January 22, 2017 Maryville TN First United Methodist Church Senior Pastor Catherine Nance has enrolled her church into the VMFC program on January 22, 2017. This is the 1st Veteran Friendly Congregation (VFC) enrolled this year. Col. Owen Ragland USAF (Retired) is the past president of the East Tennessee Military Affairs Council and has accepted…
January 18, 2017 Maryville, Tennessee Celebrate Recovery (CR) Maryville’s Pastor Parker Benson and Lay Leader Owen Ragland enrolls as the newest Veteran Friendly Ministry (VFM) in the Veteran/Military Friendly Congregation program. Celebrate Recovery is a Christ-centered, 12-step program modeled after the Alcoholics Anonymous 12-step program. It is also based on the ‘8 principles of Recovery’…
January 12, 2017 Knoxville, Tennessee During the Knoxville Regional Mental Health Council on Thursday, January 12, 2017, Dr. Heidi Vermette announced that Dean B. Borsos began his position as director for the Mountain Home VA Medical Center on January 9, 2017. According to a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs news release on November 28, 2016…
January 3, 2017 Morristown, Tennessee Vet to Vet Tennessee (V2VT) partners with tier 3 “We Honor Vets” (WHV) partner Smoky Mountain Home Health and Hospice (SMHHH) to help improve the quality of end of life for the veteran and their families. Our first meeting of the year was attended at the Morristown SMHHH office with…