Staff Team

As a small camp serving primarily low-income families, the camp does not currently have the funds to pay staff. In order for the camp to continue fulfilling its mission while stewarding the camp budget well, our staff are currently raising their own financial support. To financially partner with our staff team, click below:

Support Alicia     Support Allison     Support Ben     Support Jon     

Jon and his wife Rachel are southern Maine natives and grew up attending and serving at Camp Maranatha. Jon holds an MA in Biblical Languages from Pensacola Theological Seminary. Before coming to Maranatha, Jon was a campus pastor at Bethany Church Raymond and spent time on the executive team, helping bring clarity to the church’s organization, mission and vision. Jon also spent time pastoring and directing a church youth camp in Virginia. Jon’s strengths include leadership, organization, and creating a collaborative teamwork environment.

With over ten years of church leadership experience and almost 20 years in camp ministry, Jon and Rachel are passionate about seeing families transformed by the gospel. They have four children, three boys and a girl. Jon came on staff in the fall of 2021.

Originally from central NH, Alicia grew up attending and serving at Camp Maranatha, where she dedicated her life to Christ. Alicia double-majored in History and Biblical & Theological Studies at Gordon College, and then worked in a variety of jobs, gaining experience in everything from food service to office administration. Alicia’s strengths include engineering effective systems, streamlining processes, identifying people’s strengths, and coaching team members into greater effectiveness.

In 2014, Alicia moved to Michigan to serve full-time with Life Action Camp. While there, she worked in a variety of roles, including volunteer coordinator, project manager, graphic designer, and operations advisor. Little did she know that all her different work experience was God’s preparation for her role at Maranatha! The local church, gospel-centered camp ministry, leadership coaching, and effective operations are some of Alicia’s greatest passions. Alicia came on staff in the winter of 2020.

Growing up as a pastor’s kid and church planting across the states, Allison had a front-row seat to both life transformation and brokenness. God used this to develop her passion for the local church, the family, and reaching hurting people with gospel hope. Throughout the challenges of ministry, she enjoyed the spiritual refreshment of family camp. 

Allison graduated with a BA in Liberal Arts from TESU and received her Certificate in Church Ministries from Southern Seminary. Allison loves serving people through inspiring writing and clear communication. For fun, Allison studies personality typing (she’s MBTI certified) and writes on breathing hope amidst chronic illness. You’ll usually find her with her camera in hand. Allison began serving with Maranatha in 2020 and came on staff in 2022.

Ben and his wife Kim both grew up in towns surrounding Camp Maranatha. Over the years, mission trips and ministry experiences strengthened Ben and Kim’s desire to be involved in full-time ministry. They share a passion for local church community and helping people grow in their faith. This overflows into enthusiasm for parachurch ministries that support spiritual growth and local churches.

Ben studied architecture and design at NHTI and has nearly 20 years of experience in carpentry and residential construction, before teaching students the construction trade for the last 5 years. He has a wealth of experience in all things facilities. Ben and Kim have six kids and are currently raising support so they can serve full-time with Maranatha.