WHO WE ARE:
The Holy Friendship Collaborative is a non-profit organization which inspires the Church in the Appalachian Highlands (Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia) to follow the biblical mandate to meet people in distress wherever they are, and extend to them Christ’s redeeming love.
WHAT WE DO:
The Holy Friendship Collaborative is inspiring and mobilizing churches to address addiction in our region. Our primary work involves coordinating cohorts of churches to take a “deeper spiritual dive” to faithfully understand WHY addressing addiction is a biblical mandate for churches. We work with churches individually and collaboratively to facilitate a process for better discerning biblically-inspired ways to minister to those suffering from addiction in our region.
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HFC
Board of Directors
Roger Leonard, MBA, President
Summit Companies
Lottie Ryans,
Vice President
First Tennessee Development District
Wally Boyd,
Treasurer
Entrepreneur,
Commercial Real Estate Sales
Linda Austin,
Secretary
ASAC,
Hands and Feet Ministries
Susan LaGuardia
United Way of Kingsport
Becky Haas
Ballad Health
Logan Horne
Highlands Community Services
Gary Metcalf
Ballad Health
Kristen Westover, PhD
Mountain Empire Community College
Jim Wozniak
Tusculum University
Andrea D. Clements, PhD, Co-Founder/ Grant Project Director
East Tennessee State University
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ADDRESSING ADDICTION IS A CHRISTIAN CALLING
The Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services hosted a Statewide Faith and Recovery Conference in Nashville on November 7-8 at Trevecca Community Church. The focus of the conference was on "Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Support."
Teronya Holmes, Executive Director for the Holy Friendship Collaborative, represented the Holy Friendship Collaborative as a speaker during one of the breakout sessions.
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HANDS AND FEET MINISTRIES NEEDS WRITTEN PRAYERS FOR NORTHEAST CORRECTIONAL
COMPLEX RESIDENTS
Are you looking for an easy way to bless someone this Christmas? Hands and Feet Ministries is hosting five Christmas Banquets at the Northeast Correctional Complex from 12/3-12/11, with 550 residents. Please type out a prayer (and pray it) for one of the men who will be attending. The written prayers will be included in gift bags for the residents. If you would like to write a prayer, please e-mail it to lindaaustin1225@gmail.com with "Christmas" in the subject line.
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RECOVERY MEETING AT ETSU
A new recovery group is being held on the 4
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floor of Rogers Stout on the ETSU campus Thursdays at 6:30pm (look for the big Re:Generation sign in the hallway).
Re:Generation is a curriculum that uses biblical principles to help individuals gain freedom from substance abuse (alcohol, marijuana, pills, vaping, etc.), anxiety, obsessive thoughts, grief, people pleasing, pornography, eating disorders, the pain of broken relationships, depression, suicidal thoughts, self-harm, the pain of abuse, anger, and many other personal struggles. Every student is known and accepted!
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WHAT IS THE LIFELINE PEER PROJECT
(STATE OF TENNESSEE)?
The Lifeline Peer Project is established to reduce stigma related to the disease of addiction and increase access to substance abuse recovery like Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous meetings.
Lifeline Representatives help start Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, Celebrate Recovery, and other self-help support groups. They help connect individuals with treatment and they speak publicly about their own personal experience with recovery.
There are 10 Lifeline coordinators located throughout the state of Tennessee. The map in the link below includes the locations of the Lifeline Coordinators along with their direct contact information.
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TRAUMA INFORMED CARE TRAINING PRESENTED AT GRACE FELLOWSHIP CHURCH
Teronya Holmes, HFC Executive Director, presented a faith-based trauma-informed care training on behalf of the Holy Friendship Collaborative. She presented to 83 people at Grace Fellowship Church in Johnson City, TN on November 16, 2019. This same training is available to other churches, as well. Please contact Teronya Holmes to schedule: teronya@holyfriendshipcollaborative.com
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DECEMBER
Re:Generation Meetings
Thursdays
6:30 - 8:00 pm
ETSU
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The National Prescription Drug Take Back Day addresses a crucial public safety and public health issue. According to the 2017 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 6 million Americans misused controlled prescription drugs. The study shows that a majority of abused prescription drugs were obtained from family and friends, often from the home medicine cabinet.
If you missed this year's National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on April 27th, it is NEVER TOO LATE to turn in and safely dispose of your unused prescription drugs in order to prevent drug addiction and overdose deaths.
Go to this website to find out WHERE you can easily and conveniently dispose of your unused prescription drugs:
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