Swannanoa Valley Christian Ministry

06/11/2026

Are you missing your bike? 🚲

Early Monday morning, a bicycle was abandoned on our campus. We want to get it back to its owner!

If you’re missing your bicycle, please private message us a detailed description including brand, color, and any other notable features. Please do not call SVCM’s phone number about the missing bike. Please do not leave a public comment with the description. Please send us a private written message. Thank you!

06/09/2026

Dine out for a cause this Wednesday, June 10! 🍽 Our friends at Good Company Pizza in Swannanoa are hosting a fundraiser for SVCM NeighborCare! Participating is simple and delicious. Just enjoy a meal at Good Company in Swannanoa any time 11AM - 8:30PM this Wednesday. Good Company will donate 10% of the proceeds to NeighborCare. 🍕🥗🍰

Since its formation in 2025, SVCM's NeighborCare Medical Clinic has conducted more than 310 clinic visits and 467 medical screenings in our community, all at no cost to the patient. NeighborCare’s mission is to restore well-being through free and compassionate healthcare. Stop by Good Company Pizza on Wednesday to show our NeighborCare team some love! 🩺💖

06/08/2026

THIS WEEK AT SVCM 🗓

This Wednesday, June 10, our friends at Good Company Pizza in Swannanoa are hosting a pizza fundraiser for SVCM NeighborCare! Participating is simple and delicious. Just eat at Good Company in Swannanoa any time 11AM - 8:30PM this Wednesday. Good Company will donate 10% of the proceeds from your meal to NeighborCare! 🍕🥗 🍰

Since its formation in 2025, SVCM's NeighborCare Medical Clinic has conducted 310 clinic visits and over 467 outreach medical screenings in the community. Our NeighborCare team is making a real impact in the valley, so come and show them some love! 💖

Speaking of NeighborCare: we still have appointments available for both our Wednesday and Saturday morning clinics this week! Call (828) 669-9404 ext. 232 to make an appointment with one of our licensed, experienced medical professionals. We can provide primary and urgent care for patients of all ages. Spanish interpretation is available. 📲

You can also catch up with the NeighborCare team this Wednesday afternoon, 3:30-5PM at the Bounty & Soul market at Swannanoa Resilience Hub. As usual, we’ll be offering free blood pressure and blood sugar screenings during the free produce market. Stop by our table for a health screening, or just to say hello! 🩺👋 🙂

06/06/2026

On June 5, 1975, SVCM - first named ABCCM-East - had its very first board meeting! Board members from eight Swannanoa Valley churches came together to lay the groundwork for an ecumenical Christian ministry that still serves our valley today.

This June 5, we’re preparing to come together once again! This time, it’s to celebrate and give thanks for a great blessing - 50 years of neighbors serving neighbors in the name of Christ. Please mark your calendars for July 24 - it’s going to be fun for the whole family. We hope to see you there!

🎊 SVCM 50th Anniversary Celebration!
🗓 Friday, July 24
🕔 5-7:30PM
📍 695 NC-9, Black Mountain

06/05/2026

🐦 JUNE DONATION NEEDS 🐦

We want to give a special shout-out to Trinity Episcopal Church, Asheville, NC for their generous donation to our food pantry this May! SVCM was a recipient of a large food donation through their Red Bag Initiative. We also want to thank everyone who participated in this year’s USPS Stamp Out Hunger food drive on May 9! As a MANNA FoodBank Partner, SVCM’s food pantry receives significant donations of nonperishable food from Stamp Out Hunger, the largest one-day food drive in the nation! All of these donations will go directly to Swannanoa Valley neighbors in need.

If you are interested in donating goods to SVCM, here are the things we need most this June:

FOOD PANTRY:
🔸Ground coffee
🔸Individually packaged snacks
🔸16oz. Ball canning jars with lids (or similar)
🔸Disposable incontinence underpads

CLOTHING CLOSET:
🔹Men's women's, and children's socks
🔹Men’s underwear - size small
🔹Adult backpacks
🔹Bath and hand towels

Please drop off donations at our back porch Monday - Friday 9AM - 2:30PM. We can provide a donation receipt if you’d like one!

