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Humble Beginnings
To celebrate 75 years of serving the Inland Northwest, we are spending the year remembering our history and the faithfulness that built us and...
By Vern Buller, UGM board member
The food line begins and lasts for over an hour and a half, and still they keep coming. Many stop by to say thank you. We give out 150 pairs of socks; cold, wet feet are a constant problem. One man tells of placing plastic bread bags over his feet before putting on his shoes. All the coats we have brought and more than a bin full of blankets soon disappear.
As the evening winds down, two little girls who came with their parents to volunteer, step up to the microphone and sing a song most of us learned in Sunday school: “Jesus loves me. This I know, for the Bible tells me so.”
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75 Years of Faithfulness
In 2026, Union Gospel Mission Inland Northwest is approaching our 75th Anniversary! This is a milestone that invites gratitude and reflection, and...
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The Hope of Christmas
“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” —...
Mental Health and Homelessness
Union Gospel Mission : December 1, 2013
Holly Simons, a psychiatric nurse, worked in the prison system for 10 years and first visited UGM while researching safe places for an inmate to go...