Fire in the Hills draws worship, prayer and baptisms in Walnut Creek
Fire in the Hills filled Timbercrest Campground in Walnut Creek with worship, prayer and baptisms during a July 7-10 revival that drew local residents to State Route 515.
Timbercrest Campground in Walnut Creek became a gathering place for worship, prayer and baptisms when Fire in the Hills brought a four-day revival to eastern Holmes County. The July 7-10 event drew local residents to State Route 515 for speakers, fellowship and a public declaration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Wengerd Ministries organized the gathering at Timbercrest Campground, a site on State Route 515 in Walnut Creek that sits in the rolling hills of Holmes County. The event materials tied Fire in the Hills to a prayer for spiritual awakening in the county and linked the theme to the Anabaptist “radical reformers,” placing Amish and Mennonite heritage at the center of the message.
That heritage framing gave the revival a local edge that resonated beyond a simple church service. Organizers connected the theme to the spiritual awakening in the Zurich hills between 1525 and 1533, then brought that history into present-day Holmes County, where Walnut Creek remains one of the communities that anchors the Amish Country corridor.
The setting mattered as much as the program. Timbercrest Camp and RV Park is located at 5552 State Route 515 in Millersburg, and it advertises itself as a campground in the rolling hills of Holmes County, near local attractions. That location placed the revival in the middle of a familiar stretch of eastern Holmes County, alongside Berlin, Charm, Mt. Hope, Trail and Winesburg.
Walnut Creek itself has long drawn visitors and neighbors for more than one reason. Visit Amish Country describes the community as a place known for traditional and nouveau fare, bulk food shopping and chocolate, details that help explain why a public event like Fire in the Hills fit naturally into the local calendar. The revival’s mix of speakers, worship, prayer and baptisms added a visible faith gathering to a village already known for steady community activity.
For Holmes County, the weekend showed how religious gatherings still serve as points of connection in places where church life, family ties and local identity often overlap. Fire in the Hills did not just occupy a campground on State Route 515. It brought residents together in Walnut Creek around a shared public expression of faith, and that presence said plenty about the continuing rhythm of community life in Amish Country.
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