UGM’s Staff, our brother in the Lord, Dennis Williams, has a very moving testimony as he shares how God literally saved his life after a brutal attack. This is an amazing story of recovery and forgiveness! Click to read his story.

Please pray for continued healing on Dennis’s body, and for his family to see how God has transformed his life and to also accept Jesus as their Savior.

A cursory inquiry of people today of the life of St Patrick and what this day to honour his memory is about, will seldom if ever, reveal a knowledge of who this 5^th century man of God was.

An intentional search of the internet will reveal a powerful and illuminating prayer. “Saint Patrick’s “Breastplate” Prayer.

The search will reveal that the man has a history to the origin of the  music “Slane” and the much loved hymn, “Be Thou My Vision”. We will discover how St. Patrick stood for Jesus with a huge bonfire as a beacon tribute to the Light of the World when the authorities of his day, wanted a contrary ‘tribute’ of no light, no fire for a day, to honour some mystical redundant god. Darkness.

Then there is the Hymn of St. Patrick. This man who brought Christianity to Ireland. “Christ with, in, behind, before, beside me; to win, to comfort ,to restore, beneath, above, in quiet, in danger, Christ in hearts of all that love me, Christ in mouth of friend and stranger.”

What has this to do with UGM? Simply sit in a prayer meeting with 5 transforming, redeemed, saved and broken men who KNOW THE TRUTH OF CHRIST, as poignant and as rich, and alive as it was when St Patrick walked the Irish ways, sharing Jesus. We stand with those who are sold out to Jesus Christ of Him who we call Saviour and Lord.

Happy St Patrick’s Day!

UGM’s Women’s Charis Centre has a huge need of a casual cook. We have an exciting opportunity for someone who as a desire to work with women who are struggling with addiction and would like to utilize their skills and experience for God’s purposes.

This position would be to work every second Sunday, holidays, and occasionally on-call.

For details of this position click on CASUAL COOK.

To apply online, click on APPLICATION FORM.

We are urgently looking to fill an employment position with UGM as an evening Janitor for our two locations on Pritchard Avenue.

This would be for Monday to Friday, from 4:00pm to 10:00pm (30 hours per week), to start immediately.

For duties and responsibilities, please click on Evening Janitor.

To apply online, go to our Employment Page.

Please share this opportunity and pray with us that the Lord provides for this need.

We prayed for a man named Clark, fighting for his life from drug overdose and in a coma. Praise God he is now in our addictions recovery program on Princess Street. He is loving his new family, the Lord’s teaching and the peace he feels. Please pray his body continues to respond to the meals, rest and spiritual care.

Praise God for the incredible miracle of saving the blackened, almost dead, frostbitten fingers of a young man in our men’s addiction recovery program. The fingers now mostly un-bandaged, are covered with new pink skin. What a compassionate, tender-hearted God we serve!

Please come join us…!

Our walk is purposed to focus on prayer. Prayer is our weapon against an increasingly demented and wicked world.

“Prayer means we can come in contact with an Almighty Christ and expect Almighty results to happen along the lines He laid down. The very powers of darkness are paralyzed by prayer.” Oswald Chambers

As I write, please pray for one of our amazing interns, Dennis. He nearly lost his life last week from a savage 3 men knife attack. Suffice to say, Jesus saved Dennis’s life, but there is a long road to recovery ahead.

Violence, weaponry, psychosis is on the increase.

Please consider joining us at 320 Princess Street on Feb 20th from 2:00 to 4:00pm. For a walk, prayer, fellowship and a little refreshment.

(Oh and don’t forget that we have beautiful toques for each walker!)

Please contact us if you plan on joining us for this event on Monday afternoon; 204-943-9904 ext. 226, or email rosanne.mclellan@gospelmission.ca.

For more details, see the Walk of Light Event

Thank you in anticipation!

Experiencing the struggles of having a loved one deep in addiction can feel hopeless, and lonely and we want to help. UGM will be running a Family Support Group for those who have loved ones who are struggling with addiction.  This group will run out of the UGM Charis Centre one day a week and will be a safe space to share your frustrations, concerns and fears while getting support from others who may be walking in your shoes.

Do you ever wonder if you are enabling your loved one or giving them though love? Do you sometimes feel like you want their safety and recovery more than they do? Do you spend sleepless nights wondering if they’re ok? If these questions resonate with you, we would love to hear from you.  

We are at the beginning stages of planning and would like to know if you are interested, and which day works best (we will get a general consensus).

Please contact Loriann Tulk, Charis Centre manager, at 204-415-3934 ext 507, or Loriann.tulk@gospelmission.ca.