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Union Gospel Mission: February 1, 2013
“I believe what drives people to bad behavior, whether it’s addiction or abusive relationships or being abusers, is brokenness of heart. They harden their heart because it has been so broken and they can’t risk having it broken any more. So they...
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Union Gospel Mission: February 1, 2013
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....
Union Gospel Mission: February 1, 2013
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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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: February 1, 2013
“My heart was hard, but now I have a new heart.”
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: January 29, 2013
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: January 25, 2013
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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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: January 22, 2013
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: January 20, 2013
“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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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: January 17, 2013
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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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: January 16, 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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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: January 15, 2013
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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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: January 11, 2013
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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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: January 3, 2013
“For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in,I needed...
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Union Gospel Mission: December 31, 2012
Young and old. Washington and Idaho. Individuals, churches and businesses. Look how you teamed up to care for the poor in 2012.
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: December 31, 2012
Have you heard about the My One Word project? Tired of the inevitable failure of their New Year’s resolutions, the authors came up with the idea of...
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Union Gospel Mission: December 19, 2012
By Dan McLellan, UGM Men's Shelter Day Room Manager God-dependence, the first of UGM’s established core values, sets us apart from many other...
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Union Gospel Mission: December 14, 2012
Editor's note: This blog post, originally published in 2012, was updated in 2019. A Culture of Life Transformation One Sunday in 2003, Phil Altmeyer,...
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Union Gospel Mission: December 7, 2012
Last week this picture of a New York City policeman giving a pair of boots to a barefoot man went viral. This act of compassion captured the heart of...
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Union Gospel Mission: December 1, 2012
Three words. Nine letters. Revolutionary power. God became man so that He might be with us. He meets us in our brokenness and His presence transforms...
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Union Gospel Mission: December 1, 2012
Every year, the South Hill Bible Church youth group puts a creative twist on UGM’s food drive – to great effect! On October 31st, rather than donning...
Union Gospel Mission: November 30, 2012
We talk a lot about the Union Gospel Mission being "More than Soup," but truth be told, soup can be a delicious, nutritious meal, and we eat a lot of...
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Union Gospel Mission: November 28, 2012
Orange jumpsuits, shackles & do-overs By JoAnn Zajicek, UGM Director, Center for Women & Children “He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to...
