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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: January 14, 2022 at 11:47 AM
1. You opened doors to gospel conversations which resulted in 35 baptisms, including Christina's.
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: January 14, 2022 at 11:41 AM
John and Vonnie Tucker have a 61-year legacy of working together to build a strong marriage centered on following God’s call to love their neighbors...
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: January 13, 2022 at 10:51 AM
Picture a man with a badge and a gun chaperoning women at a recovery center Valentine’s Day gala. Now, picture him in tears as he presents handmade...
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: January 6, 2022 at 11:31 AM
Matt and Nicole Hendrickson are Impact Partners (UGM monthly giving program) who’ve been quietly investing in the lives of homeless men and women for...
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: December 30, 2021 at 8:20 AM
The Mission at Christmastime: brimming with hope, cozy and warm, piled with gifts. This is not what I expected. I came to Union Gospel Mission in May...
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: December 9, 2021 at 12:08 PM
Eric Blackman was trying to live the party life. Alcohol, drugs and carefree days shaped his mid-twenties through early-thirties.
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: November 24, 2021 at 9:30 AM
Executive Director Phil Altmeyer frequently tells our partners that only in eternity will they know the extent of their influence in people’s lives....
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: November 10, 2021 at 4:03 PM
JUST TWO YEARS AGO THIS CHRISTMAS, Sarah was in a dark place. She had sent her six-year-old daughter, Lylee, to live with her mom in Texas, and CPS...
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: November 10, 2021 at 3:43 PM
WHEN REVEREND RILEY PALMER WAS PREPARING to plant Adopted Church west of Spokane, he felt the Lord calling him to be a part of local homeless...
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: November 10, 2021 at 9:49 AM
Every day, we get glimpses into people's stories, and often we get to walk alongside men and women for a season... but only occasionally do we get...
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: October 14, 2021 at 11:17 AM
Written by Heather Pollock, UGM Women’s Recovery alumna and Crisis Shelter employee. Stories. Everyone has one. My story with Union Gospel Mission...
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: September 30, 2021 at 11:28 AM
Written and read by Talia, UGM Resident, at a phase promotion event, August 2021. When I was a little girl, I would look out my window at night and...
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: September 23, 2021 at 12:22 PM
“Meth makes you really fidgety, hyper-focused on the smallest things. So, I picked at my face when I was using...and I gave myself sepsis.” Tyler was...
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: September 8, 2021 at 1:56 PM
“I was brought up in a family of musicians and my dad was the smartest man I’ve ever known, a philosopher.” Johanna is well spoken, educated and...
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: August 26, 2021 at 1:45 PM
"The thing I loved most about UGM Camp was EVERYTHING." Joey, UGM camper Through the love and generosity of hundreds of community members just like...
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: August 19, 2021 at 10:14 AM
UGM Men’s Shelter Manager Dan McLellan works hard to create a safe, healing environment for every guest and resident, and he works hard to ensure...
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: August 12, 2021 at 4:09 PM
Last summer, UGM was actively seeking a Development Director. Today, we’re introducing the unique man whom God called to the position.
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: July 22, 2021 at 1:39 PM
Written by Lauren McCrea, Volunteer Mentor, UGM Center for Women & Children I just thought I was going in to buy a new pair of running shoes, but...
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: July 15, 2021 at 2:25 PM
Recovery isn’t just the process of breaking an addiction or quitting a toxic habit; the core of real recovery is deep, inner healing. And we all need...
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: July 1, 2021 at 9:57 AM
“What brought me to UGM was waking up in the hospital after a failed suicide attempt.” Jenn Fleck had lived a life of abuse, addiction and, she says,...
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: June 24, 2021 at 9:42 AM
Beverly Clark is enrolled in LIFE Recovery at the UGM Center for Women and Children. This is her testimony. “Without a question, I was a loved child....
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: June 3, 2021 at 10:33 AM
When Former Men’s Shelter Chaplain Jim Carson told us he’d like to host a Facebook fundraiser in honor of Union Gospel Mission’s 70th anniversary, we...
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: May 27, 2021 at 3:03 PM
Written by former Men’s Recovery Program Supervisor Mike Sholtz I had been working at UGM for only a short time when one of the men in the program...
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: May 20, 2021 at 12:51 PM
Women's LIFE Recovery participant Linda shared this speech at the recent Phase Promotion at UGM's Center for Women and Children. “I sat in a...
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: May 13, 2021 at 2:52 PM
“I never fully surrendered.” Vickie Proctor finished UGM Women’s LIFE Recovery in 2019. She got a job, she moved out, she was honored at Commencement.
