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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: May 31, 2023
Does the LC Valley have a homeless problem? This is the question we asked Carly Klappenbach, Director of Engagement and Missions at CrossPoint...
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: May 24, 2023
“I was sitting on a bench crying because I didn't know where we were going to go that night.” Leor lost her home when her husband passed away last...
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Genevieve Gromlich, 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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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: January 12, 2023
You’ve heard it said before: UGM would not be what it is without people like you investing their unique giftings and resources to reach our neighbors...
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: July 13, 2022
Summer is a time of celebration at UGM. At the annual LIFE Recovery Commencement, we honor the most recent participants who have reached the end of...
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Genevieve Gromlich, 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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Union Gospel Mission: October 16, 2019
Editor’s Note: Pastor John Repsold, whose downtown Spokane church Mosaic Fellowship includes ministry to people experiencing homelessness, presented...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: September 19, 2019
“If we are to love our neighbors, before doing anything else we must see our neighbors. With our imagination as well as our eyes, that is to say...
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Lynn Yount, UGM Volunteer: September 11, 2018
“All my needs were met when I got here. The food, the shelter, and the fellowship. … I tried to do it on my own, and I couldn’t do it.” - Mike Mike...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: June 1, 2017
I recently bought a 2003 Honda Element with 127,000 miles at UGM Motors for $6,700. I looked around a bit on Craigslist first, but I didn’t go to any...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: August 13, 2014
“Give Real Change” Photo credit: daytondailynews.com It is hard not to be moved by a thin, weathered-looking man standing on the corner in crusty...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: February 18, 2014
(This article was posted in 2014 and updated in 2019.) UGM: the Whole Person Approach In its quest to break – not perpetuate – the cycle of ...
