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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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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: April 19, 2018
I am highly susceptible to self-improvement plans, especially those that lay out steps to success: Do these 5 things and you will be a better wife,...
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Union Gospel Mission: March 27, 2018
As a regular volunteer at the Crisis Shelter, Ron noticed a pattern in many of the homeless women and children he served: Dad wasn’t in the picture....
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Union Gospel Mission: March 21, 2018
As Director of Ministries, Sonny Westbrook oversees all of UGM’s programs serving the poor and homeless. But you could also just call him our pastor....
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James Bishop: March 14, 2018
It’s a long road learning that you’re loved by God, who calls himself our Father, especially if you’ve never known your real father. That journey has...
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Hannah Page, UGM Web Specialist: March 7, 2018
Repentance. What do you think of when you hear that word? For me, that word has always had a negative connotation. Repentance means I have done...
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Union Gospel Mission: September 2, 2017
In our last blog post from UGM Camp 2017, we’re reminded of one of the key ingredients for many of the life transformations we see at UGM: time....
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Lynn Yount, UGM Volunteer: July 13, 2017
We talked about trauma recovery and why it’s important for people like Jocelyne in July’s Mission News. On one hand, it’s complicated: family...
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Union Gospel Mission: April 20, 2017
Heather Pollock wrote this blog post while in Women's Recovery at Anna Ogden Hall. Since it was first published in 2017, Heather has been living in...
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Lynn Yount, UGM Volunteer: April 15, 2017
We’re all looking for the easiest way to change things about ourselves – our weight, our wrinkles, our temper, our energy level, our children, our...
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Lynn Yount, UGM Volunteer: March 30, 2017
“Ah, look at all the lonely people.” – The Beatles I don’t think I’m the only one who feels this way, but let’s check: In which of these situations...
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Union Gospel Mission: March 21, 2017
As spring begins, we thank God for light – more sunshine and longer days. They aren’t just conveniences. They remind us, after the cold and darkness...
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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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Merrily Roe, former staff writer: April 20, 2016
At UGM, we believe that the gospel has power to transform lives. Conformity to a set of rules alone doesn’t work. Real change happens from the inside...
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Union Gospel Mission: March 24, 2016
By Mike Sholtz, UGM Men's Recovery Counselor The Good News of the Gospel is not only the fact that Jesus died on the cross for us, but that when we...
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Union Gospel Mission: March 15, 2016
By Sonny Westbrook, Director of Ministries The celebration of the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ from the dead is a high point of the year for...
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Union Gospel Mission: December 18, 2015
By Sonny Westbrook, UGM Ministries Director We have come to the season of the year when many people, in some way or another, acknowledge the birth of...
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Clare Pursch: August 14, 2015
By Clare Pursch, UGM Camp Photographer/Blogger One of the greatest privileges of serving at UGM Camp on Staff is that every week we are given the...
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James Bishop: September 1, 2014
Shortly after moving to the Spokane Valley a year ago, Ken Carpenter, a retired pastor, visited the Union Gospel Mission Thrift Store. Noting the...
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Union Gospel Mission: April 1, 2012
With his gray ponytail, vest, faded jeans and mellow personality, it’s not difficult to believe that Greg Beumer was a hippy in San Francisco during...
