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Union Gospel Mission: Sep 1, 2013 11:59:25 AM
Here are the words of Jesus my staff and I are focusing on this fall: “For I was hungry, and you gave me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me drink; I was a stranger and you invited me in; naked and you clothed me.” (Matt. 25: 35-36) Not...
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Union Gospel Mission: Sep 1, 2013 11:57:26 AM
You know how it seems like you’re always running to the store for the same few things? It’s the same way around here. We just can’t get enough of...
Union Gospel Mission: Sep 1, 2013 11:51:10 AM
Kate Gibson, 18, has been coming to the Union Gospel Mission to serve meals with her family since she was six years old. “I remember standing on a...
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Union Gospel Mission: Aug 1, 2013 12:30:47 PM
Paul Stankiewicz is a smart man. He earned his PhD in biochemistry from Penn State University in 1980, taught high school and college and did...
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Union Gospel Mission: Aug 1, 2013 12:25:23 PM
Roy and Sharyle Croswhite served as work crew leaders when their church, Valley Assembly, hosted a week at Tshimakain Creek Camp. Roy and Sharyle...
Union Gospel Mission: Aug 1, 2013 12:20:31 PM
What could be more fun on a warm summer night than an outdoor movie? Jeremiah Johnson, one of the owners of The Shop in the Perry District of...
Union Gospel Mission: Aug 1, 2013 12:15:21 PM
Some of the best communication happens around the table, does it not? That’s why we invited a group of UGM partners to have dinner with the very...
Union Gospel Mission: Jul 2, 2013 4:47:08 PM
On May 31, UGM held a special Volunteer Appreciation Dinner at the Lincoln Center. While the primary purpose was to say thanks, we also wanted the...
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Union Gospel Mission: Apr 1, 2013 12:08:00 PM
GIVEN TO UNION GOSPEL MISSION DECEMBER 1, 2012 TO FEBRUARY 28, 2013 In memory of: The kind gift of: Mabel Anderson: Robert & Marilyn McDowall
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Union Gospel Mission: Apr 1, 2013 9:53:37 AM
“God ignited a fire in me.” That’s how Connie Bagley describes what happened to her the first time she helped serve at UGM’s Friday Night Outreach....
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Union Gospel Mission: Apr 1, 2013 9:49:47 AM
After Clara Adkins lost her husband in November 2011, she prayed, “Lord, don’t just put me on a shelf. I want to be useful.” Less than a year later,...
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Phil Altmeyer, Executive Director: Feb 1, 2013 4:35:00 PM
“There are no safe paths in this part of the world” – the wizard Gandalf in master storyteller J.R.R. Tolkien’s tale, The Hobbit.
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Union Gospel Mission: Dec 31, 2012 11:00:36 PM
I have an antique brass level sitting in my office where I will see it frequently and be reminded of the importance of balancing two essential...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: Dec 31, 2012 11:00:34 PM
David Wang is a professor of architecture at Washington State University. An artist, a former seminary student, a researcher and a writer, his life...
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Union Gospel Mission: Dec 31, 2012 11:00:31 PM
If you come to a graduation or phase promotion at the Mission, you will almost certainly hear Shelley Altmeyer’s name. She is a bit of a legend. You...
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Union Gospel Mission: Oct 1, 2012 12:00:17 PM
A man gets a haircut at Friday Night Outreach
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Union Gospel Mission: Oct 1, 2012 12:00:12 PM
A small group of women from the First Assembly of God Church in Spokane visits the Crisis Shelter twice a month to worship and pray with the women...
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Union Gospel Mission: Sep 1, 2012 12:00:58 PM
The ladies of Women’s Auxiliary have been huge supporters of Tshimakain Creek Camp. Over the years, they’ve provided a ski boat, awnings, paddle...
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Union Gospel Mission: Sep 1, 2012 12:00:18 PM
We had a sod party last month to prepare for the opening of the new Center for Women and Children in Idaho. Lots of people showed up, and as they...
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Union Gospel Mission: Aug 1, 2012 12:00:13 PM
Leslie Barta is an example of volunteering at its best: She’s doing meaningful ministry (which uses her skill set and about which she is passionate)...
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Union Gospel Mission: Jul 3, 2012 12:00:45 PM
Recently, my wife, Caryl, and I were sitting in a Florida airport waiting for a flight back to Spokane when a group of twenty to thirty uniformed...
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Union Gospel Mission: Apr 11, 2012 12:00:06 PM
On the first Wednesday of every month, you’ll find Rob Lento singing at the Union Gospel Mission chapel service as part of His Song. The men’s...
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Phil Altmeyer, Executive Director: Apr 1, 2012 12:01:00 PM
“You have made us for Yourself so that our hearts are restless until they rest in You.” – Saint Augustine Augustine, one of the early church fathers,...
