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UGM Connect: Renewing the Mind, Rewiring the Brain
As Mental Awareness month comes to an end this May, we'd like to share about the recent UGM Connect in Coeur d’Alene. We're grateful for the...
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From Volunteer to Legacy Partner: Leaving a Lasting Impact on the Ministry
UGM operates 100% free from government funding. To effectively serve those in need, we rely on various types of generosity from the community—from...
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Physical Therapy Partnership: Caring for the whole person
Providing Essential Resources UGM relies on the support of the community to offer comprehensive care to individuals in need. One of the lesser-known...
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Copenhaver Construction’s Servant Leadership: Making a lasting impact on UGM
The genuine compassion and abundant generosity in our community helps make life change possible throughout UGM. Copenhaver Construction recently...
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7 Reasons to Donate, Shop, and Save at UGM Thrift Stores
Who doesn't love a good deal? And when you can get a good deal and impact lives at the same time...it’s that much better, right? At Union Gospel...
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2023: A year of kindness
Jessica Morgan, Director of Marketing and Communications: January 4, 2024
When we think back on the last year, there’s an overwhelming sense of goodwill and support from the Inland Northwest community that seems to only...
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Everybody Has a Story: Meet UGM volunteers Bob and Sharon
Genevieve Gromlich, former Content and Communications Manager: September 14, 2023
As a case manager at the Men's Shelter, Bob McLellan says he’s become a better listener. “I used to be afraid to talk to homeless people on the...
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Holistic Recovery Includes Quality Healthcare: A UGM partner feature
Fionnuala Brown and her husband are both experienced medical professionals who’ve committed to serving the Inland Northwest community in a variety of...
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High-Impact Kids: Not too young to make a difference
Genevieve Gromlich, former Content and Communications Manager: February 23, 2023
Originally published June 2021. Written by UGM Volunteer Lynn Yount. Reaching children is key to breaking the cycle of homelessness. But even the...
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Decades of Faithfulness: A heart-to-heart message from Phil Altmeyer
Phil Altmeyer, Executive Director: February 1, 2023
While 2022 was a year of exciting new partnerships and profound love and sacrifice in our community, I sit at my desk this New Year and marvel at the...
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The Gift of Song: How a UGM chapel provider offers more than a church service
Genevieve Gromlich, former Content and Communications Manager: November 30, 2022
“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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Providing Peace in Crisis: A Medical Volunteer Feature
Genevieve Gromlich, former Content and Communications Manager: September 21, 2022
UGM received a remarkable gift when Nurse Practitioner Lorna Schumann joined the Medical Clinics as a volunteer.
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UGM Church Partners: Raising Kids to Serve
Genevieve Gromlich, former Content and Communications Manager: August 18, 2022
Churches and youth groups all across the Inland Northwest (and beyond!) are using summer break as an opportunity to teach young people to see and...
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Feeding Hungry Souls
Union Gospel Mission: March 15, 2022
Meet Nick Damascus and Pastor Eric Blauer, UGM chapel providers who offer the love and healing of Jesus to wounded souls.
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Connect and Be Changed
Genevieve Gromlich, former Content and Communications Manager: February 17, 2022
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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An Unexpected Friendship: A UGM Volunteer Feature
Genevieve Gromlich, former Content and Communications Manager: January 20, 2022
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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Befriending the Stranger
Genevieve Gromlich, former Content and Communications Manager: November 10, 2021
WHEN REVEREND RILEY PALMER WAS PREPARING to plant Adopted Church west of Spokane, he felt the Lord calling him to be a part of local homeless...
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An Offering of Oil: When God Asks Imperfect People to Serve Imperfect People
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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Behind the Scenes: Meet UGM’s Longest Serving Board Member
Lynn Yount, UGM Volunteer: July 8, 2021
As UGM turns 70 this year, we’re bringing out “both new things and old things,” as Jesus said in Matthew 13:52. Looking back on our history, we are...
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High-Impact Kids: Not Too Young to Make a Difference
Lynn Yount, UGM Volunteer: June 10, 2021
Reaching children is key to breaking the cycle of homelessness. But even the best-intentioned adults don’t always succeed in connecting with kids...
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Mentoring Through Recovery and Relapse
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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Meet Pat: Super Volunteer
Genevieve Gromlich, former Content and Communications Manager: February 11, 2021
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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Inside the UGM Crisis Shelter: A Volunteer's Perspective
Genevieve Gromlich, former Content and Communications Manager: December 3, 2020
We asked high-impact volunteer Margene Nobles to discuss her work with guests at UGM's Crisis Shelter for Women and Children.
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"You Broke Down Our Biases": Nursing Students Share Experience at UGM Men's Shelter
Union Gospel Mission: November 12, 2020
Nursing Students Ruth and Madison came to UGM to give. They set up a medical station and provided free care and advice to guests at the Men's...
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Bikes and Budget Advice: A UGM Volunteer Feature
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...