Union Gospel Mission: Feb 1, 2014 6:48:26 AM
When the weather turned cold, Raymond and Michael Rodriguez started worrying about the men they saw on the street corners downtown. How were they...
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Union Gospel Mission: Dec 1, 2013 11:00:40 AM
The assignment: Draw a picture representing the work of the Union Gospel Mission on a napkin. Like an elevator speech. Only quicker and more visual....
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Union Gospel Mission: Dec 1, 2013 10:57:19 AM
The Union Gospel Mission is currently serving an average of 1,000 meals per day at its four shelters, and if you’ve ever visited during meal time,...
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Union Gospel Mission: Sep 1, 2013 12:00:31 PM
I was homeless and you gave me A SAFE PLACE.
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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...
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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: 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...
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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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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 12:00:18 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: 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,...
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Union Gospel Mission: Apr 1, 2012 12:00:52 PM
All of the people interviewed for this article described lives of profound desperation. They were in mortal danger – not from starvation or exposure...
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Union Gospel Mission: Mar 1, 2012 11:00:59 AM
featured in the March 2012 newsletter
Union Gospel Mission: Mar 1, 2012 11:00:41 AM
featured in the March 2012 newsletter
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Union Gospel Mission: Mar 1, 2012 11:00:33 AM
featured in the March 2012 newsletter
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Union Gospel Mission: Mar 1, 2012 11:00:31 AM
“God don’t make bad people. People just make bad choices.” If you recite those lines within the walls of the Union Gospel Mission, most people will...
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Union Gospel Mission: Jan 1, 2012 11:00:42 AM
Five years ago this month, the Union Gospel Mission opened the Crisis Shelter for Women and Children at 1234 E Sprague. In its first year, the...
