Welcome To GPS!
Grace Powell Sports (GPS) is designed to provide a healthy and holistic approach to the area of sports and fitness. Our leagues, classes, personal training, and camps are all created with you in mind! We strive to provide opportunities for all ages to be challenged both physically and mentally. Our goal is to help challenge, encourage and support you in the goals that you have set! We believe a healthy lifestyle opens the door for amazing transformation. One of our priorities is to remove the negative connotation surrounding the fitness industry and bring back the positive aspects and the importance of a healthy lifestyle. We want you to feel motivated and valued after every single interaction!
GPS sports and fitness programs are designed for kids, adults, and families who are looking for a positive and supportive environment with an emphasis on fun! Our camps and classes are thoughtfully planned and designed by our qualified and caring instructors to provide a great experience that is unlike any other. All of our programs are developed with excellence, founded on Biblical principles.
If you have been disappointed in the past by other camps, leagues, classes or personal training sessions, we challenge you to try something different. Try experiencing sports and fitness the way it was meant to be. Check out all that GPS has to offer!
Sam Barnhill
Sports & Fitness Director
Sam graduated from Grove City College in Pennsylvania with a degree in Exercise Science and a certification through the American College of Sports Medicine as a Certified Exercise Physiologist in 2012. Sam played both basketball and track while at Grove City. He then moved to Powell and began working in both the public and private personal training arenas. In 2015, after moving home from the mission field in Madagascar, Sam began Grace Powell Sports with a small team from Grace Powell Church. Sam and his wife, Ashley, have seven kids and together share a passion for people, the outdoors, traveling and most importantly, Jesus. Sam is passionate about using sports and fitness to help people and families in our community live healthier, more fulfilling lives all while pointing people to Jesus.
Ashley Eibling
GPS Assistant Director & Fitness Coordinator
Ashley graduated from the University of Toledo in 2013 with her Doctorate of Physical Therapy. She has since been practicing in the outpatient physical therapy setting since graduation. Ashley loves to come alongside patients to get to know them and help them achieve their goals. Ashley grew up around sports and played soccer and basketball in high school. She still enjoys playing both now. Ashley and her husband, Preston, have 3 young kids and live in Powell. Ashley has transitioned to fewer clinical hours as a physical therapist, but recently started as the Fitness Coordinator at Grace Powell Church. She is excited to bring her passion for peoples’ hearts and their fitness goals to a community that is committed to people’s physical AND spiritual health. She desires to see people come to know Jesus and be encouraged in addition to an excellent fitness experience.
Jeff Stimpson
GPS Leadership Team
Jeff Stimpson is the Lead Pastor of Grace Powell Church. He has been married to his wife Carrie since 1995 and they have four children, Noah, Ethan, Luke and Sarah. Jeff is passionate about sports, playing soccer and basketball in college. Since college, Jeff has coached youth and high school sports for the past 15 years. As a pastor, Jeff believes sports can be used as a bridge to minister to the community and believes wholeheartedly in the goal of GPS.