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Fall at the Mission: A caring community in action
Jessica Morgan, Director of Marketing and Communications: September 25, 2024
This season is special. And at UGM, it’s more than the smell of new school supplies, pumpkin spice in our mugs, cozy sweaters, and Washington apples....
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Crandell Adventure Course: Legacy gifts come to life at UGM Camp
Playing fun games. Cooling off in the water. Making crafts. Trying something new. Forming friendships. Oh, summer camp. As many people look back on...
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Beyond UGM Camp: Local Churches Serve as Bridges from Camp to Home
Genevieve Gromlich, former Content and Communications Manager: August 31, 2023
Throughout Spokane's low-income neighborhoods, churches are partnering with UGM Youth Outreach to reach kids growing up in challenging circumstances,...
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“What I loved about UGM Camp”: Hear from the kids you sponsored
Genevieve Gromlich, former Content and Communications Manager: August 23, 2023
The 2023 UGM Camp season has just wrapped up, and we have loads of messages from this summer's campers to share with you. Each week, on the fourth...
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UGM Camp: Kids Breaking the Cycle of Poverty, Abuse, and Addiction
Genevieve Gromlich, former Content and Communications Manager: August 31, 2022
Every summer, UGM partners with local churches to invite at-risk children from Spokane's low-income neighborhoods to enjoy a week at UGM's riverside...
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The Love of Jesus and Outrageous Fun Combined: An Exclusive Look at UGM Camp 2021
Genevieve Gromlich, former Content and Communications Manager: August 26, 2021
"The thing I loved most about UGM Camp was EVERYTHING." Joey, UGM camper Through the love and generosity of hundreds of community members just like...
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From Crisis to Creativity: How the Pandemic Has Impacted the Future of UGM Youth Outreach
Genevieve Gromlich, former Content and Communications Manager: August 13, 2020
In many ways, understanding the present, let alone planning for the future, has felt impossible this year. If we’re honest, 2020 has presented us all...
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Checking in With Youth Outreach
In a perfect world, children and teens would grow up with the knowledge that they are valuable and loved. They wouldn’t have to ask for it, they...
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Kellie: helping kids win at life
Union Gospel Mission: May 7, 2020
Kellie Ingram is the UGM Youth Outreach Program Coordinator. In this blog post, we asked her to explain a bit about what she does and why she does...
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UGM Camp: God Answers Simple Prayers
Union Gospel Mission: July 17, 2019
By Christa Hughes, Youth Outreach - We count the little successes. We hold fast to the hope that God is working in the hearts of children. It can be...
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3 Ways Student Impact Gives Kids a Family
Lynn Yount, UGM Volunteer: May 29, 2019
“This is literally our home. And three times a week, we invite 12 to 20 high-schoolers in.” That’s a succinct way to describe Impact Nights at the...
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Juvenile Detention: Discovering God as Father
Union Gospel Mission: May 16, 2019
This account from Christa Hughes about the UGM Youth Outreach Juvenile Detention ministry shows how powerful the gospel is, in all its wonderful...
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Absolutely, Positively the #1 Best Thing at UGM Camp
Union Gospel Mission: May 8, 2019
Looking at pictures of the kids having fun at UGM Camp, you might conclude that the best thing about camp is outdoor games, swimming, river tubing,...
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Recovery: Facing Anger at God
Barbara Comito, former marketing director: June 20, 2018
“I was really angry with God and confused about…Well, if God really loves me, then how come I had to go through all this stuff? You know, there’s...
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Youth and the Future of Ministry
Union Gospel Mission: May 31, 2018
By Ryan Brown, UGM Youth Outreach Director - Three and a half years ago, I was called back to a place where God transformed my life: Spokane’s Union...
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The UGM Residents You Didn't Know About
Lynn Yount, UGM Volunteer: May 23, 2018
For years, the reader board at the UGM Crisis Shelter for Women and Children on East Sprague read, “Hope starts here.” The Crisis Shelter has a...
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3 Ways UGM Campers Make Lifelong Memories
Union Gospel Mission: May 16, 2018
Siblings Caden and Teryn, 11 and 9, had never been to summer camp before they went to UGM Camp last summer – free of charge. “We wanted to send them,...
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What the Kids in Juvenile Detention Want to Know
Union Gospel Mission: May 10, 2018
Christa serves in the Juvenile Detention ministry for UGM Youth Outreach. Here, she reflects on her experiences with these young people.
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Student Impact: Like Family
Union Gospel Mission: August 23, 2017
By Shatara Flowers, Student Impact Center resident intern - A year ago I would have never imagined I’d be in such a place, experiencing life in such...
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UGM Camp: Much More than Fun and Games
Lynn Yount, UGM Volunteer: May 16, 2017
Heidi Hash had the chance to give a priceless gift. It wouldn’t cost her money, but it would require a huge investment of time, energy – and faith....
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The Young and the Homeless: Fighting Poverty at its Roots
Lynn Yount, UGM Volunteer: May 9, 2017
The numbers are hard to nail down, but they’re sobering any way you look at them. These are the best estimates we could formulate from the numbers we...
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Camp Reflection: Kids Like Us
Union Gospel Mission: September 2, 2016
UGM Camp is over for the summer, but it's worth ruminating on those marvelous eight weeks a little longer. (Unfortunately, the last week of camp was...
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Empowering Youth: Adam
Merrily Roe, former staff writer: May 27, 2016
As an intern on the UGM Student Impact Team, Adam has taught, mentored, and led youth at UGM shelters, local high schools, and Juvenile Detention....
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Empowering Youth: Christa
Merrily Roe, former staff writer: May 24, 2016
These days, millennials get a bad rap. They’re called lazy, selfish, rude. But when it comes to the millennials on the UGM Student Impact Team, these...