"Our Purpose is to Rescue the Poor and Needy in the Smoky Mountain Area
by Providing Recovery Services in Jesus' Name."

Smoky Mountain Area Rescue Ministries is a Sevier County, Faith-Based, Nonprofit 501(c)(3) Corporation

Our community, and many others outside our area, have come together to demonstrate the love of Christ in an incredible way, enabling us to serve thousands of needy or desperate families and to prevent homelessness which is nestled in and around the Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee.

Core Values of the Smoky Mountain Area Rescue Ministries

At Smoky Mountain Area Rescue Ministries (SMARM), we strongly believe in our core values and dedicate ourselves to the poor and needy through those values:

• To the belief that Jesus Christ is the cornerstone of Smoky Mountain Area Rescue Ministries.
• To love "our neighbors as ourselves" and affirm their value as people created in God's image.
• To the belief that ministry to the poor is a priority in God's economy.
• To insuring that our actions are guided by honesty, integrity, compassion and love.
• To taking a community leadership role in creating opportunities for collaborative responses to providing rescue, relief and restoration to the poor and needy.
• To being diligent, grateful and effective stewards of the resources that God provides.
• To the belief that change and challenges are critical to the process of growth.
• To doing all that we do in a manner of excellence to the glory of God.  We are dedicated to developing and enhancing our ministry to meet the needs of hurting people here in the Sevier County area.  Due to the increase in requests for shelter and other services, the need for shelter-based relief and rescue is at a critical juncture. To this end, both our Board of Directors and our ministry staff are fully committed.

Find Out How You & Your Family Can Help

Smoky Mountain Area Rescue Ministries
Offices at back of Treasures of the Heart Thrift Store
Corner of Court Avenue and Cedar Street
Sevierville, Tennessee
PO Box 5968 • Sevierville, TN • 37864
865-908-3153  •  Fax: 865-908-3772

Smoky Mountain Area Rescue Ministries (SMARM), a Christian Ministry in Sevier County Tennessee serving the homeless and needy in Sevierville, Pigeon Forge, and Gatlinburg TN.  Programs include Hot Meals for Hungry Hearts, Winter Coat Day, and Christian counseling.  Annual events and fundraisers to support the ministries' programs include the Night of Mercy Benefit Banquet, Annual Golf Tournament, Annual Hike for the Homeless, and the Annual Gatlinburg Festival of Trees.  Volunteer your time or make donations to serve needy families and individuals in Sevier County TN directly through Smoky Mountain Area Rescue Ministries or our Treasures of the Heart Thrift Store in Sevierville.

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