Gatlinburg Fires Update

Gatlinburg Fires Update

by | Nov 30, 2016 | Going Deeper

Update: Bill Black reports that his house (and the SMRM office) was NOT on the list of 37 homes destroyed in his neighborhood. He is hopeful. SMRM already has several volunteers on the ground along with our staff. Over the last 2 days they have been serving in the...
2016 Annual Report

2016 Annual Report

by | Sep 26, 2016 | Featured, Going Deeper

GO CLIMB A MOUNTAIN! In the 1970’s my favorite T-shirt was one that pictured a hiker with the caption, “Go Climb A Mountain”. (I also had “Go Climb A Rock” and “Go Hike A Canyon.”)   Hiking and climbing and mountains have been in my energy flow since I got off...
Intentional Missions

Intentional Missions

by | Sep 7, 2016 | Going Deeper

Eloise Ogburn’s Prayer Journal Notes As She Prepared To Serve As A Smoky Mountain Resort Ministries Houseparent “When we go on the mission fields by prayer or as missionaries, as we go, God will meet us there.   And when we hold the Bible and realize that it is more...
A Statement of Mission

A Statement of Mission

by | Aug 9, 2016 | Featured, Going Deeper

by Jessie Perrie “Look to me and be saved, all you ends of the earth, for I am God, and there is no other.” Isaiah 45:22 The statement, “and there is no other”, while it comes at the end of the verse, is the foundation and the source for all the lines preceding it. We...
Wilderness Will Rejoice

Wilderness Will Rejoice

by | Jun 14, 2016 | Featured, Going Deeper, worship

The wilderness will rejoice and blossom!  Isaiah 35: 1 The mountains are blooming with the beauty of rhododendron! The hills are alive with the sound of music! The Smoky Mountain Resort Ministries staff dorm is full of energy and excitement and holy meals. The summer...
Will You?

Will You?

by | Apr 14, 2016 | Going Deeper

“Do what’s right and don’t tell anybody.”   That’s what Don Hammonds of the Home Mission Board told me when I was making a hard decision in the mid-1980’s. “It doesn’t matter who gets the credit as long as the job gets done.”   This was a guiding principle of Paul...