OUR MISSION : To rescue our needy neighbors by providing recovery services in Jesus’ name.
OUR ORGANIZATION : Is a Sevier County, faith-based, non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation.
➢ Large numbers of residents are just one paycheck away from true homelessness.
➢ About 7,000 of the 76,000 residents of Sevier County receive public assistance.
➢ 51% of our school children are on free or assisted meal programs.
➢ Over 2,000 people came to us for assistance last year and 90% of them were families.
➢ Many are in need of emergency support; i.e., shelter, utility bill, rent supplements, car repairs, gasoline, food, clothing and most importantly, Christian counseling.
➢ We screen all applicants to ensure the need is justified.
➢ We provide Christian counseling to assure them that they can find emotional support through faith in Christ.
➢ We provide emergency assistance to help meet their needs and refer them to other sources of help when needed.
➢ We provide recovery services that often allow the family to become productive and self-sufficient members of our community again.
By providing financial assistance and by volunteer support of out ministry.
Your contribution can make the difference between a home and homelessness, a hot meal or hunger, and joblessness or full employment.
At Smoky Mountain Area Rescue Ministries, we strongly believe in our core values and dedicate ourselves to the poor and needy and to the core values set out below:
1. To the belief that Jesus Christ is the cornerstone of Smoky Mountain Area Rescue Ministries.
2. To love “our neighbors as ourselves” and affirm their value as people created in God’s image.
3. To the belief that ministry to the poor is a priority in God’s economy.
4. To insuring that our actions are guided by honesty, integrity, compassion and love.
5. To taking a community leadership role in creating opportunities for collaborative responses to providing rescue, relief and restoration to the poor and needy.
6. To being diligent, grateful and effective stewards of the resources that God provides.
7. To the belief that change and challenges are critical to the process of growth.
8. 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.