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Union Gospel Mission: June 5, 2015
The UGM Center for Women and Children in Coeur d’Alene was recently the beneficiary of 1,400 books, the culmination of the Eagle Scout project of a...
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James Bishop: February 1, 2015
You came alongside us. People with strong support systems don’t usually end up in homeless shelters.
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James Bishop: November 1, 2014
Tod Randall, UGM Warehouse Supervisor, oversees the receipt and dispersal of food donations (an almost $2 million annual value). He sees the...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: November 14, 2013
“Share.” As a parent, how many times do you suppose you’ve said that word? We want our children to be generous, selfless, compassionate, but...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: October 30, 2013
Group gathered on a foggy Saturday to dedicate heart-shaped tree park. This blog post is a little different for UGM. It’s not really about the...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: October 29, 2013
Last year, I experienced a significant dream, a visitation from the Lord. In my dream, I walked out onto our patio, and Jesus was seated in one of...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: September 13, 2013
My teenage daughters told me the other day that they grew up thinking “hypocrite” was a bad word, akin to calling someone a curse word. Funny how our...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: August 8, 2013
From left: Ethan, Melissa, Cameron, Isaiah, Silas, Noah, Izzy, Roman, Maliaka, Joe and Maranatha The Reid and Hefling families stopped by 1224 E...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: July 1, 2013
Grace Peterson created a beautiful tapestry with her life, and the people of UGM – staff, residents and volunteers – are oh-so-grateful to have been...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: June 17, 2013
Volunteers are a huge part of everything that happens at the Union Gospel Mission. They devote countless hours in service to the poor of our...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: May 30, 2013
Our church, Grace Christian Fellowship, is across the street from Logan Elementary. Over the years, we have watched the children in our neighborhood...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: April 24, 2013
It's National Volunteer Week, and boy, oh boy, do we love our volunteers. Thankfully, they seem to like us pretty well, too. It turns out, when...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: April 19, 2013
"BELIEVE" was the theme of UGM's Annual Banquet this year. The event was full of amazing stories of life transformation: men and women changed from...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: April 16, 2013
Meet the Hefling family: Maliaka, Izzy, 4, Noah, 9, Silas, 6, Roman, 2, Joe, and Maranatha, 16 mos. Inspired by Christ's miraculous feeding of the...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: March 12, 2013
Spring break missions group from the Evangelical Free Church in Bozeman, Montana What are your plans for spring break? Some people go skiing or head...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: January 29, 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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Union Gospel Mission: October 10, 2012
By Hannah Bogue, UGM Donations Coordinator
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Union Gospel Mission: October 1, 2012
CHRIS family breakdown, substance abuse Chris’ mom went to prison when he was three for selling cocaine. His dad hung himself when Chris was eight....
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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...
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Union Gospel Mission: July 3, 2012
Sean Stevens graduated from the Men’s Recovery Program in 2011 and is working as the donations driver for the Union Gospel Mission Thrift Store in...
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Union Gospel Mission: March 28, 2012
"But God will redeem me from the realm of the dead; he will surely take me to himself." – Psalm 49:15 Editor's Note: This blog post is from 2012, the...
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Union Gospel Mission: March 28, 2012
“I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.” – Philippians 4:13
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Union Gospel Mission: February 13, 2012
The best gifts are often disguised.
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Union Gospel Mission: January 1, 2012
Trish's Direct Supervisor, Angela, guides her through tasks on the computer.
