We’re talking everyone’s favorite topic today: food! Celia sits down with Arisa and Chris from KARM’s Culinary Team and they chat about favorite foods, working in a commercial kitchen, culinary development, catering, and more. 

Mentions: 

• Abundant Life Catering
• Abundant Life Catering Facebook Page
• Abundant Life Catering Instagram
• Abundant Life Catering Email: [email protected] 
• Urban Table Food Truck
• Urban Table Food Truck Facebook Page
• Urban Table Food Truck Instagram
• Urban Table Food Truck Email: [email protected]
• Cedar Springs Missions Conference 
• KARM Works
• Episode 7: Guest Development
• Culinary Program Graduation Reel
• The Humble Hog

Sticky Notes:

• Believe in your team. 
• Faith over fear. God sees your potential, even when you don’t. 

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No single agency by itself is going to solve homelessness. Collaboration is key. Celia is joined by Erin Read from the Knoxville-Knox County Office of Housing Stability and they talk teamwork, warming centers, and housing. 

Mentions: 

• Knoxville-Knox County Office of Housing Stability
• Continuum of Care
• KPD Community Partnership Officers
• Rapid Fire Definitions (listen to find out!): 
  • Coordinated Entry
  • Emergency Shelter
  • Transitional Programs & Housing
  • Permanent Supportive Housing
  • Aftercare & Supportive Services
• KCDC
• Underbuilding
• First Creek at Austin
• Mixed-Income Development
• Warming Centers
• Knox County Grants & Community Development
• Online Training
• Mobile Meals, United Way, and UT Athletics
• Operation Hero’s Hill

*Note: this episode was recorded on January 16, 2026. 

Sticky Notes:

• Four words: We can do this!

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Snow is great, but what happens to our neighbors experiencing homelessness? Listen as Celia & Andrew are talking about what winter is like in a homeless shelter. 

Mentions: 

• Three Buckets:
  • Emergency Shelter Capacity: ~440 beds in Knoxville, KARM has about 85% of those
  • Winter Overflow at KARM: 40 additional beds in the chapel
  •  Warming Centers: community approach
•  Knoxville HMIS Dashboard
• Warming Centers
• ReLaunch
• United Way
• Mobile Meals
• AMR
• Knox Street Medicine Outreach
• Knoxville-Knox County Homeless Coalition
• Fig Tree
• Magnolia Ministries
• KAT
• Free rides to warming centers
• Red Flag at KARM
• KARM’s Needs List
• Homeless Persons’ Memorial Service
• 161 people died while unhoused this year - WBIR
•  Coats for the Cold – 8100+ coats donated in 2025
• Volunteer at KARM
• Take a Tour of KARM
• KARM's frequently asked questions and numbers

Sticky Notes:

• Get involved!

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Come take a listen as Celia and Todd Gilbert, KARM's Chief Operations Officer, discuss the latest trends, policy changes, and issues relating to homelessness on a national level. 

Mentions: 

• Point in Time Count
• Todd’s third book – coming this spring! 
• CityGate’s CEO
• Ryan Dowd De-Escalation Training
• CityGate DC Forum
• CityGate Issues and Trends
• U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
• HUD Continuum of Care (COC) Program
• NOFO Definition: Notice of Funding Opportunity
• FY2025 COC NOFO
• National Alliance to End Homelessness COC Information
• Federal Funding Explanation
• Supreme Court of the United States Grants Pass v. Johnson 
• Knoxville Knox County Homeless Coalition
• Knoxville HMIS Dashboard
• Take a Tour of KARM
• KARM's frequently asked questions and numbers

Sticky Notes:

• Homelessness is so much more complicated that we can ever imagine. Be kind, be gracious. 
• Get to know organizations in your city. Get involved. 

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Celia sits down with two members of KARM’s Health Services Team, Stephanie Pardue and Amanda Palmer. They discuss health care for our neighbors experiencing homelessness, and how KARM teams up with other services to provide the best care we can. 

