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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: July 22, 2013
I thought this day would never come. Recently, I interviewed for my business practicum at The Spokesman Review. As I sat in the human resource...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: July 19, 2013
A poem by Dani, pictured above, one of the residents at the UGM Center for Women & Children in Coeur d'Alene (Listen to Dani read "Ashes to Beauty."...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: July 9, 2013
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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Union Gospel Mission: July 1, 2013
Debi Pauletto, Community Relations Director at the UGM Center for Women & Children in Coeur d’Alene, teaches a class on the beauty of being a woman....
Union Gospel Mission: July 1, 2013
Approximately 240 people attended the 1st Annual Afternoon of Hope Luncheon at the UGM Center for Women & Children in Coeur d’Alene to learn more...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: June 25, 2013
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...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: May 10, 2013
Darleen Haff, Anjelique Mader, Chantell White, Cheryl Langton, Carlene Wright, and Debi Pauletto You remember the plot of The Princess Bride? A lowly...
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Union Gospel Mission: May 2, 2013
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: April 22, 2013
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...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: April 19, 2013
"BELIEVE" was the theme of UGM's Annual Banquet this year. The event was full of amazing stories of life transformation: men and women changed from...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: April 11, 2013
Recovery: the freedom to express yourself Look what Petra, a resident in UGM's Women's Recovery, did with her weekend. Petra is shy and humble about...
Union Gospel Mission: April 9, 2013
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: April 2, 2013
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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Union Gospel Mission: April 1, 2013
SHELDON Sheldon has finished the first four phases of Men’s Recovery and is now in the final transition phase. He works full-time in production at...
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Union Gospel Mission: April 1, 2013
Sheldon grew up in California. He is thoughtful, soft-spoken, a bit shy. Charles’ home state reveals itself in his drawl. He’s a Texas cowboy, a...
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Union Gospel Mission: April 1, 2013
Wil and Jean Gassman have been praying with people at UGM’s Monday night Celebrate Recovery service since the summer of 2006. They listen. They pray....
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: March 27, 2013
Last December, when the Marketing team chose this passage as UGM's theme for 2013, we were mostly thinking about how Jesus works inside this...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: March 13, 2013
UGM’s Center for Women & Children provides a safe and healing environment where women are set free from the bondage of addictions and abusive...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: March 6, 2013
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: March 5, 2013
“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. When...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: February 14, 2013
If you’ve ever had your heart broken or just found yourself utterly alone on the day devoted to romance, hearts, flowers and chocolate, you know...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: February 6, 2013
"He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted," Isaiah 61:1. Before the publication of February’s newsletter on “binding up the brokenhearted,” we sat...
