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Genevieve Gromlich, former 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, former 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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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: December 3, 2021
Opioids. Meth. Marijuana. Cocaine. Cartels. Addiction. Synthetics. Big money. Big pharma. Overdoses.
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Lynn Yount, UGM Volunteer: November 18, 2021
I wanted this article to tell a story about somebody else. That’s what I like to do.
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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, former 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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Union Gospel Mission: September 2, 2021
Spoken by UGM resident Alexis at a phase celebration event, August 2021 “I spent the better part of ten years living for myself: existing in...
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Genevieve Gromlich, former Content and Communications Manager: August 12, 2021
Last summer, UGM was actively seeking a Development Director. Today, we’re introducing the unique man whom God called to the position.
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Lynn Yount, UGM Volunteer: August 5, 2021
A journey of 1,000 miles may begin with a single step, but it isn’t always easy to determine which direction that step should go. Michaelyn Hodges...
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Written by Lauren McCrea, Volunteer Mentor, UGM Center for Women & Children I just thought I was going in to buy a new pair of running shoes, but God...
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Beverly Clark is enrolled in LIFE Recovery at the UGM Center for Women and Children. This is her testimony. “Without a question, I was a loved child....
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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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Union Gospel Mission: June 11, 2021
What does it take to change? How do you break a twenty-year addiction? How do you stop being angry and resentful for all the ways you feel like life...
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Written by former Men’s Recovery Program Supervisor Mike Sholtz I had been working at UGM for only a short time when one of the men in the program...
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Women's LIFE Recovery participant Linda shared this speech at the recent Phase Promotion at UGM's Center for Women and Children. “I sat in a...
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“I never fully surrendered.” Vickie Proctor finished UGM Women’s LIFE Recovery in 2019. She got a job, she moved out, she was honored at...
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Genevieve Gromlich, former 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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Union Gospel Mission: February 25, 2021
Written and performed by 2016 UGM LIFE Recovery alum Amanda Taylor.
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Genevieve Gromlich, former Content and Communications Manager: February 18, 2021
“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 Tom...
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Genevieve Gromlich, former Content and Communications Manager: November 5, 2020
Most residents know him as “The Bike Guy”. In the summer of 2018, UGM Volunteer John Battista started a bicycle club. With just 8 bikes and basic...
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Genevieve Gromlich, former Content and Communications Manager: October 29, 2020
Union Gospel Mission seeks to provide a safe, healing environment where grace flows freely. Grace is the foundation for everything we do. God...
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Genevieve Gromlich, former Content and Communications Manager: September 2, 2020
Tyler and Mike recently spoke at UGM's phase promotion event, where they were honored for completing phase 4. "Just a few years ago I was lost and...
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Lynn Yount, UGM Volunteer: July 23, 2020
As UGM's Women's Lead LIFE Recovery Counselor, Jana Ross helps dozens of women and children every week who are suffering from the effects of trauma,...
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Mike is moving into the role of Director of Men’s Recovery as Jerry Reese retires.
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Meet Zach. Zach, 21, says he grew up at UGM. When he entered the Men’s Recovery program, he had dropped out of high school and never had a job. What...
