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After the Fire: Relentless provision for Anita
Anita and her son’s family were victims of the formidable Oregon Fire in Elk this past August. On her journey from upheaval back to stability, Anita...
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World Homeless Day 2023
Renee Cook, Visual Communications Designer: October 12, 2023
Every year on October 10, there’s a chance to stop and reflect on the needs and struggles of our hurting community. To recognize that there are...
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Go and Do Likewise: a heart-to-heart message from Phil Altmeyer
Phil Altmeyer, Executive Director: September 20, 2023
“But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him.” (Luke 10:33) Although the paths that brought...
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Relief vs. Development: Diagnosing Causes
Union Gospel Mission: October 16, 2019
Editor’s Note: Pastor John Repsold, whose downtown Spokane church Mosaic Fellowship includes ministry to people experiencing homelessness, presented...
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You are the solution to homelessness.
Barbara Comito, former marketing director: October 9, 2019
I wanted to title this post, "Why you (and not the government) are the answer to homelessness," but my web specialist says 50 characters is my limit.
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Love Your Homeless Neighbor
Barbara Comito, former marketing director: September 19, 2019
“If we are to love our neighbors, before doing anything else we must see our neighbors. With our imagination as well as our eyes, that is to say like...
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Does Poverty Cause Homelessness?
Union Gospel Mission: May 22, 2019
Editor's note: In addition to being a wife, mother of eight children, a staff member with Cru, and a graduate student, Marchauna Rodgers is a...
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Hospitality to Strangers
Barbara Comito, former marketing director: February 27, 2019
Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it. - Hebrews 13:2 Patti...
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Homeless and Nowhere to Be
Lynn Yount, UGM Volunteer: December 11, 2018
Kari had been walking for four days. Literally. She wasn’t going anywhere. She didn’t need the exercise. She was walking because her life had come to...
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Trauma, Time, Trust: Helping Homeless Women
Union Gospel Mission: November 21, 2018
By Diane Hutton, Director, Crisis Shelter for Women and Children - Women often come into the shelter for the first time very fearful, broken and...
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Five Tips from a Used Car Salesman
Lynn Yount, UGM Volunteer: October 31, 2018
Caleb Unruh is not your typical used car salesman, for several reasons. His background, for one: When it became clear that his initial dream of being...
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What Homeless People Want You to Know
Union Gospel Mission: October 9, 2018
Editor's note: For World Homeless Day, 10.10.18, we’re turning the keyboard over to a few of our current and former residents. Who better to explain...
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Pursued and Loved by a Good God
Union Gospel Mission: September 27, 2018
Matt Lewis has worked with the guests at the Men’s Shelter a little more than a year – first as a resident advisor and now as day desk supervisor....
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Homelessness: A Case Study
Lynn Yount, UGM Volunteer: September 11, 2018
“All my needs were met when I got here. The food, the shelter, and the fellowship. … I tried to do it on my own, and I couldn’t do it.” - Mike Mike...
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No Gray Areas: Inside the Payroll Office
Union Gospel Mission: August 29, 2018
Anne Graves’ working world is black and white. Well, not in the sense that she doesn’t enjoy color – her wardrobe suggests quite the opposite. But...
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A Brief History of UGM, Part 1: 1951 to 1987
Lynn Yount, UGM Volunteer: August 16, 2018
In the autumn of 1951, a group of businessmen from Spokane attended a dinner hosted by Albert Arend, where they heard testimony from a former...
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Homeless and Fatherless
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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What You Should Know About Helping the Homeless
Union Gospel Mission: October 13, 2017
Perhaps you saw one of our volunteers holding a sign that said #EndHomelessness or Homeless Human on World Homeless Day. And you’re wondering just...
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I Resolve to Help the Homeless
Merrily Roe, former staff writer: February 9, 2015
By Merrily Brast, Staff Writer "Each and every one of you have the ability to make a profound and beautiful difference in the lives of somebody that...