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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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Jessica Morgan, Director of Marketing and Communications: October 25, 2023
With the turn of the season, our attention shifts towards staying warm and preparing for the onset of frigid weather. Simmering soups in the kitchen,...
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: July 20, 2023
Tristan was living on a front porch. Over the course of eight years, his life had progressed from one devastation to another. “It started back when...
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Jessica Morgan, Director of Marketing and Communications: July 13, 2023
Sometimes Joe stops by my office to check in on me with a routine, “Hey, sister, how’s the family?” He’s not fazed by anything thrown at him—whether...
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: November 30, 2022
“We tell people we’re not here to perform; we’re here to worship,” says His Song president Joel DeVries. His Song is a men’s gospel singing group...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: April 27, 2022
Sin. What is it and why would a homeless shelter insist on talking about it? Sin is the divergence from the rules and order designed by God....
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: April 20, 2022
Guest post by UGM Aftercare Coordinator Dennis Roach A mythical story contains elements of fantasy and reality, a blend that sometimes pushes us to...
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: March 23, 2022
Since its foundation, Union Gospel Mission has existed to offer rest and nourishment to people coming in off the streets. A hot meal, a warm shower,...
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: February 24, 2022
Art and Kaleen Coffey are members of the community who have made the most of their position as leaders in business and faith. Through their...
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: February 10, 2022
Guest post by pastor Eric Blauer of Jacob's Well Church. My name is Eric Blauer and I met a man named James at Union Gospel Mission.
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: January 6, 2022
Matt and Nicole Hendrickson are Impact Partners (UGM monthly giving program) who’ve been quietly investing in the lives of homeless men and women for...
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: December 9, 2021
Eric Blackman was trying to live the party life. Alcohol, drugs and carefree days shaped his mid-twenties through early-thirties.
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: November 24, 2021
Executive Director Phil Altmeyer frequently tells our partners that only in eternity will they know the extent of their influence in people’s lives....
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: October 28, 2021
Author’s Note: From my earliest days at UGM, I have wanted to follow someone all the way through the LIFE Recovery Program, interviewing him or her...
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Genevieve Gromlich, 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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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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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: April 15, 2021
At three years old, Jesse stabbed a kid in the head with a knife.
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: April 1, 2021
As we mentioned in last week’s post, acknowledging the existence of sin implies a particular worldview – one in which God created the world and has...
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: December 10, 2020
"Being homeless doesn't make you less of a person." UGM Men's Shelter resident
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: July 16, 2020
Mike is moving into the role of Director of Men’s Recovery as Jerry Reese retires.
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Lynn Yount, UGM Volunteer: May 13, 2020
Jerry Reese, Men’s Recovery Director at UGM, has a large stick mounted on his office wall. Underneath, there’s a plaque in Latin: “Lignum unum deum”...
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Union Gospel Mission: September 26, 2019
By Christy Zapata, UGM volunteer - A key component of the UGM’s approach to fighting homelessness is addiction recovery. The 20-month residential...
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Union Gospel Mission: April 25, 2019
The following testimony was given by Phil Reese, UGM Recovery resident, on Easter Sunday. In January of 2017, I was nearing the end of a four-month...
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Union Gospel Mission: September 27, 2018
Matt Lewis has worked with the guests at the Men’s Shelter a little more than a year – first as a resident advisor and now as day desk supervisor....
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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...
