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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: Sep 21, 2022 9:00:00 AM
UGM received a remarkable gift when Nurse Practitioner Lorna Schumann joined the Medical Clinics as a volunteer.
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Guest post by Lynn Yount, former UGM writer.
Melissa Ashline has a lot of irons in the fire. She’s a nanny and a businesswoman and a mother of...
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Don "Pepper" and Midge Smock of Coeur d’Alene are humble leaders in the community, encouraging generosity out of their desire to see the gospel go...
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Many of us might think we have nothing in common with a drug addict, or that we have little or nothing to offer someone who has lived a life...
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Picture a man with a badge and a gun chaperoning women at a recovery center Valentine’s Day gala. Now, picture him in tears as he presents handmade...
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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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The Mission at Christmastime: brimming with hope, cozy and warm, piled with gifts.
This is not what I expected. I came to Union Gospel Mission in May...
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Ric Rocca and his family own and operate multiple Jimmy John's franchises in the Spokane area. And somehow Ric still finds time to volunteer at UGM.
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“I know that no matter what I throw at them, they are going to support me and love me and speak truth into my life.” - Laura, UGM Crisis Shelter
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In 2020 alone, volunteers saved UGM nearly $2.2M. It is no exaggeration to say that we could not realistically function without our fleet of...
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"I'm sold on it. I tell you I'm sold."
Mitchell Long, Chief Executive Officer at Northwest Ob-Gyn, took time out of his busy schedule to sit down...
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At Union Gospel Mission, we value whole-person recovery. This means we believe that in order to become a God-dependent, contributing member of...
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2020 was a year for the history books, wasn’t it? We sure are glad you stuck with us through it all. In the end, because of the commitment of our...
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Union Gospel Mission: Sep 11, 2019 9:29:17 AM
“From [Christ] the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its...
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Lynn Yount, UGM Volunteer: Feb 20, 2019 8:56:04 AM
“I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high...
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Union Gospel Mission: Jan 30, 2019 9:53:07 AM
We talk a lot about the impact of volunteers across our ministries. Here’s a group of partners we don’t often refer to as “volunteers,” but they...
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Barbara Comito, Marketing Director: Jan 24, 2019 2:33:07 PM
“In the interviewing process for potential staff, I always communicate that if they choose to accept...
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Lynn Yount, UGM Volunteer: Jan 17, 2019 9:08:05 AM
“It’s not like I’m doing anything special, because I love it so much.”
Ask Jenny Gasperino why she volunteers at the Union Gospel Mission, and...
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Union Gospel Mission: Feb 27, 2018 1:50:34 PM
Anna Havercroft is our warehouse manager, managing the in-kind donations that come into UGM. As you'll see in her interview below, that is more than...
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Barbara Comito, Marketing Director: Feb 21, 2018 2:19:45 PM
Over the past two months, we’ve been talking a lot about partnership – how church and business partners, volunteers and donors are the lifeblood of...
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Union Gospel Mission: Feb 15, 2018 4:33:35 PM
Work is a key ingredient of the process of ending homelessness one person, one family at a time. And while you’ll find current and former residents...
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Lynn Yount, UGM Volunteer: Jan 31, 2018 11:05:09 AM
“I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now.” – Philippians 1:4-5
Sun City Church opened its...
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Lynn Yount, UGM Volunteer: Jan 24, 2018 3:47:10 PM
You may have noticed it here on the blog, on Facebook, on UGM buildings and publications. It’s the first word in our purpose statement.
Partnering,...
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Union Gospel Mission: Nov 18, 2016 3:18:35 PM
By Barbara Comito, Director of Marketing and Communications
(Edited from a Spokane MarCom blog post)
Some of UGM’s most prolific partners are...
