January 2010 Spokane Union Gospel Mission Newsletter

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January 2010

MissionNewsMes Sheter | Womens Recovery Program - Anna Ogden Hall |Crss Sheter or Wome ad Chdre

Youth Outreach | Cassy Rack Thrt Stores | UGM Motors

Generation Zag

CulturesConnectWhen

Three nickels. Peanut butter cookies. A coee-

house concert. Crayon-colored placemats.Goody-stued socks. A joke about the

Dallas Cowboys. A book discussed. A

meal shared. With each small gesture,

a chink is created in the walls that

separate, and one culture comes

ace to ace with another.

full story on page 3

The Gonzaga Student Body

Association chose the Union

Gospel Mission or its 2009-10

service initiative, and students

have been creatively engaged

in volunteer and undraising

eorts since the beginning o

the school year.


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HEART TO HEART | age

This story begins several years ago

when my riend Jennier and I began

eeling called by God to lead our

children into loving others in Jesus

name through service. We both were eeling that none o the

academic subjects we were teaching would matter i the kids

did not learn to love God and their neighbors through service.

We encouraged our kids to begin a club/ministry together

where they could plan dierent ways to serve others. They

loved the idea and decided to name their club the Hope

Brigade. We came up with an abundance o ideas or service

and have been carrying them out ever since: picking up trash

along the highway; helping elderly members o our church

Jacob, Isaiah and Gabriel visited the Mission the same week an article appeared in the Spokesman Review on the rising

number o homeless children in Spokane. According to the article, more than 1,000 homeless children are enrolled in Spokane

Public Schools.

Friends, as I reected on 2009, the increase in demand or our services clearly struck me, and to be honest, my rst

reaction to this evidence o our struggling economy was a bit gloomy. Im not sure things are going to get better any time

soon. Then I thought about Jacob, Isaiah and Gabriel. I thought about the record numbers o individuals interested in ouvolunteer classes and how the phones rang o the hook with people eager to serve over the holidays. Finally, I thought abou

the outpouring o support we received rom the community in November and December, and I remembered an age-old truth

When times are tough, sensitivity and awareness increase. We realize how ragile we really are and how easily circumstances

can change. God has used a struggling economy to soten hearts and turn peoples ocus onto those hurting more than they

are.

Every day I am encouraged by Gods aithulness and your generosity. I hope your reections on 2009 and your outlook

on 2010 will be colored by the encouraging stories in this issue o Mission News. Young people rom pre-school to college

are stepping out o their comort zones to show love and concern or the poor.

Serving together,

Phil Altmeyer

Executive Director

get wood or the winter; hosting a monthly hymn sing-along

at our local nursing home; preparing care packages or

missionaries; but I think the most impactul has been serving

lunch at the Union Gospel Mission.

Our children have been inspired to get out and share

about the Mission to every homeless person they see around

Spokane. We bought a bulk supply o breakast bars, which

we keep in our van and hand out along with your service

inormation cards. I cant tell you how many times we have

been on the wrong side o the road and the kids say, Mom

can you please turn around so we can give that man with the

sign a card and a bar? How can I say no?

My daughter was also inspired to have a bake sale to

raise money or the Union Gospel Mission. Our wonderu

community was so generous and supportive that she was

able to raise $186. One thing I know or sure, we are al

learning that there is a double blessing in serving the

Lord, and it truly is more blessed to give than to receive!

The Hope Brigadeby Mandi Prince

BigNews:ImaPapa!MeetBraydenPhilipSmith,born10/25/2009.Like a Child For obvious reasons, Ive been thinking a lot about thenext generation the inuence we have on them, theinuence they have on us.

When young people begin to see the world with Gods eyes, they can have a poweru

impact. Let me tell you about three pre-school boys who recently visited the Union

Gospel Mission. First, Jacob. Our events coordinator, Laurie Willson, was called to the

back dock on a recent cold morning to meet this blonde-haired, blue-eyed our-year-old

Jacob, she was told, wanted to do something to help the hungry. Laurie leaned over and

came ace-to-ace with a little guy zipped up to his nose in a warm, red coat. Jacob dug

deep in his pocket and pulled out three nickels. Quietly, he stretched his hand out to

Laurie with his git to help the hungry -- teen cents.

Secondly, meet Isaiah and Gabriel. Together with their mom, these brothers brought

homemade cookies to the Mens Shelter and sat in the day room handing them out. The

cookies tasted delicious, but the real git was the love and concern these two boys

showed. It was impossible to encounter them without smiling.


