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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: Nov 30, 2022 8:27:40 AM
“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: Apr 27, 2022 9:45:56 AM
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...
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: Apr 20, 2022 9:04:56 AM
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: Mar 23, 2022 8:05:04 AM
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: Feb 24, 2022 12:50:38 PM
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: Feb 10, 2022 10:05:59 AM
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: Jan 6, 2022 11:31:47 AM
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: Dec 9, 2021 12:08:20 PM
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: Nov 24, 2021 9:30:00 AM
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: Oct 28, 2021 1:07:55 PM
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: Sep 23, 2021 12:22:41 PM
“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: Jun 17, 2021 9:48:32 AM
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: Apr 15, 2021 2:50:17 PM
At three years old, Jesse stabbed a kid in the head with a knife.
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: Apr 1, 2021 1:43:36 PM
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: Dec 10, 2020 1:06:00 PM
"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: Jul 16, 2020 10:19:52 AM
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 10:42:40 AM
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: Sep 26, 2019 4:43:48 PM
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: Apr 25, 2019 1:59:36 PM
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: Sep 27, 2018 2:36:56 PM
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: Aug 16, 2018 3:48:00 PM
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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Union Gospel Mission: Nov 2, 2017 2:41:02 PM
The inimitable Dean Whisler just marked 10 years working at the UGM Men’s Shelter, where he’s now the Social Services Manager. We asked him a few...
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Lynn Yount, UGM Volunteer: Apr 27, 2017 12:00:05 PM
Courage was on display at Tuesday’s phase promotion celebration for the Men’s Recovery program. For one thing, it isn’t easy for anyone to admit they...
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Lynn Yount, UGM Volunteer: Feb 16, 2017 10:43:53 AM
When Joe Marsh came in for a job interview, it was his first time inside the Union Gospel Mission. Looking across the common area, the Men’s Shelter...
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James Bishop: Nov 1, 2015 9:30:11 AM
David, 31, spent half his life homeless. At the age of 14, he was taken from his family home due to a domestic violence incident. After that, he...
