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A Warm Welcome: Safety and connection for Belkis
In the last few years, we’ve served a growing number of immigrants and refugees from Venezuela in our shelters at UGM. The country suffers from a...
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Provision and Purpose: the gift of a meal
Jessica Morgan, Director of Marketing and Communications: November 16, 2023
Offering someone a warm meal can bring about the unexpected. There’s something healing about the gift of food that kindles human connection and...
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After the Fire: Relentless provision for Anita
Anita and her son’s family were victims of the formidable Oregon Fire in Elk this past August. On her journey from upheaval back to stability, Anita...
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Safety, a Solid Plan, and Time: Joel’s path to recovery
Genevieve Gromlich, former Content and Communications Manager: April 26, 2023
Union Gospel Mission’s LIFE Recovery program is more than a treatment program; it’s an in-depth approach to whole-person healing. It acknowledges...
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More Than a Roof: Partnering to help the unhoused find home
Genevieve Gromlich, former Content and Communications Manager: February 8, 2023
The cycle of homelessness, abuse, and addiction is not halted simply with the provision of a roof and four walls. Although food and housing are...
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Former Resident Gives Back: Anita Williams' Story
Genevieve Gromlich, former Content and Communications Manager: November 10, 2021
Every day, we get glimpses into people's stories, and often we get to walk alongside men and women for a season... but only occasionally do we get...
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Radical Hospitality: Food as Grace
Barbara Comito, former marketing director: November 4, 2021
You may have heard us say we’re not just a soup kitchen, and while that is certainly true, it is also true that so much of what we do begins with a...
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Journey of Faith: Clai's Story
Union Gospel Mission: February 21, 2020
Clai, who works in the kitchen at the UGM Men’s Shelter, has come to have a deep and dynamic relationship with God. God has placed him in a job in...
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Serving with Humility: the Volunteer Case Manager Team
Union Gospel Mission: January 30, 2020
During my first couple of weeks as the Staff Writer at Union Gospel Mission, I was tasked with helping interview seven volunteer case managers who...
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Breaking Bread at UGM
Barbara Comito, former marketing director: November 21, 2019
“Breaking bread – it’s a community thing” – Bethany Kuhn, UGM sous chef. Food is about so much more than food. It symbolizes grace, warmth,...
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Loneliness and Isolation
Barbara Comito, former marketing director: November 7, 2019
“Humans connect to other humans at so basic a level that when we disconnect, our souls shatter into a thousand little pieces.” – Peter Leithart When...
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Recovery in the Kitchen
Lynn Yount, UGM Volunteer: July 24, 2019
“As good stewards of the manifold grace of God, each of you should use whatever gift he has received to serve one another.” – I Peter 4:10 Dale Fruin...
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Food Partners: A Win-Win Relationship
Lynn Yount, UGM Volunteer: October 3, 2018
Food service partners provide the bulk of the ingredients for the meals served at the Union Gospel Mission, which added up to more than 310,000 in...
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A Brief History of UGM, Part 1: 1951 to 1987
Lynn Yount, UGM Volunteer: August 16, 2018
In the autumn of 1951, a group of businessmen from Spokane attended a dinner hosted by Albert Arend, where they heard testimony from a former...
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Setting God's Table at a Homeless Shelter
Union Gospel Mission: April 11, 2018
One of the reasons the Union Gospel Mission exists is to feed the hungry. We live in an extremely generous community that provides resources and...
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5 Ways to Help the Homeless This Holiday Season
Barbara Comito, former marketing director: November 20, 2015
1) Cold Care Cups.
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Sodexo Donates Camp Food
James Bishop: July 1, 2015
The old adage that the way to a person’s heart is through their stomach has some truth to it. At Union Gospel Mission Camp, food becomes an important...
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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...