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GENERATION ZAG | age 3

Navy, teal and coee-colored signs hang rom the light

posts bordering Gonzaga Universitys campus with bold

admonitions: Be inspired. Find your passion. Live your aith.

Fulll your potential. Serve one another.

Tall marching orders, but or Kora Kilpatrick, Community

Events Coordinator or the Gonzaga Student Body Association,

and ellow leadership students, those phrases are more than

catchy PR slogans. I think its important or the student

government to be involved and active in service to set an

example or the rest o our students and send a message

that Gonzaga cares about the surrounding community, Kora

said.

The Student Body Association chose the Union Gospel

Mission or its 2009-10 service initiative, and students have

been creatively engaged in volunteer and undraising eorts

since the beginning o the school year. Kora has acilitated

several events aimed at expanding awareness: a coee-house concert that eatured the video stories o homeless

men, women and children; a dessert night where students

and homeless men sat down together to explore the issues

surrounding homelessness; No-Shave November with t-shirts

proclaiming, I didnt shave or charity sold to benet the

Mission; and a toilet paper drive.

One o the students most benecial acts o service,

however, is also the simplest: each Tuesday night several

students serve dinner at the Mens Shelter. Both the students

and the men they serve speak o breaking down barriers.

Pria, a Gonzaga junior, said: I was

surprised at how warm and welcoming

it is here. We pray beore dinner. Its like

amily. Andee, a senior, agreed: Were

all human just people coming together

to eat and take a break rom both o our

realities. We give sure but they give

back incredibly more with their smiles

and conversation.

Andrew, a sophomore majoring in

criminal justice, wants to be a police

ocer. He said coming to the Mission is

a meaningul way to experience a slice othe real world. Were pretty secluded at

school and surrounded by privilege, so

this is a great reminder that not everyone

is blessed with something as simple as a

meal.

Megan, a senior, said serving at the

Mission was the highlight o her week a

rereshing break rom classes, homework

and studying, and Patrick, a junior, said

he appreciated seeing the direct impact

o what he was doing. Every single

person is so thankul. Ive never encountered anyone who

was rude or less than incredibly appreciative. He likes to

joke with the men about their avorite sports teams and give

them something to smile about.

Serving dinner has denitely changed my view o

homelessness. It has really put a ace on the issue, and I eel

very blessed to have the opportunity to help out, even i it

is just the small task o serving dinner once a week Heid

Pettit, junior.

Clyde, a Mission resident, said the college students

service means a lot to him: Theyre

giving their time to make our lives

better. Phil, also in the Missions

recovery program and a participant in

the evening o dessert and discussion

said he was a little nervous about going

to the Gonzaga campus at rst. But

it was a great experience. Both sides

shared their perspectives, and we

learned a little about each other.

Through their service, the Gonzaga

Student Body Association has helped

to build a bridge between two worldsthat might not otherwise meet. Kora

summed up: What I have learned

through my experience at the Mission is

that everyone has their own unique story

and circumstances that have made them

down and out. I think its wonderul that

these brave people choose to turn their

lives around and that the Mission is so

supportive and willing to help.

Were just people coming together to eat and

take a break rom both o our realities. Andee

Generation Zag

Kora Kilpatrick, Community Events

Coordinator for the Gonzaga Student Body

Association


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BEYOND THE CLASSROOM | age 4

Every year the sixth-grade students at Prairie View

Elementary read Jerry Spinellis book, Maniac Magee,

about a homeless boys struggles and adventures, and

as part o their beyond-the-book discussion, they invite

Laurie Willson, community relations coordinator or the

Union Gospel Mission, to share about what it means to be

homeless. Sixth-grade teachers, Mrs. Vanderzee and Mrs.

Ramsey, described the students reaction to the unit as

thoughtul.

It helps them become aware o other people outside

their experience, said Mrs. Ramsey, and provides

a bridge to another culture. Laurie shows a video o a

homeless mother and child that is particularly moving

or the children, Mrs. Vanderzee said. It dispels a lot o

misconceptions.

Ater the unit this year, the students were on re

to know how they could help. First, they got the entire

school involved in making placemats or Thanksgiving at

the Mission. Then they initiated a stu-the-sock project

or Christmas lling holiday socks with candy canes,

toothbrushes and toothpaste, hand sanitizer, tissues and

deodorant.

When asked what they learned, the students had

some proound responses:

Homelessness can happen to anyone.

People dont necessarily look homeless.

It opened my eyes and made me want to help out.

People judge them because theyre homeless, andthats not air.

I always thought o a homeless person as an old guysitting on the street corner asking or money, but in

the book we read, Maniac was a kid who hung out at

the zoo and never asked anyone or money.

