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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: April 24, 2013
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 you're doing meaningful work, the benefits go both ways. UGM is an extension of the Inland Northwest...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: April 19, 2013
"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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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: April 16, 2013
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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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: April 11, 2013
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...
Union Gospel Mission: April 9, 2013
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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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: April 2, 2013
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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Union Gospel Mission: April 1, 2013
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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Union Gospel Mission: April 1, 2013
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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Union Gospel Mission: April 1, 2013
“Throw out the rule book and simply talk to God -- any way, anywhere, anytime about anything.” – Joyce Meyer
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Union Gospel Mission: April 1, 2013
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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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: March 27, 2013
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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Union Gospel Mission: March 21, 2013
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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Union Gospel Mission: March 17, 2013
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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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: March 12, 2013
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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Union Gospel Mission: March 11, 2013
“We know that we have come to know him if we keep his commands. Whoever says, ‘I know him,’ but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: March 6, 2013
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: March 5, 2013
“He has sent me . . . to proclaim freedom for the captives,” Isaiah 61:1. At 11, Rowdy had his first run-in with the law. He stole a dirt bike. When...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: February 25, 2013
Robert Miller, medical records at Columbia Medical One in Ten: Odds that a person who has been out of work for more than 27 weeks will find a job...
Union Gospel Mission: February 22, 2013
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: February 19, 2013
The UGM Crisis Shelter for Women and Children held an essay contest. Below is the winning entry by Carla Knudsen, age 19.
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: February 14, 2013
If you’ve ever had your heart broken or just found yourself utterly alone on the day devoted to romance, hearts, flowers and chocolate, you know...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: February 6, 2013
"He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted," Isaiah 61:1. Before the publication of February’s newsletter on “binding up the brokenhearted,” we sat...
