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Union Gospel Mission: Sep 8, 2021 12:32:35 PM
UGM’s volunteer case managers stand on the frontlines of ministry, offering listening ears and wise counsel to men and women in crisis.
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Phil Altmeyer, Executive Director: Jun 11, 2021 3:57:18 PM
We are a forgetful people. We forget how broken the world is in which we live. We forget how much we are loved by a good God. We forget the sinister...
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: Mar 31, 2021 2:13:41 PM
Our hope is built on nothing less than Jesus’ blood and righteousness. “The Lord your God is in your midst. A mighty one who will save.” (Zeph. 3:17)...
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: Mar 31, 2021 2:13:37 PM
Our hope is built on nothing less than Jesus’ blood and righteousness. “The Lord your God is in your midst. A mighty one who will save.” (Zeph. 3:17)...
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Phil Altmeyer, Executive Director: Mar 31, 2021 2:13:34 PM
When I learned that this newsletter was to have a gospel focus and that the team wanted to use old hymns to help tell the story… well, I was happy....
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Genevieve Gromlich, former Content and Communications Manager: Mar 31, 2021 2:13:29 PM
“When God first got a hold of my life, it was in California in the Bay area in the ‘60s.”
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Union Gospel Mission: Jan 8, 2021 12:59:16 PM
Our mission stays the same – even in times of crisis. Twenty. Twenty. The words are destined to become a meme where disaster upon disaster strikes,...
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Phil Altmeyer, Executive Director: Jan 8, 2021 12:54:14 PM
Did you ever watch the “Fantastic Four” when you were a kid?
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Union Gospel Mission: Nov 10, 2020 12:57:54 PM
NO ONE DREAMS OF BEING HOMELESS… or enslaved to a drug. No one plans to spend their entire life trying to escape pain. Yet today, as many as 550,000...
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Phil Altmeyer, Executive Director: Nov 10, 2020 12:03:00 PM
Comparing 2020 to the plagues in Egypt might be an exaggeration, but it has certainly been one of the more difficult years in my lifetime: global...
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Union Gospel Mission: Nov 10, 2020 12:02:00 PM
Meet Bruce Rogers. He is one of UGM’s faithful partners, with over four-hundred financial donations on record.
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Union Gospel Mission: Nov 10, 2020 12:01:00 PM
Lane Crandall started volunteering at UGM in July 2019. He had supported the Mission for many years, but says he didn’t really know what it was all...
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Union Gospel Mission: Sep 14, 2020 12:47:11 PM
We believe no one was created for mere survival on the streets, for an existence blurred by mind-numbing substances.
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Phil Altmeyer, Executive Director: Sep 14, 2020 12:44:58 PM
“As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.” – Proverbs 23:7.
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: Mar 10, 2020 5:51:00 PM
Amanda describes God breaking into her life like defibrillator paddles shocking her heart – a clear death to life experience. For almost a year, she...
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Phil Altmeyer, Executive Director: Mar 10, 2020 5:45:19 PM
We are nearing one of my favorite times of the year: the celebration of Christ’s resurrection from the dead! He is risen. He is risen indeed. Without...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: Mar 10, 2020 5:42:19 PM
Ron Stice spends three days a week at the UGM Center for Women and Children in Coeur d’Alene. He teaches the Bible for Phase III women and math to...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: Mar 10, 2020 5:37:14 PM
Delmer and Marie are a couple defined by longstanding faithfulness. They’ve been married for 74 years. They’ve been going to the same church,...
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Phil Altmeyer, Executive Director: Jan 9, 2020 1:04:47 PM
“I think we’re all made to find our significance by being attached to the ultimate. All human beings are created to attach their tiny, little lives...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: Jan 9, 2020 1:04:09 PM
Volunteers make up the bulk of UGM’s case management teams. At the men’s shelter, that’s Joe, DuWayne, Howard, Roy, Dennis, Greg and Dana – all...
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Union Gospel Mission: Nov 13, 2019 8:51:00 AM
Imagine yourself in these real-life situations. You’re living in your car because you lost your job and your home. You can’t take a shower, let alone...
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Lynn Yount, UGM Volunteer: Nov 13, 2019 8:49:00 AM
Brad and Stephanie Hunter own Caramel Kitchen, a small business that makes delicious toppings and sauces from scratch. Beginning just over three...
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Lynn Yount, UGM Volunteer: Sep 10, 2019 11:10:14 AM
Our beliefs about God and His purposes shape how we serve the poor. UGM is here so people created in His image can experience real change in a safe,...
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Phil Altmeyer, Executive Director: Sep 10, 2019 11:10:09 AM
Imagine committing to a smoking cessation program right before going on a road trip with a pair of chain smokers. Imagine trying to avoid sugar while...
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Lynn Yount, UGM Volunteer: Jun 11, 2019 1:35:28 PM
Louis Hurd III is president and co-founder of PTA Performance, a center for physical therapy, training and sports skill development. When Hurd did...
