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Jim and Ken

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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 Charmain Halverson, 39 There are many things in life to be grateful for: waking up in the morning, air in...

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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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Core values: Christ-likeness

“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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Recovery: Freedom for the Captives

“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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Robert Miller - Columbia Medical

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Back to work

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...

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Binding up the Brokenhearted

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Essay contest winner

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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Valentine's Day remixed

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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Binding up the brokenhearted

"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...

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Binding up the Brokenhearted

“I believe what drives people to bad behavior, whether it’s addiction or abusive relationships or being abusers, is brokenness of heart. They harden...

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Living Loved

Are you familiar with the game Jenga? It’s a tall tower of blocks where each player attempts to remove one single block without toppling the tower....

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Take Action - Calling all Kids!

We’re hoping you’ll help to make someone’s day. Pull out the construction paper, scissors and glitter and create a Valentine for a man, woman or...

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Doug IMG_2246

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From stone to flesh

“My heart was hard, but now I have a new heart.”

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Exchanging lies for truth

The new UGM Center for Women & Children celebrated its first phase promotion last Friday – another landmark step on the fulfillment of a vision over...

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Inseparable

“And when this happens, when we allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we...

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Rescue: safety from abuse

She came into the staff office of the Crisis Shelter. Her black eye drew my attention and I tried not to stare. I had known Sue* for a couple years...

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Victory in 2013

We are just coming off of a GREAT New Year’s Eve party that was “off the hook” with fun, food, gifts, games and a challenging message. The food was...

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zachariah-elexis

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From Gang Banger to Responsible Father

Zachariah’s story is written in ink all over his body. His mom died when he was 12. The tear drop under his eye is for her. He never knew his dad. At...

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Celebrating the process

Women's Recovery at Anna Ogden Hall held a celebration yesterday for the women completing various phases of the program. Director Chris Armstrong...

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