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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...
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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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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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...
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...