Maniac Magee was like my best riend or twomonths while we were reading the book. So now,

when I see someone who is homeless, I think, they

could be my best riend.

Homeless people had a lie beore they were onthe streets, but something happened, and they lost

everything.

Laurie nished her time with the students by reading

aloud the beginning o chapter 14 where Maniac is

welcomed into a home: Maniac loved his new lie. Heloved his new sneakers, the ones Mrs. Beale bought or

him. He loved the new quietness o his ootsteps as he

trotted Bow Wow through the early morning streets. He

loved the early morning. . . He loved the sound o pancake

batter hissing on the griddle . . .

That sense o warmth, Laurie explained, is what we

attempt to oer those who come to our shelters.

Beyond the ClassroomBy discussing books, stufng socks and making placemats, this sixth-gradeclass helped build a bridge to the homeless.


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Women and Children:

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URGENT:

You are invited for lunch and

a tour of the Mens Shelter

FEBRUARY 2111:30 a.m.

1224 E Trent Ave. Spokane

509-535-8510

OPEN HOUSE

Aua Baquet

Friday, March 19Lunch: 12:00 | Dinner: 6:30

Red Lion Hotel at the Park

Call or more inormation: 509-535-8510

Come celebrate the work of

life transformation taking place

within the ministries of theUnion Gospel Mission.

GUEST SPEAKER: Mel Jones

Founder o Bethel Colony South

rehabilitation program

2009

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vouteer hours 63,555

meas served 36,648receved basc heath care66

cars doated to UGM Motors63cam artcats 35

dvduas shetered,588

* 2009 numbers including average o December


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MEMORIALS | age 6

n Memory o: The Kind git o:

Mom, Dad & Janet: Mary Soran

Donald Allen: JoAnn Allen

Harry & Earline Altmeyer:

Anonymous

Jared Ball: John & Jonna Ball

Julie Bareither: Debbie Deubel,

Phillip MarksburyBrian Bayne: Glenna R. Bayne

Stuart & Marion Benshoo: Carol

Haskel-Byron

Harry & Christina Blizzard: Roger

& Brenda Blizzard

Jim & Blossom Simmons: John &

Joann Simmons

Elsie Brown: Gordon Peterson

Barney Brownlee: JoAnn Allen

Richard Dick Byus: Meredith

Sunde

Gary Bird: Christine Hobbs

Tom Blossom: Patrica & Elvin

Fitzhugh, Robert & Lois Strader

Dr. James G. Bourekis: Jim &

Phyllis Forster

Mary Brown: Bill & Esther Richter

Ellen Brooks: Micaela Sutphin

C. Wesley Cameron Jr.: Dolores

Cameron

Russell Carter: Allan & Patty Carter,

Kathleen M. Veltri

Helen Lloyd: Lloyd Christensen

Leo N. Cashatt, Jr.: Maureen

Cashatt

Clarence Chan: Dolly Chan

Wally Christensen: Ward &Ella Farka, Ralph & Geraldine

Reienberger, Marjorie Baker, JW &

Mary Stachosky, Woody & Dinah

Widmer, Betty Savidge, The Gelhaus

Families

William Choate: Idell Choate

Pearl Coee: Robert & Betty North

Carl: Rosalind Cori

Clint & Betty Corliss: Anne Morris

Tony Culp: Terry & Carole Culp

Mark Cunningham: Dave & Kay

West

John Curro: Linda RybergElmer Flodin: Eunice Meredith

Curtis Flodin: Eunice Meredith

George Flodin: Eunice Meredith

GiVEn TO UniOn GOSpEl MiSSiOn MiniSTRiES nOVEMBER 11, 2009 TO DECEMBER 7, 2009

Dennis Flodin: Eunice Meredith

Ruth Darnell: Lee Darnell

Adeline Daves: Raymond Daves

Walter Davis: Jean Davis Johnson

Max Davis: Robert Davis

Lloyd Dean: Orval Dean

Shirley Donoian: Scott Pennington

Steve Etten: Shirley Schoedel

Mike Everson: Grace EversonVita M. Franks: Louis Franks

Brian Foley: Barbara Foley

Peg Green: Shirley Schoedel

Paul Grifth: Diana Grith

Bob Grimmer: Barbara Olson

Don Guhlke: Kenneth & Dolores

Hayes

Florence Gustason: James &

Jackie Beery

R.J. Speedy Gunsaulis: Clarence

& Barbara Bennett

Don W. Haleld: Lorraine G.

