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Union Gospel Mission: September 28, 2016
By JoAnn Zajicek, Director at the Center for Women and Children During monthly staff meetings at UGM's Center for Women and Children, team members each take a turn leading a devotion inspired by one of the Mission's ten core values. Our values range...
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Union Gospel Mission: September 23, 2016
When Tiffany, Director of Vocational Advancement, discovered she needed a kidney transplant, finding a willing donor was no easy task. After waiting...
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Union Gospel Mission: September 21, 2016
By Wil Wilhelm, former UGM Director of Development How many times have you heard a Sunday message at church about stewardship and the main point was...
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Lynn Yount, UGM Volunteer: September 16, 2016
Dan Eylar, a technician at Union Gospel Mission Motors, knows cars. He's worked on them professionally for more than 30 years, so he's seen just...
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Phil Altmeyer, Executive Director: September 16, 2016
Sometimes we are blind. The problem (for most of us) isn’t with the function of our actual eyeballs, the cornea or the retina or the optical nerve....
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James Bishop: September 16, 2016
Serving meals at a California rescue mission several years ago made a lasting impression on Jerry and Stephanie Belden. So much so that, when they...
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Union Gospel Mission: September 14, 2016
Recently, five men completed the UGM LIFE Recovery program. Each came to the Mission broken and found healing. These men shared about their journeys...
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Merrily Roe, former staff writer: September 9, 2016
Hopefully, you're seeing new billboards going up around Spokane and Kootenai County similar to the ones we put up last fall. Our “Lose the Label”...
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Union Gospel Mission: September 7, 2016
A couple months ago, a staff member at the Crisis Shelter wrote a blog on what it’s like living at a homeless shelter as a kid. In response to that...
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Union Gospel Mission: September 2, 2016
UGM Camp is over for the summer, but it's worth ruminating on those marvelous eight weeks a little longer. (Unfortunately, the last week of camp was...
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Union Gospel Mission: August 30, 2016
Thousands of women and children have found solace at the Crisis Shelter since it opened in January 2007. They come from all walks of life. Some have...
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Union Gospel Mission: August 26, 2016
By Ryan Brown, UGM Youth Outreach Director “Can I keep Him?” asked Marquise as he came walking towards me with a small Styrofoam cup. As I glanced...
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Merrily Roe, former staff writer: August 24, 2016
September 2018: This post was first published in August 2016. Since that time, the Crisis Shelter has moved to a new, much improved facility. (Yay!...
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Union Gospel Mission: August 11, 2016
By Ron Hauenstein, Crisis Shelter volunteer "What have we begun, when we pray like this? What have we done? Can we ever know – what seeds we sow,...
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Lynn Yount, UGM Volunteer: August 5, 2016
“Greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.” I John 4:4b As assistant manager at the downtown UGM Thrift Store, Kristen Nitschke works...
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Union Gospel Mission: July 27, 2016
By Gabe Shippam, Director of Men's Rescue Work Ends Homelessness Years ago, I started a ministry in the worst neighborhood in San Diego. Daily, more...
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Union Gospel Mission: July 20, 2016
Editor’s note: If you’re like me, you can probably think of at least one habit you’ve tried to break that keeps resurfacing , leaving you frustrated....
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Union Gospel Mission: July 12, 2016
By Ryan Brown, UGM Youth Outreach Director There’s a beautiful synergy that happens at camp each year that is truly an example of the Body of Christ...
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Union Gospel Mission: July 7, 2016
By Barbara Comito, Director of Marketing & Communications “All this time, I thought being an alcoholic was being Native American. “We were always...
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Union Gospel Mission: July 5, 2016
Through partnerships with businesses and the community in general, UGM helps men and women find jobs, jobs that allow them to support themselves,...
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James Bishop: July 5, 2016
As a volunteer job coach at the Men’s Shelter, Randy Crews recognizes the importance of building confidence and preparing men to re-enter the...
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Union Gospel Mission: June 30, 2016
Editor’s Note: Barbara Comito here. Director of Marketing & Communications for UGM. This blog was written by my 18-year-old daughter, Izzy. It’s not...
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Union Gospel Mission: June 28, 2016
Charlonne Ostrander’s job is all about money. Except it’s not. As donations processing manager, Charlonne oversees all the financial donations that...
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Merrily Roe, former staff writer: June 23, 2016
The stories of the 33 men and women who graduated from UGM LIFE Recovery on Tuesday are diverse – addiction, unhealthy and broken relationships,...
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Merrily Roe, former staff writer: June 16, 2016
Upcoming graduates Kat and Kanesha met at the Crisis Shelter. Before coming to UGM, Kat looked to material things – money, houses, cars – for her...
