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2022: A Year of Love and Good Deeds

At UGM, we are rich in partnership. Year after year, the Inland Northwest community partners with the Mission to create life-changing opportunities...

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We Asked Shelter Residents to Define Grace

The Union Gospel Mission seeks to provide a safe, healing environment where grace flows freely.

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Here at UGM, we talk a lot about the reverberations that go out from one changed life.

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The Source of Change

Here at UGM, we talk a lot about the reverberations that go out from one changed life. A mother who becomes the parent her children need affects...

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Thanking God for Real Change

During November, a lot of people take time to reflect on gratitude. We see our friends making daily social media posts expressing specific things...

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We Believe...

You may have seen a television commercial for UGM this fall that starts out, “We believe…” In these somewhat acrimonious times, amid heated debate...

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Jim and Cheryl Strandy: Investing in Change

“We are firm believers in organizations that take the time to change people’s lives.” – Jim Strandy

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We're Celebrating Real People Making Real Change.

Why a fall campaign? This blog post is meant to give you a glimpse behind the fundraising curtain at UGM. As a faith-based, non-profit organization...

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Union Gospel Mission: Our Doors Are Open

“Partnering with the Inland Northwest to reach the poor with the love and power of the gospel so they may become God-dependent, contributing members...

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How UGM has changed me

"Change" is one of UGM's distinctives. It defines our piece of the pie. We are here for people currently living in addiction or homelessness who are...

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Real people. Real change.

On the surface, Mike, Debra, Justin and Samantha have seemingly nothing in common. Justin was born in Chicago with alcohol and meth in his system....

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One Week at UGM Camp

"One week at camp can change a life." We at UGM often use this phrase to describe the UGM Camp experience. We have the privilege of hearing about how...

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The Chance to Start over

By Merrily Brast, Staff Writer At the beginning of 2013, Shannon Duval was sitting in a jail cell. She had lost her children, her job, her home and...

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The Resolution to Change

By Merrily Brast, Former Staff Writer Making ambitious resolutions is a New Year’s tradition for many of us. And while the end of January marks the...

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"You healed what was broken in me."

An open letter to my first grandchild: Desiree Cathleen Maciel By Ryan Brown Today you turn 12. You are amazing! So kind, smart, pretty and talented....

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Beyond Basketball

By Merrily Brast, Staff Writer “I lived 50 years for the world, for negativity. I’m living the rest of my life for the Lord. No matter what.” David,...

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Changing Life One Choice at a Time

“Life is not made up of minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, or years, but of moments. You must experience each one before you can appreciate it.”―...

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The Year in Review: How Did God Show His Love for the Poor in 2013?

Last December, we took a look at the words “God with us” and launched our focus for the first half of 2013 on Isaiah 61:1-3. Those three verses paint...

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