Cherokee Veterans Community

Vision, Mission, and Purpose

 

Our Vision

“To be Cherokee County’s most valued military ministry for our Veterans, Active-Duty, Reserves and National Guard members along with their families in and around Cherokee County.”

 

Our Mission

To reach, support, and share the love of God with our Veterans, Active-duty military, Reserves, and National Guard members and their families. To provide a Christ-centered environment that helps foster a deeper relationship with Him that leads to lasting healing.

 

Our Purpose

• To embrace our veterans and families with caring compassion while always remembering and honoring their service and sacrifices.

• To stand with families who have loved ones serving and help with any struggles and concerns that come with military service.

• Standing with our post-military members as they navigate the challenges of transitioning from the military back to civilian life.

• Provide multi-level resources from established organizations that can provide various types of post-military assistance.

• To educate our civilian community on the needs of our military community while providing service opportunities for them.

 

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Life Verse: “Greater love has no one than this, that he lays down his life for his friends.” – John 15:13

God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Use them well to serve one another.

1 Peter 4:10 NLT

 

 Cherokee Veterans Community is for all branches of the military equally, Active duty, Reserves, National Guard, Veterans. This also includes the spouses, family members, and friends.

 

 

The History of Cherokee Veterans Community

Cherokee Veterans Community started as a flicker of a dream that God placed into the heart of Timothy King (Tim). Tim, a ten year veteran in the U.S. Marine Corps felt the pressures of reintegration into civilian life and sought out help and guidance from both the VA and private civilian sector. With God's love and guidance and with the help and guidance from others, and through much prayer he was being called to start Cherokee Veterans Community that could positively affect many veteran’s lives and the lives of their family.

 

The Present of Cherokee Veterans Community 

Today, Cherokee Veterans Community has grown into a ministry that includes not only helping with reintegration into civilian life but now includes many different missions to serve our entire military community. From Coffee with other Veterans gatherings, to sending our We/Care/Boxes to our deployed military, to offering our veteran students with RAVE scholarships for their reeducation, Cherokee Veterans Community is becoming more rounded, more inclusive and more effective in our mission to serve.  

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Visit us at any of our 1st Thursday our month meetups and meet other veterans who like you have said "Yes" so serve. Join them as  together we can serve others in our community who have a need we might be able to fill.