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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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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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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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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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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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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: 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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Lynn Yount, UGM Volunteer: Mar 14, 2019 10:09:22 AM
More than food, shelter or even the air we breathe, we need Jesus. That’s why the gospel is the cornerstone of UGM, holding up everything we do and...
Union Gospel Mission: Jan 14, 2019 1:02:00 PM
Here are just a few of the partnerships that helped the homeless at UGM in 2018.
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Lynn Yount, UGM Volunteer: Nov 7, 2018 1:01:40 PM
“I can go without. But I will not let my daughter sleep on the streets.” Kylee shows the desperation and resolve of a homeless mom with a...
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Lynn Yount, UGM Volunteer: Jun 4, 2018 5:26:51 PM
The majority of individuals in UGM's LIFE Recovery Program experienced trauma as young children: Abuse. Neglect. Abandonment. Homelessness. Those...
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Union Gospel Mission: Jan 15, 2018 1:36:00 PM
Thousands of individuals, churches and businesses came together to be part of God’s miracles of provision and transformation, big and small, in 2017....
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: Nov 16, 2017 11:19:11 AM
Over the past several years, Union Gospel Mission has seen an increase in the number of young moms with children coming to our shelters. “Helping...
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Lynn Yount, UGM Volunteer: Sep 11, 2017 12:12:35 PM
In the 37 years since he joined the Navy out of high school, Jody Littleford has worked. Hard. Launching and landing aircraft on a carrier. Loading,...
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Lynn Yount, UGM Volunteer: Jul 11, 2017 2:40:41 PM
"I'm going to give my kids a different life. And I get to do that because I chose life over death." - Jocelyne Addictions don’t cause homelessness....
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Lynn Yount, UGM Volunteer: Apr 5, 2017 5:05:00 PM
“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.” (Psalm 119:105) God’s Word in the Bible, and the wonderful hope of salvation it describes,...
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Lynn Yount, UGM Volunteer: Jan 17, 2017 1:12:00 PM
Ann | Mentee After 25 years working in social services, Ann was exhausted. Raising two sons by herself had taken its toll. After they moved out, she...
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Lynn Yount, UGM Volunteer: Dec 1, 2016 9:30:00 AM
One of the most beautiful extensions of personal healing and recovery is the reunification and restoration of families. Moms get their children back....
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James Bishop: Sep 16, 2016 2:15:00 PM
It’s easy to look at a homeless person and see only his or her homelessness – the weathered face, the cardboard sign, the worn clothes, the...
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Union Gospel Mission: May 12, 2016 1:00:55 PM
Rather than outward conformity to a new set of behaviors, UGM LIFE Recovery is about transformation from the inside out. From building healthy...
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James Bishop: Aug 5, 2015 3:30:14 AM
You showed me grace. Kevin Kevin Schmieder has relapsed twice in the process of recovery. “My first stay at UGM was in 2011. I knew something needed...
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Union Gospel Mission: Jul 1, 2015 12:00:15 PM
You helped me find freedom. Freedom. Stop for a moment and think about that word. What does it mean to you? Do you feel truly and deeply free? Have...
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Phil Altmeyer, Executive Director: Feb 1, 2015 10:50:19 AM
Myth: To be a person who disciples others, you have to have it all together. Truth: No one has it all together. Myth: Only a select group of...
