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Where Does Our Hope Come From? Miranda's Story

Picture of Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager 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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Where Does Our Hope Come From? Robert's Story

Picture of Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager 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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Twenty Twenty

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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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Homelessness: Beneath the Surface

Picture of Union Gospel Mission 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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Change Is Possible

Picture of Union Gospel Mission 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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Death to Life

Picture of Barbara Comito, former marketing director 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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Where Change Begins

Picture of Union Gospel Mission 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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Real People. Real Change.

Picture of Lynn Yount, UGM Volunteer 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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A Resurrection Story

Picture of Lynn Yount, UGM Volunteer 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...

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Slideshow: Because of you, lives changed in 2018.

Picture of Union Gospel Mission 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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Homeless with Children

Picture of Lynn Yount, UGM Volunteer 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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Samantha, Stephanie and Justin

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Recovering from Childhood Trauma

Picture of Lynn Yount, UGM Volunteer 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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18 Ways You Blessed the Homeless in 2017

Picture of Union Gospel Mission 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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No Longer Alone: Moms and Children

Picture of Barbara Comito, former marketing director 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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Jody: Hardworking... and Homeless

Picture of Lynn Yount, UGM Volunteer 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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A Different Life

Picture of Lynn Yount, UGM Volunteer 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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Light for the Path

Picture of Lynn Yount, UGM Volunteer 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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Kindred Spirits

Picture of Lynn Yount, UGM Volunteer 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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Moms and Kids Reunited

Picture of Lynn Yount, UGM Volunteer 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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Homeless - Human

Picture of James Bishop 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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Holistic Recovery

Picture of Union Gospel Mission 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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I was defeated.

Picture of James Bishop 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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I was trapped.

Picture of Union Gospel Mission 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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Go and Make Disciples

Picture of Phil Altmeyer, Executive Director 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...

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We Were in Darkness

Picture of Union Gospel Mission Union Gospel Mission: Apr 1, 2014 12:00:59 PM

Glenda

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