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Union Gospel Mission: August 1, 2013
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The ripple effect
Barbara Comito, former marketing director: July 26, 2013
When a woman makes the decision to commit to UGM's long-term Recovery, the impact of her decision is far reaching. That decision impacts her...
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Ashes to Beauty
Barbara Comito, former marketing director: July 19, 2013
A poem by Dani, pictured above, one of the residents at the UGM Center for Women & Children in Coeur d'Alene (Listen to Dani read "Ashes to Beauty."...
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Telling the truth
Barbara Comito, former marketing director: July 3, 2013
A few weeks ago, I had my worst case of writer’s block ever. I asked for prayer from pretty much everyone I knew, and many of you were kind enough to...
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Daughters of the King
Union Gospel Mission: July 1, 2013
Debi Pauletto, Community Relations Director at the UGM Center for Women & Children in Coeur d’Alene, teaches a class on the beauty of being a woman....
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Daughters of the King
Barbara Comito, former marketing director: May 10, 2013
Darleen Haff, Anjelique Mader, Chantell White, Cheryl Langton, Carlene Wright, and Debi Pauletto You remember the plot of The Princess Bride? A lowly...
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H.O.P.E.
Barbara Comito, former marketing director: March 13, 2013
UGM’s Center for Women & Children provides a safe and healing environment where women are set free from the bondage of addictions and abusive...
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Out of bondage and into the wilderness
Barbara Comito, former marketing director: March 6, 2013
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Binding up the Brokenhearted
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...
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Living Loved
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....
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Exchanging lies for truth
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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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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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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Ambassadors for Christ
Union Gospel Mission: September 29, 2012
Photo by the Spokesman Review (Original Article:A Place to Heal) I hadn’t had a chance to look at the newspaper before my breakfast meeting yesterday...
Dedication of the UGM Center for Women & Children in CDA
Union Gospel Mission: September 1, 2012
Over 300 people came to celebrate the dedication of the new Center for Women and Children in Coeur d’Alene. Area mayors, county commissioners,...
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UGM Idaho Hires Key Staff
Union Gospel Mission: July 1, 2012
The Union Gospel Mission is pleased to announce the hiring of JoAnn Zajicek (ZI-check) as Director and Debi Pauletto as Community Relations Director...