For the second year in a row, the Safeco Foundation has awarded the Union Gospel Mission with $10,000 to help fund its outreach to people still living on the streets of Spokane. An average of 95 people are served each week. They come out of the elements, sit down at tables to eat and, in addition to a hearty meal, receive blankets, socks, warm clothes and hygiene items. Volunteers come to serve, play music, give haircuts and provide foot care.
Cheryl Hanes, 45, has been homeless for two years, camping out downtown. She is a regular at Friday Night Outreach: “If you need to talk, there’s someone you can talk to. You know there’s gonna be a meal; you’re gonna have plenty in your stomach. It’s cool in the summer, warm in the winter, and there’s clean socks.”
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Union Gospel Mission: Sep 8, 2021 12:32:35 PM
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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Phil Altmeyer, Executive Director: Jun 11, 2021 3:57:18 PM
We are a forgetful people. We forget how broken the world is in which we live. We forget how much we are loved by a good God. We forget the sinister...
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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)...
Union Gospel Mission : Mar 1, 2012 11:00:41 AM
featured in the March 2012 newsletter
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...
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...
