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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: June 6, 2023 at 11:32 AM
When UGM Spokane expanded to Coeur d’Alene in 2012, there were no other long-term recovery programs available for women and children in North Idaho.We saw a need to serve single women and women with children who were caught in cycles of...
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: May 31, 2023 at 12:00 AM
Does the LC Valley have a homeless problem? This is the question we asked Carly Klappenbach, Director of Engagement and Missions at CrossPoint...
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: May 24, 2023 at 12:51 PM
“I was sitting on a bench crying because I didn't know where we were going to go that night.” Leor lost her home when her husband passed away last...
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: May 17, 2023 at 12:41 PM
Every summer, about 500 children from Spokane’s low-income neighborhoods are invited by their local church to spend a week at UGM Camp. While UGM...
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: May 10, 2023 at 9:45 AM
“The earth and everything in it, the world and its inhabitants, belong to the Lord.” (Psalm 24:1) Fresh out of university, Lewiston-area native, Dan...
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: May 3, 2023 at 9:01 AM
UGM's 18-month-long residential recovery program, LIFE Recovery, is designed to help residents find freedom from addiction and other destructive...
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: April 26, 2023 at 1:55 PM
Union Gospel Mission’s LIFE Recovery program is more than a treatment program; it’s an in-depth approach to whole-person healing. It acknowledges...
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Jeremy Stevens, Crisis Shelter director: April 19, 2023 at 3:18 PM
UGM is not just shaped by knowledge, experience, and skill, but by the true condition of our hearts - collectively. Excellence in ministry flows from...
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Marisa Flippen, Ministry Brand Specialist: April 13, 2023 at 8:41 AM
Glenda is currently staying at the Crisis Shelter for Women and Children as a Resident Volunteer.Last winter, her life went quickly from bad to...
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Steve Ellisen, Director of Development: April 6, 2023 at 9:24 AM
A favorite athletic event for me has been the relay race. The athletes not only run their leg of the race but also receive, carry, and then hand off...
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: March 29, 2023 at 12:00 AM
Kallie is a writer, photographer, and a dedicated mother. Raised in a church environment and given a good education, she is probably not who you’d...
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Phil Altmeyer, Executive Director: March 22, 2023 at 1:23 PM
“For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power God uses to save everyone who believes.” (Romans 1:16a) Here at the Mission, we teach...
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: March 15, 2023 at 8:47 AM
Rebecca and Jeremiah Hughes and their kids are investing in the lives of Spokane’s at-risk children through their church and UGM's Youth Outreach...
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: March 8, 2023 at 2:55 PM
“The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps.” (Proverbs 16:9) Although providing meals, shelter, medical care, and job...
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: March 2, 2023 at 10:28 AM
“We very much like to have our money matched any time we can.” – Houston Scrudder During COVID, longtime UGM partners Houston Scrudder and Alene...
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: February 23, 2023 at 8:50 AM
Originally published June 2021. Written by UGM Volunteer Lynn Yount. Reaching children is key to breaking the cycle of homelessness. But even the...
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: February 16, 2023 at 8:06 AM
Written by Chrystin and read at the fall 2022 LIFE Recovery phase promotion at UGM's Center for Women and Children. Dear Monster,
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: February 8, 2023 at 10:49 AM
The cycle of homelessness, abuse, and addiction is not halted simply with the provision of a roof and four walls. Although food and housing are...
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Phil Altmeyer, Executive Director: February 1, 2023 at 8:16 AM
While 2022 was a year of exciting new partnerships and profound love and sacrifice in our community, I sit at my desk this New Year and marvel at the
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: January 25, 2023 at 12:24 PM
What do a church, a dentist, and a forklift dealer have in common? Creative partnership at Union Gospel Mission. New Hope Baptist Church brings...
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: January 18, 2023 at 8:43 AM
At UGM, we are rich in partnership. Year after year, the Inland Northwest community partners with the Mission to create life-changing opportunities...
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: January 12, 2023 at 10:34 AM
You’ve heard it said before: UGM would not be what it is without people like you investing their unique giftings and resources to reach our neighbors...
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: January 6, 2023 at 9:52 AM
Work is a key ingredient in the effort to break the cycle of homelessness, abuse, and addiction. And while you’ll find current and former residents...
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: December 28, 2022 at 8:21 AM
Written by former UGM resident Anjelique Pennington, December 2022
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: December 21, 2022 at 11:05 AM
Imagine placing your greatest treasure—a treasure on which the fate of the world rests—into the hands of someone who had never had a job, never lived...
