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Volunteers Providing Welcome
UGM’s volunteer case managers stand on the frontlines of ministry, offering listening ears and wise counsel to men and women in crisis.
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 people in whom they are investing at the Center for Women & Children in Coeur d’Alene.
Recovery program residents served as table hosts and shared their stories. The evening gave them the opportunity to practice hospitality and conversation – skills which may have grown a bit rusty in their former lives. At the same time, guests experienced an up close encounter with life transformation. They didn’t just hear about how a life can change; they witnessed it firsthand.
Kootenai County Commissioner Dan Green sat at a table with Chantell and Carlene. He said, “The two ladies with whom I had dinner radiated God's grace and mercy.” They were, in fact, clothed in garments of praise.
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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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