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Lynn Yount, UGM Volunteer: July 19, 2018
Many of those who come to UGM for help have no family, or their families are still stuck in brokenness and addiction. Years of scrambling to survive may have turned their focus inward: “I need to look out for myself, because nobody else is going to...
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Union Gospel Mission: July 11, 2018
Having recently celebrated the 2018 LIFE Recovery Commencement, we know the story is just beginning for the honorees. Their time at UGM was a time of...
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Union Gospel Mission: July 7, 2018
By Christa Inouye, Youth Outreach - “Hey bud, what’s going on? Do you want to join the others in the group game?” At UGM Camp, this is a frequently...
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Union Gospel Mission: July 3, 2018
Greg Barclay has been UGM's Director of Volunteers for more than 13 years and has overseen exponential growth, both in our volunteer workforce and in...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: June 27, 2018
Stephanie sums up her childhood in just a few phrases: “A lot of broken promises, fighting, a lot of neglect, never being told I love you. No...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: June 20, 2018
“I was really angry with God and confused about…Well, if God really loves me, then how come I had to go through all this stuff? You know, there’s...
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Lynn Yount, UGM Volunteer: June 13, 2018
A common thread among many people who enter the LIFE Recovery program is an absent or abusive father. Samantha’s story reflects the devastating...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: June 7, 2018
Shame says… You are ugly. You are stupid. You are worthless. If people knew the real you, they would hate you. Work harder, do more, try to earn love...
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Union Gospel Mission: May 31, 2018
By Ryan Brown, UGM Youth Outreach Director - Three and a half years ago, I was called back to a place where God transformed my life: Spokane’s Union...
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Lynn Yount, UGM Volunteer: May 23, 2018
For years, the reader board at the UGM Crisis Shelter for Women and Children on East Sprague read, “Hope starts here.” The Crisis Shelter has a...
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Union Gospel Mission: May 16, 2018
Siblings Caden and Teryn, 11 and 9, had never been to summer camp before they went to UGM Camp last summer – free of charge. “We wanted to send them,...
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Union Gospel Mission: May 10, 2018
Christa serves in the Juvenile Detention ministry for UGM Youth Outreach. Here, she reflects on her experiences with these young people.
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Union Gospel Mission: May 2, 2018
We invited Dr. Mark Baird, a Whitworth University assistant professor and clinical psychologist who specializes in treating trauma, to speak about...
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Union Gospel Mission: April 25, 2018
My name is Guadalupe Granados. At 35 years of age, I feel like my life is just beginning. I’ve wasted so many years as a passive bystander,...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: April 19, 2018
I am highly susceptible to self-improvement plans, especially those that lay out steps to success: Do these 5 things and you will be a better wife,...
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Union Gospel Mission: April 11, 2018
One of the reasons the Union Gospel Mission exists is to feed the hungry. We live in an extremely generous community that provides resources and...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: April 4, 2018
Dyann was married to a man who abused her for five years. He hit her. He pushed her down stairs. At one point, she ended up in the emergency room...
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Union Gospel Mission: March 27, 2018
As a regular volunteer at the Crisis Shelter, Ron noticed a pattern in many of the homeless women and children he served: Dad wasn’t in the picture....
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Union Gospel Mission: March 21, 2018
As Director of Ministries, Sonny Westbrook oversees all of UGM’s programs serving the poor and homeless. But you could also just call him our pastor....
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James Bishop: March 14, 2018
It’s a long road learning that you’re loved by God, who calls himself our Father, especially if you’ve never known your real father. That journey has...
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Lynn Yount, UGM Volunteer: March 8, 2018
Jolene is beautiful. Her cheerful countenance overflows with love, especially for her two children. Two years ago, she was sleeping in abandoned...
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Hannah Page, UGM Web Specialist: March 7, 2018
Repentance. What do you think of when you hear that word? For me, that word has always had a negative connotation. Repentance means I have done...
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Union Gospel Mission: February 27, 2018
Anna Havercroft is our warehouse manager, managing the in-kind donations that come into UGM. As you'll see in her interview below, that is more than...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: February 21, 2018
Over the past two months, we’ve been talking a lot about partnership – how church and business partners, volunteers and donors are the lifeblood of...
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Union Gospel Mission: February 15, 2018
Work is a key ingredient of the process of ending homelessness one person, one family at a time. And while you’ll find current and former residents...
