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Genevieve Gromlich, former Content and Communications Manager: September 30, 2021
Written and read by Talia, UGM Resident, at a phase promotion event, August 2021. When I was a little girl, I would look out my window at night and pray for God to put a shield of angels around all my loved ones. My list would get so long that I...
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Genevieve Gromlich, former Content and Communications Manager: September 23, 2021
“Meth makes you really fidgety, hyper-focused on the smallest things. So, I picked at my face when I was using...and I gave myself sepsis.” Tyler was...
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Lynn Yount, UGM Volunteer: September 16, 2021
Dirty. Drug addicted. Soup kitchen. Those were descriptors Scott McCall had in mind about homeless shelters before his uncle helped persuade him to...
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Genevieve Gromlich, former Content and Communications Manager: September 8, 2021
“I was brought up in a family of musicians and my dad was the smartest man I’ve ever known, a philosopher.” Johanna is well spoken, educated and...
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Union Gospel Mission: September 8, 2021
UGM is more than a shelter. Deep at the root of everything we do—from creating a warm welcome to helping people heal, thrive and get back to...
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Phil Altmeyer, Executive Director: September 8, 2021
“God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.” (Genesis 1:27) At UGM, we believe every...
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Union Gospel Mission: September 2, 2021
Spoken by UGM resident Alexis at a phase celebration event, August 2021 “I spent the better part of ten years living for myself: existing in...
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Genevieve Gromlich, former Content and Communications Manager: August 26, 2021
"The thing I loved most about UGM Camp was EVERYTHING." Joey, UGM camper Through the love and generosity of hundreds of community members just like...
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Genevieve Gromlich, former Content and Communications Manager: August 19, 2021
UGM Men’s Shelter Manager Dan McLellan works hard to create a safe, healing environment for every guest and resident, and he works hard to ensure...
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Genevieve Gromlich, former Content and Communications Manager: August 12, 2021
Last summer, UGM was actively seeking a Development Director. Today, we’re introducing the unique man whom God called to the position.
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Lynn Yount, UGM Volunteer: August 5, 2021
A journey of 1,000 miles may begin with a single step, but it isn’t always easy to determine which direction that step should go. Michaelyn Hodges...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: July 29, 2021
Gospel. Change. Jobs. These are our three distinctives. While the Inland Northwest is home to multiple organizations committed to serving people...
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Written by Lauren McCrea, Volunteer Mentor, UGM Center for Women & Children I just thought I was going in to buy a new pair of running shoes, but God...
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Recovery isn’t just the process of breaking an addiction or quitting a toxic habit; the core of real recovery is deep, inner healing. And we all need...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: July 12, 2021
Homeless shelters exist to give people a meal and a bed so no one ends up sleeping on the street, right?
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Lynn Yount, UGM Volunteer: July 8, 2021
As UGM turns 70 this year, we’re bringing out “both new things and old things,” as Jesus said in Matthew 13:52. Looking back on our history, we are...
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Beverly Clark is enrolled in LIFE Recovery at the UGM Center for Women and Children. This is her testimony. “Without a question, I was a loved child....
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: June 17, 2021
James Bureau’s childhood did not prepare him for life. Or, it might be more accurate to say, James’ childhood prepared him perfectly for the life he...
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Union Gospel Mission: June 11, 2021
What does it take to change? How do you break a twenty-year addiction? How do you stop being angry and resentful for all the ways you feel like life...
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Union Gospel Mission: June 11, 2021
Frank and Barbara Peretti have a rich, full life. Frank is a New York Times best-selling author. Barbara is a watercolor artist.
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Lynn Yount, UGM Volunteer: June 10, 2021
Reaching children is key to breaking the cycle of homelessness. But even the best-intentioned adults don’t always succeed in connecting with kids...
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When Former Men’s Shelter Chaplain Jim Carson told us he’d like to host a Facebook fundraiser in honor of Union Gospel Mission’s 70th anniversary, we...
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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...
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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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“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...
