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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: May 27, 2021 3:03:43 PM
Written by former Men’s Recovery Program Supervisor Mike Sholtz
I had been working at UGM for only a short time when one of the men in the program got up to do a self evaluation. He shared a Bible passage that was pertinent to his story. It was John...
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: May 20, 2021 12:51:07 PM
Women's LIFE Recovery participant Linda shared this speech at the recent Phase Promotion at UGM's Center for Women and Children.
“I sat in a...
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: May 13, 2021 2:52:09 PM
“I never fully surrendered.” Vickie Proctor finished UGM Women’s LIFE Recovery in 2019. She got a job, she moved out, she was honored at Commencement.
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: May 6, 2021 12:23:02 PM
UGM’s Youth Outreach Director Ryan Brown got choked up when we asked him about his plans for this year’s series of week-long Summer Camps.
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: Apr 29, 2021 3:39:47 PM
“I’m getting older, and I didn’t want to be that old lady that’s out on the street, looking to get high.”Before coming to UGM, Kerri was staying at ...
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: Apr 22, 2021 2:44:59 PM
Caution to the reader: This story contains references to abortion, prostitution and human trafficking.
“Sarah, I really want to help you.”
Sometimes...
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: Apr 15, 2021 2:50:17 PM
At three years old, Jesse stabbed a kid in the head with a knife.
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: Apr 11, 2021 4:44:07 PM
Jesus changed everything.
More specifically, Jesus' life, death and resurrection changed everything.
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: Apr 1, 2021 1:43:36 PM
As we mentioned in last week’s post, acknowledging the existence of sin implies a particular worldview – one in which God created the world and has...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: Mar 25, 2021 1:19:06 PM
Sin. Talk about a conversation stopper. I’m not sure anyone is anxious to talk about sin, even Christians, but in society at large, it’s almost...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: Mar 18, 2021 2:54:40 PM
“God is not ordinary.” – Heather Harpham
“I measure God by everything I am not. I begin with that.” – Flannery O’Connor
“’For My thoughts are...
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: Mar 11, 2021 11:40:43 AM
Easter.
Just the word evokes thoughts of bird song and budding tree branches, spring dresses, pastel button downs and family photo opportunities in...
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: Mar 5, 2021 8:56:32 AM
Each Year, Negative Split hosts a community 5k, 10k, and half marathon that starts in the Kendall Yards neighborhood and travels through the heart of...
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: Mar 4, 2021 10:52:12 AM
Ric Rocca and his family own and operate multiple Jimmy John's franchises in the Spokane area. And somehow Ric still finds time to volunteer at UGM.
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Union Gospel Mission: Feb 25, 2021 11:29:10 AM
Written and performed by 2016 UGM LIFE Recovery alum Amanda Taylor.
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: Feb 18, 2021 1:39:08 PM
“I know that no matter what I throw at them, they are going to support me and love me and speak truth into my life.” - Laura, UGM Crisis Shelter
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: Feb 11, 2021 2:05:47 PM
In 2020 alone, volunteers saved UGM nearly $2.2M. It is no exaggeration to say that we could not realistically function without our fleet of...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: Feb 4, 2021 11:53:20 AM
In the fall of 2020, while the news media was focused on the pandemic and the presidential election, a significant report was quietly released by the...
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: Jan 28, 2021 1:15:00 PM
"I'm sold on it. I tell you I'm sold."
Mitchell Long, Chief Executive Officer at Northwest Ob-Gyn, took time out of his busy schedule to sit down...
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: Jan 21, 2021 11:22:48 AM
At Union Gospel Mission, we value whole-person recovery. This means we believe that in order to become a God-dependent, contributing member of...
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: Jan 14, 2021 12:41:54 PM
2020 was a year for the history books, wasn’t it? We sure are glad you stuck with us through it all. In the end, because of the commitment of our...
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Written by Sonny Westbrook, Executive Chaplain
We are all ushered now into a New Year—2021. The question on many of our minds may be: will...
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: Dec 31, 2020 8:31:56 AM
Stories of family dysfunction, neglect and abuse come to our doors every day. Many people are caught in generational cycles of sin and suffering,...
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: Dec 23, 2020 9:38:34 AM
Scripture doesn’t tell us a lot about Mary’s feelings on the eve of giving birth to the Savior of the world. We do know she had never been pregnant...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: Dec 19, 2020 6:57:37 PM
Christmas is about adoring Jesus. It’s about the angels’ invitation to “come and see.” It’s about the shepherds leaving their...
