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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: Oct 4, 2013 1:01:00 PM
Next week,* Luke Hauflin, 21, will be headed off to Sacramento, California to join Americorps NCCC (National Civilian Community Corps). For now, he...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: Oct 4, 2013 10:13:00 AM
Paul folded his lanky frame into one of the red chairs in my small office. I sat in the other, our knees less than a foot apart. He was wearing a...
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Union Gospel Mission: Sep 18, 2013 3:47:00 PM
Editor’s Note: We found this letter in our parking lot. As you can see, it was an assignment – write a good-bye letter to your drug of choice. Dear...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: Aug 27, 2013 1:40:00 PM
Meet Johnny Montes – young, handsome, a high school drop-out, and the father of a 2-year-old little girl. Johnny, 20, came to the UGM Men’s Shelter...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: Aug 14, 2013 1:03:00 PM
Chase Montgomery with his mom, sister, brother and grandparents Chase Montgomery’s mom dropped him off at the UGM Men’s Shelter the day before his 19...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: Aug 2, 2013 4:12:00 PM
Paul Stankiewicz, who was featured on the cover of the August 2013 Mission News, was recently baptized in the Spokane River at Harry Altmeyer Park,...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: Jul 9, 2013 9:53:00 AM
Robert Lewis turned to drugs and alcohol partly in response to frustrations in the work place. “My addiction came from always trying to be a...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: Jun 25, 2013 2:45:00 PM
One of the graduates began their speech last Tuesday night with these words from Matthew West's song: " Hello, my name is Child of the One True King...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: Jun 10, 2013 2:25:00 PM
UGM helps people with a wide variety of needs—everything from stretching the food budget through an occasional meal to our long-term residential...
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Union Gospel Mission: May 2, 2013 2:59:00 PM
Do Not Fall Victim to Your Fears By Brent Watts, UGM Recovery Graduate Brent Watts, above, recently completed the first 4 phases of UGM's Recovery...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: Apr 22, 2013 2:47:00 PM
Steve Viers went through UGM Recovery and was hired as the chef at the UGM Men's Shelter. His story was told through the following video at the UGM...
Union Gospel Mission: Apr 9, 2013 10:28:00 AM
One of the men in UGM's Recovery program wrote the following about what he mourns: “I mourn for the fact that my children have not had the father...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: Apr 2, 2013 1:44:00 PM
Editor’s Note: UGM’s theme for 2013 is taken from the prophecy regarding Christ’s work in Isaiah 61:1-3. We’ve been looking at how God accomplishes...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: Mar 5, 2013 1:23:00 PM
“He has sent me . . . to proclaim freedom for the captives,” Isaiah 61:1. At 11, Rowdy had his first run-in with the law. He stole a dirt bike....
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: Feb 11, 2013 8:58:18 AM
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: Feb 1, 2013 1:45:49 PM
“My heart was hard, but now I have a new heart.”
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: Jan 16, 2013 3:21:21 PM
We are just coming off of a GREAT New Year’s Eve party that was “off the hook” with fun, food, gifts, games and a challenging message. The food was...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: Jan 15, 2013 10:22:00 AM
Zachariah’s story is written in ink all over his body. His mom died when he was 12. The tear drop under his eye is for her. He never knew his dad. At...