Hateld

Wayne Hagel: Hayord Community

Church, Elizabeth K. Alger

Allen Hibbard: Martha Hibbard &

Family

Joe Hodl. Jr.: Phyllis J. Forster

Alvin Holman: June M. Holman,

Cheryl Holman

Gladys Houston: Jim & Elva Allen

Corey Hubbard: Anonymous

Vura Hudkins: Marilyn & Richard

Grove

Sandy Jantz: Sandra & Robert

Hendrickson

Emmett & Esther Jared: RobertDavis

Janice Johnson: Dorothy & Donald

Small

Orin Louis Johnson: Department o

Statistics- University o Caliornia

Gerald Kapelke: Audrey & James

Forkner

Colleen Kaup: Patricia Skomars

Albert & Anne Kieer: Patricia

Severand

Beth Klettke: Milton Klettke

Norman Larsen: Mr. & Mrs. George

DormaierHarry Larsen: Marian & Dennis

Larsen

Ruby & Elmer Lindahl: Kenneth

Dillon

Jerry Joe Littlemore Jr.: Jerry &

Mary Anne Littlemore

Lyle Manser: Regina Manser

Jennier Manser: Regina Manser

Owen Martin: Jim & Elva Allen

Donald Malt: Louise Becker

Melvin M. Maurer: Larry & Marjorie

Kruger, Dennis & Candace Hardy,

William & Ila Woodard, James &Joann Gooley, Patricia Johnson,

Deanna & James Kern

Alay McCracken: Rog & Dale

Gryder

Bonnie McGruder: The Welsh

Family

Lois McMillan: Martin Gering

Jeremy Michaels: David & Nancy

Michaels

John T. McCauley: Juanita

McCauley

Ronnie Minnehan: Sheryl & Douglas

Brock

Adam Moore: Gary & Teri Bowen

Dick Morphy: Anita Morphy

Steven Morris: Anne Morris

Marcier Morse: Kenneth & Dolores

Hayes

Mary Newbern: Carmen, Leila,

Margaret Ann and Aaron

Bill Olson: Barbara Olson

Steve Pontius: Robert & Marilyn

Pontius

Jim & Jane Potesky: Larry & Julie

Naccarato, Jeery & Shelly Potesky,

John & Joann Simmons

Harold Powell: Dianne GearyAlwin Probst: Joel & Sandra Narva

Robert Wayne Regan: Larry Myers

Louise Ray: Irene & Douglas Strong,

Leola & Kenneth Fish, Cynthia

Green, Bob & Connie Battles

Mary Riddle: Jannis Snook

Winnie Richards: Robert Richards

Art Rudolph: Don & Flo Van

Kleeck, Greenacres Middle School

Sta, Steve & Wanda Powers,

Betty Kemp, Janice Everhart,

Maisy Draper,Ann & Patrick

Warner,Richard & Laurie Shorett,Lorraine Krank, Arthur & Barbara

Rudolph, Ronald & Donna Connell

Ann Ryan: Lloyd Madison

Marion Samuels: Lynn Samuels

Norman Sauer: Irene Sauer

Clarence Sheldon: June Sheld

Guy R. Smith: John & Lavonne

Black,McClintock & Turk, Inc, Th

Local Union 669, Diana & Russe

Williams, Darren Parsons, Scott

Smith, Gail Smith & Family

Oral Smith: Lea Smith

Don St John: Philip & MarilynWhitman

Al & Bernice Stagman: Peter &

Kathy Strahm

Alta Stewart: Val & Clint Watki

James A. L. Stewart: Judith

Stewart

Irma Studer: Charles Studer

Arlene Town: Paul Town

Lloyd Vernon: Diane Smith

Robert Walsh: Arnold & Marlen

Scholl, Geraldine Walsh

Edna Wheeler: Wayne & Margi

Pietz

Bill Williams: Shirley & Fielden

Williams

Dean Williams: Cyrina William

Freda Wright: Carol Wilson, Ja

Faris, Marilyn Mack, Doris & Geo

Salvage

Howard Zehm: Ray & Donna Ku

Susan Zimmerman: Bruce

Zimmerman

In Honor o: The Kind giRandy Beal: Victor Buksbazen

Dr. Robert Caudill: Dan Caudil

Jeanette CaldwellMeghan R. Connelly, Nathan P

Connelly, Megan D. Connelly,

Peter D Heitkemper-Connelly

Joseph & Lael Cifa

Mildred Cowles Osenga: Robe

Clayton

Jan Cunningham: Derek Austin

Bonnie Gunderson: Lean Coug

Curt & Winnie Woodard: Cynd

Deanna Hensrud

Tammy McCaerty: Donald Ne

Patrick Shea: David Noble

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January 2010 Spokane Union Gospel Mission Newsletter