10/13/2026
TCOC | Waterbury, VT Recap
Twelve months ago, the vision for TCOC | Waterbury, VT 2026 was born during conversation around a fire when someone whoād never attended any TCOC event said, āwhat if youād come to my state?!ā And I said, āwaaait, yes?!ā
Enter this past weekend when 35 people from 15 different states and 2 nations crashed into the woods of Vermont, praying the rain wouldnāt stop us. Turns out, it wasnāt a problem at all.
Over the course of four days, we adventured surrounded by mountains drenched in fall colors, summiting Mt. Mansfield, drinking c***r (and eating c***r-infused donuts), hiking with goats, considering perspectives on ice cream flavor graveyards (thank you, Ben & Jerry), hunting waterfalls, crisscrossing over dams on moonlit night walks, and laughing way too hard over the best kind of wit.
Coupled with all this were conversations that sank to the heart of it, revealing and building connection as we took risks by being community and supporting one another when a need arose, like changing car batteries with tool kits thrown in on a whim, cooking breakfast for the whole camp because of pure generosity, sharing gear to make sure those flying in or cold were covered, and traveling in with canopies to help protect us from the rain.
In all this, Iām only a girl who said yes while surrounded by a host of people who are also saying yes, brilliant complex ones who are exuberantly investing themselves in community and a space that has opened up in front of all of us, one chock full of potential and Jesus. I am so humbled by the faithful way He knit this weekend together and how every piece of the event, every gap, was covered by someone, even in areas that had not been thought of. For me, to lead was an act of faith and trust in Jesus, and there was and is so much joy in the knowing of it, in the hard work of it, because tied deep in all the details is an expression of the intricate way in which God is working on the planet right now, in our lives personally, whether we have taken the time to see it or not.
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