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…
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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’…
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January 12, 2017, Knoxville, Tennessee During East Tennessee Military Affairs Council’s (ETMAC) first meeting of 2017, Freddie Owens, Knoxville Regional Mental Health Council Co-Chairman and Vet to Vet Tennessee President was nominated and approved as one of the new Board members of ETMAC for a three year term. The Council and Vet to Vet Tennessee…
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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…
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