OBER GATLINBURG BAPTISMSSNOW TRULY IS HOLY WATER! On Sunday, March 9, Smoky Mountain Resort Ministries celebrated God’s work with a baptism in a water feature dug into the snow of Ober Gatlinburg’s ski slopes! The group that meets for worship on the...

2013 Annual Report

    SMOKY MOUNTAIN RESORT MINISTRIES  2013 ANNUAL REPORT Smoky Mountain Resort Ministries has a long tradition of training our summer volunteers with a sunset hike off to the side of Clingman’s Dome where the emphasis is seeing our ministry field from the...
New Piano at the Dollywood Chapel

New Piano at the Dollywood Chapel

My church used to have a “Fifth Sunday Sing” on those odd months when you had five Sundays.  I always enjoyed those Sunday evenings even as kid.  I could choose any song I wanted and call it out.  The choir director would be forced to sing...
Back at the Dollywood Chapel

Back at the Dollywood Chapel

The Festival of Nations kicks off another season at Dollywood, and so too, we begin another year of ministry among the Hosts and Guests.  In Chapel this first week we took a trip around the world-  opening with a children’s choir from Uganda, I was...

Sunday, March 17 marked the end of the Ober Gatlinburg 50th Anniversary Ski Season!   The day was planned to be a fun one with many public race and jump competitions, Ski School versus Ski Patrol competitions, and a pond skimming...