Our inventory can change from day to day. For a real-time list of SVCM’s donation needs, you can now visit the Donation page of our website and scroll down to the Donation Needs table (link in comment below). Thank you for supporting SVCM - every little bit helps! ❤️

06/02/2026

Friends and neighbors, we have such exciting news to share with you today! 🎉

In May, SVCM purchased a new building along NC-9 in Black Mountain! This massive space will serve as SVCM Hammer & Heart's new headquarters, allowing us to efficiently build prefab structures for Swannanoa Valley neighbors in need.🔨💚 From this new home base, Hammer & Heart will continue to collaborate with Community Organized Relief Effort (CORE) and other community partners, working together to build dignified housing for our neighbors. The space will also provide medical storage for SVCM NeighborCare and parking for its future Mobile Medical Unit. 🩺 🚑

We give thanks to God for these amazing blessings we can share with our Swannanoa Valley community! 🌄 And we are grateful to our generous supporters who made it possible to purchase this new building! 🙏

But wait, there’s more! Did you know that SVCM is now in its 50th year of serving the Swannanoa Valley? On July 24, we’ll be celebrating SVCM’s past, present, and future with a big party at Hammer & Heart’s new space - and you’re invited! 🎊 We hope you’ll join us, so please mark your calendars! 🗓

For all the details on our 50th celebration and Hammer & Heart’s new workshop, read our blog post linked below. 🔽

06/01/2026

THIS WEEK AT SVCM (June 1-6, 2026) 🗓

NeighborCare will have their usual clinic this Wednesday morning, June 3, 9am - noon. We can treat patients of all ages. Spanish interpretation is available. Appointments highly recommended. Call (828) 669-9404 ext. 232 to make your appointment today! 📲

NeighborCare will also be offering free blood pressure and blood glucose screenings this Saturday at the Bounty & Soul Market at ArtSpace Charter School in Swannanoa. Access free health screenings and free produce, all in one convenient location! 🩺🫜

We also have some exciting news to share this week - so keep an eye on our pages! 👀 💬 🔔

05/26/2026

THIS WEEK AT SVCM (May 26-29, 2026) 🗓

There are three great opportunities to catch up with NeighborCare this week! We’ll have two clinics in Black Mountain on Wednesday, April 27 and Saturday, April 30, 9AM - noon. We offer primary and urgent care for patients of all ages. Spanish interpretation is available. Appointments highly recommended. Call (828) 669-9404 ext. 232 to make your appointment today! 📲

NeighborCare will also be offering our usual blood pressure and blood glucose screenings at the Wednesday afternoon Bounty & Soul Market. Swing by the Swannanoa Resilience Hub 3-5PM to access free health screenings and fresh produce. That’s two big wins for your health in one location! 🩺🫜🥦🫐

Have a great week! ⛅

05/22/2026

A note from our neighbors and friends over at Black Mountain Counseling Center: due to the weather forecast, the Good Days Fest has been cancelled tomorrow. Read their update for all the details! 💙

💛 TO OUR GOOD DAYS FEST COMMUNITY 💛

While we are deeply disappointed that weather forced us to cancel this year’s Good Days Fest, one thing has become incredibly clear:

✨ This community showed up. ✨

Good Days Fest was always meant to be more than an event.

It was about creating space for connection.
For joy.
For conversations about mental health.
For reminding one another that healing happens in community.

Our tagline this year was:
🌻 Good Vibes. Good People. Good Days Together. 🌻

And honestly? You embodied every bit of that.

From our sponsors, to community supporters, to vendors, to the people who planned to spend their Saturday with us—thank you.

Because of this community’s generosity, Black Mountain Counseling Center’s Client Assistance Program can help provide the equivalent of approximately 🌟 52 counseling sessions 🌟 for individuals and families in our community who may otherwise face barriers to care.

👏 That is what this movement has always been about. 👏

A special thank you to our sponsors:

✨ Buncombe County Long Term Recovery Group
✨ Grove Studio
✨ Richard Wiedeman DDS, PA
✨ Valley Truck Service
✨ Begley Law Firm
✨ Judi Melton, Mortgage Advisor

At Black Mountain Counseling Center, we believe mental health care should be accessible, human, and rooted in community.

Even though the event itself won’t happen this year, what it represented absolutely still matters.

Because movements aren’t built by perfect weather.
They’re built by people who care.

So while Good Days Fest may be canceled, the conversation about mental health accessibility does not stop here.

Let’s keep showing up for one another.
Let’s keep making care more accessible.
Let’s keep this movement going.

If this rain is watering the seeds we’ve planted, we can’t wait to see what grows when the sun comes back out. ☀️🌱💛

We’ll carry that with us until next year.

From the bottom of our hearts,

Thank you.

-Black Mountain Counseling Center

05/22/2026

Just a friendly reminder that all SVCM programs will be closed this upcoming Monday, May 25, in observance of Memorial Day. We'll reopen as usual at 9AM on Tuesday, May 26.

Have a blessed Memorial Day weekend!