Leave Sharper
Than You Came.
As iron sharpens iron, so one sharpens another. That's the whole idea — two days in the woods with the people who do that for you.
Bring your son. Bring your daughter. Bring your friends. Thirty 3D targets, a mile of Ohio timber, and no screens for the length of the course.
23870 Bell Church Rd · Utica, OH
Hard things,
done together.
"As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another."
Proverbs 27:17A kid learns what character looks like by standing next to it. Not in a lecture — on a trail, in the cold, drawing a bow they aren't quite strong enough for yet, while someone who loves them waits and says again.
Grown-ups learn the same way. You become the people you spend your Saturdays with, and most of us never choose them on purpose — we just drift toward whoever's convenient. This is a weekend to choose better, and to bring the friends who make you better along with you.
So the Jamboree puts all of it in one place on purpose. Thirty targets through the woods. Fathers with sons and daughters, friends with friends, families from a dozen churches and towns walking the same course — sharpening each other the way the proverb says we're supposed to.
Every year we shoot for a cause bigger than the weekend. The cause changes. The mission doesn't.
A mile of woods. Thirty targets. Conversations you'd never have at home.
Building Something That Lasts
We're excited to get this annual event up and going. Year one comes with real overhead — new targets, course setup, everything it takes to build something worth coming back to every year. It's a lot to start, but we think it's worth it.
Our hope is that everything beyond that startup cost goes toward Bible translation work in Southeast Asia. There are still people today who don't have Scripture in their own language — and this year's Jamboree is our small part in helping change that.
Two days on the course
Flights leave every 15 minutes. Teams of up to six — bring your son, bring your daughter, bring your friends, bring the neighbor kid whose dad can't make it.
Friday
12:00pm – 3:00pm
A shorter afternoon session. Good for first-timers and families driving in.
Saturday
7:00am – 3:00pm
The full day. Early flights beat the heat and the crowd on the back half of the course.
Flights
Every 15 minutes
Teams of up to 6 shooters. Pick your flight time when you register.
What it costs
Every dollar past cost goes to the cause. Kids under 13 shoot free — always have, always will.
What you get
Food & drinks on site
Hot food and cold drinks available on-site both days — grab something between flights.
The main novelty shoot
$10 a shot, or 12 shots for $100. Winner takes home a 2026 Matthews Arc. Proceeds go straight to the cause.
Three more novelty shoots
A few more novelty shoots are set up around the course. Details on-site.
