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Embracing Grace
Chrystin struggled with alcoholism for sixteen years before entering UGM’s recovery program. “I felt so defeated and was lying in bed, drinking, just...
Debi Pauletto, Community Relations Director at the UGM Center for Women & Children in Coeur d’Alene, teaches a class on the beauty of being a woman. In this cross between a charm course and an in-depth study of our identity in Christ, Debi goes over etiquette, modesty and table manners and unveils the woman described in Proverbs 31. She wanted to end the class with a special celebration that would give the women an opportunity to practice what they had learned, so she contacted Spokane Country Club Chef Frank Comito. Frank sees food as an expression of God’s grace and was excited to lavish that grace on these women in abundance. He served the ladies a five-course meal, featuring filet mignon for the main course and a palate cleanser of raspberry sorbet with balsamic vinegar and yellow beet syrup.
The ladies said they felt like royalty . . . which, in fact, they are.
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Finding Opportunity, Finding Something Lasting
At Union Gospel Mission, we understand that meeting urgent needs—food, shelter, medical care, and job training—is just the beginning. These are the...
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LC Valley: Frequently Asked Questions
Jeremy Stevens, LC Valley Shelter Director: June 5, 2025
We are so excited about our new shelter in Lewiston, Idaho! As we prepare to serve the LC Valley area, we understand that the community has many...
Leadership and Community Engagement
Union Gospel Mission : May 22, 2015
In this second part of an interview with Debi Pauletto, Debi describes her history at UGM and looks forward to the future. But first, Executive...
First Steps to Real Change
Lynn Yount, UGM Volunteer : August 5, 2021
A journey of 1,000 miles may begin with a single step, but it isn’t always easy to determine which direction that step should go. Michaelyn Hodges...
Good-bye, Julie
Union Gospel Mission : February 4, 2014
Editor's Note: Julie Marks, a participant in Women's Recovery at the UGM Center for Women & Children in Coeur d'Alene, passed away last week due to...