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Jim and Ken

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2013 Volunteer Appreciation Dinner

Volunteers are a huge part of everything that happens at the Union Gospel Mission. They devote countless hours in service to the poor of our community. And so, every year, UGM hosts a Volunteer Appreciation Dinner to thank these faithful servants of...

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Off to Job Corps

UGM helps people with a wide variety of needs—everything from stretching the food budget through an occasional meal to our long-term residential...

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[Im]possible standards

This week I have struggled. The attacks of the enemy have cut deep. Interestingly, the attacks have all come against my high standards. I fully...

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Into the Neighborhood

Our church, Grace Christian Fellowship, is across the street from Logan Elementary. Over the years, we have watched the children in our neighborhood...

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Camp is just the beginning.

The modern church with its emphasis on high-octane youth groups struggles when it comes to developing authentic, compassionate relationships with the...

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Scrapes, bumps and bruises

After working in the emergency room of a hospital, I thought serving as a nurse at summer camp would be a breeze, Alli said. But she hadn’t taken the...

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Campfire stories

When was the last time you sat around a campfire, roasting marshmallows and telling stories? Well, wherever you are at this moment, I’d like you to...

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Daughters of the King

Darleen Haff, Anjelique Mader, Chantell White, Cheryl Langton, Carlene Wright, and Debi Pauletto You remember the plot of The Princess Bride? A lowly...

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Recovery: "Press into the work"

Do Not Fall Victim to Your Fears By Brent Watts, UGM Recovery Graduate Brent Watts, above, recently completed the first 4 phases of UGM's Recovery...

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UGM volunteers rock!

It's National Volunteer Week, and boy, oh boy, do we love our volunteers. Thankfully, they seem to like us pretty well, too. It turns out, when...

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BELIEVE

"BELIEVE" was the theme of UGM's Annual Banquet this year. The event was full of amazing stories of life transformation: men and women changed from...

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Will color for food

Meet the Hefling family: Maliaka, Izzy, 4, Noah, 9, Silas, 6, Roman, 2, Joe, and Maranatha, 16 mos. Inspired by Christ's miraculous feeding of the...

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Petra: artist in recovery

Recovery: the freedom to express yourself Look what Petra, a resident in UGM's Women's Recovery, did with her weekend. Petra is shy and humble about...

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Mourning and Comfort

One of the men in UGM's Recovery program wrote the following about what he mourns: “I mourn for the fact that my children have not had the father...

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Blessed are those who mourn.

Editor’s Note: UGM’s theme for 2013 is taken from the prophecy regarding Christ’s work in Isaiah 61:1-3. We’ve been looking at how God accomplishes...

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Update on Sheldon & Rowdy

SHELDON Sheldon has finished the first four phases of Men’s Recovery and is now in the final transition phase. He works full-time in production at...

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Comfort for those who mourn

Sheldon grew up in California. He is thoughtful, soft-spoken, a bit shy. Charles’ home state reveals itself in his drawl. He’s a Texas cowboy, a...

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Take Action: Pray

“Throw out the rule book and simply talk to God -- any way, anywhere, anytime about anything.” – Joyce Meyer

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Bearing one another’s burdens

Wil and Jean Gassman have been praying with people at UGM’s Monday night Celebrate Recovery service since the summer of 2006. They listen. They pray....

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Questions for you

Last December, when the Marketing team chose this passage as UGM's theme for 2013, we were mostly thinking about how Jesus works inside this...

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Homeless Women & Children: What are we going to do about Martha?

Author Ron Hauenstein with children from the UGM Crisis Shelter for Women & Children Martha is 43 years old. She has three of her five children...

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Core value: thankfulness

Editor's Note: Another winner from the essay contest at the UGM Crisis Shelter for Women & Children. "The top 5 things to be thankful for" by...

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H.O.P.E.

UGM’s Center for Women & Children provides a safe and healing environment where women are set free from the bondage of addictions and abusive...

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Spring (no) break

Spring break missions group from the Evangelical Free Church in Bozeman, Montana What are your plans for spring break? Some people go skiing or head...

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