Mentions: 

• KARM’s Care Center
• Partnership with Covenant Health Care & Trinity Health Foundation 
• Learn more about Crisis Intervention
• Summit Medical Group Opens at KARM
• Summit Medical Group
• Knox County Health Department
• Episode 4: Developing High Impact Community Partnerships
• Remote Area Medical (RAM)
• West Care
• Peninsula
• Samaritan
• LMU
• South College
• UT DNP
• HomeCare Expansion
• Referrals
• ADLs – Activities of Daily Living
• RAM Dental Clinic
• Take a Tour of KARM
• Volunteer at KARM

Sticky Notes:

• Be part of the solution. 
• “To the world, you may be one person. To one person, you may be the world.” Kindness could save someone’s life. 

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Celia is joined by Amos Dugger and Katie Hicks from KARM’s Housing Navigation and Aftercare teams to discuss the roles they play in helping guests find housing, then walking with them as they move out of KARM. 

Mentions: 

• Crossroads Resource Center
• Aftercare
• CHAMP
• KCDC
• Rapid Rehousing
• Care Center
• KARM Works
• New Life
• KARM Celebrates Largest Move Out in History
• KARM’s Needs List
• 4 S’s of Success:
   
  • Stable 
  • Skilled 
  • Social Support 
  • Settled
• Two Rivers Church
• Cagle Terrace
• 19 Eviction Preventions (so far in 2025!)
• Minvilla Manor
• FISH Hospitality Pantries
• Second Harvest East TN
• Episode 4 of The Homeward Podcast: High Impact Community Partnerships
• Take a Tour of KARM
• Volunteer at KARM

Sticky Notes:

• Come volunteer at KARM! There’s tons of different ways you can get involved here. 
• Get involved. Be a good neighbor. Be somebody's friend. 

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Celia is joined by Jeremy Thornburg and Crystal Carringer from KARM’s Guest Development team to discuss the roles they play in equipping our guests for future success. If you’re a local business and want to get involved in our guest development program, reach out today! 

Mentions: 

• Job Training
• Soft Skills
• LaunchPoint
• Abundant Life Kitchen: 10 weeks
• Clean Start: 4 weeks
• HBI – Construction: 5 months
• AM Liftoff & Catechisms 
• American Job Center
• Vocational Rehab
• Humble Hog
• Spaces in the City
• Aftercare
• Take a Tour of KARM
• Volunteer at KARM
• Email Crystal: [email protected]
• Email Jeremy: [email protected]

Sticky Notes:

• Transformation takes time. It starts with saying “yes”. 
• Relational ministry is the secret sauce. 

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Celia chats with Mark Roberts and Brady Denney from KARM’s Volunteer Department about volunteering, what it means to be a volunteer, and how you can get involved. 

Mentions: 

• Take a Tour of KARM
• Volunteer at KARM
• Church Partners
• Corners of Your Field
• Events
• Corporate Engagement
• Health Benefits of Volunteering
• Community Benefits of Volunteering
• The Way Church
• Volunteer on Thanksgiving 

Sticky Notes:

• Take the first step. 
• Ask questions. Take a tour. Get involved. 

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Celia chats with Cory Carmichael and Josh Lively from KARM Stores. Listen to learn about the annual coat drive and how to become a Corners Of Your Field partner! 

Mentions: 

• Take a Tour of KARM
• Top Workplaces with USA Today
• Coats for the Cold
  • Collection is October 20-November 7
  • Distribution is November 17-December 6
• Corners Of Your Field
• Find a KARM Store Near You

Sticky Notes: 

• KARM Stores genuinely wants to help the community. 
• Learn KARM's story. 

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Come take a listen to a fun conversation with KARM's Director of Women's Care Coordination, Morgan Hays, as she and Celia discuss our approach to developing effective community partnerships!  

Mentions: 

• Take a Tour of KARM
• KARM's Care Coordination
• Fig Tree
• Youth Wins & CAC
• Mobile Mentor Volunteering at KARM
• Grow Free TN

Sticky Note:

• We are in this together. There is peace and community built when we are a unified front. 

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