Cumberland Mountain Community Services

Why we will no longer be a welcoming church

We’ve decided to quit being a welcoming church. No kidding. We’re giving it up. Like so many congregations, we’ve sunk an amazing amount of time and energy into becoming a welcoming church. We changed worship styles, trained greeters and ushers, wore name tags, brewed coffee, went to workshops on hospitality and put our friendliest people …

Mohsin Hamid on the dangers of nostalgia: we need to imagine a brighter future

Make America great again. Take back control... From politics to culture, we have been gripped by a wave of nostalgia. Mohsin Hamid calls on storytellers to look ahead with hope

Employees who participate in wellness programs are healthier, at least

More than half of people with access to wellness programs say the initiatives have made a positive impact on their health.

Create a Custom Splash Screen for a Windows 10 In-Place Upgrade

A while back I wrote a blog with some scripts that can be used to improve the user experience in a Windows 10 in-place upgrade. The solution included a simple splash screen that runs at the beginni…

Why Volunteering Is Good for Your Health

Think of it as a win-win: You help others and get a boost yourself.

Why a health center?

Why a health center to get your healthcare? Why a health center as a place to work? We often get a lot of questions about what makes a health center

Finding Community Service Opportunities that Match Your Interests

Finding community service opportunities that match your interests can be difficult for many high school students.

Why Is Preventative Oral Health Maintenance So Important?

Preventative oral health maintenance is critical for maintaining a healthy mouth and preventing future oral health problems.

Allergies Health Center Guide

Learn the specifics of common allergic conditions (hay fever, allergic eyes, and hives), how they develop, and find in-depth allergy information including treatments, triggers, and prevention.

Osteoporosis Health Center Guide

Osteoporosis (porous bones) affects about eight million women and two million men and causes more than 1.5 million fractures yearly in the U.S. But osteoporosis can be prevented and treated. Learn about its causes, risk factors, treatments, and prevention. Use this guide to build stronger bones and cut fracture risk.

Community service helps build character

High school students often are busy with homework, part-time jobs and extracurricular activities. All of these activities add something to their lives, but local educators noted another option – community

Study finds housing issues plague community health center patients

A new study calls for community health centers to make securing housing a top priority for their patient populations.

Teaching Health Centers: when there’s nowhere else to go

Contacting your representative in support of Teaching Health Centers is a crucial step in developing the primary care we need, both now and going forward.

What is a Health Center?

HRSA-supported health centers provide comprehensive, culturally competent, quality primary health care services to medically underserved communities and vulnerable populations

Hepatitis: Action Steps and Guidelines for Health Centers

Can Telehealth Work for Community Health Centers?

Community health centers should be able to take advantage of more flexible payment models to boost their usage of telehealth to provide their patients access to specialist care. But they have a lot of policy and workflow barriers to overcome.

Community health centers’ big profits raise questions about federal oversight

The HRSA, which regulates the centers, has limited authority under federal law over how much the centers spend on services and how they use their surpluses.

Wellness as a philosophy: How a health center embraced true well-being

The most important step is meeting people where they are on a continuum of well-being.

Walk-in Doctor Visits at Work? Welcome to the Office Health Center

What if you could see a doctor without leaving work--or spending time in a waiting room? To keep employees healthy and productive, businesses bring doctors--and more--in-house.

SEKTEC students build a gazebo for the SEK Community Health Center

A community improvement project gives high school and college students a chance to learn from each other.