Hike at Roan Mountain

CF Event or Project Participant Release and Indemnification Agreement
In consideration of the undersigned's application for participation in an event or project sponsored by Christ Fellowship, of Kingsport, Tennessee (the “Church”) and as an inducement to the Church to organize the missions trip or project and permit the undersigned's participation, it is agreed as follows:
The undersigned hereby fully and forever releases and waives and agrees not to cause to be brought any claims, demands, actions, or causes of action of any possible kind and nature whatsoever that the undersigned or assigns of the undersigned might assert, including, without limitation, claims for personal injury, wrongful death, or property damage, whether or not absolute now or unknown, or otherwise against the Church or any of its Board members, officers, employees(including, but not limited to, pastors), agents and volunteers (collectively referred to herein as the “Releasees”) by reason of, arising out of, or relating to the undersigned's participation in a Church event or project.
The undersigned further agrees to indemnify, defend and hold the Releasees harmless from damages, including, without limitation, special, incidental and consequential damages, losses or expenses suffered, awarded, or paid, directly or indirectly, as a result of any and all claims, causes of action, suits, proceedings, demands, judgments, assessments, and liabilities, including attorney's fees incurred in litigation or otherwise, assessed or sustained by or against the Releasees by reason of, arising out of or relating to the undersigned's participation in a Church event or project.
The undersigned further agrees that this Release and Indemnification Agreement (the “Agreement”) is binding upon the undersigned's heirs, executors, administrators, assigns and legal representatives; that this Agreement releases all successors, assigns and legal representatives of the Releasees; and that this Agreement is to be governed by the law of the State of Tennessee.
The undersigned further agrees that the execution of this Agreement is continuing in nature; it is the undersigned's knowing and voluntary act; the undersigned does not intend to participate in the missions trip or project until and unless the undersigned has had full opportunity to the undersigned's satisfaction to inspect and determine the scope of the event or project and receive all information from the leader(s) or Church Event Department which bear on the undersigned's decision to participate (including the risks involved); the undersigned is under no duress or undue influence to execute this Agreement; and that participation in the event or project shall be deemed, under Tennessee law, to be an express assumption by the undersigned of any and all risks which are, or might be, associated with the event or project, including any negligence on the part of any and all Releasees.
The undersigned grants full permission to the Church to use any photographs, videotapes, motion pictures, recordings, or any other records or documents of the event or project and to do so without notice or compensation to the undersigned. The undersigned acknowledges that the Church has made available applications for travel insurance and agrees that it is the undersigned's responsibility to purchase travel insurance.
The undersigned assumes responsibility for full payment of the published and announced cost of the event or project, agrees to pay any outstanding balance upon request by the Church; and agrees that any and all costs incurred by the undersigned during the missions trip or project, including, without limitation, costs due to health problems, emergencies and death, are the responsibility of the undersigned or the estate of the undersigned.
The undersigned certifies that the information provided in the undersigned's application for participation in the Church event or project is true, complete and correct and acknowledges that the undersigned has read and understands this Agreement; that the undersigned has not relied in signing this agreement on any statement, oral or otherwise, by the Church; and that it is the undersigned's intention with this Agreement to make a complete, general and unconditional release of any and all claims whatsoever against the Releasees as set forth above.