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Prayers from the smoking area
Barbara Comito, former marketing director: January 22, 2013
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: January 22, 2013
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Inseparable
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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Rescue: safety from abuse
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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Victory in 2013
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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From Gang Banger to Responsible Father
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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Celebrating the process
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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RESCUE: What is it?
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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Impacting Lives Together in 2012
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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A One-Word Resolution
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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Independence or God-dependence?
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 Core Values
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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What's in a name?
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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God With Us
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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Hunger Busters
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...
Soup's On!
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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Recovery: Breaking Free
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...
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Thanksgiving Dinner for 1,200
Union Gospel Mission: November 19, 2012
Sunday, November 18, 9:20 p.m.
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"Safe Crisis"
Union Gospel Mission: November 14, 2012
Note: This is the final post in a 3-part series. Read part 1, "Food + Shelter + Job = Hope," and part 2, "Breaking the Cycle."
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Breaking the Cycle
Union Gospel Mission: November 12, 2012
Note: This is the 2nd in a two-part series on the UGM Crisis Shelter.
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Food + Shelter + Job = Hope
Union Gospel Mission: October 30, 2012
Note: This is the first in a 3-part series from Rich Schaus, UGM Director of the Crisis Shelter for Women & Children.
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UGM's Working Ambassadors
Union Gospel Mission: October 24, 2012
It's hard to break the cycle of homelessness if you can't get a job. In UGM's Vocational Advancement department, staff work with residents to create...
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Not Alone
Union Gospel Mission: October 17, 2012
Editor's Note: This is the fourth post in our series on being Ambassadors for Christ.
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Representing by Receiving
Union Gospel Mission: October 10, 2012
By Hannah Bogue, UGM Donations Coordinator