot be involved in Mountain TOP at any level and not know you are loved just where you are, how you are. That love was evident in everything we did in 2016.

4 VOLUNTEER TOTALS 2,372 people 61,391 hours 1,284, churches & groups 25 states Spring BreakOut 277 7, , Family Weekends 142 1,432 29, Service Retreats 195 1,927 40, Facility Work Weekends* 54 1,296 27,112,32 *numbers include Friends Weekend and Baker Work Weekend Adults in Ministry 243 4,569 95, Youth Summer Ministry* 1,461 45, , *numbers include Youth Summer Ministry, Fish Camp and Neighbors Helping Neighbors A volunteer hour isn t just about the craft that was completed or the porch that was built it s also about the relationships that were formed and the experiences that were had. This is the core of life-changing ministry. OUTREACH TOTALS 650 projects 409 families 174 children

5 We are immensely thankful for all those who have given to further the success of this ministry! We have seen lives changed by Jesus call to serve, love, and go fish for people. IN-KIND DONATIONS Ali Industries Sandpaper Angel Guard Products Deck pry bars Bars Engine lubricant Bemis Toilet seats Benjamin Obdyke House Wrap Bojangles 16 oz. drink cups BP (Castrol) Engine oil Claude Hoback Mulch connectors CRC Industries Misc. vehicle additives Cumberland Lumber & Manufacturing Lumber Cutco Pruning shears Danny Gambrel Misc. yard sale items Duralube Engine lubricant Estwing Hammers FastenMaster ThruLok and LedgerLok George and Suzanne Elder Misc. clothing Hastings and Sons Lumber Johnson Levels Keson Chalk line reels and measuring tapes Kevin Stackhouse Misc. building supplies Komelon Speed cut saws KrudKutter Paint hardener Lucas Oil Engine / transmission treatment products Malco Corrugated Metal Turboshears Mark Wolfe Ford Explorer Maze Nails Misc. nails McKee Foods Little Debbie product Michigan Industrial Tools Hacksaws and Midwest Snips Aviation snips Oatey / Everbilt Commode wax rings Patsy Elder 2000 Dodge Van Patton Enterprises Wendy s coffee cups PPG (Porter Paint) Paint and supplies QA Worldwide Cable clamps replacement blades Randy Fults Sawmill Lumber Rhymer Brother Sawmill Lumber Saint-Gobain Sand sponges Sashco Big Stretch (caulk) Scotts Logging and Lumber Lumber Sells Hardware Lumber Seymour Midwest Bypass loppers Sherwin Williams Caulk guns ShurTech Painters tape / duct tape Simpson Strong Tie Structural connectors Smyrna First UMC Misc. yard sale items Stabila 24 Level Sullivan Lumber and Logging Lumber The Ames Companies Post hole diggers Thompson Appalachian Hardwoods Lumber USP Structural Connectors Nails and structural White County Lumber Company Lumber Wooster Brush Paint brushes and roller pads YO-HO Tools Misc. tools Endowment TOTAL: $77, Expense TOTAL: $1,188, Income TOTAL: $1,141,374.96

6 Mountain T.O.P. P.O. Box 128 Altamont, TN Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage PAID Altamont, TN Join us this year to explore Christ as our cornerstone!